The net has widened in the less-than-truckload industry.
The mode became a bit of a catchall during the pandemic as more freight — e-commerce, in-store retail, in-home delivery and heavier truckload shipments — showed up when truck capacity tightened. Shippers of all sizes became familiar with the service and its intricacies.
However, LTL is a much different beast than truckload, which primarily involves a shipper procuring a truck and a driver to move goods from point A to point B. In LTL, one...
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