Consolidation

Consolidation
Consolidation is gathering small shipments that belong to different senders or different suppliers at one point and moving them together on a single vehicle.

Consolidation is the basis of less than truckload (LTL): each sender pays only for the part of the vehicle it uses. It also works the other way round: an importer buying from several suppliers can have all the goods collected at one warehouse and moved on a single full truckload. That means one shipment, one customs clearance and one delivery instead of many small ones. To decide, see our FTL vs LTL article.

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