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title: "Consolidation"
description: "What freight consolidation is, how small shipments are combined on one truck, and how it relates to less than truckload (LTL)."
url: https://dealtilogistics.com/en/insights/consolidation
language: en
date_published: 2026-11-02
date_modified: 2026-11-02
author: "Dealti Insights"
publisher: "Dealti Logistics"
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# 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)](/en/insights/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](/en/insights/full-truckload-ftl). That means one shipment, one customs clearance and one delivery instead of many small ones. To decide, see our [FTL vs LTL article](/en/insights/ftl-vs-ltl).

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Source: [Consolidation](https://dealtilogistics.com/en/insights/consolidation) - Dealti Logistics.