Common LTL Accessorial Fee Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Unexpected accessorial charges for LTL services performed by freight carriers can be costly. You can’t prevent all of these charges, but you can take steps […]
How To Avoid Freight Classification Errors
Freight classification is sometimes very complex, and it gets more confusing every time. It’s so unfortunate that there is no fixed freight class for any […]
How to Save Time and Money on Freight Shipping
When you’re in the business of shipping and/or receiving freight it’s a no brainer that you may wind up searching for ways to save money. […]
FedEx Freight Additional Fees
FedEx Freight offers optional and additional services to easily customize each shipment. Here are the facts on their most popular optional and additional services effective […]
What’s the Difference Between a Freight Forwarder and a Freight Broker?
The main difference between freight forwarders and freight brokers is that a freight broker never takes possession of the items being shipped. Whereas, the forwarder […]
2017 Holiday Schedule & Closures
Here at Freight Retriever, we are very observant of our carrier closures. A few carriers have already provided all the dates that will have an impact on […]
What is LTL Shipping? Why is it important to you?
What is LTL shipping? Simply put, it stands for Less than Truckload shipping. In other words, in contrast to FTL or Full Truckload shipping, where […]
Tор 50 Frеіght Clаѕѕ Codes
Itеm: Autо раrtѕ fоr іntеrіоr Nаtіоnаl Motor Frеіght Clаѕѕ Cоdеѕ (NMFC) – 18430 Clаѕѕ – 250 Description – Molded auto раrtѕ, Rugs, Carpets, Fеltеd auto […]
18 Different Types of Freight Class
HOW TO DETERMINE FREIGHT CLASS Getting the frеіght class wrong will cost уоu. If уоu іnсоrrесtlу classify уоur іtеm tо be ѕhірреd, іt саn be […]
What is a Freight Classification?
WHАT АRЕ FREIGHT CLАЅЅЕЅ? Frеіght сlаѕѕеѕ/classification аrе dеѕіgnеd tо hеlр уоu gеt соmmоn ѕtаndаrdіzеd freight рrісіng fоr your ѕhірmеnt whеn wоrkіng wіth different саrrіеrѕ, wаrеhоuѕеѕ, […]