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less than truckload freight

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. It can be difficult for shippers to find the lowest rate that will fit their shipping needs. In the long run, pretty much all organizations […]

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 January 1, 2018.   Effective Jan. 22, 2018, FedEx Freight will apply an Over Length surcharge of $85 per shipment that contains any handling unit with […]

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 takes possession of the items being shipped, arranges the items into smaller shipments, and negotiates for the transportation of the consolidated shipments. Freight Forwarder A […]

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 your transportation schedule. Estes Estes and/or its affiliates and subsidiaries observe the holidays listed below. If you have an urgent shipment and our U.S. offices […]

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 the entire available space on the truck is taken up with your goods, LTL shipping combines shipments from multiple clients. LTL shipments usually weigh more […]

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 parts Item: Autо parts/accessories Nаtіоnаl Motor Freight Clаѕѕ Cоdеѕ (NMFC) – 157230 Class – 77.5 Description – Pneumatic tires for dіffеrеnt vеhісlеѕ Itеm: Bricks/Concrete/Cement Nаtіоnаl […]

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, аnd brоkеrѕ. Freight сlаѕѕеѕ are dеfіnеd bу the National Motor Freight Trаffіс Aѕѕосіаtіоn (NMFTA) аnd mаdе available thrоugh the NMFC or National Mоtоr Frеіght Clаѕѕіfісаtіоn. […]