by A1 Freight Solutions | May 21, 2024 | LTL Shipping, Supply Chain, Trucking and Supply Chain
An essential consideration for smaller-scale companies is the LTL benefits for small businesses that require freight transport. Businesses have used trucking for over a century to move cargo to the next or final destination. The importance grew over time, and new,...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Jan 2, 2024 | Freight Brokers, Supply Chain, Trucking and Supply Chain, Uncategorized
Understanding the factors influencing trucking rates can be essential in determining how much your shipment could cost. A trucking or freight rate is the price of transporting a shipment from one location to another. In other words, this is the amount that a shipper...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Oct 24, 2023 | Supply Chain, Truck drivers, Trucking and Supply Chain
Despite being an integral part of the transportation industry, many shippers don’t understand what is long-haul trucking. In domestic shipping, there are various transport methods that differ both on the truck types and distance the carrier travels. For example, the...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Oct 3, 2023 | LTL Shipping, Supply Chain, Trucking and Supply Chain
E-commerce’s impact On trucking has been shown recently with the amount of products bought online. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, e-commerce meant that the logistics for cargo movement would change. It became possible for a customer to purchase goods from the...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Sep 19, 2023 | LTL Shipping, Supply Chain, Trucking and Supply Chain
With its growth in recent decades, the benefits of LTL shipping has become apparent in the transportation industry. LTL or less-than-truckload is a method of cargo movement where the shipment does not take up the entire truck. Unlike parcel shipping, the freight is...