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Less Than Container Load

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Less Than Container Load
Shipments of less than container load size (<$50,000).

Less Than Container Load
In shipping, a term describing cargo of insufficient weight to qualify for a freight rate. That is, when one ships an LCL good, one must usually pay a higher fee.


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Their primary role is to act as a consolidator of less than container loads (LCL) of freight into full containers.
DGX currently services full container loads through any port, and by using its transcontinental trucking network or container freight stations (CFS), it services less than container load shipments from any point in the United States.
The palletized or loose freight that originates in Asia may travel by full or less than container load shipments.
 
 
 
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