Stephen Day holds certified transportation broker (CTB) certification. As the president of the Logistics Group International (LGI), located in Houston, Texas, Stephen Patrick Day brings his vast experience to provide logistics services to the company’s customers. LGI provides LTL and FTL services to its customers.
FTL stands for full truckload, whereas LTL stands for less than truckload. Both are freight shipment categories that do exactly what their names suggest. LTL shipments need just a fraction of the trailer's space to ship the products, but FTL shipments need the full or almost whole trailer.
Here are some of the differences between LTL and FTL.
1. Users only pay for the space the cargo takes up inside the trailer. Other shipments from other shippers will fill the balance of the LTL trailer. For smaller volume shipments, companies of all sizes often choose the LTL option.
If the goods are large enough to fill the full trailer, one might consider booking a full truckload. When the freight volume is significant enough to warrant paying for the full trailer, opt for FTL.
2. LTL shipments take longer to reach the destination. This is because the truck trailer makes many stops along the trip and transfers the freight between several vehicles. The number of varying goods carried in the truck trailer also determines the pace at which a user gets the shipment.
Full truckload shipments remain on the truck trailer until they arrive at their destination. Because the cargo stays on the truck without making many stops or swapping to various trucks along the trip, this approach is faster than LTL.
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