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Easy Guide to Shipping Heavy Haul & Oversize Loads Shipping heavy haul and oversize loads is as complicated as freight shipping gets, with many intricacies
Parcel Shipping vs. Pallet Shipping: Key Differences We often get questions from our clients regarding which shipping option should they choose for their business: parcel
Earlier this month, Dan Goodwill’s Transportation Consulting posted an article about our newly-added Membership Plans and how they can help shippers in Covid-19 times. The
We’ve got some great new LTL rates in Canada, USA, and cross-border. Check these out and visit the Freightera Dashboard for gift codes on your
We are happy to announce that we have rolled out paid membership plans and a reward program for Canadian and US business shippers! Freightera, North
We are thankful for plenty of awesome reviews from our customers last month! Read what they’re saying about our prices, our customer service, and the
Ship to Amazon fulfillment centers / Amazon FBA with us! Since 2014, we have been helping businesses reduce their shipping costs while transporting freight within
We don’t like to use the word “crazy” but what we’ve got for you is crazy-amazing savings in freight prices in both Canada and the
Dear customers, We’re doing our best to help you by constantly searching for new carriers offering the best service and adding thousands of great rates
May has been an awesome month for Freightera! Nothing makes us happier than making our customers happy. And they have been very happy lately! Below
Today, on May the First, we are celebrating our 6th birthday at Freightera. It is how we like to spell our birth date – May
Shipping perishables, frozen goods, or temperature-sensitive medical supplies across Canada? See our new reefer rates! We have just brought in very competitive temperature control rates
Interview with Benoit Montreuil, Professor, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Director, Physical Internet Center; Director, Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Interview with Juvarya Veltkamp Juvarya Veltkamp is the Green Economy Initiatives Manager for the City of Vancouver, working in this role for more than 10
For the second year, Freightera makes the list of private BC companies best positioned for high growth and acquisition, according to a predictive model by
March 16th was the first day when Freightera shipments started to plummet in sync with the whole Canadian economy. COVID-19 disruption of most of our
Dear Shippers, We have updated our system with some new LTL lanes within Canada. You’ll be able to see and book the rates by clicking
Gloves, Zip Lock Bags, Masks, Gowns, Hand Sanitizers, etc. On Wednesday we received an urgent call from the BC Government’s COVID-19 Supply Hub to purchase
Letter from Freightera CEO As we face these challenging times, most of us are preoccupied with the same thoughts: how will COVID-19 affect our lives,
Our clients come from different industries and from companies of various sizes, but what they all have in common is the fact that they have
We recently added new affordable LTL carrier rates in the US, and the cross-border US to Canada & Canada to the US. Please note, some
Freightera Featured in ”Cities Taking Freight Action” – a Canadian Urban Freight Forum On Mar 3, 2020, Freightera will participate in the Urban Freight forum hosted
Freightera CEO to Open the Cargo Tech Track at the 2020 Cargo Logistics Canada Expo in Vancouver Eric Beckwitt will be the first of five
Awesome news for Freightera blog and our readers! Our post Ship a Pallet in 15 Easy Steps: Quick Guide for Pallet Shipping for Beginners was
FreightWaves Publishes Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt’s Commentary on a Green New Deal for Freight Transport On September 27, 2019, Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt attended the
How to Ship a Pallet Step-by-Step: Choose the Pallet Type & Size, Package & Prepare Your Pallet for Shipping You’re new to pallet shipping, and
We Now Offer Guaranteed, Dedicated Truck Deliveries and Special Services – All Included in the Price! If you’re like most of our shippers — you’ll
Business in Vancouver ranks Freightera #3 on 2019 List of 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in B.C. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, August 22, 2019 (Newswire.com) –Freightera, the rapidly
Canadian digital-freight matching platform seeks to list on TSX Venture Exchange with “conservative” C$34 million valuation Freightera, a Canadian-based digital freight marketplace, plans to go
Freightera Included in the BIV’s list of Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in BC Great news from Freightera! We’ve been chosen for the Business in
What is freight class? Freight class is assigned to all Less than Truckload (LTL) freight, shipping within USA or across the USA/Canadian border with US
[Updated May 2019] When it comes to freight transportation, there are several modes of transport: such as road (trucks), rail (trains), air (planes), and sea
Click here for a printable version of this Pallet Shipping 101 article and here for a PDF version of the How to Pack, Palletize, &
Vancouver startup launches door-to-door FTL-by-rail shipping service from five of the seven largest railroads in the U.S. and Canada, opening easy access to significantly lower
If you are in the business of shipping goods across the USA or Canada using land transport, you are concerned about cost-effectiveness, timely delivery, and
Today, May The First 2019, is an important day for us. It may be just a regular hump day for most businesses, but May 1st
What is heavy haul? [Updated May 2019] ‘Heavy Haul’ term in freight describes a shipment carrying unusually large and wide load, for example manufacturing equipment
Freightera Makes Rocket Builders’ ICT “2019 Ready to Rocket” Prediction List Highlighting Companies with Highest Growth Potential in BC VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Freightera,
It’s been great to see the media attention pouring towards Freightera in the recent months, but having Freight Waves article about our green mission coming
Freight Train vs Truck [Updated May 2019] Which mode of transport is more efficient for shipping and what are the advantages and disadvantages of train
Frost & Sullivan places Freightera among ‘Key Automated On-Demand Brokerage Solutions in North America’ along with Uber Freight and Convoy VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 15,
Canadian Shipper just published an article about Freightera’s ambitious mission. The story is written by Dan Goodwill, one of the top journalists and leading experts
SupplyChainDigital.com picked up our recent press release about Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt’s 2019 Clean50 Award and published a feature article about this news for
Plastic Pallets vs. Wood Pallets: Differences, Advantages and Disadvantages It’s fair to say that pallets move the world as they are an essential part of
What are the differences between pallet, skid, and crate? [Updated May 2019] Not sure if you need a pallet, skid, or crate? It’s easy to
Please share this infographic on you site by copying and pasting the code below: <a href=”https://www.freightera.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/green-future-freight-infog-lg.png”><img src=”https://www.freightera.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/green-future-freight-infographic.png” alt=”The Green Future of Freight Infographic” width=”620″
Easy Guide to Shipping Heavy Haul & Oversize Loads Shipping heavy haul and oversize loads is as complicated as freight shipping gets, with many intricacies that can cause you headaches. It pays off to get informed and prepare well. That’s [...]
Parcel Shipping vs. Pallet Shipping: Key Differences We often get questions from our clients regarding which shipping option should they choose for their business: parcel shipping or pallet shipping (LTL). These two options are quite similar, so the choice between [...]
Earlier this month, Dan Goodwill’s Transportation Consulting posted an article about our newly-added Membership Plans and how they can help shippers in Covid-19 times. The full article is below: On July 7, 2020, Freightera, North America’s rapidly growing online freight [...]
We’ve got some great new LTL rates in Canada, USA, and cross-border. Check these out and visit the Freightera Dashboard for gift codes on your Friends & Rewards page. Don’t miss the extra discounts and our membership promotions! For a [...]
We are happy to announce that we have rolled out paid membership plans and a reward program for Canadian and US business shippers! Freightera, North America’s rapidly growing online freight marketplace, just enhanced its popular free platform with value-added paid [...]
We are thankful for plenty of awesome reviews from our customers last month! Read what they’re saying about our prices, our customer service, and the seamless process of quoting and booking shipments with Freightera! ”Best freight company ever!” Best freight [...]
Ship to Amazon fulfillment centers / Amazon FBA with us! Since 2014, we have been helping businesses reduce their shipping costs while transporting freight within Canada and the United States as quickly and seamlessly as possible, automating most of the [...]
We don’t like to use the word “crazy” but what we’ve got for you is crazy-amazing savings in freight prices in both Canada and the USA, to help your business through these challenging times: Sample Rates in the USA (48” [...]
Dear customers, We’re doing our best to help you by constantly searching for new carriers offering the best service and adding thousands of great rates weekly. See examples of newly added rates below: Sample Cross-Border LTL Rates in Eastern Canada/US [...]
May has been an awesome month for Freightera! Nothing makes us happier than making our customers happy. And they have been very happy lately! Below are all reviews we have gotten in May: ”Excellent.” Just excellent. ”Exceptional Service” I [...]
Today, on May the First, we are celebrating our 6th birthday at Freightera. It is how we like to spell our birth date – May the First – because being the first, the trailblazers, is in our DNA. Six is [...]
Shipping perishables, frozen goods, or temperature-sensitive medical supplies across Canada? See our new reefer rates! We have just brought in very competitive temperature control rates on 806 local lanes (e.g. Winnipeg to Winnipeg, Saskatoon to Saskatoon, Regina to Regina, Calgary [...]
Interview with Benoit Montreuil, Professor, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Director, Physical Internet Center; Director, Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Interviewed by Eric Beckwitt, Founder and CEO, Freightera Benoit Montreuil is the father of [...]
Interview with Juvarya Veltkamp Juvarya Veltkamp is the Green Economy Initiatives Manager for the City of Vancouver, working in this role for more than 10 years. She is part of the city’s dynamic task force responsible for the rapid adoption [...]
For the second year, Freightera makes the list of private BC companies best positioned for high growth and acquisition, according to a predictive model by Rocket Builders VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 15, 2020 (Newswire.com) – Freightera, a leading online freight marketplace [...]
March 16th was the first day when Freightera shipments started to plummet in sync with the whole Canadian economy. COVID-19 disruption of most of our customers’ businesses due to their own suppliers and customers shutting down, traveled downstream to us. [...]
Dear Shippers, We have updated our system with some new LTL lanes within Canada. You’ll be able to see and book the rates by clicking the links below. All rates are for 1 skid, 500 lbs, 48” x 40” x [...]
Gloves, Zip Lock Bags, Masks, Gowns, Hand Sanitizers, etc. On Wednesday we received an urgent call from the BC Government’s COVID-19 Supply Hub to purchase medical and other essential supplies. We immediately sent this information to our entire email list [...]
Letter from Freightera CEO As we face these challenging times, most of us are preoccupied with the same thoughts: how will COVID-19 affect our lives, jobs, businesses, and communities? As a 100% remote company, we find ourselves in a unique [...]
Our clients come from different industries and from companies of various sizes, but what they all have in common is the fact that they have chosen to work with Freightera rather than directly with carriers and brokers. Why is that? [...]
We recently added new affordable LTL carrier rates in the US, and the cross-border US to Canada & Canada to the US. Please note, some of these are dynamic rates, they may change based on availability and demand. All examples [...]
Freightera Featured in ”Cities Taking Freight Action” – a Canadian Urban Freight Forum On Mar 3, 2020, Freightera will participate in the Urban Freight forum hosted by the Pembina Institute at The Globe and Mail Centre in Toronto. According to the [...]
Freightera CEO to Open the Cargo Tech Track at the 2020 Cargo Logistics Canada Expo in Vancouver Eric Beckwitt will be the first of five featured speakers on developing Cargo Tech trends, and will seek to ”help demystify technological complexities, [...]
Awesome news for Freightera blog and our readers! Our post Ship a Pallet in 15 Easy Steps: Quick Guide for Pallet Shipping for Beginners was selected among thousands of articles as one of the finalists in the Transport/Freight category. We [...]
FreightWaves Publishes Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt’s Commentary on a Green New Deal for Freight Transport On September 27, 2019, Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt attended the Global Climate Strike in Vancouver, Canada, with a group of his colleagues from prominent British [...]
How to Ship a Pallet Step-by-Step: Choose the Pallet Type & Size, Package & Prepare Your Pallet for Shipping You’re new to pallet shipping, and want to save time and money by doing things yourself. So, where do you start? [...]
We Now Offer Guaranteed, Dedicated Truck Deliveries and Special Services – All Included in the Price! If you’re like most of our shippers — you’ll often have time-critical shipments that need to get to your location, or to your clients, [...]
Business in Vancouver ranks Freightera #3 on 2019 List of 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in B.C. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, August 22, 2019 (Newswire.com) –Freightera, the rapidly growing Vancouver-based B2B Freight Marketplace offering instant all-inclusive LTL, FTL and rail freight quotes in [...]
Canadian digital-freight matching platform seeks to list on TSX Venture Exchange with “conservative” C$34 million valuation Freightera, a Canadian-based digital freight marketplace, plans to go public. CEO Eric Beckwitt confirmed to FreightWaves on August 1 that his Vancouver-based firm is [...]
Freightera Included in the BIV’s list of Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in BC Great news from Freightera! We’ve been chosen for the Business in Vancouver’s annual list of companies in BC that have shown exceptional growth over the past [...]
What is freight class? Freight class is assigned to all Less than Truckload (LTL) freight, shipping within USA or across the USA/Canadian border with US carriers who have NMFC-based pricing. Class can be based on the particular NMFC code of [...]
[Updated May 2019] When it comes to freight transportation, there are several modes of transport: such as road (trucks), rail (trains), air (planes), and sea (ships). Road and rail transport are the two modes used for the movement of goods [...]
Click here for a printable version of this Pallet Shipping 101 article and here for a PDF version of the How to Pack, Palletize, & Prepare Your Freight Infographic! [Updated May 2019] Preparing your freight for shipping is very important [...]
Vancouver startup launches door-to-door FTL-by-rail shipping service from five of the seven largest railroads in the U.S. and Canada, opening easy access to significantly lower long-haul prices and low-emission freight VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Freightera, North [...]
If you are in the business of shipping goods across the USA or Canada using land transport, you are concerned about cost-effectiveness, timely delivery, and the safety of your shipment. As there are multiple modes of moving your cargo, it’s [...]
Today, May The First 2019, is an important day for us. It may be just a regular hump day for most businesses, but May 1st has always been a significant date for Freightera simply because, on that day, our company [...]
What is heavy haul? [Updated May 2019] ‘Heavy Haul’ term in freight describes a shipment carrying unusually large and wide load, for example manufacturing equipment that exceeds the guidelines for legal dimensions (width, height or length) and/or weight limits in [...]
Freightera Makes Rocket Builders’ ICT “2019 Ready to Rocket” Prediction List Highlighting Companies with Highest Growth Potential in BC VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Freightera, a leading freight shipping marketplace offering instant freight quotes and online shipment bookings in North America, was recognized [...]
It’s been great to see the media attention pouring towards Freightera in the recent months, but having Freight Waves article about our green mission coming out on Valentine’s Day was still rather auspicious. 😊 We loved the article’s angle and [...]
Freight Train vs Truck [Updated May 2019] Which mode of transport is more efficient for shipping and what are the advantages and disadvantages of train vs truck transportation? See our new infographic answering these questions. Train Railways consume up to [...]
Frost & Sullivan places Freightera among ‘Key Automated On-Demand Brokerage Solutions in North America’ along with Uber Freight and Convoy VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Frost & Sullivan, the top 25 global market research and analysis firm, [...]
Canadian Shipper just published an article about Freightera’s ambitious mission. The story is written by Dan Goodwill, one of the top journalists and leading experts on freight transportation in North America. It describes the state of the industry that is [...]
SupplyChainDigital.com picked up our recent press release about Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt’s 2019 Clean50 Award and published a feature article about this news for the supply chain community. Thank you, Supply Chain Digital! This story will help us spread [...]
Plastic Pallets vs. Wood Pallets: Differences, Advantages and Disadvantages It’s fair to say that pallets move the world as they are an essential part of the modern supply chain. We use pallets for storage and transportation, and as product displays [...]
What are the differences between pallet, skid, and crate? [Updated May 2019] Not sure if you need a pallet, skid, or crate? It’s easy to get confused because people often use these terms interchangeably. All three can be used for [...]
Please share this infographic on you site by copying and pasting the code below: <a href=”https://www.freightera.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/green-future-freight-infog-lg.png”><img src=”https://www.freightera.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/green-future-freight-infographic.png” alt=”The Green Future of Freight Infographic” width=”620″ border=”0″ /></a><br />Source: The Green Future of Freight – An infographic by the team at [...]
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