{"id":1162,"date":"2016-12-19T14:17:09","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T22:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=1162"},"modified":"2021-10-11T11:27:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T18:27:12","slug":"freight-class","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/freight-terms-glossary\/freight-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Freight Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1929 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Classification.jpg\" alt=\"Freight class definition and illustration\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Classification.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Classification-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Freight Class or Freight Classification:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/freight-class-calculator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freight class<\/a> or freight classification is a number assigned to less than truckload (LTL) shipments based on weight, size, density, handling, value, and liability.<\/p>\n<p>18 freight classes defined by the National Motor Freight Classification\u00ae (NMFC\u00ae) system allow carriers in the United States to use uniform pricing. Lower class usually implies a lower shipping cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freight Class or Freight Classification: Freight class or freight classification is a number assigned to less than truckload (LTL) shipments based on weight, size, density, handling, value, and liability. 18 freight classes defined by the National Motor Freight Classification\u00ae (NMFC\u00ae) system allow carriers in the United States to use uniform pricing. Lower class usually implies [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-green\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/freight-terms-glossary\/freight-class\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":1929,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"glossary-categories":[],"glossary-tags":[],"glossary-languages":[],"class_list":["post-1162","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"post_title":"Freight Class","post_content":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-1929 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Classification.jpg\" alt=\"Freight class definition and illustration\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\r\n<strong>Freight Class or Freight Classification:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/freight-class-calculator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freight class<\/a> or freight classification is a number assigned to less than truckload (LTL) shipments based on weight, size, density, handling, value, and liability.\r\n\r\n18 freight classes defined by the National Motor Freight Classification\u00ae (NMFC\u00ae) system allow carriers in the United States to use uniform pricing. 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