{"id":2006,"date":"2017-11-27T23:36:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T07:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=2006"},"modified":"2021-10-11T11:14:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T18:14:03","slug":"less-container-load-lcl","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/freight-terms-glossary\/less-container-load-lcl\/","title":{"rendered":"Less than Container Load or LCL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2007 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Less-than-Container-Load-or-LCL.jpg\" alt=\"Less than Container Load or LCL in freight shipping illustration and definition\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Less-than-Container-Load-or-LCL.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Less-than-Container-Load-or-LCL-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><strong>Less than Container Load or LCL:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LCL is a shipment that does not take up the entire available space of a 20ft. or 40\/45 ft. ocean shipping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/freight-terms-glossary\/container\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">container<\/a>. LCL freight combines shipments from multiple shippers at a lower costs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less than Container Load or LCL: LCL is a shipment that does not take up the entire available space of a 20ft. or 40\/45 ft. ocean shipping container. LCL freight combines shipments from multiple shippers at a lower costs. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-green\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/freight-terms-glossary\/less-container-load-lcl\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":2007,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"glossary-categories":[],"glossary-tags":[],"glossary-languages":[],"class_list":["post-2006","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"post_title":"Less than Container Load or LCL","post_content":"<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-2007 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Less-than-Container-Load-or-LCL.jpg\" alt=\"Less than Container Load or LCL in freight shipping illustration and definition\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><strong>Less than Container Load or LCL:<\/strong>\r\n\r\nLCL is a shipment that does not take up the entire available space of a 20ft. or 40\/45 ft. ocean shipping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/freight-terms-glossary\/container\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">container<\/a>. 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