{"id":2031,"date":"2017-11-27T23:55:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T07:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=2031"},"modified":"2023-06-26T07:40:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:40:52","slug":"pickup-by-appointment","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/freight-terms-glossary\/pickup-by-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickup by Appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2032 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pickup-by-Appointment-.jpg\" alt=\"Pickup by Appointment in freight shipping illustration and definition\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pickup-by-Appointment-.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pickup-by-Appointment--300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pickup by Appointment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A pickup by appointment request means specifying the time and date that you wish your shipment to be picked up to the carrier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>These requests are common in FTL (full truckload) freight shipping<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In LTL (less-than-truckload) shipping pickup appointments are not performed due to the fact that trucks leave their terminals pre-loaded with cargo out for delivery that day. That means that it is impossible to know how much time it will take any single truck to finish their deliveries or prior pickups before arriving to any given location.<\/p>\n<p>Delays happen for numerous reasons, including but not limited to congestion, delays at individual pickup\/delivery locations, weather conditions, truck breakdowns, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pickup by Appointment: &nbsp; A pickup by appointment request means specifying the time and date that you wish your shipment to be picked up to the carrier. These requests are common in FTL (full truckload) freight shipping. In LTL (less-than-truckload) shipping pickup appointments are not performed due to the fact that trucks leave their terminals [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-green\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/freight-terms-glossary\/pickup-by-appointment\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":2032,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"glossary-categories":[],"glossary-tags":[],"glossary-languages":[],"class_list":["post-2031","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"post_title":"Pickup by Appointment","post_content":"<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-2032 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pickup-by-Appointment-.jpg\" alt=\"Pickup by Appointment in freight shipping illustration and definition\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Pickup by Appointment:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA pickup by appointment request means specifying the time and date that you wish your shipment to be picked up to the carrier.\r\n\r\n<strong>These requests are common in FTL (full truckload) freight shipping<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nIn LTL (less-than-truckload) shipping pickup appointments are not performed due to the fact that trucks leave their terminals pre-loaded with cargo out for delivery that day. That means that it is impossible to know how much time it will take any single truck to finish their deliveries or prior pickups before arriving to any given location.\r\n\r\nDelays happen for numerous reasons, including but not limited to congestion, delays at individual pickup\/delivery locations, weather conditions, truck breakdowns, etc.","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pickup by Appointment | Freightera Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is pick up by appointment in freight shipping? 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