{"id":819,"date":"2016-10-13T11:58:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T18:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=819"},"modified":"2021-10-11T11:47:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T18:47:25","slug":"full-truckload-ftl-shipping","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/freight-terms-glossary\/full-truckload-ftl-shipping\/","title":{"rendered":"Full TruckLoad (FTL or TL) Shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1976 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FTL-.jpg\" alt=\"Full TruckLoad (FTL or TL) Shipping definition and illustration\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FTL-.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FTL--300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Full TruckLoad (FTL or TL) Shipping:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/freight\/ftl-shipping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FTL or Full TruckLoad<\/a> is the transport of goods that fill up a full truck, or a partial load shipment occupying an entire truck. Bulk foods are typically shipped by FTL.<\/p>\n<p>FTL is contracted to one customer. It\u2019s faster, and more expensive than Less Than Truckload (LTL) shipping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Full TruckLoad (FTL or TL) Shipping: FTL or Full TruckLoad is the transport of goods that fill up a full truck, or a partial load shipment occupying an entire truck. Bulk foods are typically shipped by FTL. FTL is contracted to one customer. It\u2019s faster, and more expensive than Less Than Truckload (LTL) shipping. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-green\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/freight-terms-glossary\/full-truckload-ftl-shipping\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":1976,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"glossary-categories":[],"glossary-tags":[],"glossary-languages":[],"class_list":["post-819","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"post_title":"Full TruckLoad (FTL or TL) Shipping","post_content":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-1976 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FTL-.jpg\" alt=\"Full TruckLoad (FTL or TL) Shipping definition and illustration\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\r\n<strong>Full TruckLoad (FTL or TL) Shipping:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/freight\/ftl-shipping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FTL or Full TruckLoad<\/a> is the transport of goods that fill up a full truck, or a partial load shipment occupying an entire truck. 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