{"id":868,"date":"2016-10-17T11:45:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T18:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=868"},"modified":"2021-10-11T11:45:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T18:45:18","slug":"less-truckload-ltl-shipping","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/freight-terms-glossary\/less-truckload-ltl-shipping\/","title":{"rendered":"Less Than Truckload (LTL) Shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1951 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LTL-.jpg\" alt=\"LTL or Less than TruckLoad shipping definition and illustration\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LTL-.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LTL--300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><strong>Less Than Truckload (LTL) Shipping:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/freight\/ltl-shipping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Less Than Truckload<\/a> shipping aka LTL shipping is the transport of goods that do not take up the entire available space on the truck.<\/p>\n<p>LTL freight combines shipments from multiple customers. Typically, it&#8217;s less expensive than Full Truckload (FTL, or TL) shipping, and slower to deliver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less Than Truckload (LTL) Shipping: Less Than Truckload shipping aka LTL shipping is the transport of goods that do not take up the entire available space on the truck. LTL freight combines shipments from multiple customers. Typically, it&#8217;s less expensive than Full Truckload (FTL, or TL) shipping, and slower to deliver. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-green\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/freight-terms-glossary\/less-truckload-ltl-shipping\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":1951,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"glossary-categories":[],"glossary-tags":[],"glossary-languages":[],"class_list":["post-868","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"post_title":"Less Than Truckload (LTL) Shipping","post_content":"<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-1951 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LTL-.jpg\" alt=\"LTL or Less than TruckLoad shipping definition and illustration\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><strong>Less Than Truckload (LTL) Shipping:<\/strong>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/freight\/ltl-shipping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Less Than Truckload<\/a> shipping aka LTL shipping is the transport of goods that do not take up the entire available space on the truck.<\/p>\r\nLTL freight combines shipments from multiple customers. 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