Freight Shipment Tracking

In most cases, shipment tracking in LTL & FTL freight is primarily scan-based, not live GPS tracking. This means that every time your shipment is picked up, sorted at a terminal, transferred, or delivered, the carrier scans it and updates its status in their system. Those scan events appear on the tracking you see on carrier sites and in your Freightera account.

In this section, you’ll learn how LTL and FTL tracking actually works, what typical status updates mean, and what to do if a shipment seems stuck or an ETA changes. You’ll also see how different ID numbers (BOL, PRO, and your own reference numbers) work together, and which one to use in different situations.