Road Transport – Know The Difference Between LTL and FTL
The logistics sector in India significantly depends on Road transportation for different shipments. Road transportation is used to transport different goods from one place to another. There are different types of goods which are transported from one place to another.
Mainly the road transportation is classified in two forms or modes
1. LTL (Less Than Truckload)
2. FTL (Full Truckload)
There are many logistics and other workers who don’t have clarity about what is LTL and FTL. Due to inappropriate knowledge about road transportation, they choose inappropriate tucking services and road transportation when shipping their products. In this writing, we will provide you with complete information about both the trucking shipping service solutions. After reading the writing, you will get the right services for transporting goods via road transportation.
What is Freight Shipping?
Fright shipping means sending goods from one place to another using land, sea and road. A maximum number of goods in the countries are transported through the road transportations. Commonly used road transportation modes to ship the products are LTL and FTL. These two are commonly used shipment modes for shipping different products. The term shipment was introduced when the products used to be transported through the ships in earlier times. But with continuous advancements in the logistics industries, now used for shipping from the truck, train and other transports.
What is LTL (Less Load Truck)?
LTL, the abbreviation for Less load truck, as the name specified in this type of shipping, takes only the space you need for your shipment. The rest of the space in the truck is occupied by other shipments. Also, you pay only for the space which your shipment has occupied. This type of shipment is best when you ship a small number of goods from one place to another. Basically, in this type of shipment, your goods are transported from one place to another in sharing with other shipments from other logistics. Therefore, this type of shipment has several benefits these days; this is one of the commonly used. But in this mode of road shipments, it takes more time to deliver the products from one place to another as there are many shipments in one truck which will be delivered to different destinations.
Benefits of Less Load Truck?
There are many benefits of this type of shipment
1. LTL shipment is extremely affordable and cheap for your small shipments. More safety to your shipments as it is covered under different palates and containers to carry.
2. With live tracking and easy locating, you can continuously track your shipment and its whereabouts to avoid misplacement and loss.
3. You also get an option of additional services like easy pickups, deliveries, weighing and others.
What is FTL (Full Truck Load)?
FTL is also an abbreviation for Full Truckload, Full Truckload or complete Truckload, which is used to transfer goods in huge quantities. This type of transportation is used by the logistics who want to transfer the goods in huge quantity. When the logistics want to transfer the goods will occupy 50%-100% of Truckload. This type of Truckload is also used when the logistics look for less transit time and a cost-effective option. Also, this type of road transportation is beneficial.
Advantages of FTL
This road transportation also comes with multiple benefits, which are
- Faster transit times, the products are shipped within a short period. The products reach the final destination within time.
- There is the very little possibility of any damage, loss and misplaces of the shipments.
- It is quite economical also as you are taking up all the space in the truck or maximum space of the truck.
Difference Between LTL and FTL Transportation?
There are few differences between both types of road transportation-
1. Less Truckload is used when you need less space to transport from one place to another in the truck, and FTL means Full Truckload, which is used when you need 50-100% of the space in the truck.
2. Less Truckload takes more time to deliver the products as it will deliver many shipments to different destinations. At the same time, Full Truckload takes less time to deliver the product because it will be directly delivered to the destination.
3.Both types of road transportation, LTL and FTL, are economical on their sides; you will need to choose it according to the need of your shipments.
Final Words
This is the basic difference between both types of road transportation. Road transportation can be used according to your need. Road transportations is used to deliver heavy shipments of products from one place to another. You will need to choose the mode of road transportation according to the type of shipment and the destination of the shipment.
