Buyer's Consolidation Services | China Freight Forwarder
Shipment consolidation is the process of combining multiple smaller shipments from different senders to reduce transportation costs. Shipments are transported in one container, thus reducing the price of transportation. These types of shipments are also called LCL - Less than Container Load. What is consolidation of cargo? Consolidation of cargo includes combining smaller shipments sent in the same direction. They are mostly different shipments, where different senders are combined into one shipment. Carriers with sufficiently large networks use shipment consolidation to combine parcels in one direction. For consolidation shipments, the same containers are used for standard full container shipments. Fragmentation of shipments is also becoming more popular. What is Buyer's Consolidation Services? The goods of different vendors are consolidation to the container freight station (CFS), and the delivered goods are loaded into the full container for consignment to the destination. ...