What's the difference between vehicle transportation and LTL transportation?

Dedicated line transportation, also known as trunk line transportation, refers to the mode of transportation with cargo transportation between two specific areas as the main content, such as Guangzhou-Hunan dedicated line transportation. Just like the bus we take every day, the route is fixed.

The special line transportation company collects the goods through the freight forwarder, and then selects the vehicle type for transportation according to the transportation distance and the cargo situation. Generally, in the short to medium term (within 1500 km), tally and loading will be started at night, and in the long term, it will be normal to tally and load the next morning. After the goods arrive at the destination station, they are unloaded in the order of arrival and then delivered to the receiving place.

Because no domestic logistics company can extend its transportation business to all parts of the country, it often needs a third-party logistics company.

Third party logistics company

Third party logistics company

That is, the freight forwarder between the owner and the specialized logistics company. Third-party logistics companies accept national road transport orders and forward them to special line companies for transportation, providing shippers with a wider access area, a unified service window and some additional services.

LTL transportation

LTL transportation, also known as stowage transportation. It refers to the mode of transportation in which the goods of multiple consignors are sent to a special line company for carpooling, and then transported by the whole vehicle, and then delivered separately after arriving at the destination station.

Vehicle transportation

Vehicle transportation, also known as chartered transportation. Different from LTL, one car usually carries only one ticket of the owner's goods, and the appropriate vehicle type is arranged for door-to-door service according to the cargo situation.

Advantages of vehicle transportation: quick aging, few intermediate operation links, reduction of loading and unloading times and risks caused by loading and unloading, and saving transportation cost when large tonnage arrives at chartered car.