LTL
Operational notes on expedited freight, LTL, same-day, and industry-specific logistics from the StarBriges team. Built for shippers and logistics managers.
LTL rates are not a flat per-pound number. Class, density, lane, accessorials, and FAK agreements all reshape the bill, and most of those line items are negotiable.
The break-even between LTL and FTL isn’t always about pallet count. Density, lane, fragility, and dwell tolerance all push the math one way or the other.
LTL means your load shares a trailer with other shippers and routes through terminals. That is where most of the cost, and most of the delay risk, actually lives.
Standard LTL transit is too slow for some lanes. Expedited LTL keeps the multi-stop economics but adds team drivers, guaranteed windows, and tighter dispatch.