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What does Consolidation mean in logistics?
Short answer
Combining several small shipments from one or many shippers into a single larger load or container so that each pays only for its share of a full-load cost.
The basis of Indian PTL networks, LCL sea freight and air consolidations run by forwarders. The trade-off is extra handling and some added transit time at hubs. Ask our desk how this applies to your consignment.
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The numbers behind this answer
- Also called
- groupage
- Category
- Operations & tech
- Related terms
- PTL / LTL (part truckload), LCL (less than container load), Hub-and-spoke, Cross-docking
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