An LTL shipper books two 5-pallet shipments on the same day with the same carrier going to the same destination. However, the carrier sees this as a single 10-pallet shipment and hits the shipper with a big fee.
In this case, the shipper. Here’s why.
In this scenario, our shipper believed he identified a loophole that would reduce his costs. By booking his shipment as two smaller shipments he reduced his initial costs to $500 per shipment. But, after the carrier made the delivery, he got a bill for almost $9,000 dollars. He’d been charged penalties and fees for trying to game the system. Why did the fee get so high? This single shipment disguised as two separate shipments went from being LTL to VTL - Volume Truckload, which is an entirely different class of service. Had the shipper consulted with us, we would have told him to book the two shipments on two different days or with two different carriers to take advantage of the lower LTL rates. Unfortunately, scenarios like this are not uncommon and shippers find themselves facing fees they weren’t anticipating.
Here at Koho we are focusing on helping shippers and carriers see eye-to-eye with our LTL booking platform.
Contact us today to speak to our LTL experts.
An LTL shipper books two 5-pallet shipments on the same day with the same carrier going to the same destination. However, the carrier sees this as a single 10-pallet shipment and hits the shipper with a big fee.
In this case, the shipper. Here’s why.
In this scenario, our shipper believed he identified a loophole that would reduce his costs. By booking his shipment as two smaller shipments he reduced his initial costs to $500 per shipment. But, after the carrier made the delivery, he got a bill for almost $9,000 dollars. He’d been charged penalties and fees for trying to game the system. Why did the fee get so high? This single shipment disguised as two separate shipments went from being LTL to VTL - Volume Truckload, which is an entirely different class of service. Had the shipper consulted with us, we would have told him to book the two shipments on two different days or with two different carriers to take advantage of the lower LTL rates. Unfortunately, scenarios like this are not uncommon and shippers find themselves facing fees they weren’t anticipating.
Here at Koho we are focusing on helping shippers and carriers see eye-to-eye with our LTL booking platform.
Contact us today to speak to our LTL experts.
