Washington DC to Columbus Freight Shipping

LTL shipping from Washington DC to Columbus involves a number of different considerations, but the process is made easy with Koho. While both Washington DC and Columbus have capable freight shipping and transportation networks built into their infrastructure to move multimodal LTL shipments with ease, Koho examines the local market and determines which carriers can offer the best LTL rate per pound for your cargo. Depending on the distance, weight, freight class, minimum charges, base rates, and mode of transport, anything from door-to-door trucking to intermodal shipments that transfer between air, sea, rail, or motorized freight can be utilized to achieve the most efficient and cost-effective route for your LTL shipment. Whether shipping to or from Washington DC or Columbus, Koho will explore not only the best mode of transport available that fits your shipping needs, but also the market capacities of each city’s respective region. The amount of LTL cargo arriving or departing Washington DC or Columbus can vary depending on how tight or loose the market capacity, as well as the modes of transport being utilized most frequently, all of which can affect the price and speed of a shipment. Koho’s market capacity meter indicates that Washington DC has a Loose Capacity and Columbus has a Moderate Capacity. By examining available rates amongst Koho’s network of reliable carrier partners, we have found an average LTL rate per pound of $0.06 to ship from Washington DC to Columbus, and $0.12 from Columbus to Washington DC.

Columbus, Ohio is a growing metropolis with a diverse economy that relies on the city’s ability to move cargo. Columbus’s airports, John Glen International Airport and its counterpart, Rickenbacker International Airport, handle a large portion of the freight coming into and out of the area. Rickenbacker Airport’s cargo facility is directly connected to Norfolk Southern Railroad Intermodal Terminal where the Class I railroad handles 250,000 intermodal containers every year and provides access to the deep water port in Norfolk, Virginia, as well as improved access to rail hubs in the Chicago area. Columbus is also bisected by two major interstate highways, the I-70 running east/west and the I-71 running north/southwest, providing easy access for motorized freight arriving and departing the city’s metropolitan area. A centralized location, thriving economy, and rising population make carriers in Columbus well equipped to fulfill any LTL shipping needs at a low cost.