Less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments are small freight deliveries that are too small to fill a truckload and too large to be classified as parcels for a “small parcel shipment” (think UPS). In terms of weight, anything between 150-20,000 pounds would be able to ship LTL.

The first mile/last mile (FMLM) is an important issue for logistic companies. The term FMLM is used to describe the movement of goods from a transportation hub to its final destination. Transporting goods via a freight network system is the…

First Call Trucking & Courier is a family company that was purchased by my dad and then succeeded to me when his health began to deteriorate due to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (the “honeycombing” of the lungs). From its inception, First…

In the past, consumers would have to wait several days before receiving products or packages ordered online.  As companies like Amazon grow, however, courier services are proving more and more invaluable. What are courier services? Companies that provide courier services…