Freight Shipping Blog
Plain-English answers to how freight pricing actually works — and the levers you can pull to pay less. Every post links back to the calculator that does the math for you.
Accessorial Charges: Every Freight Fee Explained
Liftgate, residential, limited access, detention, reweigh — what triggers each fee, who charges it, and how to keep it off your invoice.
Read moreShipping basicsWhat Is Drayage? Costs, Fees and When You Need It
The short container move from port or rail ramp — and the demurrage, detention and chassis fees that decide what it really costs.
Read moreShipping basicsWhat Is Freight Class? A Plain-English Guide
The 18 NMFC classes explained — how density and the four NMFC factors set your class, and why it drives your LTL price.
Read moreShipping basicsLTL vs FTL: Which Should You Use?
How each is priced, what a 53-foot truck holds, and the lines in carrier tariffs where LTL turns into a partial truck.
Read morePricingDimensional Weight Rules for UPS, FedEx and USPS (2026)
The 139 and 166 divisors, the USPS switch to 139 on July 12, 2026, and how each carrier rounds, with one box worked through all four rules.
Read moreCost saving8 Ways to Lower Your LTL Freight Costs
Eight cost levers from the carriers’ own rules: class, density, low-density minimums, no-stack heights, correction fees and capacity loads.
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