Understanding Your BOL

By dgentry | July 3, 2020 |
A worker wearing an orange safety vest and a white hard hat looks at a tablet in a warehouse. Shelves filled with goods surround him. A large blue circle with an icon of a paper and pencil is overlaid on the right side.

We sure like to use acronyms in the shipping business, don’t we? As just a small example, your SMB definitely needs to use a 3PL that offers a powerful TMS. This alphabet soup is enough to make your head spin sometimes. What does BOL stand for? Amid all the acronyms in the shipping world, there’s…

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Top 5 Blind Shipping Questions & Answers

By dgentry | June 24, 2020 |
A man wearing a cap and a jacket is sitting inside a vehicle, talking on a cellphone. He is writing on a notepad with a pen. The focus is on his focused expression, and there is a reflection of the street in the window.

One of the most misunderstood facets of the freight world is blind shipments. Let’s dig into top questions when it comes to blind shipping! What is Blind Shipping? Simply put, a blind shipment is an LTL shipment in which the identity and address of the shipper or consignee (or both) are hidden from the other party.…

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