Amazon Opens LTL Freight Service to All Businesses
Amazon has announced that its less-than-truckload (LTL) freight service is now available to all businesses, not just sellers on Amazon. The move further commercializes Amazon’s logistics infrastructure and offers more businesses shared trailer space for transportation.
What are the key facts?
- 1Coverage: Nationwide United States
- 2Eligible customers: All businesses, not limited to merchants shipping to Amazon warehouses
- 3Service component: Amazon Supply Chain
What happened?
Amazon announced that its less-than-truckload service is open to all businesses and covers any destination across the United States. As part of Amazon Supply Chain, the service allows customers to share trailer space to transport partial loads, with the aim of improving logistics utilization.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
Sellers can assess Amazon’s logistics services for potential cost advantages and consider them as one option for diversifying their supply chains.