What does Road Freight mean?

Road freight is the movement of goods by truck over the road network. It is the most flexible mode of transport, reaching almost any origin and destination door-to-door, and is often the only option for rural or remote locations that rail, sea and air cannot serve directly.

FTL and LTL road freight

Road freight splits mainly into FTL (full truckload), where one shipment fills a whole truck, and LTL (less-than-truckload), where several shippers share the space and the cost. FTL is faster and lower-risk; LTL is cheaper for small volumes but slower because of extra handling.

What makes road freight efficient

The margin on a road-freight tour depends on distance, tolls, fuel, vehicle utilisation and driver hours. Small planning gains, a shorter legal route, a filled return leg, an avoided toll, compound across a fleet.

That is the job of a transport management system. In the Planner Module from IMPARGO a truck-legal route is calculated with per-country toll and full tour cost before dispatch, and the tour is sent to the driver with navigation in the DriverApp.