A freight forwarder or logistics provider that gathers less-than-truckload or less-than-container-load shipments from different shippers and bundles them into a single, larger load. This allows shippers to access cheaper full-load freight rates and reduces the total number of vehicles needed for transport.
Heard on the job
We use a consolidator in Chicago to bundle our regional pallet orders before moving them to the West Coast.
Also heard as
- freight consolidator