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Road freight is known as the most basic type of transportation in logistics. It can be considered to be the first means of transportation ever used. This technology also laid the foundation for other types of transportation as it developed. The definition of road freight is the constant, safe, fast, affordable, and punctual transportation of items from one place to another via roads and vehicles.

The Importance of Road Freight

Road freightis the most popular method of transportation around the globe. Because it's possible to deliver places that would be impossible or very expensive to reach by seaways or airlines. Road freight is also considerably cheaper compared to other methods of transportation. Structures like ports, airports or train stations are unnecessary. Items can be directly transported from the shipper to the recipient. The time lost in road traffic has been reduced to the bare minimum. That's why many logistics companies cover road freight.

What makes road freight most important is its integration of other means of transportation. Because of this, road freight is still used even if other methods of transportation are preferred.

The Advantages of Road Freight

Road freight is the method of transportation that humanity and modern logistics companies are most experienced with. The biggest advantage of **road freight** is its ease and cost-effectiveness over short distances. We offer very secure transportation over short distances. Since the departure and arrival time can be easily communicated from the shipper to the recipient, the recipient will know exactly when the items are going to arrive.

The chance to load and unload whenever needed ensures excellent ease and comfort in freight and shipment. Even though the time loss due to reasons like waiting in line is common in other means of transportation, the risk of such delays in road freight is little to none. Preparation, loading, unloading, freight and other costs are reasonably low in road freight.

Since a large portion of transportation relies on trucks or cargo gliders in road freight, it's possible to transport highly variable amounts.

The Future of Road Freight

Road freight is an economic branch that is very open to change and improvement. The advances in the automotiveindustry, improvements of vehicles, and new inventions bring forth improvements in transportation. These improvements enable the development of stronger motors and trucks, increasing their capacity and horsepower of these vehicles. Economic technologies in these vehicles also help save fuel, thereby reducing shipment costs.

The countries that impact road freight the most are neighboring countries. Commercial and political developments between these countries directly affect road freight. Agreements between neighboring countries and large transports are one of the most important factors on the development of road freight. The changes and developments in the sector not only affects the performance of the vehicles, but also makes more productions in shorter amounts of time possible, which highly increases the demand for road freight.

Types of Road Freight

There are many types of road freight. The most common one is LTL(Less than Truck Load). More than one customer's items can be transported in the same truck in /LTL/. The shipments of multiple customers on the same route get loaded to one vehicle and all of them get delivered one by one while following the route. This method usually involves transporting with trucks or cargo gliders.

The second most common method for road freight is Intermodal Transportation. One or more vehicle is used to carry the load in /intermodal transportation/. The act of moving the loaded container from one place to another without unloading it ensures cleanliness and safety. This method enables the integration of different methods of transportation like sea, road and air freight, saving significant amounts of time and money.

Road freight also has methods that take the system to entirely different heights. Ro-Ro shipment can also be considered a method of road freight. Ro-ro shipment refers to the transportation of vehicles that typically travel by road but are moved over long distances by sea. There are also many types of road freight like boxed vehicle transportation, project transportation, full export and import transshipment, organized group export and import transshipment, non-rail shipment, transit shipment, GOH(Garment On Hanger) shipment, and so on.