{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Hub facility","description":"A hub facility – also called a transshipment center or consolidation hub – sits at the core of hub-and-spoke networks, receiving shipments from multiple origins, sorting them, and dispatching them onward to their destinations. Speed, not storage, defines its purpose: cargo typically dwells for only a few hours before transfer to outbound transport. By concentrating freight flows through a single point, the model eliminates the need for direct links between every origin-destination pair, reducing","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/hub-facility","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-24T05:53:28.158729","citation":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_hub","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/hub-facility","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Hub facility · A hub facility – also called a transshipment center or consolidation hub – sits at the core of hub-and-spoke networks, receiving shipments from multiple origins, sorting them, and dispatching them onward to their destinations. · Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_hub"}