Freight forwarders and distribution centers use cross-dock freight consolidation to receive multiple partial shipments from different shippers at a cross-docking facility, sort them, and dispatch them immediately as a consolidated load without intermediate storage.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-docking
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