Shipping lines, freight forwarders, and logistics providers offer cross-dock transportation services to accelerate shipments to their final destination: goods are unloaded immediately upon arrival, sorted by destination, and consolidated for the next leg without intermediate storage.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_docking
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