Unlike traditional LCL consolidation, where a physical terminal serves as the point of groupage, internet freight consolidation systems perform the matching digitally before any physical handling takes place: shippers register partial loads on a platform, and an algorithm groups compatible consignments by destination region, time window and hazard class into virtual full-truck or full-container loads.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freight_consolidation
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