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Part Load Road Freight

Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) Transport

Pay for the space your cargo uses instead of a whole trailer, on scheduled runs across the UAE and into the GCC.

Pay for Space, Not a Whole Trailer

Pay for Space, Not a Whole Trailer truck

Less-Than-Truckload Transport in the UAE

A part load shares a vehicle with other consignments, so the cost of the trip is split rather than carried by one shipper. It is the right choice when the cargo would leave a trailer half empty and the delivery date has some give in it. Where it does not, full truckload is the better call. Both sit within our land transportation services.

When a Part Load Makes Sense truck

Choose LTL When One of These Is True

LTL costs less than a dedicated vehicle and takes longer, because the truck is making other stops.

  • The consignment is a few pallets, not a trailer
  • The delivery window is a range, not a fixed slot
  • The goods are packed to travel alongside other cargo
  • You ship the same lane regularly in small volumes
  • A dedicated truck would run half empty
  • Cost matters more than the fastest possible transit
When a Part Load Makes Sense

Shipping Less Than a Full Load? truck

Send the pallet count, the weight and the two addresses

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Getting the Terms Right

LTL, FTL and LCL Are Not the Same Thing

These three get used interchangeably and they should not be. Picking the wrong one is how a quote comes back for the wrong service.

LTL - less than truckload

Road freight. Your goods share a truck with other consignments and are charged on the space and weight they take up.

FTL - full truckload

Road freight. One vehicle, one customer, direct from collection to delivery. Faster and less handling. See full truckload.

LCL - less than container load

Sea freight, not road. Your cargo shares an ocean container. Different mode, different transit, different paperwork. See LCL groupage.

Which to ask for

If it moves by truck and does not fill one, you want LTL. If it moves by sea and does not fill a container, you want LCL.

Suited to Part Loads

Suited to Part Loads truck

What Usually Moves as LTL

Part-load volume is mostly regular, palletised and not especially urgent.

  • Palletised retail and trade goods

    Stock moving from a warehouse or supplier to a shop, showroom or distributor in small, repeatable quantities.

  • Spares and replenishment

    Parts and consumables restocked on a regular lane, where the volume never justifies a whole vehicle.

  • Sample and pre-production shipments

    Smaller consignments moving ahead of a full order, often between free zones and the mainland.

Why Cannata truck

Shared Vehicle, Same Accountability

A part load is still your cargo. Sharing the deck should not mean sharing the blame when something goes missing. Consignments are consolidated at our Deira facility before they run.

Handled, not just carried

Consolidated loads involve more handling by definition, so the packing and stacking is checked rather than assumed.

Three Dubai hubs

Consignments can be held at Deira, Umm Ramool or Jebel Ali Free Zone until there is a run going the right way.

One point of contact

The same team books the space, moves it and answers for it - there is no depot to be transferred between.

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Get a price for this shipment

Give us the route and the cargo and we will come back with a rate, usually within one working day.

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Our FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

What customers ask before booking a part load.

LTL shares a vehicle with other consignments and is charged on the space used, so it costs less but takes longer and involves more handling. FTL is one truck for one customer, direct from collection to delivery.

No. LTL is road freight sharing a truck. LCL is sea freight sharing a container. They are different modes with different transit times and paperwork, and the terms are often confused.

On the space and weight your consignment occupies, plus the lane. Send the pallet count, the dimensions and the weight, and the two addresses, and we will quote it.

On pallets where possible, shrink-wrapped, stackable and clearly labelled. Consolidated freight is handled more than a full load, so packing matters more, not less.

Yes. Part loads run cross-border alongside full trailers into Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain, with the customs formalities handled in-house.

Yes. Consignments can be held at one of our three Dubai facilities and released onto the next suitable vehicle rather than waiting at your premises.
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