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3PL Basics: The 11 Transportation Services with Jeremy Thone

Joe Lynch and Jeremy Thone discuss the 3PL basics: the 11 transportation services provided by 3rd party logistics providers.

About Jeremy Thone

Jeremy Thone is the Marketing Director at 3PL Systems, which is a transportation management system software company based in Signal Hill, California. Jeremy grew up in the 3PL business because his father is the co-founder of Diversified Transportation based in Torrance, CA. Jeremy worked in 3PL sales with Diversified and then left joined a number of high-tech start-ups prior to joining 3PL Systems. Jeremy earned a Bachelor of Science, Marketing from the University of Southern California.

About 3PL Systems

3PL Systems, Inc. provides transportation management system software to help make freight brokers more profitable - both by helping them bring in more revenue and helping them to operate more efficiently. 3PL Systems'​ BrokerWare is used to manage all shipping and transportation activities from one place, including dispatch, operations, routing, carrier selection, tracing, accounting, billing, collections, and much more. BrokerWare is a transportation management system (TMS) for Non-Asset Based Freight Brokers. Our freight broker software package has built-in support for many types of shipments including less-than-truckload (LTL), truckload (TL), expedited, rail, and any type of specialized equipment.

Key Takeaways – 3PL Basics: The 11 Transportation Services Transportation Service #1 – Small Package

Package delivery or parcel delivery is the shipping of packages (parcels) or high-value mail as single shipments. While the service is provided by most postal systems, private package delivery services have also existed in competition with and in place of public postal services.

Package delivery or parcel delivery is the shipping of packages (parcels) or high-value mail as single shipments. While the service is provided by most postal systems, private package delivery services have also existed in competition with and in place of public postal services.

Transportation Service #2 – Air Cargo

Air transportation is used to transport air cargo by plane. Air cargo or air transport is a vital component of many international logistics networks. Air transport is a vital part of international commerce. Air transport involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging. Transporting goods to and from the airport is also an essential part of the process.

Transportation Service #3 – Ocean

Ocean transport is used to move goods across the ocean or larger lakes. There are many different types of cargo that are moved in various types of ships. The ship types include bulk carriers, container ships, tankers, refrigerated ships, and roll-on / roll-off ships.

Bulk carriers are cargo ships used to move bulk cargo like coal, ore, grains, and liquids. Bulk cargo is commodity cargo that is transported unpackaged in large quantities. It refers to material in either liquid or granular, particulate form, as a mass of relatively small solids, such as petroleum, grain, coal, or gravel. This cargo is usually dropped or poured, with a spout or shovel bucket, into a bulk carrier ship's hold, railroad car, or tanker truck/trailer/semi-trailer body.

Container ships are cargo ships that carry their entire load in truck-size containers, in a technique called containerization. They form a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport. Informally known as "box boats," they carry the majority of the world's dry cargo.

Tankers are cargo ships for the transport of fluids, su