An e-commerce giant is expanding its trucking services.
Amazon Wednesday announced the expansion of its less-than-truckload freight service beyond its current inbound-to-Amazon offering, to any type of destination, including third-party warehouses, distribution centers, and retail partners, as part of the offerings from Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS).
A statement from Amazon said businesses now have the flexibility to ship by pallet, choosing LTL to share trailer space for partial loads instead of reserving and paying for a full truckload.
Amazon said it has served "tens of thousands" of Amazon selling partners and vendors, moving millions of pallets across its U.S. network last year since 2019. The company is now expanding the service based on what it called "strong positive feedback and growing customer demand."
The launch of this service is the latest addition to ASCS, which also offers freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping to businesses of all types and sizes, according to the company.
"The feedback from Amazon selling partners using our LTL service was clear: the technology, visibility, and reliability were exactly what they needed—and they wanted to use it more broadly," said Jim Ruiz, director of Amazon Freight. "Now Amazon LTL can move your freight wherever it needs to go, servicing destinations nationwide for businesses of all sizes."
