Less-than-container load (LCL)

A shipment that won't fill an entire container by itself, and thus is consolidated with other shippers' freight to form a whole load. This is in contrast to a full-container load (FCL) shipment, in which one shipper is transporting enough cargo to fill an entire container.

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