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Shipping Furniture with GoShip: How to Ship Furniture Cross-Country?

It doesn’t matter if you are a manufacturer, retailer, or just moving across the country, furniture shipping can be a burden. Considering all the things you have to manage, it can indeed turn into a nightmare. Therefore, safe and convenient shipping is what you expect from a shipping service. If the pieces are too large, it may require additional packing and help of specialized services. If moving to a new place or shipping furniture is among your nearest plans, here are three main steps for safe shipping:

Additional Shipping Charges: How to Avoid Unwanted Shipping Costs

It is easy to make mistakes whenever you are organizing a shipment, especially if you are new to the shipping industry. New shippers can often get confused on freight classification, weight, dimensions, and shipment details that could result in additional charges on the shipment. Nobody wants to deal with unwanted shipping charges on their shipment, and GoShip.com wants to help our customers avoid unwanted shipping charges from happening to them. Shipping can be one of the most time consuming, but necessary

Top 3 Benefits of Freight Shipment Tracking

The shipping industry is constantly being changed by new technology, ranging from the ELD mandate to the idea of autonomous trucks. Technology is almost unavoidable in today’s society and has changed the way people ship. Consumers become more and more conventional to technology, and many businesses focus on staying ahead of technology to provide customers with a seamless shopping and shipping experience. One way businesses are utilizing new technology is with shipment tracking. Shipment tracking is a new fe

Ship in a Hurricane: How to Prepare

Managing your supply chain can be very complex and difficult for certain businesses. Managing your supply chain in the middle of a hurricane can be extremely difficult and is an added stress that no business wants to face. Hurricanes often come with catastrophic results, and many businesses suffer disruptions and issues in their supply chain when a hurricane moves into the area. We want to help companies stay ahead of hurricanes and be prepared to get their supply chain through the storm without any major b

5 Signs That it’s Time to Change LTL Shipping Providers

When is the right time to change your LTL shipping provider? Building important long lasting relationships with your LTL provider is an important part of maintaining a strong shipping network, but there are numerous signs that will clearly let you know when the time has come to switch. As a shipper, it’s critical for the handling of your freight and your reputation to know when you have a bad carrier and when to get rid of them. Luckily, there are 5 significant signs that it’s time to change LTL shipping pr

How to Make Your Supply Chain and Logistics Greener

Freight shipping is one of the biggest contributors to pollution today, but it doesn’t have to be that way. New studies on the effects of climate change and green shipping over the last decade have encouraged establishments to take measures for reducing the carbon footprint in all industries, including the shipping industry. There are many steps that both truck drivers and shippers alike can take in order to contribute to this up and coming ‘green movement’ and reduce the huge carbon footprint that the ship

How Does Density Affect LTL Shipping?

Freight pricing is changing to be more focused on freight density instead of weight. This change is occurring because of the growing popularity of e-commerce and the driver shortage. Carriers that are still charging shippers based only on their products’ weight are losing a ton of space and money. Here at GoShip.com, we want to make sure you are never on the losing end of this process. Today we will review exactly what freight density is, and how it will affect both LTL shippers and carriers.   What is frei

Freight Insurance: What is it?  

Shipping freight can sometimes be a bit stressful, so we’ve put together a guide to make sure you can sit back and relax throughout the process. There’s a lot to keep an eye on, but with the right precautions taken before your cargo hits the road, you can plan and ship without giving it a second thought. At GoShip.com, we want you to know that taking these precautions will allow you to feel confident that your cargo will be safe and sound no matter what. What is freight insurance? Freight insurance, also kn