Freight Shipping
Freight Shipping Rates
Transporting vast quantities of commercial items through land, air, or water is known as freight transportation. Freight shipping businesses have operations worldwide, and they move commodities through airports, seaports, and independent truck depots.
South Carolina Freight Shipping Cost & Time To Ship
To / FromSouth Carolina | Distance | Cost | Estimated Time In Transit |
Charleston, SC To Clovis, NM | 1515 miles | $2,727.72 - $3,333.88 | 4 - 6 Days |
Columbia, SC To Juneau, AK | 3823 miles | $6,882.12 - $8,411.48 | 9 - 11 Days |
North Charleston, SC To Waukesha, WI | 1012 miles | $1,823.04 - $2,228.16 | 3 - 5 Days |
Mount Pleasant, SC To Green Bay, WI | 1127 miles | $2,028.78 - $2,479.62 | 3 - 5 Days |
Rock Hill, SC To Lancaster city, PA | 539 miles | $970.92 - $1,186.68 | 2 - 4 Days |
Greenville, SC To Spearfish, SD | 1643 miles | $2,959.02 - $3,616.58 | 5 - 7 Days |
Summerville, SC To Columbus, OH | 612 miles | $1,102.68 - $1,347.72 | 2 - 4 Days |
Goose Creek, SC To Hastings, NE | 1365 miles | $2,458.08 - $3,004.32 | 4 - 6 Days |
Hilton Head Island, SC To Butte-Silver Bow, MT | 2330 miles | $4,194.36 - $5,126.44 | 6 - 8 Days |
Sumter, SC To East Honolulu, HI | 4716 miles | $8,488.80 - $10,375.20 | 10 - 12 Days |
*Prices and times are estimated. They can vary depending on the season and what type of vehicle you are shipping.
How Much Does Freight Shipping Cost?
Costs associated with freight shipping are highly variable and are determined by various factors. Each aspect plays a significant part in figuring out the total cost of the shipping.
- Distance
- Cargo weight
- Freight class/category
- Density
- Time-sensitivity
- Dimensions
- Mode of transport
- Packaging type
Freight Transport Services
The freight shipping service that you use will be customized to your financial capabilities as well as your requirements for shipping. Some examples of the freight transport service that we provide are as follows:
- Ocean Freight
- Full Truckload Freight (FTF)
- Less than Truckload Freight (LTF)
- Expedited Freight
- Intermodal Rail Freight (IRF)
- Air Freight
Best Freight Shipping Companies
If you choose the wrong transport firm for your freight transportation, it has the potential to have a significant impact on you. Because of this, selecting a freight shipping firm requires careful consideration of several different factors. For example,
- Expertise in the transportation of freight.
- Provides a wide range of service options.
- That satisfies your service coverage requirements.
- Timing of the delivery
- Your preferred method of communication.
- Equipment used.
Full Truck Load Freight Transport
Full truckload freight shipping is a method of shipping cargo where all the cargo in a truck belongs to a single client. The cargo is transported to a single destination, and no other items from other clients are in the truck.
This method of shipping freight is the best option when you have enough items to fill a truck. Usually, that will require about 20,000 pounds of cargo. It is also a great option when shipping perishable goods.
However, it isn't the best option when your items aren't voluminous enough to fill a truck or when you don't need special conditions for your things.
If you want a great full truckload freight shipping experience, then hire A-1 Auto Transport. You can rely on our freight shipping services.
Less Than Truck Load Freight Transport South Carolina
Less than truckload freight shipping is a service where your items are loaded into a truck with items from other customers. Each customer will be charged for the space their items occupy.
This method is a great option when you are shipping items that cannot be filled in a truck and when the items don't need special shipping conditions.
This method shouldn't be considered when you have enough items to fill a truck because your overall cost will be more than the cost of choosing the FTL shipping method. This method isn't suitable for fragile items either.
The less-than-truckload freight shipping method is available in South Carolina and is provided by A-1 Auto Transport.
Contact Us
A-1 Auto Transport's team is ready and always available to give you any answers you need regarding freight shipping. If you also need to start your shipping process, we can do that too. All you have to do is give us a call on 1-888-230-9116.
Frequently Asked Questions
There are about 474 cities in South Carolina, we can help ship your freight to any of them. If you need freight shipped from these cities to other parts of the US, we can help with that too.
There is no fixed cost to shipping freight to or from South Carolina. The costs depend on a few factors such as distance, freight weight, freight mode and shipping preferences. The cost of FTL shipping is more than LTL shipping, even if your items won't fill a truck. Air freight are more expensive than sea freight, land freight, and rail freight. It's better you get a quote to be sure of how much your freight shipping might cost. Use our free quote tool to estimate your cost now.
Your freight can be delivered in a day, or you wait for a couple of days to get it. Air freights are much faster than land freight, if there are daily freights to the route. For ground transport, FTL shipping will be faster than LTL shipping. That's because in LTL shipping, freight carriers ship freight for different customers in the same truck or container. Therefore, the process of waiting to fill space before shipping and the need to deliver freights along the route makes delivery much slower.
Chargeable weight is calculated using the gross weight or volumetric weight of the shipping freight, whichever has a higher value between them. Gross weight is the combined weight of the shipment, packaging, and pallet. Volumetric weight has to do with the volume (l x b x h) divided of the shipment divided by the density ratio of the shipment mode.