Trying to get a necessary order from its location to your location can be difficult if you are trying to do it quickly. If you need an express shipment, then there are ways that you can make the process easier. That's to work with a freight broker and hot shot shipping. 

Freight Broker

A freight broker is a person who arranges shipping. You call them up and tell them that you have an order that you need to get to your location. You tell the broker what it is, where it is, and when you need it. You will also need to tell them what location you want the shipment at so they can get your shipment to the right place. The broker will then start contacting various motor transport companies. The broker will talk to the companies to see if they have a vehicle that can get your shipment from where it is to where it needs to go, how much it is going to cost you, and how long it will take. Once the broker has the right shipping company for your needs, they will arrange for the transport company to get the shipment and head your way. If it is going to take multiple stages, for example from a train to a truck, the broker will also make all those arrangements. 

Hot Shot Shipping

Hot shot shipping is also known as LTL or less-than-load shipping. No matter what the name the broker or shipping company uses, hot shot shipping is express shipping and generally doesn't fill up the truck completely. In fact, your particular hot shot load may not be big enough to go in a truck, and in some cases could even be a person who needs to do an emergency repair at your location. Hot shot shipping is going to cost you more money. There are several reasons for that. One is the fact that it is an express, but other reasons include the fact that the shipping company still has to pay the fuel costs of getting your delivery to you even though they don't have a full load to offset the cost of fuel from the profit of the shipment. 

If you need to get a shipment to your location quickly, you need to find a freight broker like First Star Logistics who can work with you and who has the connection to a hot shot shipping company. 

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