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title: "Transloading"
description: "Transloading is the process of moving a shipment from one mode of transport to another (e.g., from ocean container to truck)."
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  - "Trucking"
  - "eCom Fulfillment"
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# Transloading

Transloading is the process of moving a shipment from one mode of transport to another (e.g., from ocean container to truck).

## What is transloading?

**Transloading** is the process of moving a shipment from one mode of transport to another (e.g., from ocean container to truck).

Most often, this means picking up the container from port, bringing it to a warehouse, unloading it, and re-loading the cargo into a truck (for final delivery).

There are a couple of reasons why your cargo might be transloaded:

- If your shipment is traveling a long way from the port to the final destination via truck, we may transload it in order to avoid costly [per diem charges](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/per-diem-charge/).

- If your shipment is being delivered to more than one location. In this context, the transload fee refers to the labor involved in deconsolidating the shipment at a warehouse, palletizing it, and loading it into the trucks for final delivery.

![Flow diagram: a container ship and truck deliver to a warehouse, which splits one shipment into two trucks routed to two separate destination buildings.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ynj1yl20/development/da3f51234b3b136f8e48379e704e5239b0041cdf-500x156.png)

*Example of a transloaded shipment with multiple delivery destinations.*

Transloading is especially common for [Amazon shipments](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/help/flexport-amazon-us-shipping/), which are often sent to more than one Amazon FBA warehouse (which have strict [palletization](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/blog/your-guide-to-shipping-with-fulfillment-by-amazon-fba/) and [labeling](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/help/amazon-fba-labeling-requirements/) requirements).

Your shipment will also need to be transloaded if you are shipping [FCL to a residence](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/help/residential-fcl-deliveries/).

If your shipment is transloaded, the fee will appear on your invoice as "Transload," under Destination Charges.

Back to the [full glossary](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/).

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*This is a markdown version of [https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/transloading/](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/transloading/) for AI/LLM consumption.*