LTL Carriers in ShipEngine

ShipEngine API provides many carrier options for LTL shipping and allows you to perform all your LTL shipping operations programmatically. There are some carriers, however, that do not offer all the ShipEngine API features programmatically, which means that we can't make them available to you in ShipEngine API. You will need to continue performing those operations using your existing processes. You can find information about which features are supported by each carrier below as well as a description of each feature.

LTL Carrier Information

The table below list information about the LTL carriers available in ShipEngine API. Click the heading for a description of the feature.

Carrier Name	SCACs	Quotes	Spot Quotes	Pickups	Tracking	Auto PRO #	Documents
A. Duie Pyle Inc.	PYLE	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
AAA Cooper Transportation	AACT	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
ABF Freight Systems Inc.	ABFS	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
ACI Motor Freight, Inc	AGCE	✔		✔	✔		✔
Averitt Express Inc.	AVRT	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Best Overnite Express	BTVP	✔		✔	✔
Central Freight Lines	CENF	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Central Transport	CTII	✔			✔		✔
CRH Transportation	CRHM	✔			✔		✔
CrossCountry Freight Solutions	CCYQ	✔		✔	✔		✔
Day & Ross	DAYR				✔
Daylight Transport LLC	DYLT	✔			✔		✔
Dayton Freight Lines Inc.	DAFG	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
Dependable Highway Express	DPHE		✔	✔	✔		✔
Dohrn Transfer Company	DHRN	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
Double D Express, Inc	DBDE	✔		✔	✔		✔
Dugan Truck Line	DUBL	✔		✔	✔
Estes Express Lines	EXLA	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
FedEx Freight Priority / Economy (FedEx LTL Freight East / FedEx Freight National)	FXFE FXNL	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Forward Air Inc.	FWDN	✔		✔
Forward Air, Inc	FWRA FWDN FWDA	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
GLS Freight	MTVL	✔		✔	✔
Hercules Freight	HRCF			✔	✔
Holland	HMES	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
Land Air Express, Inc	LREC	✔		✔	✔
Magnum Logistics	MGUL	✔		✔		✔
Mainfreight, Inc	MFGN MIHD	✔		✔			✔
Manitoulin Transport	MANI			✔	✔	✔	✔
Metropolitan Warehouse & Delivery	MWDP	✔		✔
Midwest Motor Express	MIDW	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
N&M Transfer Company	NMTF	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
New Penn Motor Express	NPME	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
Oak Harbor Freight Lines Inc.	OAKH	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
Old Dominion Freight Lines Inc.	ODFL	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Peninsula Truck Lines, Inc	PENS				✔
Pitt-Ohio	PITD	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
R & L Carriers Inc.	RLCA RFLFC RNLO RRLRR RLFV	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
R+L Carriers, Inc	RLFC RNLO RLRR RLFV GMLS RCLA	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
Reddaway	RETL	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
Roadrunner Transportation Services Inc.	RDFS	✔	✔		✔		✔
Saia LTL Freight	SAIA	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Southeastern Freight Lines	SEFL	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Southwestern Motor Transport, Inc	SMTL	✔		✔	✔
Standard Forwarding	STDF				✔	✔	✔
TForce Freight	TFIN UPGF	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
TST-CF Express	CFWL OVLD	✔		✔	✔
U.S. Road Freight Express, Inc	USRD				✔
UPS Freight	UPGF	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
US Special Delivery	UPSD UPPN	✔			✔
Valley Cartage Company	VALC	✔		✔	✔		✔
Ward Trucking	WARD	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
XPO Logistics (Con-Way Freight)	CNWY CWCW CWSE CWNO XPOL CWWE	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
YRC Freight Inc	RDWY YFSY YRCA	✔				✔

SCACs

Each LTL carrier is uniquely identified in the industry by its Standard Carrier Alpha Code or SCAC. Some carriers even have multiple SCACs that correspond to different types of offerings. ShipEngine API also uses the SCAC to uniquely identify the carrier.

In ShipEngine API, the SCAC is referred to as the carrier_code to streamline the terminology used across different types of shipping carriers. You will need to know the SCAC for your LTL carrier for any request that requires a carrier_id. Likewise, many responses will include the carrier_code, which corresponds to the SCAC.

Quotes

ShipEngine API allows you to request a quote using contracted rates. Some carriers do not support requesting a quote programmatically. For those carriers, you can typically track shipments that you have shipped outside ShipEngine as well as retrieve shipping documents.

Spot Quotes

ShipEngine API allows you to request a spot quote from an LTL carrier based on excess capacity. Some carriers do not support spot quotes.

Pickups

ShipEngine API allows you to programmatically request a pickup of your LTL shipment. You can provide all the details about the shipment as well as your preferred container type and accessorial services directly in the pickup request. If you'd like to know the cost in advance, you may first request a quote and then schedule a pickup using the quote_id.

There are some carriers that do not support programmatically scheduling a pickup. However, you will still need to perform this operation in ShipEngine API, even if the carrier does not support programmatic pickup requests. This operation creates the bill of lading, which will be needed by the carrier at pickup. You will then need to schedule the pickup directly with the carrier.

Tracking

ShipEngine API allows you to track your LTL shipment using the PRO number. The PRO number is returned when you schedule a pickup. However, some carriers don't support automatic PRO number generation. For those carriers, a PRO number will be assigned by the carrier at the time of pickup. The table above indicates which carriers support automatic PRO number generation.

Documents

ShipEngine API allows you to retrieve the documents related to your LTL shipment, including the bill of lading, invoice, delivery receipt, and weight inspection certificate.