Amazon opens less-than-truckload freight offering beyond partners
Amazon is expanding its third-party logistics presence and potential to compete with UPS and FedEx.
The online giant is extending the availability of its U.S. less-than-truckload (LTL) freight beyond its current inbound-to-Amazon offering to any type of destination. This includes third-party warehouses, distribution centers, and retail partners.
The new expanded LTL service is part of the suite of offerings from Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS), a third-party logistics platform the company launched in May 2026 to open up its full portfolio of freight, distribution, fulfillment and parcel shipping capabilities to businesses of all types and sizes — not just sellers on the company's marketplace.
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All businesses can now ship by pallet via ASCS, choosing LTL to share trailer space for partial loads instead of reserving and paying for a full truckload. Since 2019, Amazon LTL has served tens of thousands of Amazon selling partners and vendors, moving millions of pallets across its U.S. network during 2025.
The company says it is now expanding its LTL service based on positive feedback and growing customer demand. Businesses of all sizes can use ASCS LTL to move freight—typically ranging from one to six pallets, or between 150 and 15,000 pounds—into their warehouses, between their own facilities, or to their retail partners and distributors.
The service gives shippers access to the same logistics infrastructure and technology that Amazon uses to move its own freight with scalable capacity to support businesses when shipping volumes increase.
Amazon offers seamless booking and flexible pick-up options, including next-day live pickup for orders placed by 5 p.m., same-day pickup through Amazon’s drop trailer solution, and standing daily pickups for high-volume shippers. Other features of the service include:
- A unified drop trailer pool supporting both LTL and full truckload shipments, simplifying yard operations for customers using multiple ASCS freight services.
- End-to-end real-time GPS tracking from pickup through delivery, proactive milestone updates, automated appointment scheduling at receiving facilities, and electronic proof of delivery.
- Centralized monitoring with cargo cameras and door sensors across the entire fleet, enabling automated driver alerts and real-time freight security from load to unload.
- Automated EDI-based order tendering, shipment tracking, and invoicing connect directly to existing supply chain systems.
- Drivers trained specifically in LTL operations handle pickup and delivery.
"The feedback from Amazon selling partners using our LTL service was clear: the technology, visibility, and reliability were exactly what they needed—and they wanted to use it more broadly," said Jim Ruiz, director of Amazon Freight. "Now Amazon LTL can move your freight wherever it needs to go, servicing destinations nationwide for businesses of all sizes. With LTL, shippers get cost-effective freight shipping while still benefiting from the real-time tracking and dependability they expect from Amazon."
Amazon Freight spans full truckload, less-than-truckload and rail services, supported by more than 80,000 trailers, 24,000 intermodal containers, and terminals across major U.S. metros.
