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FedEx Freight Implementation Guide

Introduction

Generate labels, electronic trade documents and special services as well as tracking and manifesting.

Preferences

In order to create a Preference for FedEx Freight in the Multi-carrier application please obtain the credentials below directly from the carrier. This information is obtainable from your carrier account manager or your internal logistics team.

Your FedEx Freight LTL account number is either a SHIP-TO or BILL-TO type of account. If it is a SHIP-TO account then you can create shipments and get rates with it without billing to a third party. If it is a BILL-TO account then whenever you are getting a rate request or a creating a shipment you need to set the billing section to be third party, and fill in the BILLING address related to that BILL-TO FedEx Freight LTL account as you can see below:

Please make sure that the country you set is the two digit country code. e.g US or CA, otherwise the FedEx system will not allow the ship / rate to go through.

FedEx Freight does not have a concept of a test environment. Therefore you will need your production credentials to get started!

Activate your FedEx Freight credentials

FedEx Freight requires you to activate the credentials.

  1. Create a shipment in a demo/sandbox environment.
  2. Send this shipment to FedEx to evaluate.
  3. FedEx will approve your shipment and activate your credentials in production.

Service Types

Service Types Value Description
FedEx First Freight first_freight - Copy
FedEx Freight Economy freight_economy - Copy
FedEx Freight Priority freight_priority - Copy
Freight Direct Economy - Basic freight_economy_basic - Copy
Freight Direct Economy - Basic By Appointment freight_economy_basic_by_appointment - Copy
Freight Direct Economy - Standard freight_economy_standard - Copy
Freight Direct Economy - Premium freight_economy_premium - Copy
Freight Direct Priority - Basic freight_priority_basic - Copy
Freight Direct Priority - Basic By Appointment freight_priority_basic_by_appointment - Copy
Freight Direct Priority - Standard freight_priority_standard - Copy
Freight Direct Priority - Premium freight_priority_premium - Copy

Packaging Types

Packaging Types Value
Box your_packaging Copy
Bag bag Copy
Barrel barrel Copy
Basket basket Copy
Box box Copy
Bucket bucket Copy
Bundle bundle Copy
Carton carton Copy
Case case Copy
Container container Copy
Crate crate Copy
Cylinder cylinder Copy
Drum drum Copy
Envelope envelope Copy
Hamper hamper Copy
Other other Copy
Pail pail Copy
Pallet pallet Copy
Piece piece Copy
Reel reel Copy
Roll roll Copy
Skid skid Copy
Tank tank Copy
Tube tube Copy

Label Types

The available label formats can be usually grouped into two types: thermal and non-thermal labels.

Label Types Value
PDF PDF Copy
PNG PNG Copy
EPL2 EPL2 Copy
ZPLII ZPLII Copy

Common Questions

In this section you can find our most commonly asked questions regarding this carrier. If you have a question not listed here please contact us.

Why do I not get a BOL for my shipment?

FedEx only Produces a BOL for FedEx Freight Economy and FedEx Freight Priority.

When can I book a pickup for my shipment?

For FedEx Express Freight, you can arrange a freight pickup online only for the same day. You can generate future shipments and reserve space days in advance through the booking process. However, the pickup itself can only be requested same-day. If you select a day before or after the shipping day, you will not be able to request it online. For LTL freight, you can schedule up to 10 business days in advance.

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