Collecting goods from different suppliers at one location and sending them as a single shipment.
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Consolidation means gathering products bought from several suppliers in one warehouse and combining them into a single shipment. Instead of many small shipments, one shipment and one set of documents are managed.
In sea freight, cargo that does not fill a container can be sent as less than container load (LCL), and cargo that does as full container load (FCL). Consolidation also makes it easier to assess which option is more suitable.