USA-Canada LTL Rates

The USA-Canada LTL reference rates by SMC3 web service returns an estimated LTL market rate for a specific shipment weight, given a freight class for shipments between the USA and Canada. You can select a standard freight class or use “None”. “None” acts as an FAK (Freight All Kinds) with rating between 70 and 77.5. You can adjust the estimated rate with an optional discount Adjustment Factor. This is a multiplier that calibrates the benchmark rate against observations of historical rates.

The rates:

• Exclude fuel
• Require full postal codes
• Include a 70%market-based discount
• Include an $85 minimum charge

You can estimate fuel surcharge costs by entering a value for the Average Diesel Fuel Price per Gallon.

If you specify an origin in Canada, the destination must be in the USA, and vice versa.

To use the USA-Canada LTL Rates web service:

1. On the Data Services main page, select USA-Canada LTL Rates from the Transportation Rates drop-down.
2. Enter the Shipment Weight. This should be a positive value from 1 to 999,999.
3. Select the Origin Country.
4. Enter the Origin Postal Code. Enter 5 character US Postal Codes. For Canadian postal codes, you can enter either 6 character or 3 character postal codes (i.e. M4B1C2 or M4B).
5. Select the Destination Country.
6. Enter the Destination Postal Code. Enter 5 character US Postal Codes. For Canadian postal codes, you can enter either 6 character or 3 character postal codes (i.e. M4B1C2 or M4B).
7. Optionally select the Freight Class in the FAK field. If you select “None”, rating is based on a FAK (Freight All Kinds) between 70 and 77.5.
8. Optionally enter an Average Diesel Fuel Price per Gallon. This value will be used to determine a Fuel Surcharge.
9. Optionally define an Adjustment Factor.
10. Select a Time Period.
    
11. Click Add to add a new record and populate the values as defined in the steps 2 through 10.
12. When all records are defined, click Get Results .

The Results will display one record for each unique Shipment Weight-Origin-Destination-Freight Class-Diesel Fuel-Adjustment combination that has a valid LTL tariff.

The number of output records for each input record is populated in the Result Count column on the query.

The results retrieved by the web service call are displayed below the query, for example:

Field	Value
Shipment Weight	12000
Origin Country	CAN
Origin Postal Code	M4B1C2
Destination Country	USA
Destination Postal Code	14305
Freight Class	100
Freight	1,490.19
Freight Class Adjusted	1,880.28
Fuel Surcharge	149.02
Total Charge	2,029.30
Adjustment Factor	0.75
Adjusted Total Charge	1,521.97
Average Diesel Fuel Price per Gallon	2.83
Time Period	Q2/2017

The values in the results are calculated as follows:

FAK Adjusted Value = Freight * FAK Adjustment

Fuel Surcharge = FAK Adjusted Value * Surcharge Adjustment Rate (based on Average Diesel Rate)

Total Charge = FAK Adjusted Value + Fuel Surcharge

Adjusted Total Charge = Total Charge * Adjustment Factor