Most shipments don't fill a 20-foot container. If you're moving 2 to 8 pallets instead of a full 20 or 40, paying for an entire container is burning money. Less than Container Load (LCL) shipping lets you share container space with other shippers, and you only pay for the cubic meters your freight actually occupies. MeisterPrep consolidates LCL shipments from four warehouse locations: Long Beach CA, Des Plaines IL, Houston TX, and Charleston SC. We work with ocean carriers running weekly departures from all major US ports, so your goods don't sit waiting for a full container to fill up. A typical LCL shipment from Long Beach to Shanghai runs 18-22 days port to port. Our consolidation partners in each port city group compatible cargo by destination region, which means your freight shares space with other commercial goods heading to the same discharge port. This keeps per-CBM rates between $35 and $85 depending on lane, season, and cargo class. For Amazon FBA sellers shipping replenishment stock, Shopify brands sending inventory to overseas 3PLs, or B2B wholesalers filling international purchase orders, LCL removes the minimum volume barrier that makes FCL impractical for mid-size shipments. We handle the booking, cargo consolidation, container loading documentation, and port delivery coordination on both ends.