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FedEx Freight LTL

Connect FedEx Freight accounts to ShipperHQ for live LTL shipping rates setup

Overview

This document will guide you on how to obtain your FedEx Freight® credentials, which are required for ShipperHQ to pull live rates associated with your FedEx Freight account.

Other FedEx Services: ShipperHQ supports a wide variety of FedEx services, including FedEx Express Freight. You can find details of all supported FedEx services in our FedEx documentation.

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Requirements

These are the credentials necessary to validate your account with ShipperHQ for real-time rating:

  • A registered account with FedEx Freight
  • Your FedEx Account Number
  • Your Freight Account Number (if different)
  • Your Meter Number
  • FedEx Web Services Key
  • FedEx Web Services Password
If you already have these credentials, you can continue to Adding FedEx Freight.

Register for FedEx Freight Credentials

If you don't yet have the credentials outlined above, contact us for assistance in generating them.  When you reach out, please provide the following information:

  • Your FedEx Account Number (and FedEx Freight Account Number if different)
  • The Company Name on file with FedEx for your account
  • The Address on file with FedEx for your account

After you receive that information, you're ready to connect your ShipperHQ account to your FedEx Freight account!

Adding FedEx Freight

Now that you have your credentials ready, use the steps below to set up FedEx Freight in ShipperHQ.

  1. In your ShipperHQ dashboard, navigate to Carriers and click + New to add a new carrier

  2. Choose the Live Rate Carrier option

  3. Use the Search Carriers option to search for FedEx Freight or scroll down to find FedEx Freight from the list of available carriers

     

  4. Click FedEx Freight

     

    ⚠️ Adding FedEx Freight requires the LTL Freight advanced feature. You are prompted with the following steps if you do not have this feature enabled during installation:

    • Click the toggle button to enable the LTL Freight feature
    • Click the Continue button

  5. Click to continue in connecting your carrier account to ShipperHQ.

Steps to Validate This Carrier

  1. Enter the following credentials provided by FedEx Freight:

     

    • FedEx Account Number
    • Meter Number
    • Web Services Key
    • Web Services Password
    • FedEx Freight Account Number
    • If you don't have a different account number for FedEx Freight, just enter your FedEx Account Number here as well
    • Packaging Container
    • Payment Type (Sender or Third-party)
    • Business Role for your account (Shipper, Consignee, or Third-party)
    • FedEx Freight Payor Details including your Company Name and the address on file with FedEx Freight for your account.

  2. Once these details have been entered, click the Validate button to complete the validation process.

     

    ✅ If validation is successful, click the toggle button to enable the FedEx Freight carrier.

    ⚠️ If validation fails, please contact ShipperHQ Support for further assistance, or review what has been entered for accuracy and attempt to enter your credentials once more.

  3. Click the Configure This Carrier button if the validation process was successful.
  4. Edit any settings for this carrier and then click Save to complete the setup.
  5. Your FedEx Freight LTL Freight carrier is now enabled and ready for configuration.

Freight Shipping Configuration

Use any of the following links to configure your FedEx Freight LTL Freight carrier:

Optional

Use any of the following links for more configuration options: