FedEx Freight LTL

Overview

This document will outline how you can obtain your FedEx Freight® Credentials required for ShipperHQ to pull the live rates associated with your FedEx Freight Account.

Other FedEx Services
ShipperHQ supports a wide variety of FedEx services including FedEx Express Freight. Find details of all supported FedEx services on our FedEx doc.

Requirements

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

  • A registered account with FedEx Freight
  • Your FedEx Account Number
  • Your Freight Account Number
  • Your Meter Number
  • FedEx Web Services Key
  • FedEx Web Services Password

Register for FedEx Freight Credentials

  1. You can open an account on the FedEx website.
  2. Complete the form and a FedEx sales representative will contact you with your new account information.

*If you need assistance you can contact FedEx at 1-800-874-4723

Adding FedEx Freight

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

1. Log into your ShipperHQ account & navigate to the Advanced Features link on the left navigation menu. 

2. Click to enable the LTL Advanced Feature.

3.  Once LTL is enabled, navigate to the Carriers link on the left navigation menu.

4. Click + New to add a new carrier

5. Choose the Live Rate Carrier option

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

7. 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:

  1. Click the toggle button to enable the LTL Freight feature
  2. Click the Continue button

8. 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 and Password
  • FedEx Freight Meter Number
  • FedEx Freight Access Key
  • FedEx Freight Account Number (this is different from the primary FedEx Account Number)
  • Packaging Container
  • Payment Type (Sender or Third-party)
  • Business Role for your account (Shipper, Consignee, or Third-party)]
  • FedEx Freight Payor Name and the address on file with FedEx Freight for the account.

2. Once these details have been entered, blick 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 & 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 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:

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