Amazon Turns Its Logistics Network Into a Seller Service

Businesses of all sizes can now use Amazon’s less-than-truckload (LTL) service to move freight into their own warehouses, between their own facilities, and to their retail partners and distributors.

This represents an expansion of the LTL service offered by Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS), which previously only moved freight that was inbound to Amazon, the company said in a Wednesday (June 10) press release.

The service enables businesses to ship by the pallet and share trailer space rather than paying for a full truckload, according to the release.

The pickup options offered by the LTL service include next-day live pickup for orders placed by 5 p.m., same-day pickup through its drop trailer solution and standing daily pickups for high-volume shippers.

The service includes shipment visibility via real-time GPS tracking, proactive milestone updates and electronic proof of delivery; centralized monitoring via cargo cameras and door sensors; and electronic data interchange (EDI) integrations that include automated order tendering, shipment tracking and invoicing.

Amazon LTL has served tens of thousands of Amazon selling partners and vendors since 2019, moved millions of pallets across the company’s U.S. network in 2025, and is now powered by more than 80,000 trailers and 24,000 intermodal containers, per the release.

“The feedback from Amazon selling partners using our LTL service was clear: the technology, visibility and reliability were exactly what they needed — and they wanted to use it more broadly,” Jim Ruiz, director of Amazon Freight, said in the release.

Amazon announced the launch of ASCS on May 4, saying this offering opened the company’s freight, distribution, fulfillment and parcel shipping tools to businesses of all types and sizes. ASCS freight transportation services include air, ground, sea and rail.

When introducing ASCS, Peter Larsen, vice president of ASCS, said in a press release that “with the launch of ASCS, we’re confident we can give any other business access to the same cost efficiency, reliability and speed that we’ve built for Amazon customers.”

PYMNTS reported at the time that Amazon’s logistics offering is likely to change businesses’ expectations, leading them to expect real-time visibility, predictive inventory systems, rapid fulfillment, integrated analyticsand seamless delivery coordination as baseline capabilities rather than premium services.