Compared with ordinary freight transport, freight logistics has the following new characteristics:

1. Time rigidity of freight logistics services. The transportation, storage, distribution, processing, inspection and packaging of freight logistics are based on the production and sales plan of the production enterprise. The lean organization of production requires the precision of logistics in time. The biggest difference between freight logistics management and traditional transportation is whether the whole process is controlled and organized with accurate time. Just-in-time is the first requirement for logistics services.

2. Flexibility in scheduling of freight logistics services. Freight logistics service should have a high degree of planning, but this plan must fully consider all kinds of probability and uncertainty factors, its essential requirement is must obey the rhythm of production and sales, once the rhythm changes, then reasonable plan also to take the trouble to adjust and remedy. Logistics plan is a well-designed systematic logistics service scheme.

3. The extensiveness of freight logistics services in the service scope. Logistics should pursue high quality of customer service, quality has standards but no limits. In the service process, all the users are not satisfied with must be improved, all the users need is must do. These improvements and additional work will often form new service items or service products, which will bring more business opportunities and higher returns for logistics enterprises.

4. Creativity in marketing of freight and logistics services. Logistics should strengthen marketing for users, but this kind of marketing is not a simple quotation and contract, but for the user to design a set of optimization, the most economical products logistics solutions, therefore, marketing success or failure often depends on whether there is a know both transport and be familiar with production, sales and financial management personnel, depend on their creative ability of strain and design. As for logistics services, don't expect to get orders just by advertising a good warehouse or vehicle to users.

5. The long-term nature of freight logistics services in terms of partnership. Freight logistics carefully choose those who can long-term cooperation with the user partners, which reflects the strength of a logistics enterprise and the ability to avoid risks. At the same time, this strength is also reflected in whether the cooperation partnership with various modes of transportation is consolidated, whether the network technology support is strong, therefore, multimodal transportation function is a necessary condition for logistics enterprises.

To put it simply, freight logistics is developed on the basis of freight transportation. In addition to transporting the goods to the designated location, freight logistics also includes transportation costs and time, and market conditions. It is a comprehensive and integrated logistics transportation mode.