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Cross-Docking
Consolidation and deconsolidation at our Lilburn facility.
- 1995On the dock since
- ATLHome facility
- US + CACoverage
- 1Call to place it
What cross-docking solves
When freight needs to change trucks — not warehouses.
Inbound freight unloaded, sorted, and reloaded onto outbound trailers the same shift. Storage time measured in hours, not weeks. The dock replaces the warehouse, and the freight keeps moving.
- Same-shift turn · most loads cross within 4 hours of arrival
- Inbound consolidation · multiple suppliers → one outbound trailer
- Outbound deconsolidation · one inbound trailer → multiple destinations
- Lilburn, GA facility · I-85 corridor · clean dock, scaled floor
The three patterns we run
Consolidation, deconsolidation, or straight pass-through.
- ConsolidationMultiple inbound shipments combined into a single outbound full-trailer or partial.
- DeconsolidationOne inbound load broken into multiple outbound LTL or hotshot deliveries.
- Pass-ThroughInbound unloaded, recounted, reloaded — no sorting, just a mode change at the dock.
- Pool DistributionNational freight staged for regional delivery — single inbound, fanned-out outbound.
- Reverse LogisticsReturns aggregated from multiple customers, returned upstream in one load.
- Inspection HoldInbound staged for QA before release — counted, photographed, signed off.
Why Comet for cross-docking
One Atlanta dock. One team. Paperwork that matches the freight.
Cross-dock errors aren’t visible until the freight reaches the wrong consignee. We count in, photograph, label, and recount out. BOLs reconcile. Discrepancies surface at our dock — not at delivery. Same crew on the floor since the 90s; we know the difference between a 48×40 GMA pallet and an off-spec stringer at a glance.
How it works
Quote. Schedule. Rest easy.
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Get a quote
One call, every mode. We match the right trailer to your load.
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Schedule the shipment
Pickup, transload, paperwork, delivery — handled.
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Rest easy
Real updates, real people. We solve the whole problem.
Common questions
Before you call, in case it helps.
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How is cross-docking different from warehousing?
Cross-docking is pass-through: freight comes off an inbound trailer and goes onto an outbound one without long-term storage. Warehousing is for freight that needs to sit. We do both at the same Lilburn dock.
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Can you consolidate multiple inbound shipments?
Yes — several inbound loads in, one consolidated outbound trailer out (or the reverse: one in, fanned out). It’s a common way to cut LTL cost to regional stops.
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Where is the dock?
Our facility is on the metro-Atlanta I-85 corridor in Lilburn, GA — close to the interstate for fast inbound and outbound turns.
Common industries
Who moves freight this way.
Tell us what the dock needs to do.
Transload, cross-dock, recover, or store — describe the freight and the deadline, and we’ll handle it from our dock.
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