Cross-Docking

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.