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Drayage
Drayage is the critical short-haul that gets your container off the port or rail and onto the road. Done right, it keeps demurrage and detention fees off your invoice.
Quick Answer
What is Drayage?
Drayage is the critical short-haul that gets your container off the port or rail and onto the road. Done right, it keeps demurrage and detention fees off your invoice.
- →Ideal for: Imported container freight
- →Ideal for: Port-to-warehouse moves
- →Ideal for: Rail intermodal shipments
- →Ideal for: Time-sensitive port pickups
What you get
Every Major Port
Coverage at LA/Long Beach, Houston, Savannah, and other key U.S. gateways.
Chassis Access
Equipment and contacts to pull containers without delay.
Fee Avoidance
We track free-time deadlines closely to minimize demurrage and detention.
Rail Intermodal
Pulling containers off rail and onto trucks for final-mile delivery.
Ideal for
Drayage FAQ
What is container drayage?
Drayage is the short-distance trucking of a shipping container between a port or rail terminal and a nearby warehouse or distribution center. It is the critical first or last mile of intermodal freight.
How do you avoid demurrage and detention fees?
We book drayage before your vessel arrives, monitor port free-time deadlines, and use our chassis access and local contacts to pull containers quickly — keeping costly demurrage and detention charges off your invoice.
Which ports do you serve?
We move containers from every major U.S. port and rail hub, including the LA/Long Beach complex, Houston, Savannah, New York/New Jersey, and the Chicago intermodal yards.
Do you provide chassis for container drayage?
Yes. We have chassis access and local port contacts to ensure containers are pulled without equipment delays.
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