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Off the terminal
before demurrage.

Container moves between ports, rail ramps, warehouses and transload facilities — with the last free day watched like a hawk.

Ports covered
All major U.S.
Same-day
Where LFD allows
Chassis
Owned & pool
Overweight
Triaxle available
FMCSA licensed broker$75k surety bond$350k contingent cargoTWIC & hazmat certifiedRMIS carrier monitoring
04 / DRAY

Port & Rail Drayage

Drayage looks like a short move and behaves like a logistics problem. The container is only free for a few days, the terminal only releases it in certain windows, the chassis has to be the right type, and every day of slippage costs you demurrage on one side and per diem on the other.

We track the last free day on every container we handle and build the pickup around it rather than around our own convenience.

Why shippers use us for this

Last free day is the schedule

We work backwards from your LFD, not forwards from when a truck happens to be free.

Chassis sorted in advance

Pool, owned or triaxle for overweight boxes — arranged before the driver arrives, not discovered at the gate.

Transload when it is cheaper

Stripping an ocean container into a 53-foot domestic trailer often beats drayage on longer inland moves. We will run both numbers.

How it works

Four steps, start to POD.

1

Send the container

Container number, steamship line, terminal and last free day. We take it from there.

2

We watch availability

We monitor terminal release, customs hold and demurrage status daily.

3

Pull and deliver

Driver pulls the box on the earliest available appointment and runs it to your door.

4

Return the empty

Empty goes back to the correct terminal inside the free period, with the receipt logged.

Port Drayage rate request

Tell us about the load.

This form asks for port drayage-specific detail. Every mode prices on different inputs, so this is not a generic contact form — the questions below are the ones that actually change your rate.

01 Container details
lbs
Over ~44,000 lbs we dispatch a triaxle chassis
02 Terminal & timing
The date demurrage starts accruing
If the box has not landed yet
03 Equipment & handling
Chassis
Additional services
04 Who should we send the rate to?

Our freight team reviews and prices every request. Median first reply is 41 minutes in business hours.

Straight answers

DRAY questions.

What is the difference between demurrage and per diem?
Demurrage is the ocean carrier charging you for leaving the container inside the terminal past the free days. Per diem is them charging you for keeping the container outside the terminal too long after pickup. Both are avoidable with a schedule that respects the LFD.
Can you handle overweight containers?
Yes. Anything over about 44,000 lbs gross needs a triaxle chassis and often a route with a specific bridge-law permit. Tell us the weight up front so the right equipment is dispatched.
Do you do transloading?
Yes. We can strip an ocean container into a domestic 53-foot trailer at a transload facility near the port, which usually beats drayage on any inland move of real distance.