Drayage and 53' dry van freight out of Southern California.
Port Drayage — Southern California Container Trucking
Import pulls, export returns, rail ramp moves and transload across the San Pedro Bay complex — run by people who have worked these gates long enough to know how they behave on a bad week.
How we move your containers
Import delivery. We take the container off the terminal and bring it straight to your warehouse or distribution center, then return the empty on the clock rather than on ours. Per diem is one of the quietest costs in an import program, and keeping it small is the drayage carrier's job.
Export delivery. Your loaded box reaches the terminal inside the receiving window, booking confirmed and cutoff tracked rather than assumed. Missing a cutoff does not cost a delivery, it costs a sailing.
Rail ramp work. Terminal to BNSF or Union Pacific and back, for freight continuing inland by rail, with the same appointment discipline — a ramp is no more forgiving than a marine terminal.
Transload. Container to a facility where the freight comes out of the box and onto a 53-foot trailer, which is where our own dry van side picks it up and carries it inland.
Street turns wherever they are genuinely available. An empty that goes straight to the next shipper is a gate turn nobody pays for. Chasing one that was never really there costs a day, and knowing the difference is the entire skill.
What actually decides whether a container moves well
Appointments. The terminal appointment system is the job. A carrier that books late takes whatever is left, and whatever is left is usually the slot that ruins your delivery window. We work the systems early and we watch them shift.
Chassis. A truck without a chassis is a truck standing still. Pool membership, availability and roadability quietly decide whether your container moves today or Thursday, and it is worth asking any carrier how they handle it.
Per diem and demurrage. These are the charges that erode an import program without ever appearing in a rate negotiation. Both are driven by how fast the box comes off and how fast the empty goes back, and both are our responsibility rather than yours.
Communication. Most drayage problems are survivable if you hear about them early and expensive if you hear about them late. You will hear from us first, including on the days when the news is not good.