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Drayage Shipping

Domestic Drayage Services

We provide a robust and all-encompassing range of intermodal shipment solutions

At Southwest Star, we know experience matters. That’s why customers trust us — we have tremendous experience in the logistics and transportation industry. For your services, this translates to competence around the globe.

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Container Drayage Services

In the context of drayage service, the term “drayage” refers to the specialized cargo transportation in containers by companies such as Southwest Star. Drayage trucking services are primarily utilized for transporting containers between ports, rail ramps, and shipping docks. Once the cargo is loaded into a container, it remains untouched until it reaches its final destination.
In North America, intermodal drayage often involves cargo movement from ocean ports to rail hubs by trucks. Container drayage typically constitutes a segment within a longer supply chain. Ensuring efficiency throughout the transportation of goods is crucial for establishing a robust supply chain that ultimately reduces costs and enhances profitability for companies.

Oversized and Out of Gauge Cargo 

Not everything fits neatly into a standard container. At Southwest Star, we have extensive experience transporting oversized cargo. Whether you require an open-top container or a flat rack to load your out-of-gauge (OOG) cargo, we can make it work efficiently and effectively.

  • Open-top containers: often used when cargo height exceeds the standard container but fits the width
  • Flat racks: typically utilized when cargo requires side loading or exceeds standard container width

The expert team at Southwest Freight understands the importance of timely and safe transport. We’re concentrating on efficient service while ensuring anything we transport is safe.

Benefits

Save money

No matter where you need to ship your product, you’ll undoubtedly save more money by using intermodal drayage. You can pick the transportation that will get your goods there the fastest, and since you’re combining your transportation costs with other companies

If you need to ship nationwide, the longer the distance the more you’ll be able to save.

You can compare rates in different regions to see where intermodal will best suit your needs, combining rail and truck for the utmost efficiency.

Price is significantly less expensive than doing it yourself or relying entirely on truck transport.

Improve safety

Theft and accidents are always of concern when the supply chain is moving. Shippers are ramping up security and smart practices to stay vigilant while delivering quickly at the same time. No doubt, it can add extra stress, but intermodal helps to heighten safety in many ways.

A combination of rail and truck transportation—this approach results in fewer accidents than driving alone.

A good way to prevent theft, because the fewer times your goods are handled, the less opportunity there is for anyone to interfere with the shipment.

Drayage companies  carefully monitor ports and railroads and will document cargo pickup and handling in real time.

Reduce your carbon footprint

These days businesses are taking steps to promote more environmentally friendly practices, greatly reduces carbon emissions, because of the lower dependence on fuel. In fact, by utilizing rail transport to move one ton of freight a mile, you drop emissions by a whopping 83%.

While the actual price of the drayage freight might be more than the other options, you can save money in the other areas like low insurance cost.

Arranger, rail freight releases 33% of the CO2 of a long haul truck, making it highly sustainable for long distance, cross country shipping in the US.

Preserving and improving our environment is an important part of business.

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Overview
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Experience. Capacity. Service Using Southwest Star services is never been that easy. We provide shpping solutions to the companies of all sizes, as well as the fast and reliable transportation across all major modes of freight. 
We strive to bring much more to the relationship than simply a means of reaching your customers across the world solutions that meet the needs of today and enable the opportunities of tomorrow.

 

Carrer Opportunities  The future of the logistics is tech, and we are forefront of a growing industry undergoing a technological revolution. We offer enriching and rewarding career opportunities for the passionate, the motivated, and the driven. Southwest Star needs people like you to help us innovate new logistics solutions and technology that will change the industry. And, you’ll have a lot of fun along the way. Explore openings at our locations across North America.
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Our Culture  We’ve created a culture that is defining the future of freight. We are a close-knit community of logistics and technology experts with a passion for solving supply chain challenges. We live and breathe our values and bring out the best in each other through positivity, collaboration, and a flair for problem-solving.

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    100% AccuracyOur partners cooperate with us on the basis of long-term contracts, which guarantees stability and quality of cooperation regardless of the market situation.

We can be your great business partner and help you growth strongly.

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