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How Drayman Win More Bids With Draydex for Carriers
Being a drayman/carrier comes with challenges. Bidding on profitable loads is one of the big ones. Bidding on freight loads is both an art and a science. New and even established carriers in the industry can approach bidding strategies with fear and confusion. But...
How to Set Drayage Truck Rates to Stay Competitive
As a drayage trucker, you play a vital role in logistics, getting goods from the rail ramp to their warehouse. You want to be compensated fairly for your work. But long days driving up and down the state or across the country can make finding the time to research and...
What Is a Drayage Trucker? Everything You Need to Know
Are you wondering, “what is a drayage trucker?” If you’d like to understand more about what a drayage trucker is, you must first understand the question, “what is drayage?” Drayage is a specialty logistics service. It specifically refers to freight that is moved over...
How to Become a Drayage Carrier: Everything You Need to Know
Drayage carriers play an integral role in logistics. They get goods from ports to warehouses and intermodal facilities smoothly and ensure supply chains run correctly and on time. There are around 3.5 million truck drivers in the US, and with 11 million shipping...
What Is Drayage? The Simple Guide to Shipping Your Goods
Does your business have goods coming into the U.S. via shipping container(s)? If so, then someone at your company has probably planned how to get those containers from the dock to their final destination. As you may know, that trip from the port to another location is...
What Is Truck Drayage & Why Is It Important?
In 2018, the volume of seaborne trade reached around 11 billion tons, according to Statista. In 2020, 25 million shipping containers were expected to be transported across the Pacific Ocean. But what happens with these containers when they reach the port? That’s where...
What Are Freight Forwarders & What Do They Have to Do With Drayage?
As we continue with unprecedented online sales and long waits for shipping, the spotlight is on how to move products and supplies affordably and efficiently. Shipments arrive at our ports and need to be moved to their final destination. Someone needs to get the cargo...