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Shippers Looking for Carriers: The Vetting Process

The relationship between direct shippers, freight brokers, and forwarders with their drayage carriers and truckers can make or break a supply chain. For shippers looking for carriers, ensuring that you partner with reliable and reputable carriers is not just a best...

Chicago’s Go-To Company for Drayage Trucking Services

Carriers & Truckers, Drayage, Forwarders, Shippers

Draydex™ is a stable shipping partner in Chicago with a reputation you can trust. We provide freight management solutions supported by our proprietary technology, which is what helps keep you on the road to success. We have been operating for over 40 years and many of...

Access the Industry’s Most Accurate Drayage Rates to Reduce Headaches & Costs

Drayage, Draydex, Shippers

A spot market index is a running breakdown of these drayage rates. A spot quote is a one-time rate quote issued to a shipper for one transaction or one group of transactions. How do you reduce drayage costs when transportation issues like the following present...

Understand Drayage Accessorial Charges to Avoid Unseen Costs

Carriers & Truckers, Drayage, Forwarders, Shippers

The complexities of drayage accessorial charges and other fees can get overwhelming. They significantly influence how truck drivers, carriers, forwarders, and shippers operate and their profitability. We’ve previously explained how drayage charges are calculated...

What Is Drayage? The Simple Guide to Shipping Your Goods

Drayage, Shippers

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?

Drayage, Shippers

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...

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