What is drayage?

Primary Role: To ensure the smooth flow of goods in the supply chain, preventing bottlenecks at major hubs.

Key Challenge: Inefficient drayage can lead to significant delays and costly fees like demurrage and detention.

Common Types:

• Pier Drayage – from port to terminal

• Shuttle Drayage – temporary repositioning

• Inter-carrier Drayage – between transport carriers (e.g., rail to truck)

• Intra-carrier Drayage – within a single carrier’s network (e.g., terminal to terminal)

• Rail Drayage – transport between a rail hub and another facility

• Door-to-door Drayage – direct delivery from origin to final destination

• Expedited Drayage – fast-tracked movement for time-sensitive shipments

• Repositioning Drayage – relocation of empty or loaded containers to balance capacity

• Warehouse Drayage – movement between storage or staging warehouses