Your shipment has crossed an ocean. Tracking says "arrived." Your customer wants to know if it can deliver tomorrow. The answer depends on what has arrived and how...
Overweight container drayage in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa: axle limits, what a tri-axle chassis really does, and each state’s sealed-container permit.
What door-to-door, ramp-to-door and ramp-to-ramp actually cover, where each service starts and stops, how to compare quotes, and the mistakes that cost Chicago importers money.
Merchant haulage vs. carrier haulage explained: who books the inland truck, who handles delivery changes, how to compare the costs, and which suits a Chicago importer.
Who handles each part of a container import — importer, freight forwarder, NVOCC, customs broker, freight broker and drayage carrier — and who to call when something goes...
How port drayage and rail drayage differ for the shipper — availability, releases, storage clocks, chassis and empty returns — and why nearly every Chicago move is rail.
The container drayage process step by step — arrival notice, booking, releases, deadlines, pickup, delivery, empty return and closing the file — with a checklist.
147 drayage and intermodal terms defined for shippers and dispatchers — chassis, LFD, pre-pull, per diem, street turn, transloading and more, A to Z, with the five distinctions...
Drayage, intermodal and truckload overlap inside one shipment. Here is what each one moves, when to ask for it, four Chicago examples, and how to compare quotes.
