Rail ramp
FEC Port Everglades ICTF drayage
The FEC rail facility at Port Everglades, in Fort Lauderdale. If a booking says the Fort Lauderdale FEC ramp, this is where the box is: Andrews Avenue closed when this opened.
The Fort Lauderdale ramp people still ask for
FEC ran an intermodal ramp on Andrews Avenue in Fort Lauderdale, about 12 acres and a couple of miles off the port. It closed when this facility opened and the work moved here, onto Eller Drive: still Fort Lauderdale, but now beside the port instead of across town.
Routing guides and dispatch notes have not all caught up. If a booking or a driver says the Fort Lauderdale FEC ramp, this is almost certainly where the container is, and it is worth confirming before someone drives to an address that no longer takes boxes.
Near dock, and what that actually changes
43 acres beside Port Everglades, which took FEC's intermodal capacity from roughly 100,000 lifts a year to 450,000. Near dock means the container still moves by truck between the ship and the train, but it is a yard move rather than a run across the city.
PortMiami's FEC rail is on dock, which is shorter again. Neither is better in the abstract: it depends on which port your vessel calls, and that is a question worth asking before the booking rather than after.
Checking it yourself
Schedules, hours and container status live on their own site: fecrwy.com. Charges and holds sit between you and the line or the terminal. We move the box.
Also at this port
What we do with the box from here
Equipment we pull from here
Where it goes
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Questions
Straight answers
Do you pull containers from FEC Port Everglades ICTF?
Yes, daily. 20ft, 40ft, 45ft, high cube, reefer with genset, flat rack, open top, overweight and bonded.
Do you deliver from the Andrews Avenue ramp to my warehouse?
Yes, port to door across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, and statewide. If the freight is going a long way inland we will usually suggest transloading it to a trailer first.
What happens if my last free day is tomorrow?
Tell us today. A pre-pull gets the container out of the terminal and onto the yard before per diem and demurrage start, and it is almost always cheaper than the charges it avoids.
Are your drivers TWIC-carrying?
Yes. Every driver working the terminals holds a valid TWIC, which is required to enter.
What is a pre-pull?
We collect the container from the terminal before you are ready for it and hold it on a yard. It stops demurrage running at terminal rates and it takes the pressure off your receiving schedule.
What is the difference between demurrage, per diem and detention?
Three different charges from different parties. Demurrage is the terminal charging you for cargo sitting inside the gate past free time. Per diem is the shipping line charging you for keeping their container out past free time. Detention is the trucker's time, charged when a driver waits at your dock beyond the free window. They can run at the same time, which is how a bill gets ugly fast.
What is a chassis split?
When the chassis you need is not at the same location as the container, so the truck makes an extra trip to collect it before it can even pick up. It costs a move and it is the single most common surprise line on a drayage invoice.
Is it a live unload or a drop and pick?
Either. Live means the driver waits while you unload, which starts detention once the free window is up. Drop and pick means we leave the container and collect it later, which usually costs less if you have the yard space.
Do your drivers carry a TWIC?
Yes. Every driver working the terminals holds a valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential, which is required to get through the gate at all.