Terminal, Port Everglades
Florida International Terminal drayage
Drayage off Florida International Terminal at Port Everglades: 46 acres in Southport, four berths. It books by appointment, and it sometimes opens Saturday.
Florida International Terminal (FIT) is a terminal inside Port Everglades, not a separate port. Same gates and the same last free day rules as the rest of Port Everglades.
One of the largest cargo terminal operators at Port Everglades.
One of the big ones at Southport
FIT runs 46 acres in the Southport cargo area with four berths and six ship-to-shore cranes, and it has been at Port Everglades since 2004. Its lease runs to 2035, which is worth knowing only in the sense that it is not going anywhere.
It is one of the two operators most containers at this port pass through, the other being Port Everglades Terminal.
Appointments, and the Saturday that is not a promise
FIT books by slot. That is the single thing to plan around here, and it is why we ask for the container early rather than the day before your last free day: a slot has to exist before a truck is any use.
FIT also sometimes opens on a Saturday, and when it does we can pull on it. The schedule is the terminal's decision rather than a fixed one, so we check before the weekend and tell you either way. For a Saturday you can plan around, there is Seaboard at PortMiami, which runs a fixed Saturday gate until 2, and we pull from there too.
Where the truck goes, and how it books
FIT's gate is at 4100 McIntosh Road, and every move is booked through eModal, including where to return an empty. The terminal reports an average dual transaction of 52 minutes once a truck is checked in, its 2023 figure: that is the time to drop one box and take another, not the line outside.
Since 19 March 2025, empty dry containers for Maersk, CMA CGM, ZIM, ONE, Yang Ming, MSC and COSCO go to a separate empty depot beside the main gate, also by eModal appointment. Hapag-Lloyd empties kept their old drop-off, and reefers still go back to the main yard. So the line on the container decides which yard the driver heads for.
The gate closes at 4:30, and a Saturday can count
FIT's working hours run 8 to 5, but on a normal weekday the gate closes at 4:30 so the trucks already in the yard can be finished. Plan the pick-up for the morning or early afternoon, not the last hour.
Free time on an import is four days for a dry box and two for a reefer or a flat rack. Weekends and ILA holidays are left out, except when the gate is open on them, so a Saturday FIT chooses to open is a Saturday that counts against your free time.
Checking it yourself
Schedules, hours and container status live on their own site: www.fitpev.com. Charges and holds sit between you and the line or the terminal. We move the box.
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Questions
Straight answers
Do you pull containers from Florida International Terminal?
Yes, daily. 20ft, 40ft, 45ft, high cube, reefer with genset, flat rack, open top, overweight and bonded.
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.