Terminal, the Port of Miami
Seaboard Marine drayage
Drayage off Seaboard Marine at PortMiami: the only terminal here open on Saturday, and the only one running past 5 during the week.
Seaboard Marine is a terminal inside the Port of Miami, not a separate port. The same last free day rules as the rest of Port of Miami, though the gate hours here are its own.
Carrier and terminal operator both, running direct services between North America, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
The late gate, and the only Saturday gate
Everything else at PortMiami runs 8 to 5, Monday to Friday. Seaboard runs until 7, and it opens on Saturday until 2.
Two extra hours on a weekday is the difference between a box moving today and moving tomorrow. The Saturday gate is worth more than that. Demurrage does not pause for the weekend, so a container that misses Friday's gate anywhere else sits until Monday with the clock running the whole time. At Seaboard it does not have to.
If your last free day lands on a Friday or a Monday and the box is at Seaboard, that weekend is not lost. Tell us Friday morning rather than Monday, and it is a call we can still win.
Carrier and terminal at the same time
Seaboard is unusual here: it operates its own terminal and runs its own ships, on direct services between North America, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. So a booking, a vessel and a gate can all carry the same name, and a driver saying “I am at Seaboard” is telling you where the box physically is rather than who is carrying it.
Checking it yourself
Schedules, hours and container status live on their own site: www.seaboardmarine.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 Seaboard Marine?
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.