Services
Services
Container drayage, transload, cross-dock, warehousing, shipping and receiving, heavy haul and nationwide truckload out of South Florida.
Containers and drayage
Pre-pull and demurrage
Last free day today? We pull the container out before demurrage starts and hold it on the yard until you are ready.
Container drayage
Containers off the Port of Miami, Port Everglades, Palm Beach and the rail ramps, to the door or to the warehouse. Placarded hazmat moves on the network too, routed off the tunnel.
Reefer container freight
Refrigerated containers off the terminal, with the genset the move actually needs.
Inland and intermodal container moves
Container on chassis beyond the local radius, statewide, including intermodal pulls off the FEC and CSX ramps.
Damaged container transport
The corner fitting is crushed, the twistlocks will not engage, and the box will not lock to a chassis. It still has to leave the terminal. It moves on a step deck, chained through the castings, and the height works out under the legal limit. Here is why, and what has to happen at each end.
Warehouse
Port to warehouse, and out the door
One partner from the terminal to your customer: the container pulled off PortMiami, unloaded, palletized, stored by the pallet, and shipped out as your orders come in.
Shipping and receiving
Freight received, checked in, held, and shipped back out under your name. For shippers with no dock of their own.
Transload
The hinge: freight comes out of the box and onto a trailer, so the inland run is not paying container rates.
Cross-dock
In one door, sorted, out the other, without touching a rack.
Warehousing and storage
Short and long-term storage at a warehouse with over 50 dock doors, a short run from the ports.
Container unloading
Getting the freight out of the box. Palletized cargo comes off quickly; a floor-loaded 40 is a day's work for a crew, and the difference in effort is the difference in price. The reason to do it here rather than at your door is usually the same one: the empty goes back the same day.
Container yard storage
Five acres of yard for containers that need somewhere to be. Loaded or empty, grounded or sitting on a chassis, for a night or for a season. The reason to put one here rather than anywhere is that the truck that brings it and the truck that takes it away are the same operation, so a stored box is one phone call from moving again.
Pallet storage
Somewhere to put twelve pallets for three weeks. Storage billed by the pallet and by the day rather than by the square foot and by the year, close enough to the ports that getting them in and out is not a cross-county trip.
Fulfillment and distribution
Goods arrive by sea in one large piece and leave in many small ones. Between those two facts sit the things that decide whether it works: stock counted at unit level rather than by pallet, something that says an order happened, and a container that has to be emptied and returned before per diem eats the margin. Here is how that path actually runs, and what to have ready before it starts.
Handling and repack
The work that happens to freight while it is on the floor: palletized, wrapped, labelled, counted, sorted, repacked, photographed, and where the destination needs it, repackaged into what it actually sells as. Priced by what the freight needs rather than from a menu, because no two of these jobs are the same shape.
Truckload and open deck
Hazmat and placarded loads
Placarded freight off the South Florida ports, packaged or in tank containers, moved under the endorsements and permits each class requires. What can be accepted is confirmed commodity by commodity, before you book rather than after.
Heavy haul and oversize
Over-dimensional and overweight loads: permitted, routed, and escorted where the route demands it.
Oversize permits and escorts
The paperwork and the pilot cars. State permits, route survey, and escorts when the load is wide, tall or long enough to need them.
Flatbed freight
Open-deck freight that will not fit, or does not belong, in a van.
Piggyback delivery
A forklift that rides on the back of the trailer, unloads the freight where there is no dock and no forklift, and climbs back on. The truck arrives with its own unloading.
Reefer trailer freight
Temperature-controlled truckload, in 48ft and 53ft reefer trailers.
FTL nationwide
Full truckload out of South Florida to all 48 states.
Customs
Tariff and duty refunds
The 2025 tariffs were struck down and the money is being refunded with interest. Yes, we handle tariff refunds. If you imported during the tariff window, tell us what you imported and when, and we take the claim from there.
Customs exam drayage
CBP flagged your container. Somebody now has to truck it to the exam station and back, the clocks are all still running, and you are paying for every day of it. The trucking is us; here is the rest of it, plainly.
Bonded and in-bond trucking in Miami
Freight that has not cleared customs, moving legally anyway: off PortMiami or Port Everglades to a bonded warehouse or a container freight station, port to port across the country, or straight back out of it. Sealed, under bond, on a deadline.
Customs clearance coordination
Yes, we handle customs clearance, and it is arranged together with the truck, so the day your freight clears is the day it moves. You do not have to go and find anyone. A box that sits released is burning money for no reason at all.
Questions
Straight answers
How do I get a rate?
Send the lane, the equipment, the container size and the port, and we come back with a number. Quotes and dispatch run 24 hours a day at quotes@dariaslogistics.com.
What does a drayage quote actually include?
The move itself, plus the accessorials people get surprised by later: chassis, pre-pull, per diem, demurrage, detention and storage. We would rather name them up front than add them to an invoice.
Can I call?
Yes. Everything is still confirmed in writing: the rate you are quoted is the rate in your inbox, with the accessorials listed, so nothing depends on who remembers what was said on a call.
How much notice do you need to book a container?
The sooner the better, especially if the last free day is close. Same-day is often possible; a day or two gives us the pick of the appointment windows.
What do you need from me to release a container?
The container number, the bill of lading or booking number, the delivery order from the line or your forwarder, customs release, and the delivery address with receiving hours.
Do you work with freight forwarders and customs brokers?
Yes, most of our work comes through them. We take the delivery order, handle the terminal, and report back to whoever is coordinating.
How many containers do you move?
More than 300 a day across PortMiami, Port Everglades and the South Florida rail ramps, which is around 100,000 a year, more than 150,000 TEU in the measure ports use. That volume is why a chassis or an appointment window is usually there when your box needs one.
Capacity is tight and no carrier will take my load. Can you?
That is a call we like. Send the load, even if everyone else said next week: with more than 300 containers a day moving through the network there is usually a truck, and when there truly is not, you hear it in minutes instead of silence. No contract and no minimum volume; one load, quoted in writing, is how most of our broker relationships started.
How fast does a quote come back?
Usually within 10 minutes, in writing, any hour of the day. The desk that prices your move is the desk that dispatches it, so a quote never waits for a morning shift. A superload or a multi-stop move can take longer, and we say so up front instead of going quiet.
What is the last free day?
The last day your container can sit inside the terminal before storage charges start. Miss it and demurrage begins accruing daily, which is why a pre-pull is almost always cheaper than waiting.
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.
How do I keep the charges down?
Watch the last free day, pre-pull if your dock is not ready, unload as drop-and-pick rather than live where you can, and tell us early if plans change. Almost every large accessorial bill traces back to a decision made a day too late.