Destination
Miami to Doral
A few miles west of the airport, and thick with freight forwarders. A lot of Doral freight is an ocean-to-air or air-to-ocean transfer rather than a final delivery, which usually means transload rather than a live unload.
Get a quote
Tell us the port, the box and the delivery address and we will price Doral both ways where it is worth it.
Or email quotes@dariaslogistics.com.
Last free day today or tomorrow?
The clock runs at the port, not on the road
Demurrage starts at the terminal the day after your last free day, whether the freight is going five miles or five hundred. We pre-pull the container onto the yard first and run to Doral when you are ready, rather than letting the box sit at the terminal earning charges while the receiver sorts out a door.
Straight through
The box goes to Doral
Short enough that the container runs through on a chassis and comes back the same day. No handling, no second touch, and the empty is back before per diem becomes a conversation.
The run from the port to Doral
Doral is about 14 road miles from PortMiami, a same day move, and the container goes through on a chassis. At that distance there is nothing to gain from handling the freight twice just to cover the drive. The box is delivered as it stands, emptied live or dropped in your yard, and the empty goes back to the terminal before the gate closes.
The wrinkle here is the freight rather than the miles. Doral is about 5 miles west of Miami International Airport and thick with freight forwarders, so plenty of what lands at a Doral address is on its way to an aircraft rather than stopping. That work is a transload: the cargo comes out of the ocean container and onto pallets or a trailer, and the container still goes home to the line.
Delivering in Doral
Doral is in Miami-Dade, between the Palmetto Expressway (826) on the east and the Turnpike on the west, with Medley to the north and the Dolphin Expressway (836) to the south. A receiver needs room for a 40 ft box on a chassis and either a dock or a forklift and a firm ground level plan. Many buildings here are appointment only, and a forwarder's dock can be very busy at the end of a day.
Send the container number, the steamship line, the last free day, the delivery address and whether the unload is live or a drop, and say if the freight is connecting to an air booking so the timing gets built around it.
A lot of business in a small city
The city's own 2017 economic study counted 6,802 establishments employing 102,235 workers, many of them importers and exporters drawn by the airport. That is a great many docks, and a great many trucks, in a small place.
Two roads carry most of it east and west: NW 41st Street, which becomes NW 36th Street, through the middle of the city, and NW 74th Street across the north. The city itself reports heavy congestion on its main arterials and runs a traffic relief plan for them, so leave time on a Doral delivery, and tell us up front if the receiver's appointment cannot move.
What runs it
Everything we run
20ft standard
20' GP / 22G1
20ft high cube
20' HC / 25G1
40ft standard
40' GP / 42G1
40ft high cube
40' HC / 45G1
45ft high cube
45' HC / L5G1
45ft high cube, 102in wide
45' HC wide body, 102in
20ft reefer
20' RF / 22R1
40ft reefer
40' RF / 42R1
40ft high cube reefer
40' RH / 45R1
Open top
20' 22U1 / 40' 42U1
Flat rack
20' / 40' FR
ISO tank
20' tank
Overweight containers
any, over legal gross
Bonded and in-bond
any, under customs bond
Flatbed
The default open deck, in 48ft and 53ft. Loads from the side, the top or the back, and anything over 8ft 6in of cargo height starts needing a permit.
Step deck
A dropped main deck buys about 18 inches of legal cargo height over a flatbed. Also called a drop deck.
Double drop
A fixed well between two raised decks, for tall freight that does not need to be driven on.
Lowboy
The lowest deck there is, for tall and heavy machines. Short well, so length is usually the constraint rather than weight.
Piggyback forklift
A rough-terrain forklift that rides on a mounting kit at the rear of the flatbed and unloads where there is no dock and no site equipment. The freight pays for it twice: in the surcharge and in the payload its weight displaces, which is why it is quoted only where it saves more than it costs.
RGN, removable gooseneck
The gooseneck detaches so the deck becomes a ramp and the machine drives on. Extendable and multi-axle versions carry the heaviest and longest loads we handle.
Stretch flatbed and step deck
Extendable decks for freight that is legal on weight but far too long, like beams, blades and pipe. The deck stretches to support the load rather than letting it overhang.
Multi-axle heavy haul
More axles under the same deck, so the weight spreads far enough to permit. This is where transformers, presses and plant equipment ride.
Conestoga
A rolling tarp on a frame, so freight loads from the side like a flatbed but travels covered like a van. No tarping crew, no weather risk.
Dry van
Enclosed, palletized freight, in 48ft and 53ft. The default for anything transloaded out of a container for an inland run.
Reefer trailer
Temperature-controlled van, in 48ft and 53ft. What a reefer container becomes when the freight transloads for an inland run.
Before it leaves Hialeah Gardens
One warehouse in Hialeah Gardens, over 50 dock doors
Everything that happens off the chassis happens here, in Hialeah Gardens, a short run from the ports, before the freight goes anywhere. Transload, cross-dock, storage, or shipping and receiving in your name. On a short lane like Doral it is usually the answer when the receiver has no dock, rather than a cost question.
What lands on the invoice
- Chassis
- The trailer the container rides on. If it is not where the container is, that is a chassis split and an extra trip.
- Pre-pull
- Collecting the box before you are ready, to stop terminal storage running. Almost always cheaper than the demurrage it avoids.
- Demurrage
- The terminal charging you for cargo sitting inside the gate past the last free day.
The rest of it
Questions
Straight answers
Is a Doral container delivered in the box or transloaded first?
The drayage leg runs through on a chassis, because it is only about 14 road miles from PortMiami and the box can be back at the terminal the same day. Whether the freight is then transloaded depends on where it goes next. A lot of Doral cargo is moving on to an aircraft at Miami International, and that means coming out of the container onto pallets. Tell us which of the two you need.
Why do so many Doral deliveries end in a transload rather than a live unload?
Because the freight is changing mode, not ending its trip. Doral is about 5 miles west of Miami International Airport and full of freight forwarders, so cargo arriving in an ocean container may be flying out within days. That means stripping the box onto pallets or a trailer and sending the container home to the line, rather than a plain unload into a warehouse rack. If your freight stops in Doral, a live unload is simpler.
How long does it take to get freight from Miami to Doral?
Same day, over roughly 14 road miles. That is the drive; the bigger variable is usually the terminal appointment at the Miami end, not the road.
Should my container go through to Doral, or be transloaded?
Through, on this lane. It is short enough that the box goes and comes back the same day, so there is nothing to gain by handling the freight twice.
Anything particular about the Doral lane?
A few miles west of the airport, and thick with freight forwarders. A lot of Doral freight is an ocean-to-air or air-to-ocean transfer rather than a final delivery, which usually means transload rather than a live unload.
Do you go beyond Florida?
Yes, all 48 states, generally transloaded to a trailer first.
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.
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.