Destination
Miami to Hialeah
Industrial Hialeah is also where the FEC rail ramp sits, so a delivery here can be a road move or a rail interchange depending on how the freight arrived.
Get a quote
Tell us the port, the box and the delivery address and we will price Hialeah 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 Hialeah 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 Hialeah
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 Hialeah
A Hialeah container usually starts at PortMiami, about 14 road miles away, and it is a same day move. It can also start at the Hialeah rail ramps, which sit inside the city, and that turns the job from a road move into a rail interchange even though the delivery address has not changed. Tell us which one your box arrived on.
Either way it goes through on a chassis. Fourteen miles is far too short to be worth transloading: you would pay to handle the freight twice and still have the container to return. Through means the box is delivered as it stands, unloaded live or dropped in your yard, and the empty goes back to the terminal or the ramp the same day.
Delivering in Hialeah
Hialeah is in Miami-Dade, between State Road 826 and Okeechobee Road, with the rail ramps in its industrial eastern side and Miami International Airport a short run south. The newer blocks have proper docks and room to turn. The older ones are tighter, so a receiver needs a clear approach for a 40 ft container on a chassis, plus a dock or a ground level plan with a forklift and someone to run it.
To book it, send the container number, the steamship line, the last free day, the delivery address, and whether the site is appointment only or first come. Say up front whether you want a live unload or a drop, because that decides how the driver's day is built.
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 Hialeah 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
Does a Hialeah container come off the port or off the rail ramp?
Both happen. The Hialeah rail ramps are inside the city, so a box that moved inland by rail gets picked up a few minutes from where it is going, while an ocean container is pulled from PortMiami about 14 miles east. The release and the paperwork are different for each, which is why the arrival notice matters. Send it and you will be told which one your box is sitting on.
Are the older Hialeah blocks hard to reach with a 40 ft container?
Some of them are. Streets in the older industrial sections are narrow and the yards behind them are small, and a tractor with a 40 ft box on a chassis needs real room to swing and to back square to a door. It is worth looking at the approach before the container is pulled rather than after a driver is standing in the street. Send the address, and a photo of the gate if you have one.
How long does it take to get freight from Miami to Hialeah?
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 Hialeah, 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 Hialeah lane?
Industrial Hialeah is also where the FEC rail ramp sits, so a delivery here can be a road move or a rail interchange depending on how the freight arrived.
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.