Destination
Miami to Naples
The closest of the southwest cities across the Alley. Construction and finish materials make up a lot of this freight, so open deck runs it as often as containers do.
Get a quote
Tell us the port, the box and the delivery address and we will price Naples 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 Naples 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 Naples
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 Naples
Naples is about 110 road miles from PortMiami, straight west across Alligator Alley on I-75, and it is the closest of the southwest Florida cities. The move is a same day one and the container goes through on a chassis.
At this distance through is clearly right. The box is pulled, driven across, unloaded live and brought home the same day, so the freight is handled once and the empty is not sitting out of the port overnight. Transloading only starts to pay when the container would otherwise travel for days, and 110 miles across the Alley is not that.
Delivering in Naples
Naples is the seat of Collier County, on I-75 at the western end of the Alley with Naples Municipal Airport inside the city. A lot of the freight coming here is construction and finish material, which means as much open deck work as container work, and job site deliveries rather than warehouse ones. A job site needs firm ground, room for a 40 ft box on a chassis and someone with a machine to take the load off.
Send the container number, the steamship line, the last free day, the delivery address and whether the unload is live or a drop. If it is a job site rather than a dock, say so up front so the right equipment comes.
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 Naples 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
Can a container be delivered to a Naples job site rather than a warehouse?
Yes, with the ground and the equipment to match. A tractor with a 40 ft box on a chassis needs firm level ground and a straight way in and out, and the freight has to come off at truck bed height with a forklift or a machine already standing there. Soft fill and a tight turn are what stop these deliveries, not the 110 miles from Miami.
Is open deck or a container better for building material going to Naples?
It depends on how the material arrived and what shape it is. If it shipped in an ocean container, the box can run through to Naples on a chassis in a day. If it is long, tall or awkward, an open deck trailer handles it far better, because the load can be strapped and tarped instead of squeezed through a container door. Send the dimensions and the weight and you get told which.
How long does it take to get freight from Miami to Naples?
Same day, over roughly 110 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 Naples, 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 Naples lane?
The closest of the southwest cities across the Alley. Construction and finish materials make up a lot of this freight, so open deck runs it as often as containers do.
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.