Destination
Miami to Riviera Beach
The Port of Palm Beach is here. Tropical Shipping runs the Bahamas and Caribbean trades from this berth with 350-plus reefer plugs, so a lot of what moves locally is temperature-controlled.
Get a quote
Tell us the port, the box and the delivery address and we will price Riviera Beach 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 Riviera Beach 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 Riviera Beach
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 Riviera Beach
The Port of Palm Beach is in Riviera Beach, so this is about 2 road miles and a same day move that is over almost as soon as it starts. The container goes through on a chassis. There is no version of this run where handling the freight twice makes any sense at all.
This berth is where the Bahamas and Caribbean trades load and discharge, and it carries more than 350 reefer plugs, so a good share of what moves locally here is temperature controlled. A reefer coming off the plug starts running on its genset, and that is the clock worth watching on a lane where the driving takes minutes rather than hours.
Delivering in Riviera Beach
Riviera Beach is in Palm Beach County just north of West Palm Beach, with I-95 and US 1 alongside and Palm Beach International Airport a short run south. The industrial blocks near the port are built for containers and the approaches are generally straightforward. A receiver needs a dock or a ground level plan with a forklift, and room for a 40 ft box on a chassis.
Send the container number, the steamship line, the last free day, the delivery address, the temperature set point if it is a reefer, and whether you want a live unload or a drop in your yard. On a run this short a live unload is almost always the simpler of the two, because the driver is barely out of sight of the berth.
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 Riviera Beach 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 Riviera Beach container ever worth transloading?
Almost never for the local move. The Port of Palm Beach is inside the city and the delivery is about two road miles, so the box is back at the gate the same day and the container rate has no time to hurt you. Transloading earns its keep when freight is travelling on afterwards, up the state or out of it, not when it stops a few minutes from the berth.
What do the reefer plugs at the Port of Palm Beach mean for my container?
They mean a refrigerated box can hold temperature on the terminal instead of burning genset fuel, and there are more than 350 of them here because this berth runs the Bahamas and Caribbean trades. Once the container comes off the plug it is on the genset, so the shorter the wait at your door the less it costs. Send the set point along with the booking.
How long does it take to get freight from Miami to Riviera Beach?
Same day, over roughly 2 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 Riviera Beach, 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 Riviera Beach lane?
The Port of Palm Beach is here. Tropical Shipping runs the Bahamas and Caribbean trades from this berth with 350-plus reefer plugs, so a lot of what moves locally is temperature-controlled.
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.