Go Drayage Blog
We cover a wide range of 3PL & drayage topics.
Drayage for 3PL and Warehouse Operators: Setting Up Reliable Port Pickups
How 3PL and warehouse operators should structure drayage: information flow, dock capacity matching, carrier selection, and the metrics that matter.
How Long Does Drayage Take? Vessel Arrival to Warehouse Delivery
A realistic stage-by-stage drayage timeline from vessel discharge at PortMiami to warehouse delivery, and where the delays actually happen.
Dual Transactions at PortMiami: Cutting Empty Moves and Costs
How dual transactions pair empty returns with import pickups at PortMiami and Port Everglades, what has to line up, and how shippers can enable them.
Chassis Flips in Miami Drayage: What They Are and How to Avoid Them
What a chassis flip is, why it happens at PortMiami and Port Everglades, what it really costs, and how South Florida shippers can avoid the charge.
Why Your Container Is Waiting: Terminal Appointment Scarcity in South Florida
Appointment availability is the least visible constraint in South Florida drayage. Here is the sequence that decides your pickup day and how to protect free time.
Furniture and Home Goods Import Drayage in South Florida
Low density, fragile cartons, and wood packaging rules. What furniture importers should know about the drayage leg through PortMiami and Port Everglades.
Logistics News From Go Freight
- Container Blocking, Bracing & Dunnage: A 2026 Guide 08/30/2026An ocean container is a harder environment than a truck Freight that survives a thousand highway miles can still arrive from overseas as a pile of crushed cartons. The reason is that the two journeys stress cargo in completely different ways. A truck mostly generates forward and lateral forces in bursts: braking, cornering, potholes. A […]
- How to Write a 3PL RFP (2026 Template & Checklist) 08/30/2026First decide whether you actually need an RFP A formal RFP is a real project. Someone on your team will spend weeks assembling data, writing questions, fielding clarifications, scoring responses and running site visits. That effort is worth it when the decision is complex, expensive and hard to reverse. It is wasted when the scope […]
- Shipping Hazmat by Air from MIA: IATA DGR Basics (2026) 08/30/2026What the IATA DGR actually is The IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations is the manual the air cargo industry uses to move hazardous materials safely by air. It is built on the ICAO Technical Instructions — the underlying international standard — and repackages them into a working format for shippers, forwarders and airlines, with additional operator […]
- Consumer Electronics Logistics in South Florida (2026) 08/30/2026Why electronics move through Miami If a phone, laptop, TV panel or networking device is headed to Latin America or the Caribbean, there is a good chance it passes through South Florida first. Miami sits at the intersection of three things electronics distributors need at once: ocean capacity through PortMiami and Port Everglades, dense airline […]
- Beauty & Cosmetics Logistics in Miami (2026) 08/30/2026Why beauty brands run logistics through Miami Miami has been the staging point for consumer goods heading south for decades, and beauty shows it clearly. Distributors, duty-free operators, salon chains, and retail groups across Latin America and the Caribbean buy through Miami because it puts three things in one place: a dense concentration of freight […]
- TikTok Shop Fulfillment in Miami: 3PL Guide (2026) 08/30/2026Why viral demand breaks a DIY fulfillment setup Social commerce does not grow the way traditional e-commerce grows. A brand can sit at twenty orders a day for six weeks, one creator video lands, and the next morning there are two thousand orders waiting. The product was never the constraint; a two-person team packing at […]
- How to Calculate Freight Density and Class (2026) 08/30/2026Why density decides what your LTL shipment costs A carrier’s trailer runs out of space long before it runs out of weight, and that single fact explains most of LTL pricing. If your 600-pound pallet occupies the same linear feet as someone else’s 3,000-pound pallet, the carrier earns a fraction of the revenue for the […]
- Freight Shipping from Miami to Argentina (2026 Guide) 08/30/2026Why Miami is the default gateway to Argentina If you are moving cargo from the United States to Argentina, there is a good chance it passes through South Florida. Miami concentrates three things exporters need: deep-sea capacity at PortMiami and Port Everglades, major air cargo capacity at MIA, and a dense cluster of forwarders, brokers, […]
- Freight Shipping Miami to Antigua & the Leeward Islands 2026 08/30/2026The Miami–Leeward Islands lane in plain terms Antigua sits at the operational center of the Leeward Islands. St. John’s Deep Water Harbour is the region’s main container gateway, with cargo berths handling containerized freight alongside a busy cruise trade. For shippers in the United States, Miami and Port Everglades are the natural origin: this is […]
- Freight Shipping from Miami to Suriname (2026 Guide) 08/30/2026Why Miami is the practical gateway to Suriname If you are moving cargo to Suriname from anywhere in the United States, the shipment almost certainly touches South Florida. Miami and Port Everglades handle the bulk of U.S. northbound and southbound Caribbean and Guianas trade, and the carriers, consolidators and container freight stations that serve Paramaribo […]