Drayage
Short-haul trucking from a port or terminal to a nearby warehouse or rail yard — typically within the same metropolitan area. Distinct from over-the-road (OTR) trucking in both distance and workflow.
What makes drayage its own category
Drayage isn't just "short trucking." The workflow is fundamentally different from long-haul: appointments at terminals are rigid, the Last Free Day clock is live, chassis management matters, and a round trip often happens inside a single driver shift.
The economics work differently too. Drayage runs on tight margins where a missed terminal appointment or a late container pickup can wipe out the profit on a load through demurrage or detention fees.
Where drayage sits in the import flow
A typical import drayage move starts when cargo clears customs at the port and ends when it's delivered to the forwarder's warehouse (for deconsolidation) or straight to the end consignee (for direct delivery). The move itself may take only a few hours, but the coordination around it — appointment windows, driver assignment, PTT paperwork — takes longer than the actual drive.
Everything about drayage lives in these coordination gaps. The platforms that work for drayage are the ones that compress the gaps.
How Logixa handles it
Logixa Dispatch is drayage-first — direct delivery, warehouse transfer, and split pickups are first-class shipment types. Dispatchers assign drivers from the shipment detail, drivers see jobs in the mobile app immediately, and status updates flow back automatically as the driver confirms port pickup, in-transit, and delivery milestones.
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