Dependable Highway Express Harbor and Intermodal Division - ("DHE Harbor")

Harbor Drayage Intermodal Container Transport

Harbor Drayage & Intermodal Transportation Division

Our drayage/intermodal division handles containerized import and export cargo transportation through every port terminal and rail ramp in California, company truck service to seven Western States, and integrated multimodal solutions throughout North America.

Geographic services

Our trucks manage ocean and domestic traffic daily from these California ports and ramps:

  • Port of Los Angeles
  • Port of Long Beach 
  • Port of Oakland
  • Port of San Francisco
  • Port of Stockton
  • Port of San Diego
  • Union Pacific/ICTF, Los Angeles          
  • Union Pacific - Industry
  • Union Pacific - Montebello
  • LATC - Los Angeles      
  • BNSF - Los Angeles
  • BNSF - Commerce
  • BNSF - Santa Fe, Oakland
  • Union Pacific / OTR, Oakland 

We've strategically located our terminals and container storage yards throughout California to maximize effective distribution and to pass on cost savings to our customers.  Our primary ocean freight terminals reside in San Pedro and San Leandro, California, each within minutes of the major ports of both Los Angeles / Long Beach and Oakland, CA and equipped with secure, guarded 24/7 container storage yards. We also have high-capacity transload and warehouse facilities in San Pedro, Downtown Los Angeles, Ontario, Oakland, San Diego, and Fresno.

Features and capabilities

  • More than 100 units and 150 drivers operating 24-hours daily
  • Wireless handheld device dispatch technology
  • Local and regional drayage up to 1000 miles
  • Fully insured hazardous materials carrier
  • Reefer container specialist, with on-site refrigerated container plug-in equipment
  • Overweight container solutions with our own fleet of triaxle 20’ chassis
  • Transloading and load reduction for overgross loads within the overweight corridors of Los Angeles and Oakland
  • Permitted oversize transport specialists
  • Multimodal solutions transloading to OTR FTL
  • Nationwide container-on-flatbed service
  • Customs bonded
  • Fluent in English & Spanish
  • Complete warehousing services in partnership with our warehousing division
  • Integrated regional LCL and LTL services through our in-house LTL network
  • Complete visibility to your goods through integrated TMS/WMS systems and technology

Meeting California standards & greener transportation goals

In 2006, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach (POLA/POLB) initiated the Clean Air Action Plan, which mandated the rapid phase-out of older, higher-polluting trucks.  As of January 1, 2012, no truck of model year prior to 2007 may enter the Southern California ports. Port of Oakland has instituted a similar plan, with standards only a year or two behind those in Southern California. Additionally, the state of California has some of the toughest air quality standards, with mandatory retirement of older trucks required annually for all highway use scheduled through 2014 and beyond. As many carriers struggled to meet these challenges, Dependable has emerged as a leader in the industry, rapidly replacing our entire drayage fleet with new, green equipment, including both state-of-the-art LNG (liquefied natural gas) and clean diesel tractors.  We will continue to be a market leader with a fleet that exceeds all Port, AQMD, and EPA clean air standards.  

When you choose Dependable as your harbor transportation and port drayage carrier, you not only receive our family-owned commitment to personalized customer service excellence, you also can rest assured that you have partnered with a responsible corporation that is committed to improving the environment. 

New EPA Compliant Fleet

Green Trucking Fleet and Tractors

Dependable continues our company-wide commitment to green technology.   All of our asset-based trucking operations have replaced a majority of our power equipment not only to comply with, but to surpass the current EPA Fuel Emissions Standards. Further, our corporate office in downtown Los Angeles has installed the world’s largest industrial high-rise solar grid, generating over 1.8MM kilowatt-hours of clean, green electricity annually.  We have installed thousands of energy efficient lighting fixtures, use electric forklifts, and we recycle everything from cardboard to computer equipment.  Just as we strive to be a market leader in integrated logistics, we also aspire to be a leader in responsible, sustainable corporate citizenship.  

Harbor Services & Features

Customer Service and Support

We recognize that providing a truck is only half of the service that you need.  We believe that we have a duty to manage your cargo in the challenging import/export and rail intermodal process to assure that you receive both timely service and up-to-the-minute information.  Our centralized customer support staff provides dedicated personnel to assure:

  • Immediate delivery order acknowledgement
  • Timely updates on availability
  • Outstanding customized reporting
  • Actively work to expedite shipment release
  • Help with fees, customs issues, and specialty equipment challenges
  • Appointment scheduling and coordination
  • Timely pick-up and delivery of your containers
  • Imaged documentation immediately available
  • EDI and paperless invoicing