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Southern California / Los Angeles Office

800 E 230^th St.
Carson, CA 90745
(310) 522-4111
(310) 522-4141 Fax
LA DHE Harbor Drayage Email

Southern California DDC Office

901 E 233^rd St.
Carson, CA 90745

Northern California / Bay Area Office

200 Halcyon Drive. 
San Leandro, CA 94578
(510) 357-2223 Ext. 3
(510) 357-2237 Fax
Oakland DHE Harbor Drayage Email

 

Dependable drayage service specializes in import/export container drayage to and from all major California ports, intermodal shipping, and transloading.

With facilities in the Southern California overweight corridor, we can quickly meet any requirement you have for handling overweight import/export containers. We also have facilities servicing the Port of Oakland. Our asset-based harbor and intermodal transportation division handle all nationwide drayage moves for containers coming from or going to West Coast seaports. In addition to container drayage, we specialize in complex multiple-hub cargo moves through multimodal transportation strategies with complete warehousing and distribution services via our warehousing division.

Click here  to download a Harbor Drayage information sheet

Transloading is the process of transferring a shipment from one mode of transportation to another. It is most commonly employed when one mode cannot be used for the entire trip, such as when goods must be shipped internationally from one inland point to another. Dependable has a proven track record for safety and reliability in international and domestic container drayage, transloading, intermodal rail, and trucking.

Additional transloading benefits include:

• Avoid equipment storage and/or demurrage charges
• Cross-docking
• Flexible distribution options
• Ocean container weight maximization

Harbor/ Intermodal Drayage Benefits:

• Automated on spot reports
• Automated status reports
• Customs bonded and fully insured
• Dedicated account representatives
• Domestic rail service from the major California railyards
• EDI and paperless invoicing
• GPS tracking
• Hazardous Materials ("HAZMAT") certified
• Long-term/short-term or overflow storage of containers with flexible pricing
• Night gate service
• Over-the-road ("OTR") transloading
• Overweight container solutions
• Stop over, dropped container programs
• Transload service to domestic rail stations throughout California

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
• Warehouse Management System (WMS)
• State-of-the-art RF WMF systems
• More than 2 million sq. feet in Southern, Central and Northern California as well as Nationwide affiliates
• Long-term and short-term or overflow storage with flexible pricing
• Retail routing compliance, barcoding and labeling
• FDA, ASI, and organic food certified
• Storage rack and bulk
• Transloading
• Retail routing
• Real-time Inventory
• Consolidation
• Sorting (SKU, lot, expiration, manufacturer)
• E-commerce compatible
• Cross docking
• Kitting

View all of our Nationwide Drayage Services