Port Drayage | Delays Every Holiday? It's All Due to Port Drayage!

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With the rapid development of economic globalization, while domestic markets are cooling down, cross-border e-commerce and export businesses are booming. The recently concluded Double 11 and Black Friday global shopping seasons saw many businesses achieving great success. As we approach the Double 12 festival, the United States—one of the world’s largest economies—remains an important market for foreign trade merchants and cross-border e-commerce sellers.

Delays During Holidays!

In December, we have Double 12 and Christmas holidays. To prepare for Christmas, foreign consumers buy products related to the holiday, such as Christmas trees, gifts, toys, and more.
According to MuchNeeded’s survey, U.S. consumers spend over $1 trillion on Christmas, highlighting the huge consumer potential. This inevitably leads to a massive overseas purchasing spree.
Merchants aim to ship goods promptly according to customer orders, hoping to deliver items to consumers in time. However, when goods arrive at the port, if a drayage company isn't available to transport them, goods can get stuck at the port, resulting in additional storage fees and potentially missed delivery deadlines, leading to customer complaints or even order cancellations. Holiday seasons make this situation even worse, with goods being delayed for longer periods!

What is Port Drayage?

Port drayage refers to the transport of containers during import and export processes. After booking shipping space, goods need to be moved to the corresponding location for export. Typically, port drayage involves transporting goods from factories to ports for export or from ports to designated locations for import. In the industry, this is referred to as "drayage." It’s a short-distance transportation method, traditionally covering 75-100 miles from the port. The distance of the drayage can affect the cost of container pickup.

Due to the rapid growth of cross-border e-commerce, there has been an urgent demand for long-distance drayage (sometimes even across states) to Amazon’s warehouses, particularly along the West Coast, creating a large market for Chinese-owned drayage companies.

The process of U.S. port drayage typically involves picking up an empty container at the port or yard, loading it at a factory or warehouse, and then delivering the full container to the port for unloading and shipping. In recent years, the cost of ocean freight port drayage has been rising, creating financial pressure for foreign trade enterprises. Choosing a reliable and cost-effective port drayage team is crucial to reduce costs and ensure smooth delivery, ultimately benefiting business performance.

Choose Shengshi Group for Worry-Free Port Drayage

As a comprehensive supply chain management group serving global cross-border e-commerce sellers, Shengshi Group specializes in U.S. port drayage and container pickup services. Shengshi Group’s U.S. local port drayage company owns its own fleet, allowing for better scheduling of trucks and providing various options to meet the different needs and budgets of clients. Customers can choose the most suitable service based on their actual needs, helping to reduce transportation costs.

Shengshi’s professional team provides customized services according to client requirements, including weight planning for drayage, real-time tracking of goods, and fast container pickup services, ensuring that goods are delivered quickly to their destination. This helps avoid additional charges such as detention fees and port storage fees!

About Shengshi Group

Founded in 1973 in San Francisco, Shengshi Group is a supply chain management group providing comprehensive services to global cross-border e-commerce sellers. The company offers a wide range of services across the United States, including U.S. port customs clearance, third-party warehouse delivery, U.S. overseas warehouse transshipment, and U.S. port drayage services. Shengshi Group obtained C-TPAT (Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism) certification in 2003.

As a leading U.S.-based customs broker with over 50 years of customs clearance experience and an in-house team of Green Card holders specializing in Chinese customs, Shengshi Group has multiple branch offices overseas. The company has served over 4,900 e-commerce sellers and 150+ Amazon sellers. In 2022 alone, Shengshi Group handled the transport of over 10,000 40-foot containers in a single month. Shengshi Group provides one-stop solutions to help cross-border sellers expand their brands globally.

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