dray alliance

Question 1

What is drayage?

Answer 1

The transportation of goods from the ports to the places where those goods will eventually be sold.

-usually local / short distance deliveries

Question 2

Driver

Answer 2

The people that are moving goods, the primary users of the Dray Alliance App

Question 3

Truck

Answer 3

rig, chassis, axels, over-weights, truck license numbers

Question 4

Ports

Answer 4

Where terminals we work with are located ( i.e. port of Long Beach is home to APM, TTI, PCT, Pier E / LBCT, APL / Fenix )

Question 5

Vessel

Answer 5

The cargo ship carrying the goods! (Vessel names: President Truman, MSC KANOKO)

Question 6

Warehouse

Answer 6

The location we pickup from / deliver to, where the goods are stored ( UMA Chino, US Merchants, Amazon LAX9)

Question 7

Container

Answer 7

What the goods are transported in, vary in size based to accommodate the type of cargo inside

Question 8

Cargo

Answer 8

the goods! What our customers want delivered or picked up from THEIR customers (our consignee / CNEE)

Question 9

Shippers

Answer 9

Our customers (freight forwarders and direct companies like Mattel), ultimately whomever we send our bill to.

Question 10

What is a Chassis

Answer 10

The chassis is the 2nd component and is needed when moving a container to and from a location, it connects to the rig and has wheels (attached to the truck, it kind of looks like a longer rig)

Question 11

What kind of containers are there?

Answer 11

Dry storage, Hard Top, Flat Rack, Open Side, Reefer, Open Top.

We are currently only service Reefer and standard containers, all other containers will be politely rejected when processing delivery orders

Question 12

What size containers are there?

Answer 12

20’ (Standard)
40’ (Standard or high cube) 40’ x 8’
45’ (always high cube) 40’ x 8’ x 9’6

Question 13

Customer vs. Consignee

Answer 13

Customer (Shippers) - are the fols making the arrangements to get goods from point A to B.

• Brokers, freight forwarders
• Big Names in the industry: CMA, Mattel, Kuenhe + Nagel, Maersk

Consignee - the folks waiting on the goods to be delivered so they can sell them in their stores. This includes distribution centers as well which are used as a holding facility until the goods are ready to head to retailer.

• Morphe, Safelite, Amazon*, Cooper Tiles, Phillips Electronics, Costco, Konami Games