What is Drayage?
The transport of whole containers of goods via ground freight over a short distance, often as part of a longer overall move. Drayage shipping may include moving cargo from a port to a rail yard, from a rail yard to a trucking hub, or from a port to a warehouse or other shipping location.
Fun fact: "Drayage" comes from the name of a horse-drawn cart called a "dray", popular in the 1800s for making short-distance deliveries due to the physical limitations of the horses used.
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