Container Freight Station
Proven Import / Export Solutions for the Florida ports!
Serving the needs of West Palm/Fort Lauderdale as an experienced Container Freight Station is an essential part of our business.
Why is it important to you? Because we provide the simplification of the complicated business of freight handling with efficient, proven solutions.
A container Freight Station is a legal extension of the U.S. Customs port of entry inspection station. The main purpose of a Container Freight Station is to reduce congestion within the port. U.S. Customs performs inspections/examinations within the port facility. The goods are then transferred to a certified Container Freight Station where they may undergo manipulation or are stored while awaiting pickup by the owner, thus reducing the time the freight is in the port.
Typical Container Freight Station service includes: drayage, bonded transportation, import deconsolidation, export consolidation, cross docking/transloading, and creating and filing manifests, import/export declarations, etc.
Export Consolidation
That Just Makes Dollars & Sense.
Working with you directly or with your Freight Forwarder, we will handle and store your goods until they are all available for shipment. We will prepare your goods for shipment and load them into a container. In some cases, the Freight Forwarder may be able to consolidate shipments to reduce freight costs. The benefit of this service is we receive, “consolidate”, and hold your goods, as they become available relieving you of the burden of managing storage and timing shipment of the goods to the port. In addition, we also complete all necessary export documentation, which can be a major savings for shippers.
Cross Docking / Transloading
Save Time & Operating Costs
In many cases, the timing is right to transfer goods from one shipping mode or delivery direct to the next shipping mode or leg of transportation. This technique creates savings from less storage and less handling time. We have the expertise and local connections to get this done.
Drayage
Ocean, Air, Rail, & Trucking.
Competent short-haul transport of your cargo through those short moves that may be part of the bigger picture. We will pick it up at the port or get it there same day.
Import Deconsolidation
Handled Efficiently
Working with U.S. Customs, we will arrange to transfer your goods to our bonded facility where we will unload the container, sort/segregate, and store your goods until you are ready to receive them. In addition, we can complete all import declarations and documentation, which can save you valuable time. Customs duties and excise tax payments may be deferred while your goods are in bond at our facility. We offer customized handling solutions to suit your needs – breaking the cargo down, repackaging, and arranging further inland transportation by truck, air, ocean, or rail.
Worldwide Logistics
As an established container freight station we simplify complex import/export, including the process and handling of the documentation. Cross-docking (transloading) also.
Centerport Inc. is a transportation company covering South Florida with terminals located in:
- West Palm Beach at Palm Beach International Airport near Port of West Palm
- Ft Lauderdale near FLL (Ft Lauderdale International Airport) and PEV (Port Everglades)
- Miami near MIA (Miami International Airport) and POM (Port of Miami).