The Time to Price-Check Your Inland Drayage Rates is NOW!
The promise of new import tariffs has retailers and manufacturers that depend on foreign suppliers stocking up on inventory before the inland drayage rate hikes occur.
These imposed tariffs, especially on imports from China, was a key Trump campaign promise. All signs indicate it is a promise the new administration fully intends to keep. According to the Tax Foundation, steep new taxes on trade are likely to include a 10% to 20% tariff on all imports, at least 60% on Chinese imports, and anywhere from 25% to 100% on Mexican imports.
Container drayage involves some costs, such as storage fees, flip charges, and per-diem charges. On top of that, there are a lot of time-consuming issues to track, such as communicating with carriers, traffic delays, and chassis shortages. It’s not easy to keep up with all these moving parts.
Expenses can add up quickly. Before you know it, your bottom line isn’t looking good.
If you are looking to stock up in light of impending cost increases due to higher tariffs, the best way for you to avoid pitfalls in managing container drayage, save time and money, and stay competitive long-term, is Freight Management Inc’s Draydex™ platform.
Draydex Solution for Shippers & Forwarders
As a dynamic cloud-based solution, Draydex prioritizes real-time spot market rates, allowing you to find quality draymen and exchange rates. It’s a key tool for you to enhance the efficiency, speed, and cost-effectiveness of your logistics operations.
By simplifying the quoting process and providing access to up-to-date information in an easy-to-use software interface, Draydex helps you make informed decisions with confidence.
In addition, seamlessly integrates with your existing TMS through a custom API, adding a layer of flexibility and scalability, aligning with the evolving needs of your businesses. Use Draydex to benchmark your inland drayage rates, get instant pricing, and utilize our award-winning freight brokerage services.
Best of all, there is a new and improved Draydex, better than ever that now lists accessorial fees. With no monthly caps on the number of rates you obtain. What’s more, it’s free!
Key features include:
- Book It Now. Provides instant drayage pricing from every single ramp and port to help you get the most competitive rates. Say goodbye to time-consuming and inefficient manual processes with delayed responses and lack of rate visibility.
- Spot Market Index. First-of-its-kind tool to provide you with the most accurate current sport market index rates at each ramp and port. Draydex offers insight that is hard to find elsewhere. Why? Because top global freight forwarders contribute regularly to the index. Draydex allows you to fully grasp all the current rates and empowers you to secure the most competitive rates.
- Rate Management System. Provides a central, easily accessible dashboard to store and compare your drayage rates against the current market average. No need to wait for carrier response to your inquiries, Instead, see exactly what carriers are charging and get the most competitive rates.
Draydex Benefits for Shippers & Forwarders
To avoid transportation issues and control costs, and help protect yourself from likely tariffs by stocking inventory now before the incoming Trump administration imposes them, use to Draydex to:
- Obtain high-level access to current market rates from all ramps and ports and all the leading carriers
- Compare carrier rates
- Monitor your shipments
- Eliminate communication breakdowns
- Obtain detailed presentations of accessorial charges and line hauls
- Gain actionable insights to get the best terms and improve efficiencies
- Search for historical lanes
- Avoid shipping delays due to traffic congestion and railway issues
- Get instantaneous pricing for alternate routes
- Book faster
- Attain more efficient and accurate recordkeeping
- Monitor carrier insurance and safety
Draydex offers insight that is hard to find elsewhere. Better yet, it’s easy to use. Your employees won’t struggle to learn and use Draydex, they’ll just use it the right way the first time, every time.
Avoid Pitfalls In Managing Drayage + Save Time & Money + Stay Competitive
Freight Management, Inc. has leveraged its vast experience and professional relationships in designing Draydex so you can have access to the industry’s most accurate spot market index and better manage your costs in light of the higher costs of doing business, today and tomorrow.