✍️ DrayageRate Insights
Developer insights on drayage rate APIs, port pricing, TMS integration, and container logistics.
Port drayage is one of the least transparent segments in freight. A look at how real-time rate APIs change quoting speed, margin accuracy, and customer trust.
DrayageRate Logistics Team
When terminals back up, drayage rates spike — but not uniformly. We break down congestion surcharges, demurrage interactions, and how to model volatile lanes.
Most TMS platforms still price drayage manually. Here's how to integrate lane rates, accessorials, and fuel surcharges into automated quote flows.
Posted rate sheets are not market rates. DrayageRate aggregates pricing from actual container moves across 85+ port markets — updated continuously.
Brokers lose deals when quoting takes hours. A framework for embedding sub-second drayage pricing into TMS quote and booking workflows.
Lane coverage claims are vague and surcharge logic is buried in footnotes. A seven-dimension framework for evaluating drayage APIs before production deployment.
Base lane rate is only half the story. Chassis, pre-pull, and port congestion fees can double the move cost — here's what your API integration must include.
Intermodal moves span rail and truck legs with different rate structures. Here's how unified drayage pricing simplifies procurement and landed cost estimates.
Access real-time port drayage pricing via REST API. Built for developers, freight brokers, and enterprise TMS platforms.
curl -X POST \
'https://api.drayagerate.io/v1/quote' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer dr_live_...' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"origin_port": "USLAX",
"destination_zip": "91761",
"equipment_type": "40HC"
}'