Container Freight Shipping
Learn all about shipping port and rail containers (by truck)
This guide covers the ground shipping of sealed ocean or rail containers: a truck with a chassis picks up a loaded box from a port or rail ramp, hauls it to your warehouse or distribution center, it gets unloaded, and the empty container is returned to the depot.
In this section, you’ll get a practical overview of drayage basics, common container sizes and types, the extra fees to watch for, and simple planning steps to avoid delays and extra charges.
This Freight Shipping Guide has been created by Freightera’s logistics team (20+ years of combined experience in freight shipping) and reviewed by Freightera co-founder and editor-in-chief Zhenya Beck. We aim to provide you with everything you need to ship confidently and with peace of mind.