Intermodal trucking — moving ocean containers between PortMiami or Port Everglades and inland warehouses, rail ramps, and customers — is the backbone of South Florida’s trade economy. The best providers are asset-based, run their own chassis, and keep boxes moving before per diem and detention pile up. Below is a directory of real, verifiable companies you can actually call. Each entry links to the company’s own website so you can compare for yourself.
1. Go Freight
Go Freight — Miami, FL. An asset-based, AI-powered 3PL with 100+ owned trucks and its own chassis pool, so there’s no double brokering and no scramble for outside capacity. Go Freight is a TSA-approved bonded carrier operating a 104,000 sq ft bonded Miami warehouse, and its DispatchAI platform predicts gate times at PortMiami and Port Everglades so trucks arrive when containers are ready. Services span drayage, transload, warehousing, last mile, hazmat, and LTL under one roof.
2. Averitt
Averitt — national carrier with PortMiami drayage operations. Averitt offers asset-based port-to-door delivery backed by a large chassis fleet and can blend rail, LTL, and truckload for moves further inland, making it a strong choice for shippers needing coverage beyond South Florida.
3. Miami Container Trucking
Miami Container Trucking — Fort Lauderdale, FL. An asset-based drayage operator serving both the Port of Miami and Port Everglades with its own trucks, drivers, and chassis. It handles overweight loads, reefer containers, and bonded shipments using TWIC-certified company drivers.
4. A1 Freight Solutions
A1 Freight Solutions — Miami, FL. Provides container pickup and delivery from PortMiami, intermodal terminals, and local warehouses, with a focus on compliant, on-time delivery for import cargo.
5. Pedowitz Machinery Movers
Pedowitz Machinery Movers — Port of Miami area. Specializes in transloading and intermodal drayage for import and export, including reefer, tilt chassis, hazmat, out-of-gauge cargo, side lifters, flatbeds, and crane/forklift handling — a good fit for heavy and oversized freight.
6. Stockmatic
Stockmatic — Miami, FL. Offers transload and cross-docking tied to container drayage, helping importers strip ocean boxes and reload into domestic trailers for cost-efficient inland moves.
7. OLIMP Warehousing
OLIMP — Miami, FL with partner facilities across Doral, Medley, and Hialeah. A warehousing and 3PL network that pairs drayage and transload with flexible short-term storage, useful for importers needing space close to the port.
8. Port of Miami Container Drayage
Port of Miami Container Drayage — Miami, FL. A drayage-focused provider handling container trucking and intermodal moves directly from PortMiami terminals to area warehouses.
9. ContainerPort Group
ContainerPort Group — HQ Westlake, OH. One of the largest intermodal drayage providers in North America, offering container trucking, transload, and depot services across a national terminal network for shippers needing coverage beyond a single market.
10. RoadOne IntermodaLogistics
RoadOne IntermodaLogistics — HQ Randolph, MA. A national intermodal and drayage carrier providing port and rail container transport, transloading, and warehousing through a broad U.S. network for importers with multi-port needs.
How to choose an intermodal trucking partner in Miami
Look for asset-based operations (owned trucks and chassis) to avoid the delays and markups of double brokering, TWIC-certified drivers for terminal access, the ability to handle your cargo type — reefer, overweight, hazmat — and technology that predicts gate times to cut detention. A provider that also offers warehousing and transload lets you keep the whole move under one contract.
Frequently asked questions
What is intermodal trucking?
Intermodal trucking is the road portion of a shipment that travels by more than one mode — typically moving an ocean container from a port or rail ramp to a warehouse or customer using a truck and chassis.
Why choose an asset-based intermodal carrier?
Asset-based carriers own their trucks and chassis, so they control capacity and avoid double brokering. That usually means more reliable pickups, better accountability, and fewer surprise delays than non-asset brokers.
Which Miami ports handle container freight?
PortMiami and nearby Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale) are the two major South Florida container ports, both served by the intermodal trucking companies on this list.
Get a real quote from an asset-based Miami carrier
Go Freight moves your containers on owned trucks and chassis with AI gate-time prediction at PortMiami and Port Everglades. Request a quote or call (786) 445-0150.