Quote request received

Got it. Your quote is on the way.

Your request landed in dispatch. During business hours, you'll have a number on screen — usually inside the hour. After hours and weekends, first thing the next business morning. If a container is already on the demurrage clock, call (843) 998-7820 and we'll work it now.

What happens next

Three steps, in order.

1. Dispatcher reviews the move

Booking validity, terminal status, equipment availability, route. If we have a question, we ask it once — by reply email — not five times.

2. You get an itemized number

Linehaul, chassis, fuel, and any predictable accessorials, in plain English. No surprise per-line charges added later.

3. You decide

If it's a yes, we book the appointment and run the move. If it's a maybe, we'll talk it through. No pressure either way.

While you wait

A few things worth reading.

The drayage quote checklist

The exact information a Charleston drayage carrier needs from you to come back with a usable number on the first try.

Read the checklist

Avoid demurrage and detention

What demurrage, detention, and per diem actually are, who charges them at SCPA, and how to stop the clock fastest.

Read the guide

Charleston port drayage guide

A practical reference covering all three SCPA terminals — Wando Welch, North Charleston, Hugh Leatherman — and the operational rules that go with each.

Open the guide

Need to talk to dispatch right now?

Call (843) 998-7820 or email greg@catefreight.com — both go to a human.