Our Services

Import/Export

Our import / export department is expert at handling your shipment anywhere within the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii and all points in Canada and Mexico.

  • International Services
  • In-Bond Services
  • Load Optimization
  • Transload and Heavy Lift
  • Assigned Project Manager
  • Harbor Cartage

Our full service international freight department understands the complexity of freight movements through international ports as have long term experience with Far Eastern freight forwarders and customs brokers. So your freight is not delayed, we carefully review all the paperwork to spot problems ahead of time with faxed copies of steamship notification, delivery orders, ocean and inland bills of lading, packing lists and customs forms.

And because of our familiarity with the different steamship lines, CFS stations and container yards, we know all the particulars and requirements that are necessary to ensure that all documents are accurately filled out with the proper information: correct origin, berth, bill of lading numbers, weight, piece count, addresses, etc. so your freight is not delayed.

We will contact the customs broker and ensure that delivery orders, OBL and charges, and customs documents are in order and ready to present for pickup of your freight. By pre-booking equipment prior to cargo arrival and our staff checking regularly for availability of your freight at the port, we can secure your freight promptly and move it on its way. We will make sure that all marks and exceptions are noted and that no shortages or overages occur. We understand how errors can cost you time and money when freight cannot be moved our job is to get it right the first time!

In-Bond Services

Rex Transportation is a bonded carrier in the United States, which allows us to expedite shipments for inland clearance and allow shipments to move within the United States as a land bridge without customs delays.

Load Optimization

a. Our specialty is evaluating each customer’s requirements and then accurately and cost effectively provisioning transportation and installation solutions to move your freight off the docks, through the harbor and on the road to its destination.

b. With our load engineering and transportation project management, we develop load plans for project cargo and plant moves from 1 truckload to 100 truckloads. We analyze each packing list, convert loads from metric and develop the optimum number and type of tractor and trailer combinations to efficiently transport your shipment.

Transload and Heavy Lift

We offer transload and heavy lift services to more efficiently and economically move your freight inland to its destination -whether it is LTL, FTL, or breakbulk cargo. We co-ordinate shipping and lifting resources (from 2000 pound forklifts to 175 ton cranes) to efficiently and economically position your cargo from dock to trailert and will have an on dock supervisor available to ensure your loads are loaded efficiently and safely.

Assigned Project Manager

We provide you with a single point of contact in our office – someone who will work with you every step of the way, who can respond quickly to your needs and ensure that your move goes according to plan. Using our sophisticated software system that supports our operations, pricing and routing, we can provide you with daily tracing to monitor your shipment status, or if you prefer, you can maintain access to that information by logging in to our website and using track ‘n trace – our proprietary software. Upon your request, we can provide faxed or e-mailed daily tracing reports to all necessary parties involved: the importer, freight forwarder, consignee and rigging company.

Harbor Cartage

We are capable of draying all types of shipping containers from ports in Los Angeles/Long Beach, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle to any destination . We can move your container intact or transload to other transportation equipment.

Less than truckload (LTL)

Our LTL service is capable of handling your shipment anywhere within the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii and all points in Canada.

Our national carrier base has terminals within our entire service area. Our carriers use only the latest model equipment that is well maintained, ensuring that your load will get to its destination on time. There will be fewer possibilities of delays due to mechanical problems. We can move your freight whether it’s palletized or loose. Scheduled nightly line haul departures ensure that freight will arrive at your destination to meet our stated transit times.

Based on your needs, we have the ability to move freight with three different service levels:

Expedited Ground Service

If your freight needs to be delivered in the fastest way possible, we offer door to door, 1-2 day service. This type of service is best for small shipments under 2000 lbs. that need to be delivered as soon as possible.

Consolidation

Our freight consolidation offers 2-6 day service throughout our service area. This service is cost effective for freight weighing 2000 – 24,000 lbs. and enables us to:

  • ensure that your shipment is handled less because we have only three points of handling: at pickup, at our warehouse and at destination,
  • to move your freight by direct line haul to your destination with fast transit times due to no stop offs at regional terminals,
  • to offer lower rates and faster transit times with less freight handling, we minimize freight claims.

Standard LTL

Our standard LTL day service is available in our entire service area. If transit time is not important, no matter how small or large your shipment is, we will move it to its destination within 10 days.

Full truckload

We offer 48′ and 53′ van service throughout the Continental U.S., Mexico and Canada. With our carrier contracts, we are able to provide trailer capacity to meet demands even during peak shipping periods and can provide trailer pools.
Our carriers use the latest equipment that is well maintained.

It ensures that your load will get to its destination on time and that there will be fewer possibilities of delays due to mechanical problems. In the unlikely event of a breakdown, we have the ability to repower within 24 hours to keep your shipment moving.

Our full truckload fleet has on board satellite tracking equipment which better enables us to manage your shipments by:

  • providing us with up to the minute information on the location of your shipment,
  • notifying us of potential delays,
  • easily allowing us to communicate with the driver regarding last minute changes, such as delivery information and routing, weather and time issues,
  • updating you with tracing reports so you always know where your freight is and when it will arrive.

Our carrier base has terminals throughout our entire service area, and we can usually dispatch equipment to your loading facility within 3 hours. We offer single and team drivers depending on your need to expedite your shipment to your customer. If your load is movement sensitive, we offer air ride equipment.

Heavy haul

We specialize in moving general commodities, dimensional freight and super cargo up to 500,000 lbs.

We offer the following equipment:

  • Flatbeds
  • Step Decks
  • Drop Decks
  • Stretch Trailers
  • Low Boys & Hydraulic Removable Gooseneck Trailers
  • Multi Axle combinations to 13 axles
  • Air Ride Equipment

Project Cargo

  • Load engineering and transportation project management
  • Evaluate and provide transportation and installation solutions
  • Co-ordinate shipping and lifting resources to efficiently and economically transport your load or project move