In most cases, yes — depending on terminal appointment availability and the container’s ready status. Precision is an asset-based carrier headquartered in La Mirada, approximately 20 minutes from the port. We own our trucks and employ our drivers, so we do not depend on brokers to source capacity. When you call for a same-day pickup, our dispatch team verifies the container is available, checks for terminal appointments, and dispatches a TWIC-cleared driver from our fleet. Call (714) 690-9344 with your container number and terminal, and we will confirm same-day capability immediately.

The last free day is the final day your container can remain at the marine terminal without incurring demurrage charges from the steamship line. Once the LFD passes, daily storage fees begin and escalate on a tiered schedule — the longer the container sits, the higher the daily charge. Knowing your LFD and acting before it expires is the single most effective way to control your drayage costs at Port of Long Beach. If your LFD is today or has passed, call Precision immediately for same-day pickup.

A pre-pull is when Precision picks up your container from the marine terminal before the last free day and either delivers it directly to your facility or stages it at our local yard for scheduled delivery. Pre-pulling eliminates demurrage entirely because the container leaves the terminal before charges begin. It also avoids the risk of being unable to secure a same-day terminal appointment on the LFD — which during peak congestion can result in days of unplanned demurrage. Pre-pull drayage has an associated handling cost, but for regular importers, it typically costs less than even one day of demurrage charges.

Yes. Precision offers extended-hour and weekend drayage for urgent moves. Terminal gate hours vary by facility — not all Port of Long Beach terminals operate gates on weekends or after hours — but when the terminal is open, Precision can dispatch. For weekend and after-hours requests, call (714) 690-9344 and specify the timeline. We will confirm whether the terminal supports the requested window and assign a driver accordingly.

Demurrage rates vary by steamship line, terminal operator, and the number of days past the last free day. Rates are structured on a tiered schedule — the first few days past LFD are charged at a base daily rate, then rates escalate significantly at day five, and again at day ten and beyond. The rates change periodically and are set by the steamship lines, not the terminals or drayage carriers. Contact your steamship line or freight forwarder for current demurrage rates. What Precision controls is how fast we get your container out of the terminal to stop those charges from accruing.

Precision handles same-day overweight and same-day hazmat drayage with our own specialized equipment and credentialed drivers. For overweight containers, we own triaxle chassis and maintain the required California overweight corridor permits. For hazmat containers, our drivers carry TWIC cards and hazmat endorsements (H endorsements) on their CDLs. Same-day execution for these specialty moves depends on equipment and driver availability at the time of request, but our asset base gives us a significant advantage over brokers. See our overweight drayage and hazmat drayage pages for more detail.

Terminal appointment availability is the most common bottleneck on same-day pickups. If no standard appointments are open, Precision’s dispatch team looks for cancellation slots, same-day releases, and alternative windows based on 35 years of working with Port of Long Beach terminals. In some cases, a same-day appointment is not available at a particular terminal regardless of carrier — this is a terminal-controlled constraint. When that happens, Precision secures the earliest possible appointment and communicates the adjusted timeline to you immediately. Pre-pulling containers before the LFD is the most reliable way to avoid this situation entirely.