Trailers sitting in your yard too long?

You're watching trailers pile up in your yard for days at a time. Drivers show up without appointments, detention fees keep climbing, and your dock scheduling is a mess. Maryland facilities deal with this every day, especially with the heavy I-95 corridor traffic.

This happens when trailer movements aren't coordinated with dock availability. Drivers arrive when docks are full, trailers get parked wherever there's space, and nobody tracks what needs to move next. The result is trailers sitting idle while detention charges add up.

Detention fees typically run $50-100 per day per trailer. A facility with 20 trailers sitting an extra 2 days each week pays $5,000-10,000 monthly in avoidable charges. The problem gets worse during peak shipping seasons when driver schedules get tight.

You need professional yard management to organize trailer flow and eliminate the chaos. Gateway Distribution tracks every trailer location, schedules dock appointments in advance, and coordinates with drivers before they arrive. This prevents the parking lot shuffle that creates delays.

With organized yard management, trailers move on schedule and detention fees disappear. Your drivers know exactly when and where to arrive, docks stay busy with planned loads, and your yard operates smoothly instead of feeling like a storage lot.

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