Shipping lanes from Miami
Thirty-five destinations. One dock in Miami.
Every lane is booked and run from our bonded warehouse in Medley. Find your destination below with its sailing days, transit time and cutoff. Eight lanes also have a full guide.
Quotes returned within 4 business hours, Monday–Friday.
All lanes from MiamiMexico and Central AmericaSouth AmericaCaribbean
- Lanes with a full guide
- Other lanes
- Inland leg
- Distance from Miami in nautical miles
Lines show which way each lane runs, not the carrier’s exact track.
The board
Where our cargo goes.
Published guides go deep on one lane at a time. Every other lane on the board runs just the same: send us the details and we’ll quote it.
Mexico and Central America
- Mexico
Veracruz
Get a rateSails TuesdayTransit 4 daysCutoff Wed 12:00 PM - Guatemala
Santo Tomás to Guatemala City
Guatemala guideSails Sunday and MondayTransit 3–4 daysCutoff Wed 12:00 PM - Belize
Belize City
Get a rateSails TuesdayTransit 3 daysCutoff Fri 12:00 PM - El Salvador
Puerto Cortés, Honduras to San Salvador
Get a rateSails MondayTransit 5 daysCutoff Wed 12:00 PM - Honduras
Puerto Cortés to San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa
Honduras guideSails Sunday, Monday and ThursdayTransit 3–4 daysCutoff Wednesday 12:00 PM for the Sunday and Monday ships, Monday 12:00 PM for the Thursday ship - Nicaragua
El Rama to Managua
Nicaragua guideSails FridayTransit 3–4 daysCutoff Tue 5:00 PM - Costa Rica
Moín to San José
Costa Rica guideSails FridayTransit 3 daysCutoff Tue 5:00 PM - Panama
Manzanillo to Panama City
Panama guideSails FridayTransit 5 daysCutoff Tue 5:00 PM
South America
Caribbean coast
- Colombia
Cartagena to Bogotá
Get a rateSails SaturdayTransit 6 daysCutoff Tue 12:00 PM - Venezuela
La Guaira to Caracas
Get a rateSails FridayTransit 6 daysCutoff Tue 12:00 PM
Atlantic
- Brazil
Santos to São Paulo, Campinas
Brazil guideSails FridayTransit 13 daysCutoff Fri 12:00 PM the week before - Argentina
Buenos Aires
Get a rateSails FridayTransit 16 days to CFSCutoff Mon 12:00 PM
Pacific
- Ecuador
Guayaquil
Get a rateSails FridayTransit 12 daysCutoff Wed 12:00 PM - Peru
Callao to Lima
Peru guideSails FridayTransit 10–12 daysCutoff Tue 5:00 PM - Bolivia
Arica, Chile to La Paz
Get a rateSails MondayTransit 28 days to CFSCutoff Mon 12:00 PM the week before - Chile
San Antonio to Santiago
Chile guideSails FridayTransit 28 daysCutoff Tue 5:00 PM
Caribbean
- Bahamas
Nassau, Freeport
Get a rateSailing days and transit on request
- Cayman Islands
George Town
Get a rateSailing days and transit on request
- Jamaica
Kingston, Montego Bay
Get a rateSails SaturdayTransit 3 daysCutoff Tue 12:00 PM - Dominican Republic
Río Haina to Santo Domingo
Get a rateSails FridayTransit 3 daysCutoff Tue 12:00 PM - Puerto Rico
San Juan via Jacksonville
Get a rateSails SaturdayTransit 4 daysCutoff Tue 12:00 PM - Other Caribbean islands
Fourteen islands, all sailing from Port Everglades.
Get a rateSailings to the other Caribbean islands Island Sails Transit Cutoff Turks and Caicos Tue 2 days Fri 12:00 PM Haiti Mon 3 days Wed 12:00 PM Tortola Thu 4 days Mon 12:00 PM St. Maarten Thu 3 days Mon 12:00 PM St. Barth Thu 4 days Mon 12:00 PM St. Kitts Thu 4 days Mon 12:00 PM Nevis Thu 4 days Mon 12:00 PM Antigua Thu 4 days Mon 12:00 PM St. Lucia Thu 5 days Mon 12:00 PM Barbados Thu 6 days Mon 12:00 PM Trinidad Thu 7 days Mon 12:00 PM Bonaire Sat 5 days Wed 12:00 PM Curaçao Sat 3 days Wed 12:00 PM Aruba Sat 3 days Wed 12:00 PM
Don’t see your destination? These are the lanes we run most often, not a limit. We move cargo across Latin America and the Caribbean. Call and ask.
Lane guides
Eight lanes, written up in full.
A lane guide puts in writing what you would otherwise phone three forwarders to piece together, for one specific route.
- GuatemalaPortMiami and Port Everglades to Santo Tomás · MIA to Guatemala City
- Ocean
- 3–4 days · every Sunday and Monday
- Air
- Next day · UPS and DHL, every weekday
- HondurasPortMiami and Port Everglades to Puerto Cortés · MIA to San Pedro Sula & Tegucigalpa
- Ocean
- 3–4 days · every Sunday, Monday and Thursday
- Air
- Next day · 3 airlines, 4 a week each
- NicaraguaPort Everglades to El Rama · MIA to Managua
- Ocean
- 3–4 days · every Friday
- Air
- Same day · daily freighters
- Costa RicaPort Everglades and PortMiami to Moín · MIA to San José
- Ocean
- 3 days · every Friday
- Air
- Next day · DHL and UPS, 4 a week each
- PanamaPort Everglades and PortMiami to Manzanillo · MIA to Panama City
- Ocean
- 5 days · every Friday
- Air
- Next day · DHL, daily
- BrazilPort Everglades to Santos · MIA to São Paulo & Campinas
- Ocean
- 13 days · every Friday
- Air
- Overnight · on the ground next morning
- PeruPortMiami and Port Everglades to Callao · MIA to Lima
- Ocean
- 10–12 days · every Friday
- Air
- Next day · four times a week
- ChilePortMiami to San Antonio · MIA to Santiago
- Ocean
- 28 days · every Friday
- Air
- Next day · Atlas Air and LATAM, Thursday to Saturday
The gateway
Why every one of these lanes starts in Miami.
Miami is where north–south trade consolidates. Cargo from across the United States converges here because the ocean carriers and the airlines that serve Latin America converge here, and because a shipment that would not fill a container on its own can be consolidated with others going the same way.
That consolidation happens on our floor. We run a C-TPAT certified bonded container freight station in Medley with 18 dock doors, so freight can be received, deconsolidated and reloaded under bond, and customs clearance is managed in the same building.
- 50,000 sq ft
- Bonded facility in Medley
- 18
- Dock doors
- C-TPAT
- Certified container freight station
- 1992
- Forwarding since
The dock behind the lanes
- Cross-docking in Miami18 doors, palletized freight off in under an hour.
- Warehousing & distributionFor cargo that has to wait for the sailing.
- Container equipment guideWhat fits in a 20 ft or 40 ft container, or on a flat rack.
- Sailing schedulesCurrent departures from Miami and Port Everglades.
Getting a rate
What we need to quote any lane.
You do not need a published guide to get a price. Send these seven things and a rate comes back within 4 business hours. That goes for any lane on the board, and most that are not.
If the shipment is going by ocean, tell us whether you want it consolidated with other cargo (LCL) or in a container of your own (FCL). If it is urgent, air freight out of MIA is usually the answer. If you are not sure which is cheaper for your volume, ask. That calculation is part of the job.
- Pickup address, or whether you will deliver to our dock
- Destination city and country
- Piece count, dimensions and total weight
- Whether the cargo is palletized, crated or loose
- Commodity, and its value for insurance
- Any dangerous goods classification
- When it needs to arrive
Questions
Shipping from Miami to Latin America.
My country does not have a published guide yet. Can you still ship it?
Yes. Every lane on the board runs today. The guides are being written one at a time because each one takes real research: sailing days, transit times, port pairs, the documents that country's customs actually asks for. A missing guide means we have not finished writing, not that we do not sail there. Call and we will quote it.
Do you ship to countries that are not on this list?
Often, yes. The board shows the lanes we run most frequently out of Miami. We forward across Latin America and the Caribbean, so if your destination is not listed it is worth asking rather than assuming.
Should I ship ocean or air?
Ocean is cheaper per kilo and slower; air is faster and priced on weight or volume, whichever is greater. The crossover depends on how much you are moving and how soon it has to land. For a small, urgent, high-value shipment air usually wins even on cost, once you account for the money tied up in transit. Tell us the weight, dimensions and deadline and we will tell you which one is actually cheaper for your shipment.
What is LCL, and when does it beat a full container?
LCL means less than container load. Your cargo shares a container with other shippers going to the same destination. It beats FCL whenever you do not have enough volume to justify paying for a whole box. Once you are filling roughly half a 20ft container or more, a full container usually works out cheaper per unit and moves faster because it does not wait for consolidation.
Can you collect from outside Florida?
Yes. Cargo arrives at our Miami facility from across the United States. Our own trucks run pickup and delivery across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, and we arrange linehaul from further afield. See trucking and ground transportation.
Do you handle customs at both ends?
On the U.S. side, we file the EEI in AES as your authorized agent whenever the shipment needs one. At destination, our agent on each lane handles the import entry, so you are not left finding a broker in a country you do not operate in. Where we have published a lane guide, it sets out what that country's customs authority asks for.
Who clears my import when it lands in Miami?
We manage it from the same building the freight comes into. Customs clearance is managed in-house and the entry itself is filed by the licensed customs broker we work with, on your power of attorney. ISF, partner agency data, bond, exam and release all sit in one file with one number to call.
How long does a quote take?
Four business hours, Monday–Friday, when you send the seven details listed above. Incomplete information is the usual reason a quote takes longer, especially missing dimensions, since ocean and air are both priced on volume as well as weight.
Do you move dangerous goods on these lanes?
Yes, with the classification and paperwork handled properly before the cargo reaches the dock. See dangerous goods consulting. Tell us at booking rather than on arrival. A misdeclared shipment stops the whole consolidation.
Book a lane
Tell us where it is going.
Any destination on the board, and most that are not. Send the details and a rate comes back within 4 business hours.
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