Mares Agency is the commercial desk for motor carriers and freight forwarders working Port Everglades and PortMiami. You deal with one person, and that person stays with your load from the terminal appointment to the delivery signature.
Tell us what is moving and where, and you will see the rates we hold with each carrier, built up line by line. Send it through and we take it from there.
Pick the one that fits your load and send it over. You get a written confirmation before anything moves.
One point of contact from the terminal appointment to the delivery signature. No handoffs between three departments who each know a third of your load.
Container pickup and empty return at Port Everglades and PortMiami. We watch the appointment windows, the last free day and the per-diem clock, and tell you when one of them is about to cost you money.
Dry van, reefer and flatbed across Florida and the Southeast, on equipment that belongs to the carriers we represent — their authority, their insurance, their drivers.
Ocean container stripped into domestic trailers, palletized or floor-loaded, with storage while your DC catches up. Useful when the container has to go back before the freight has somewhere to go.
Delivery orders, bills of lading, customs release status and terminal appointments tracked in one place, with a status you can forward to your customer without editing it first.
Permits, escorts and specialized equipment for loads that do not fit a standard trailer. Quoted case by case.
Mares is a commercial agent for truckers and freight forwarders, and that is still the whole business. We keep your equipment loaded and handle the paperwork around it. Steamship lines needing dependable South Florida coverage reach the same desk.
Four steps, and you hear from us at each one.
Enter the move above and see what the carriers we represent are charging on your lane.
Confirmed the same day in most cases, with the assumptions written down so nothing shifts later.
Appointment set, driver dispatched, tracking shared. You hear from us, not from a queue.
The carrier that moved it bills you, with accessorials raised before they land.
Our business model allows us to white glove each customer, offering boutique services that focus on you.
That is a deliberate choice, not a limitation. The person who quotes your load is the person who stays with it, so a customs hold, a chassis split or a driver waiting ninety minutes at a warehouse gets handled rather than queued behind volume.
The business is built on time spent around marine terminals, not only in front of a load board. That shows up in the practical parts: knowing why an appointment is unavailable, what a dual transaction saves you, and when a container genuinely cannot come out today.
The goal is straightforward. Fewer surprises, and a rate that still means the same thing at invoice.
For anything the rate check does not cover — project cargo, recurring lane pricing, warehousing or carrier representation — reach out and you will get the person who handles it.