Container drayage is short-distance container transportation that connects long-haul modes of transportation like rail and boat shipping. Drayage services are essential for efficient intermodal shipping, which is shipping that uses multiple transportation methods to move freight to its final destination. There are six types of intermodal drayage common in the shipping process. A Quick History of Drayage The term drayage originated from the word dray, the name for a large-load carrying horse. Drays were used