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LTL Carrier of the Year
Puerto Rico
Extensive Network Coverage Means Single-Carrier Responsibility and Peace of Mind
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is a dynamic, expanding market for tourism and hospitality supplies, manufacturing components and chemicals, energy products and infrastructure systems. Con-way Freight delivers less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments to this market with the reliability and speed that you have come to expect from us across town, across the nation, or across the pond. This gives our LTL customers a key competitive advantage: the fastest, most direct shipping service for Puerto Rico freight from the continental U.S. and the ten Canadian provinces.
While shipments are in transit, our Puerto Rico specialists coordinate with the consignee and expedite document processing — no ocean bill of lading (BOL) or advance booking required. And Con-way Freight has its own service center in San Juan, ensuring prompt delivery with the direct control and level of certainty you’ve come to expect.
Whenever you need to move products and materials beyond the lower 48 states and the 10 Canadian provinces, call Con-way Freight. Our one-invoice, single-source services deliver everything you need for convenient, reliable, on-time shipping to Puerto Rico.
Con-way Freight’s more than 460 operating locations across North America move products and materials to America’s key offshore markets. We offer more direct LTL service to more locations than any other carrier, and we give you peace of mind by maintaining full responsibility for your shipments from any location in the lower 48 states and the 10 Canadian provinces to any destination in Puerto Rico.
Benefits of shipping to Puerto Rico with Con-way Freight:
Timely Access to Key Markets — With multiple weekly sailings that meet your need for speed and your customers’ needs for your products. LTL shippers to Puerto Rico can choose which port of exit they would like to use — Jacksonville, FL, or Elizabeth, NJ.
Ease of use — Our flexible billing and single invoice allows you to specify the billing (prepaid, collect, prepaid to port, collect beyond, etc.). Plus, you will enjoy the convenience of all land and sea shipping costs consolidated into a single, easy-to-read invoice with through-rate quotes that include ocean pricing. Prepaid, collect, prepaid to port, collect beyond, and a multitude of other payment options are available.
Rather than conventional barge transport, Con-way uses only fast, reliable ocean vessel service for port-to-port delivery. And while other carriers share agents and drivers, Con-way has an exclusive office in Puerto Rico, allowing us to deliver as quickly as possible with maximum flexibility and visibility, not to mention that the U.S. portion of the move will be as fast and reliable as you have come to expect from Con-way Freight.
Our LTL services to and from Puerto Rico also extend into full container load (FCL), warehousing and distribution service, all at competitive rates. To further simplify your Puerto Rico LTL shipments, we offer tax-payment service through our partnership with WR Tax Clearance service.
We are also convenient and flexible. We can accept shipments on a standard BOL or an e-BOL on the Con-way Freight Web site. We don’t even require an ocean BOL — just be sure to list the Puerto Rico consignee on the BOL consignee line. Further, Con-way Freight LTL shipments are trackable on our Web site simply by using the assigned Con-way Freight PRO number. Your consignee is contacted with pre-arrival notification for faster tax clearance. (Consignees may be subject to the Puerto Rico excise tax.)
Forms and Resources
Product Value Over $2,500 Requires Export Declaration — Get forms.
Frequently Asked Questions about Shipping to Puerto Rico
Get all the details in our latest Puerto Rico shipping brochure.
Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce (in Spanish)
