The Port of Fernandina and the island rail yard
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the Fernandina Beach rail yard 1 mile north-west of the town centre. A tractor that shuttles boxcar or container loads off that yard is usually parked on the island itself, so when you contact us, give the street address and say whether a gate or a yard pass is needed to reach it.
A little further along the same side of town, the Port of Fernandina’s rail intermodal ramp sits 1.4 miles north-west, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Day cabs that have pulled chassis between the ramp and the docks are trucks we buy. Before we talk, photograph the cab, the frame rails, the fifth wheel and every tire, and have the title and current registration in your name ready to sign.
Down to Blount Island
South across the river to Blount Island and Cedar Bay
South of the island, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the Port of Jacksonville’s Blount Island Marine Terminal, a roll-on/roll-off terminal 18.4 miles from Fernandina Beach, with its own intermodal ramp at the same distance and Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island at 18.3 miles. If your truck stays on the Jacksonville side between runs, it can be collected there; you can be on Amelia Island while we pick it up, provided someone on site can hand over the keys.
Cedar Bay rail yard lies 18.1 miles south-west on the North American Rail Network, and the Energy Information Administration records a Jacksonville petroleum product terminal 18.8 miles away in the same direction. A liquid bulk terminal sits 17.5 miles south-west on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list too. For a tanker tractor that has run between those sites, keep its terminal inspection sheets and service invoices together and send copies with your photos.
Amelia Island’s own motor carriers
Of the 58 Fernandina Beach motor carriers active in FMCSA’s carrier census, 37 keep to Florida roads, 21 cross state lines, and 25 haul their own goods as private fleets. Whichever group yours falls in, a USDOT number on the door and the matching registration let us match the truck to its carrier record.
Of those 58, the federal census shows 33 hauling general freight, 8 carrying logs, poles, beams and lumber, 8 moving machinery and large objects, and 7 transporting motor vehicles. A log truck, a lowboy tractor or a car hauler from Nassau County is welcome here; tell us the body or trailer setup and send a photo of the data plate.
The three biggest Fernandina Beach operators on FMCSA’s register run 11, 8 and 5 power units, and the same census logged 3 new carriers in 2024 and 2 in 2025. An owner-operator selling a single tractor and a firm letting go of several are handled the same way: one title per truck, signed by whoever is on it.
What inspectors logged on island trucks
Roadside inspection records from FMCSA cover 26 trucks tied to Fernandina Beach carriers between October 28, 2024 and August 14, 2026; their median model year is 2022, and 15.4 percent were ten or more years old. Whatever the year of yours, read the model year off the title and include it with the VIN when you first write to us.
FMCSA’s filings also list 248 drivers working within 100 miles of base and 40 who go beyond that radius. Note the current odometer figure in your first message, alongside the address where the truck is usually parked.
Island employers that put trucks on the road
Of the 9,163 Fernandina Beach jobs in the Census Bureau’s 2023 LEHD job counts, manufacturing holds 353, construction 326, wholesale trade 258, and transportation and warehousing 144. Dump trucks, flatbeds and box trucks serving those employers are all part of what we purchase, whether they belong to a contractor or to a plant.
For Nassau County, County Business Patterns records 110 construction establishments. If a builder’s truck sits on a job site rather than in a yard, give us the site address and the name of whoever controls access, and we arrange the collection with them directly.
Goats, horses, hogs
Stock and hay trucks on Nassau County land
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lists 346 farms in Nassau County, with goats, horses and hogs leading the livestock count. A stock truck or a flatbed used for hay and feed on one of those properties is one we will look at, wherever on the farm it is parked.
Farm trucks often carry agricultural plates rather than commercial ones, so send a photo of the registration card along with the title. If the title has gone missing, tell us early; the replacement comes from Florida’s title agency, and the sale can be arranged once the duplicate is in hand.
The questions we get asked in Fernandina Beach
- My tractor is parked by the Port of Fernandina ramp. Can the pickup happen at the port?The Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts that intermodal ramp 1.4 miles north-west of Fernandina Beach, and we collect from it or anywhere else on the island. Give us the gate details and who can let the driver in.
- Would you take a lumber hauler based on Amelia Island?FMCSA’s carrier census lists 8 Fernandina Beach carriers hauling logs, poles, beams and lumber, and their tractors are among the trucks we purchase. Send the VIN, the title and photos of the truck and any trailer you are including.
- My truck is down at Blount Island, not on Amelia Island. Is a Blount Island pickup on your route?Blount Island Marine Terminal is 18.4 miles south of Fernandina Beach on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list, and we pick up there just as readily as in town. Tell us the terminal gate and a contact who can release the truck.