The dock has a schedule, and it is not yours
- 01Your freight arrives by truck
- 02Marshalling yard
- 03Targeted move-in window
- 04Dock, then your booth
Anything arriving by truck goes through the marshalling yard and a targeted move-in window assigned by the show’s general contractor.
Miss it and you wait, sometimes for hours.
Vendors who deliver to Javits weekly know how to book the slot and which entrance to use.
Ask any supplier, including us, who is handling the dock and what happens if the window moves.
What you can carry in yourself
Javits publishes exhibitor rights for hand-carried items. Typically that means:
- What one person can carry
- In one trip
- Without a dolly or cart
- Through the designated entrance
Plan for anything screen-sized to come in through the dock with a vendor who has the labor arrangement handled, or expect to pay drayage on it.
Drayage, explained once
Drayage is the fee for moving your freight from the dock to your booth and back. It applies even if the trip is fifty feet.
It is billed by the general contractor per hundredweight, usually with a minimum. A rental vendor who delivers screens to your booth on their own labor and takes them out at close is how most exhibitors avoid a drayage line on screens entirely.
- Dock to boothThrough the general contractorMoved by the general contractor, billed as drayageVendor on its own laborDelivered to your booth on the vendor’s own labor
- Back out at closeThrough the general contractorMoved by the general contractor, billed as drayageVendor on its own laborThe vendor takes them out at close
- How it’s billedThrough the general contractorPer hundredweight, usually with a minimum, even for fifty feetVendor on its own laborNo drayage line on screens
| Screens | Through the general contractor | Vendor on its own labor |
|---|---|---|
| Dock to booth | Moved by the general contractor, billed as drayage | Delivered to your booth on the vendor’s own labor |
| Back out at close | Moved by the general contractor, billed as drayage | The vendor takes them out at close |
| How it’s billed | Per hundredweight, usually with a minimum, even for fifty feet | No drayage line on screens |
Power and placement
- <150 W What a 55″ on a stand draws
- 5 A One drop covers two screens comfortably
- Weeks How far ahead electrical is usually ordered, on a floor plan
Electrical is ordered from the show’s electrical contractor on a floor plan, usually weeks ahead, and dropped at marked points.
Decide where the screens stand before you order power.
A floor stand needs an outlet within reach and a cable path that does not cross an aisle. A 55″ on a stand draws under 150 W, so one 5-amp drop covers two screens comfortably.
Teardown is a race
The moment the show closes, aisles fill with carts and crates and the hall empties on a deadline.
Agree a pickup time with your vendor before the show opens, not on the last day.
Checklist
- Booth number and hall
- Targeted move-in window
- Who books the dock
- Electrical order placed with floor plan
- Screen positions marked
- Content files sent 48 hours ahead
- Pickup time at close agreed
- One phone number for the installer