Pallets in Wayne County
Wayne County is the heaviest pallet county in the metro: assembly plants, the airport, the river terminals and the chemical works are all inside its lines.
The county
Wayne County had 1,793,561 people at the 2020 census, with Detroit as the county seat. It holds the Rouge complex in Dearborn, Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, the river terminals and both Detroit-Windsor bridges. The Gordie Howe International Bridge opened on July 27, 2026, and its US port of entry is in Delray, on the Southwest Detroit side.
- Industries
- Automotive assembly, auto parts and stamping, air cargo and e-commerce fulfillment, steel and port terminals, chemicals, grocery distribution
- County seat
- Detroit
- Core ZIPs
- 48120, 48126, 48150, 48174, 48180, 48184, 48187, 48192, 48209, 48217
- Corridors
- The two bridges to Windsor, the airport, and the river
What moves on pallets here
- Vehicles and parts. Ford at the Rouge and Michigan Assembly, Stellantis and GM inside Detroit, stamping in Woodhaven and Wayne.
- Air and parcel freight. Romulus, with Amazon, Kroger and the airport itself.
- Bulk and heavy freight. The river from River Rouge to Wyandotte.
- Food. Eastern Market and the distribution centers in Canton and Livonia.
- Cross-border trucking. Delray and the Ambassador Bridge, which carries more than 10,000 trucks a day.
Pick a city
The cities below each have their own page. Detroit has two district pages under it: Eastern Market, for wholesale food, and Southwest Detroit, for the bridge and river trade.
Questions about Wayne County
Which part of Wayne County has the most pallets?
The core cities along the river and the airport corridor. Detroit, Dearborn and Romulus each have large docks.
Do pallets from the river terminals differ from airport ones?
Yes. River pallets are heavy and weathered, airport pallets are uniform and often foreign-stamped.
On this page
- Detroit Pallets in Detroit: three assembly complexes, the bridges to Windsor, river terminals, a refinery and Eastern Market. Sizes, docks and how to start.
- Dearborn Pallets in Dearborn: the Ford Rouge complex, Dearborn Works steel, auto engineering and logistics. What the docks ship and which sizes to expect.
- Hamtramck Pallets in Hamtramck: GM Factory Zero on the Detroit border and meat processing. A small city with large plants and how its docks differ.
- Livonia Pallets in Livonia: ZF and Roush auto suppliers, Ford operations, UPS parcel logistics and Mastronardi Produce. What each kind of dock ships.
- Romulus Pallets in Romulus: Detroit Metro Airport cargo, Amazon DTW1, Kroger's automated center and GM's engine plant. Fulfillment-scale docks.
- Taylor Pallets in Taylor: commercial and industrial land along I-94 and I-75, Ford leased offices and retail distribution. Mixed-size, mixed-owner docks.
- Wayne Pallets in Wayne: Ford Michigan Assembly, built in 1957, and Wayne Stamping and Assembly. Stamped-part freight and plant-adjacent docks.
- Canton Township Pallets in Canton Township: Yazaki wire harness HQ, Sysco Detroit, A. D. Transport and Amazon. Food and parts docks on the west side.
- Van Buren Township Pallets in Van Buren Township and Belleville: Visteon headquarters, a scaled-back EV battery plant and Willow Run air cargo.
- River Rouge and Zug Island Pallets in River Rouge and Zug Island: steel, river terminals and a heavily industrial 0.93 square miles. Heavy, oily and mixed stock.
- Wyandotte Pallets in Wyandotte: BASF Wyandotte on the north riverfront, municipal utilities and chemical freight on 48x42 and 48x48 pallets.
- Woodhaven Pallets in Woodhaven: Ford Woodhaven Stamping, opened in 1964, with about 487 people in 2025. Stamped-panel freight and small supplier docks.
- Flat Rock Pallets in Flat Rock: Ford plants since a 1925 lamp factory, including the Michigan Casting Center. Heavy casting freight and a small dock base.
- Brownstown Township Pallets in Brownstown Township: a GM battery pack plant in a converted warehouse, an Amazon center opened in 2015 and farmland between.