The scale of it
- US fleets that bill for detention
- 94.5%
- Share of it they actually collect
- under 50%
- Invoiced, then written off, per year ATRI
- $15,100,000,000
“I was never told what time the appointment was, when the 2 free hours expired, or when detention started accruing.”
Carrier, r/logistics
What decides yours
- Rate confirmation names a detention rate
- required
- Free hours stated in writing
- required
- Each time carries a source
- required
Miss any one of the three and the claim becomes your word against a receiver who has
no incentive to remember. That is the whole difference between an invoice and a claim.