Practical guides for freight brokers and carriers. Real numbers, real tactics, no fluff.
Carriers overbill detention charges more often than most brokers realize. This guide walks you through how to read a detention invoice, spot inflated hours, lock down your rate con, and dispute every dollar you don't owe.
A step-by-step playbook for brokers to audit detention charges, collect bulletproof evidence, file disputes that actually get paid, and build a weekly review process. Includes templates and real scenarios recovering $475 to $2,800 per load.
Carriers pad detention invoices in five predictable ways that cost brokers $187+ per load on average. Here's what to look for on every invoice — with real dollar examples and a line-by-line audit checklist.