Freight Settlement
Demurrage & Detention
Track free time, accrue charges, and bill or dispute with evidence
Monitor container and equipment free time, calculate demurrage and detention, and settle charges with timestamps and event proof.
Earlier
Free-time alerts
Accurate
Accruals
Stronger
Charge defense
The challenge
Why this breaks without a TMS
Demurrage and detention surprises appear late, without free-time context, creating unrecoverable cost and customer friction.
The ZingTMS approach
How we solve it
ZingTMS tracks free-time clocks from gate and milestone events, accrues charges, and routes them into invoicing, audit, or dispute workflows.
What you can do
Demurrage & Detention is designed for daily freight operations - not slideware checklists.
Configure free-time rules by carrier, equipment, and location
Start and stop clocks from gate, yard, and milestone events
Accrue demurrage and detention with rate tables
Allocate responsibility across shipper, consignee, and carrier
Include charges in customer invoices or vendor audit packages
Attach event timelines and documents to disputes
Business benefits
Outcomes procurement, ops, and finance leaders use to justify the platform.
- See accruing demurrage and detention before invoices arrive
- Bill customers or recover from responsible parties with evidence
- Challenge invalid carrier charges using event timestamps
- Reduce yard dwell through earlier visibility of free-time burn
Typical use cases
Import teams managing container demurrage at ports and DCs
Drayage operators billing detention for slow docks
Shippers auditing ocean and rail demurrage invoices
See Demurrage & Detention on your freight flows
We will walk through configuration, integrations, and the operating model that fits your team.
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers for operations, IT, and finance evaluators.
Can free-time rules vary by carrier contract?+
Yes. Free-time days, calendars, and rate tiers can be configured per carrier, equipment type, and facility.
How do yard events affect detention?+
Gate check-in, dock assignment, and release events can start, pause, or stop detention clocks.
Can demurrage be billed to customers automatically?+
Accrued charges can flow to customer invoicing when contracts allow pass-through with documented evidence.
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View capabilityReady to modernize this workflow?
Demurrage & Detention runs as part of the full ZingTMS platform - white-label, multi-tenant, and integration-ready.