DETENTION TIME COLLECTED
The working thesis behind this pack: less than half of detention time is ever collected.
OWNER OP / SMALL FLEET
DD / RECOVERY SYSTEM 01STATUS: BILLABLE
Six hours at the dock. Zero dollars on the settlement.
Most detention goes unbilled or unpaid — not because the money isn't owed, but because the paper trail isn't there. Run your numbers, then send invoices they actually pay.
FREE CALCULATOR / YOUR RATE / YOUR PAPER TRAIL
LIVE ESTIMATE / USD / YEAR
CALC / DD-01Find what the dock kept.
Use your last 30 days. Adjust the sliders until the ledger looks like your operation.
Detention you're earning:$5,400 / yr
What you're actually collecting:$2,160 / yr
LEFT ON THE DOCK:$3,240 / yr
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01 / THE MATH
Every unbilled minute is a line item.
Start with the numbers on your own settlements. DetentionDue makes the gap visible, then gives you the file structure to close it.
LEFT UNCLAIMED / OWNER OP / YEAR
That is the brief's recovery range. Your own event log is the better number.
FREE TIME REMOVED FIRST
The calculator only counts hours beyond the two free hours in the brief.
EVENTS / MONTH×HOURS PAST FREE×RATE / HOUR×12 MONTHS=ANNUAL DETENTION EARNED
02 / WHY DOCUMENTED DETENTION GETS PAID
Anger is noise. A timestamped file is leverage.
Brokers answer to shippers on OTIF. An undeniable timestamped file gives them something they can defend upstream — and a clean invoice gives them something they can pay.
ARRIVAL
Photograph the truck at the gate and log the check-in time while the load is still live.
WAIT
Keep the clock, geotag, and any lumper record together. One file. No hunting later.
RELEASE
Send the timeline with the invoice, not a story about the delay. Facts travel farther.
03 / THE RECOVERY PACK
Paperwork that makes the invoice hard to ignore.
Built for an owner-op who is done donating dock time. Add the clause before booking, capture proof while waiting, and escalate with a sequence instead of a phone-call spiral.
ONE TIME$4948h email delivery, honest.
Clause language
Detention clause language to add to your rate cons before booking.
Proof protocol
What to photograph, when to capture it, and the geotag settings that make the file undeniable.
Invoice sequence
Invoice and past-due letter templates in DOCX, with the day 0 / day 15 / day 30 escalation sequence and factoring-network reporting threat.
Broker responses
Per-broker tactics for the three common objections: driver was late, no detention agreed, and need lumper receipts.
Bond claim line
A practical read on when to fold an unpaid detention invoice into a bond claim.
04 / THE OBJECTION FILE
Three broker objections. Three clean responses.
THEY SAY
“DRIVER WAS LATE”
YOU SEND
Show the arrival, check-in, and release timestamps. Separate the appointment facts from the detention clock.
THEY SAY
“NO DETENTION AGREED”
YOU SEND
Use the rate con language for future loads. For past loads, send the documented timeline and the invoice anyway.
THEY SAY
“NEED LUMPER RECEIPTS”
YOU SEND
Keep the lumper receipt in the same file, but do not let a receipt request erase the arrival and release record.
05 / FIELD QUESTIONS
Before you send the invoice.
Does this work without a detention clause?
Harder. The pack's clause fixes future loads. The letters still work on documented past ones.
Is this for an owner-op or a small fleet?
Both. The templates scale from one truck to a small fleet without turning the process into a new admin job.
What if the pack is not right for me?
14-day no-quibble refunds. Send the request inside 14 days and we will make it right.
When do I get it?
48h email delivery, honest. The pack is fulfilled manually and sent to the email used at checkout.