Never worry about demurrage charges again
Avoid costly demurrage and detention fees
Dockflow’s demurrage tracker minimizes costly demurrage and detention fees by providing full visibility into container status. With real-time updates, you’ll have the insight needed to manage your logistics efficiently and prevent unnecessary charges before they accumulate.
Real-time alerts for free-time expiry
Receive timely alerts when your container’s free time is nearing its expiration. Dockflow’s automated notifications keep you informed, allowing you to take immediate action and avoid last-minute rushes that lead to excessive demurrage fees and operational disruptions.
Maximize savings with proactive planning
Dockflow empowers logistics teams with data-driven insights to proactively plan container movements. Optimize shipping schedules, reduce idle times, and make strategic decisions that prevent demurrage charges, ultimately enhancing your bottom line and improving cost efficiency.
Automate demurrage management and avoid costly penalties
Easily input cargo details
Quickly enter container data, including cargo type—whether reefer or dry, hazardous or standard. Dockflow segments demurrage tracking based on unique parameters like port, cargo type, and standalone agreements, ensuring precise management tailored to each shipment.
Get alerts before demurrage time expires
Receive real-time alerts before free time ends, complete with the ‘last free date’ for seamless planning. Link Dockflow to your ERP or FMS to automatically import free-time rules, allowing you to act confidently and avoid unnecessary penalties.
Frequently Asked questions about Demurrage Tracking
How does demurrage tracking help reduce costs?
Demurrage tracking helps reduce costs by providing real-time visibility into container statuses and free time limits, enabling proactive management of shipments. With automated alerts for approaching deadlines, businesses can avoid unnecessary fees, improve operational efficiency, and minimize the financial impact of delays.
Dockflow’s demurrage tracking goes further by integrating with your logistics systems, ensuring precise monitoring and timely interventions to prevent costly overruns.
How does Dockflow’s platform track demurrage timelines?
Dockflow’s platform tracks demurrage timelines by integrating real-time data from carriers, terminals, and shipping lines. It monitors free time limits for each container and provides automated alerts as deadlines approach.
With Dockflow’s customizable workflows and detailed insights, you can proactively manage timelines, prevent unnecessary fees, and ensure efficient logistics operations.
How to check demurrage charges?
In Dockflow you won’t be able to check the demurrage charges itself. However, you are able to check how long the container has been waiting for pick up and this way you are able to keep track of the charges you have been given. Now you are able to keep the right people accountable.
What are examples of demurrage charges?
Examples of demurrage charges include fees incurred when a container exceeds its allowed free time at a terminal, port, or depot. For instance:
- Port Demurrage: Fees charged for containers that remain at a port terminal beyond the agreed free time, often due to delays in clearance or pickup.
- Terminal Demurrage: Costs for containers not moved out of a terminal within the specified time frame.
- Depot Demurrage: Charges applied when empty containers are not returned to the depot on time.
Dockflow’s platform helps track these timelines to avoid such fees, ensuring smoother and more cost-efficient operations.
What types of alerts can I receive to avoid demurrage fees?
If you want to avoid demurrage fees you can set alerts that will notify you when a container has only 1 day of free time left. This way you can take action to send someone to pick up the container to avoid the demurrage fees. Want to know when there is only a few hours left? no problem at all.
Can Dockflow integrate with my existing systems to manage demurrage?
Yes, Dockflow’s demurrage management software integrates seamlessly with your existing systems, including freight management tools, ERP platforms, and terminal tracking systems, through our robust API. This integration ensures a smooth flow of data, enabling real-time monitoring of demurrage timelines and free time limits.
As a leading solution in maritime demurrage management, Dockflow connects your logistics ecosystem to help you proactively manage operations and minimize unnecessary fees with precision and efficiency.
What is the difference between demurrage and detention charges?
The key difference between demurrage and detention charges lies in where the delay occurs:
- Demurrage Charges: These are fees incurred when a container stays at a terminal or port beyond the allowed free time before pickup. They compensate the terminal for using its space.
- Detention Charges: These apply when a container is picked up but not returned within the agreed time frame, covering the cost of holding the container outside the terminal.
Dockflow’s platform helps track both timelines, helping you avoid unnecessary charges and maintain efficient operations.
How does real-time tracking help prevent demurrage penalties?
Real-time tracking with Dockflow ensures up-to-date visibility into your containers’ locations and statuses. By monitoring free time limits and providing proactive alerts, our platform enables you to act swiftly, prevent delays, and avoid demurrage penalties.
Dockflow’s seamless integration with terminal and carrier data ensures you’re always in control, reducing costs and optimizing your logistics operations.
Take control of demurrage costs with intelligent tracking
