$8B in Demurrage: 80% Preventable $8B in Annual Demurrage Fees: 80% Preventable.
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Operational insights for drayage carriers, dispatchers, and logistics teams navigating the modern port environment.
Demurrage is one of the largest controllable cost centers in port drayage — and nearly all of it is avoidable. Here is how the carriers who stopped paying it actually did it.
Ryan Cole · March 12, 2025
Most drayage carriers hit a ceiling around 20 trucks — not because they run out of freight, but because dispatch capacity runs out first. Here's how the carriers breaking that ceiling are doing it.
Ryan Cole · February 28, 2025
Terminal appointment slots are zero-sum. The carrier that books first wins — and most carriers are checking portals at 9am for slots that released at 2am. Here is how to fix that.
Ryan Cole · February 14, 2025
LFDs change overnight — extensions get granted at 11pm, portals update hours late. A spreadsheet has no chance. Here is how automated LFD monitoring actually works, and why it eliminates demurrage.
Ryan Cole · January 30, 2025
Most carriers calculate dispatch automation ROI over 12 months and compare it to a 30-day cash flow concern. That's the wrong framing. Here's how the math actually works — and why it closes in the first billing cycle.
Ryan Cole · January 15, 2025
Port congestion in 2025 is structurally worse than what you saw in 2021 — and the carriers absorbing the least damage have one thing in common. Here is what they are doing differently.
Ryan Cole · January 3, 2025