Per diem ·
What is per diem in drayage?
The daily equipment charge that quietly eats margin: how it starts, how days are counted, who pays and how to rebill or dispute it.
Guides
Drayage guides for people who run the trucks.
Plain-language how-tos on the charges, dates, paperwork and rules that decide whether a container move makes money. Canada first, useful in the US too.
10 guides
Start with the money you may be leaving behind.
Charges ·
Demurrage vs detention vs per diem: who bills what.
Three words for charges that sound alike but have different clocks and different billers. A worked example of one import container.
Containers ·
Last free day (LFD), explained.
The date that decides whether a container costs you money. Where to find it, why it moves and how to plan pickups backwards from it.
Chassis ·
How to dispute chassis invoices.
Chassis bills often charge days you did not use. A line-by-line audit, a worked example and what to put in the dispute.
Dispatch ·
Street turns and dual transactions, explained.
Two ways to stop driving empty: what each needs, why lines say no and a worked mileage example with made-up numbers.
BC rules ·
BC Container Trucking Act and driver pay rates.
Who needs a CTS licence, how the rate order is structured and a period-by-period pay check, with links to the official OBCCTC pages.
Pricing ·
How to build a drayage rate sheet.
Base rates, fuel surcharge, accessorials and terms in a layout you can copy into a spreadsheet, with a worked quote.
Compliance ·
IFTA for drayage carriers in Canada.
Who needs an IFTA licence, what goes in the quarterly return and how drayage idling and short moves create audit risk.
Compliance ·
A DVIR and pre-trip checklist for drayage drivers.
A walk-around checklist for the tractor, the chassis and the container, plus how to handle the gate and what to do about defects.
Starting out ·
How to start a drayage company in Canada.
Eight steps from business number to first invoice, with pointers to where each current rule is published and the mistakes new carriers repeat.
Look it up
Not sure what a term means?
The glossary explains the drayage words you hear on the phone with terminals, lines and customers, from accessorial to TWIC, one short entry each.
Put the guides to work on your own freight.
Start a 14-day trial, load a week of moves and see per diem, chassis and waiting time on the board.