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Truck Detention Pay Calculator

Estimate truck detention time and potential detention pay using arrival, appointment, release, free-time and rate details.

Truck Detention Pay Calculator

Calculate billable detention time and estimate detention pay from your facility timing and load terms.

Detention Timing

Enter the facility arrival, appointment and release times.

Detention Terms

Enter the free time and detention rate from your load or carrier agreement.

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Truck Detention Pay Calculator

Use this free truck detention pay calculator to calculate detention time and estimate detention pay for a pickup or delivery. Enter the driver's arrival time, appointment time, release time, free time, and hourly detention rate to determine the billable detention time and estimated amount.

How to Use

  1. 1Choose when the detention clock should start: driver arrival, appointment time, or the later of the two.
  2. 2Enter the driver's arrival time and appointment time when required.
  3. 3Enter the release or departure time when the driver was released from the pickup or delivery facility.
  4. 4Enter the free-time allowance and hourly detention rate stated in the applicable load or carrier agreement.
  5. 5Choose the billing increment and rounding method that match the applicable detention terms.
  6. 6Click Calculate Detention Pay to see total facility time, billable detention, billable hours, and estimated detention pay.

How Detention Pay Is Calculated

Billable detention time = Total facility time − Free time. Estimated detention pay = Billable detention hours × Detention rate.

Example: if a driver spends 5 hours 30 minutes at a facility and the agreed free time is 2 hours, the billable detention is 3 hours 30 minutes. At a detention rate of $50 per hour, the estimated detention pay is $175.

Why Use This Tool?

✓Estimate truck detention pay quickly
✓Calculate billable detention time
✓Use arrival and appointment timing
✓Apply custom free-time allowances
✓Calculate detention using hourly rates
✓Support 15, 30, and 60-minute billing increments
✓Choose rounding rules based on load terms
✓Works on desktop and mobile devices

About Truck Detention Pay Calculator

This free truck detention pay calculator helps carriers, owner-operators, dispatchers, freight brokers and logistics professionals estimate detention time and potential detention pay at pickup and delivery facilities. Enter the applicable timing, free-time allowance and hourly detention rate to calculate billable detention based on the terms of your load or carrier agreement.

✓Free online detention calculator
✓Arrival and appointment timing options
✓Custom free-time allowance
✓Custom hourly detention rate
✓15, 30 and 60-minute billing increments
✓Round up, round down or use exact time
✓Overnight detention calculation
✓Copyable detention calculation results
✓Mobile-friendly design

Frequently Asked Questions

Truck detention is the time a driver spends waiting at a pickup or delivery facility beyond the applicable free-time period. Detention terms can vary by broker, carrier, facility, load and rate confirmation.