# Every container's free time, counted down in one place. > Roadmark counts down every container's last free day, demurrage and per diem, and books the terminal pickup appointment from the load. URL: https://roadmark.ai/drayage Language: en Last free day, holds, demurrage and per diem for every import at the port and the rail ramps, straight from the terminals and railroads. Roadmark shows each container's clock, what it has already cost and what it will cost by Friday if nothing moves, and books the pickup appointment right from the load. ## Send the empty straight to the next exporter. When an import empties near a customer who needs the same container for an export, Roadmark proposes the street turn. The box goes straight from one to the other instead of back to the ramp and out again, once the ocean carrier approves. - **2 fewer gate visits** No drop-off at the ramp and no second pick-up, so no gate waits - **1 fewer empty move** Dunbarton loads the box Prairie Foods just emptied ## The terminal appointment, booked from the load. Roadmark books the terminal appointment from the load, or tracks the one you already booked, so the slot, the chassis and the free time sit on the same record. The moment the terminal shows a container released, the Tracking agent checks the last free day, finds the earliest open slot and drafts the pickup appointment. A dispatcher approves it or picks a different slot. - **Nothing books itself.** The draft waits for a person, even when the last free day is today. - **The chassis comes with the appointment,** assigned from your pool before the slot is confirmed. Pools, splits and chassis per diem are tracked on the load and billed. - **No slot before the last free day?** Pre-pull the box to your own yard and drop it there. The yard days are counted on the load and billed as storage. ## Accessorials billed the way the terminal actually charged them. Chassis splits and chassis per diem, pre-pulls, storage in your own yard and demurrage pass-through are common on drayage moves and easy to under-bill. Roadmark counts the chassis days and yard days on the load and carries the terminal's own charge through to the customer invoice. - **Chassis split** Trucker's chassis doesn't match the container's home pool - **Chassis per diem** Each day a pool chassis is under the box, from out-gate to its return - **Pre-pull** Pulled off the terminal before the appointment to stop the clock - **Yard storage** Pre-pulled or dropped in Northline's own yard instead of at the consignee - **Overweight** Over the legal axle limit; needs a scale move or permit - **Waiting time** Past the first free hour at pickup or delivery - **Demurrage pass-through** The terminal's own per-day charge, passed through at cost ## Questions about free time and drayage. - **Does Roadmark track per diem and demurrage?** Yes. It counts down every import container's last free day and shows what's already been charged and what demurrage or per diem it will cost by a given date if nothing moves, across the port and the rail ramps. Availability, holds and the last free day come in automatically from the terminal or rail ramp, through Terminal49. - **How does Roadmark decide when to book a pickup appointment?** The moment the terminal shows a container released, the Tracking agent checks the last free day, finds the earliest open slot and drafts the pickup appointment with a chassis assigned from the pool, for a dispatcher to approve. - **Does Roadmark book terminal appointments?** Yes. Roadmark books the terminal appointment from the load, or tracks one you've already booked, so the pickup slot sits on the same record as the container's free time and chassis. Drafted appointments wait for a dispatcher to approve them. - **Does Roadmark manage chassis and chassis per diem?** Yes. Roadmark assigns chassis from your pools, records chassis splits, and tracks chassis per diem for each day a chassis is under a box, then bills the splits and per diem days on the customer invoice. - **Can Roadmark handle pre-pulls and yard storage?** Yes. A container can be pre-pulled off the terminal, dropped and stored in your own yard, and delivered later. Roadmark counts the days it sits in the yard and bills the pre-pull and the storage on the customer invoice. - **What is a street turn, and does Roadmark suggest them?** When an import container empties near a customer who needs the same box for an export, Roadmark proposes sending it straight there instead of back to the ramp and out again, once the ocean carrier approves, saving miles, gate visits and an empty move. - **How are drayage accessorials billed?** Chassis splits, pre-pulls, yard storage and demurrage pass-through are carried through to the customer invoice at the terminal's own rate, so what's billed matches what the terminal actually charged. ## Related pages - [Demurrage and per diem calculator](https://roadmark.ai/tools/demurrage): Last free day, charged days and the total for a container at the terminal or out on per diem, with tiered rates. - [Demurrage vs per diem vs detention in drayage](https://roadmark.ai/blog/demurrage-per-diem-detention): Who charges demurrage, per diem and detention on a container, when each clock starts and stops, and a worked import example with every charge computed. - [Ocean freight](https://roadmark.ai/ocean-freight): Containers, cutoffs and demurrage - [Intermodal](https://roadmark.ai/intermodal): Ramps and rail cutoffs - [Roadmark vs PortPro: a side-by-side drayage TMS comparison](https://roadmark.ai/compare/portpro): PortPro is a drayage-specialist TMS; Roadmark runs drayage in one system with trucking, brokerage and every other mode, with AI agents that draft the work. - [Terminal49 integration: container availability and holds](https://roadmark.ai/integrations/terminal49): Roadmark reads container availability, holds, last free day, fees, appointments and rail events from Terminal49 onto each drayage and intermodal load. 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