# Make every cutoff, and watch the free-time clock once it's discharged.

> Roadmark tracks each ocean booking's VGM, SI and CY cutoffs, and follows it from sailing to the inland terminal and into a drayage order.

URL: https://roadmark.ai/ocean-freight
Language: en

Roadmark tracks each booking from empty pickup to the last free day, flags what's missing before a cutoff, and turns the arrival notice straight into a drayage order for the rail ramp or the port.

## This week's cutoffs, and what's still missing.

Every booking's VGM, shipping instructions and container yard cutoff in one list, with a reminder drafted the moment something is overdue.

## The arrival notice becomes the drayage order, automatically.

The moment the terminal shows the containers available, Roadmark drafts the drayage order for Northline Cartage with the container numbers, the last free day and a delivery appointment already on it. A dispatcher approves it before it goes out.

## What free time is actually costing you.

Demurrage runs on a container sitting at the terminal or ramp; detention runs on the box once it's out with a trucker. Roadmark prices both, per container, every day past the last free day.

## One invoice, both sides of the margin.

The house bill goes to Northgate Home. Underneath it, Roadmark keeps what Ashgrove Logistics pays the ocean carrier and Northline Cartage, so the margin is never a guess at month end.

## Questions about the booking.

- **How does Roadmark track VGM, SI and CY cutoffs?** Every booking's VGM, shipping instructions and container yard cutoff sit in one list, with a reminder drafted the moment something is overdue, so it gets fixed before the cutoff instead of after.
- **How does an arrival notice become a drayage order?** The moment the terminal shows the container available, Roadmark drafts the drayage order with the container numbers, the last free day and a delivery appointment already on it, for a dispatcher to approve before it goes out.
- **Does Roadmark track demurrage and detention separately?** Yes. Demurrage runs on a container sitting at the terminal or ramp, detention runs on the box once it's out with a trucker, and Roadmark prices both per container, every day past the last free day.
- **How is ocean freight billed and margin tracked?** The customer gets one house bill invoice, while Roadmark keeps what's paid to the ocean carrier and the drayage carrier underneath it, so margin is never a guess at month end.
- **Can I track a container from sailing to the inland ramp?** Yes. Each leg, sailing, transshipment, discharge and rail, shows its own status, from the original sailing to availability at the inland ramp and its last free day. Discharge, availability, holds and the last free day come in automatically from the terminals and railroads.

## 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.
- [Drayage](https://roadmark.ai/drayage): Free time, per diem, chassis and port appointments
- [Air freight](https://roadmark.ai/air-freight): Air waybills, cutoffs and recovery
- [Tracking](https://roadmark.ai/tracking): The few loads that need you, with reasons
- [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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