How does Sailix calculate detention charges?

It counts calendar days from the discharge date to the delivery order validity date, inclusive. The days are priced against the profile's slabs cumulatively, so each slab bills its own days at its own rate. Day waivers shorten the billable span, and percent or amount waivers reduce the gross.

Can I set different detention tariffs for each line and port?

Yes. Each profile belongs to a line and can be tied to a port, with its own currency and validity period. Slabs can differ by container type, size, condition and delivery location. A profile without a port serves as the fallback for that line.

What happens if a detention tariff does not cover all the days?

Sailix does not bill. If chargeable days run past the last slab, or no profile with rates matches the line and port, it will not write a zero or partial invoice. The desk gets a warning, so the tariff can be completed first.

Does a detention profile cover storage and plug-in charges?

Every slab row has a classification with three options: detention, storage and plug-in. One profile can therefore hold day-wise slabs for all three, each against its own tariff item. The profile header also links the import detention and storage tariff items.

Detention and demurrageDetention and demurrage priced from your own slabs.

Slab tariffs by line and port drive detention on delivery orders and extensions, with invoices and waivers on record.

Get started See what it does

Container control

Overview

Detention and demurrage depend on agreements that differ by line and by port. Sailix stores them in the Agent Detention and Demurrage Profile: a profile for a line, optionally tied to a port, with a currency, validity dates and a table of day slabs. Each slab gives a from day, a to day and an amount, by container type, size and delivery location.

Those profiles are what the import desk bills from. When a delivery order is issued or extended, Sailix counts the days from discharge, finds the matching profile and prices the days slab by slab. The result is a detention invoice that has to be settled, or approved past, before the order is extended again or the empty is returned.

Capabilities

What it does

Profiles by line and port
Create detention profiles for export and demurrage profiles for import, per line and port, with currency, valid-from and valid-to dates and a default flag.
Day-slab tariff table
Each slab row sets classification, movement, tariff item, container type, size, condition, delivery location, from day, to day and amount.
Excel slab import
Download the sample file, fill in the slabs and upload it. Sailix imports the valid rows and reports how many it skipped.
Profile matching by port
Sailix checks every port the shipment touched and prefers a profile that carries rates over a closer match that has none.
Detention invoices
An invoice is written on DO issue and on each extension, listed with its source, DO, B/L, line, net amount and payment status, with a PDF.
Detention tracking list
The Container Detention Workflow lists tracked containers with status, expected update date, days overdue, chargeable days, amount and assigned staff, and locks overdue ones.

Workflow

How it works

First
Create the profile
Choose detention or demurrage, the line and the port, then set the currency and validity dates.
Then
Enter the slabs
Add slab rows by hand or import them from Excel, with the free period entered as a zero-rated slab.
Next
Bill from operations
Issue or extend a delivery order. Sailix works out the days and the amount and raises the detention invoice.
Finally
Collect or waive
Record payment against the invoice, or apply a waiver with the line's consent attached.

Questions

Questions and answers

How does Sailix calculate detention charges?: It counts calendar days from the discharge date to the delivery order validity date, inclusive. The days are priced against the profile's slabs cumulatively, so each slab bills its own days at its own rate. Day waivers shorten the billable span, and percent or amount waivers reduce the gross.
Can I set different detention tariffs for each line and port?: Yes. Each profile belongs to a line and can be tied to a port, with its own currency and validity period. Slabs can differ by container type, size, condition and delivery location. A profile without a port serves as the fallback for that line.
What happens if a detention tariff does not cover all the days?: Sailix does not bill. If chargeable days run past the last slab, or no profile with rates matches the line and port, it will not write a zero or partial invoice. The desk gets a warning, so the tariff can be completed first.
Does a detention profile cover storage and plug-in charges?: Every slab row has a classification with three options: detention, storage and plug-in. One profile can therefore hold day-wise slabs for all three, each against its own tariff item. The profile header also links the import detention and storage tariff items.