Detention revenue recovery
Get paid for every hour your trucks wait.
detentioniq captures dwell from your ELD, builds the proof, and invoices it — so you stop writing off detention you already earned.
ATRI 2024: carriers invoice detention 75% of the time — and only 55% of those bills get paid.
Detention event
Auto-captured- Facility
- Memphis DC
- Dwell over 2h
- 2h 35m
- Rate
- $75/hr
- Billable
- $193.75
Illustrative example. Proof attached: GPS geofence + ELD on-duty timestamps.
The problem
You're owed the money. It leaks out before you collect.
94.5% of carriers now charge a detention fee. But most of it never lands — because proving dwell, after the fact, is manual and easy to dispute.
Carriers invoice detention 75% of the time — and only 55% of those invoices actually get paid. (ATRI 2024)
of spot-market freight stops experience detention, vs 33.8% of contract freight. (ATRI 2024)
of drivers have left a job over excessive or uncompensated detention. (ATRI 2024)
How it works
Four steps, then it runs itself.
- 1
Connect your ELD
Samsara, Motive, or your existing GPS. Facilities are geofenced automatically.
- 2
Detect the dwell
We flag any stop past your threshold — 2 hours by default, configurable per customer.
- 3
Build the proof
GPS geofence plus ELD timestamps assemble a record that holds up in a dispute.
- 4
Invoice & track
Generate the detention invoice and watch billed-vs-paid until the money lands.
What you get
Three things change.
Recover written-off revenue
Stop eating detention you never billed. Every qualifying stop becomes an invoice instead of a shrug.
Proof that survives disputes
GPS geofence and ELD on-duty timestamps, packaged per event — so 'prove it' stops killing your claims.
Know which customers cost you
Facility scorecards rank where your trucks sit longest, so you can renegotiate the worst offenders.
Built for your fleet
Made for 50–500 truck carriers.
Mid-size fleets have the highest average detention of any fleet size (ATRI 2024) — and the least time to chase it manually. detentioniq works with the ELD you already run.
- Dry van
- Reefer
- Flatbed
- Specialized
See what detention is costing you.
A free teardown of your detention leakage — no pressure, no contract.