Ports & Supply Chain
How Port Drayage Works: Appointments, Chassis, TWIC and Fees
A short haul with a long list of rules: what a drayage driver needs before the gate, where the time goes inside the terminal, and who pays when a box sits too long.
Tag: per diem
Owner-Operators
Truck Driver Per Diem: The $80 IRS Rate and the 80% Meal Deduction
How the transportation-industry meal rate works, why drivers deduct 80% instead of 50%, the partial-day rule, and why most company drivers cannot claim it.
Ports & Supply Chain
Demurrage vs Detention: Port Fees, Per Diem and Truck Detention Pay
Three charges that sound alike and land on different people. A side-by-side table, the federal invoice deadlines, and how detention pay at shippers works for truckers.