What is lorry waiting time costing your warehouse?
Enter your own figures. The estimate uses only what you type — change any number to match your site and haulier contracts.
Estimated detention charges per year
£76,500
- Chargeable hours / year
- 1,530
- Total lorry waiting hours / year
- 15,300
- Per month
- £6,375
- DockOptima per site / year
- £2,990
Estimate only, based on your inputs. Actual savings depend on how well arrivals are scheduled and how closely hauliers keep to booked slots.
Start free trial — cut waiting timeHow to reduce detention charges
Most detention comes from lorries arriving at the same time and queuing for a bay. Giving hauliers bookable time slots spreads arrivals across the day, and recording the actual arrival time at the gate gives you evidence when a charge is disputed.
DockOptima gives hauliers a booking link, lets drivers check in by scanning a QR code, and time-stamps every step so you can see dwell time per lorry. Learn what a yard management system does.