Origin charges
Bundled origin-side handling. Ask for the component breakdown when it exceeds the quoted allowance.
What it is calculated on
Once per shipment, regardless of size.
What it appears as on real documents
Providers write the same charge many different ways. All of these mean this charge:
- origin charges
- origin local charges
- olc
- origin handling
- export handling
- origin service fee
- pre-carriage
- export customs origin
- origin fees
- local charges origin
What settles it when you question it
The test is whether the amount matches what was quoted, on the same basis. If the basis changed, that is the thing to ask about rather than the total.
Ask for:
- Original rate quotation
- Line-by-line calculation breakdown
- CFS receipt / warehouse receipt
Before you book
This is often missing from a quotation entirely — not excluded, just not mentioned. A charge a quotation is silent about is the one that arrives as a surprise.
Ask: Confirm which origin-side charges are included and ask for the component breakdown.
Check a origin charges on your own invoice
Free, and no account needed to start.
Upload your quotation and final invoice. ChargeBasis pairs every charge on its normalised type rather than its wording, reports which part of the difference your documents actually explain, and names the document that would settle the rest.
Charges that travel with this one
- StorageDay-counted. Needs a start date, a free-time allowance, and an end date to be checkable.
- DemurrageContainer sitting inside the terminal past free time. Requires availability date, last free day, and gate-out …
- DetentionContainer held outside the terminal past free time. Requires gate-out and empty-return dates.
- ChassisDay-counted equipment rental. Same date evidence as detention.
Common questions
- What is a origin charges on a freight invoice?
- Bundled origin-side handling. Ask for the component breakdown when it exceeds the quoted allowance.
- What is a origin charges calculated on?
- Once per shipment, regardless of size.
- What should I ask for if I question a origin charges?
- Ask for original rate quotation, line-by-line calculation breakdown, cfs receipt / warehouse receipt. The test is whether the amount matches what was quoted, on the same basis.