What is AI invoice automation for 3PL?

AI invoice automation for 3PL uses agentic AI to read, sort, match, and reconcile complex freight invoices across multiple carriers, accessorials, and change orders, replacing 15-25 hours per week of manual data entry with automated workflows that resolve in hours, not weeks.

How much revenue do logistics companies lose to billing errors?

Logistics and operations companies lose an estimated 30% of recoverable revenue to unbilled accessorials, missed change orders, and invoice disputes that go unresolved due to manual processing delays.

What is Rigby by Viberr?

Rigby is an AI-native invoicing platform built by Viberr for logistics and operations companies drowning in complex billing. It embeds with your team, learns your tribal knowledge, automates your procure-to-pay workflow, and turns it into a compounding SaaS layer.

How is Rigby different from TMS invoicing?

Legacy TMS platforms were built 15-20 years ago for routing and tracking, not complex invoicing reconciliation. Rigby is purpose-built for the invoicing gap that TMS platforms ignore. It handles carrier reconciliation, accessorial billing, POD matching, and change order capture with AI agents, not manual data entry.

AI Invoicing for Drayage and Intermodal

Port Fees. Chassis Charges. Demurrage. Detention. Good Luck Billing All That by Hand.

Drayage companies deal with the most accessorial-heavy invoicing in logistics. Every container move generates port terminal charges, chassis rental fees, container per diem, detention, demurrage, and fuel surcharges from multiple parties. Rigby automates the reconciliation so every charge gets captured and every invoice goes out accurate.

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8-12

Separate charge types per container move at major ports

60%

Of drayage companies still billing manually or semi-manually

$200-$400

Average detention/demurrage charge per container per day when disputed late

The Pain

Your Trucks Move Fast.
Your Invoicing Doesn't.

Drayage invoicing is uniquely painful because every container move generates charges from multiple parties: the port terminal, the chassis provider, the steamship line, and your own fleet. Reconciling all of them against one container per one customer is where small drayage companies lose money.

Port and Terminal Fee Chaos

Terminal handling charges, gate fees, pier pass, clean truck fees, and flip charges. Every port has different fee structures. LA/Long Beach charges differently than Savannah or Newark. Your billing team has to know them all.

Chassis and Per Diem Tracking

Chassis rental from DCLI, Flexi-Van, or the steamship line. Container per diem from the shipping line. Each has different free time allowances and daily rates. Tracking which chassis is on which move and when per diem starts is manual and error-prone.

Detention and Demurrage Disputes

Detention at the terminal. Demurrage from the steamship line. These are the most disputed charges in drayage. If you don't capture the timestamps and documentation in real time, you lose the dispute.

Multi-Leg Move Billing

A single container might involve a port pickup, a transload, and a final delivery. Each leg has different charges. Billing the customer for the full door-to-door move while reconciling three separate cost legs is where errors multiply.

Paper BOLs and Handwritten Tickets

Drivers pick up gate tickets, paper BOLs, and handwritten chassis receipts. By the time those documents make it from the truck cab to the billing desk, information is lost, illegible, or mismatched.

No Budget for Enterprise Software

Most drayage companies are 10-50 trucks. They can't afford Avantiico or enterprise TMS billing modules. They need automation at a price point that matches their revenue, not a Fortune 500 budget.

How Rigby Solves It

We Track Every Container,
Every Charge, Every Leg.

Multi-Party Charge Capture

Rigby ingests terminal invoices, chassis rental bills, steamship line per diem charges, and your own fleet costs. Everything gets matched to the correct container, the correct customer, and the correct move.

Detention/Demurrage Documentation

Timestamps, gate photos, driver check-in/check-out records, and terminal appointment confirmations all get linked to the charge. When a dispute comes, your documentation is already assembled.

Customer Invoice with Full Breakdown

Your customer gets one clean invoice for the door-to-door move with every charge itemized: drayage, terminal, chassis, per diem, fuel, and accessorials. No surprises. No disputes. Faster payment.

What is AI Invoice Automation for Drayage Companies?

The Definition Nobody Wrote Yet

AI invoice automation for drayage companies uses agentic AI to reconcile the 8-12 separate charge types generated per container move, including port terminal fees, chassis rental, container per diem, detention, demurrage, fuel surcharges, and multi-leg drayage charges. It matches invoices from terminals, chassis providers, and steamship lines to specific containers and customers, then generates accurate customer invoices with full charge breakdowns. For drayage operators managing hundreds of container moves per week, this replaces the manual billing process that most companies still rely on.

Source: Rigby by Viberr | rigby.viberr.io

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