◆ A chargeable-weight overstatement on LAX, audited the same way as ocean demurrage
Chargeable weight overstated on a LAX air export.
On AWB 180-LAX-44192, the carrier billed chargeable weight of 1,240 kg where the booking and the dim calc support 1,080 kg, a 160 kg overstatement at the contracted rate. The same auditor reads an ocean BL on the next line and catches demurrage billed past the free-time clock. Air and ocean, quoted against billed, every branch, one standard.
Recommended: dispute the LAX chargeable-weight gap (about $640) with the dim calc attached; the same overstatement pattern shows on two more Pacific Rim AWBs.
AWB 180-LAX-44192LAX → HKG · AIR
Air freight (quoted wt)$3,240.00
Billed @ 1,240 kg$3,720.00 ⚠
Fuel / security$410.00
Handling$120.00
DIM CALC = 1,080 KG−$640 due
◆ Flagged invoices · all modes Export
| AWB / BL · branch | Mode | Lane | Billed | Recoverable | Status |
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↳ Click any AWB or BL to read the audit and the drafted dispute note.
Gaps by type
Recoverable · MTD · air + ocean
Chargeable-weight (air)$38.4K
Demurrage / detention (ocean)$29.1K
Accessorials$16.8K
Duplicate / rebill$11.9K
One standard, ten branches
Why it scales
Branches audited10 / 10
Air + oceanboth
Manual spot-checksretired
Every branch's air and ocean invoices get the same quoted-vs-billed check, so a gap in one branch reads the same as a gap in another.
Plugs into the stack Air-Sea already runs
read-only · works with your forwarding system & rate quotes · ~4–6 week build
Forwarding / TMS
FSfwd systemRate quotes
RQquote sheetsCarrier EDI
EDIATA / oceanBranch ledgers
BR10 branches→ Tell us your exact systems and we map the connectors to them. It reads each branch's quotes against the carrier invoice, air and ocean alike. Nothing migrates.
Catches quoted-vs-billed gaps across all ten branches automatically.
Mockup by Instive AI for Air-Sea Forwarders · sample data
◆ The ten branches · same audit standard
LAX · Los Angeles
air-heavy · Pacific Rim
Invoices · MTD540
Gaps9
Top issuechargeable wt
LGB / Long Beach
ocean-heavy
Invoices · MTD480
Gaps7
Top issuedemurrage
JFK · New York
air export
Invoices · MTD390
Gaps4
Top issueaccessorials
Recoverable by branch
MTD · all 10 reporting
LAX$22.4K
Long Beach$18.1K
JFK$12.7K
Other 7 branches$43.0K combined
Every branch, air and ocean, on one audit standard.
Branch view · Instive AI for Air-Sea · sample data
◆ Quoted vs billed · the core check
Air · chargeable weight
Booked / dim vs. billed
On air, the gap is usually chargeable weight: billed kilos exceed the booking and the dim calc. The auditor recomputes the dim weight from the dimensions on file and flags the overstatement with the math attached.
LAX → HKG · 180-44192+160 kg
Recoverable$640
Ocean · demurrage & detention
Free-time clock vs. billed
On ocean, the gap is usually demurrage or detention billed past the contracted free time. The auditor reads the gate-in / gate-out against the free-time terms and flags the overcharge.
LGB → SIN · MBL-77310+2 days
Recoverable$910
One check, both modes
quoted against billed, air and ocean
Air and ocean look different on the invoice, but the question is the same: does the bill match what was quoted? The auditor asks it on every AWB and every BL, across all ten branches, so the gaps stop hiding in the volume.
One AI layer · quoted-vs-billed audit across air, ocean and every branch.
Mockup by Instive AI for Air-Sea Forwarders · sample data