Monosemantic audits 100% of ocean freight invoices, files disputes, and recovers overcharges — from demurrage to surcharges — with a single upload.
Audit my Q4 ocean freight invoices and recover overcharges from Maersk.
Product
Upload your invoices and let Monosemantic cross-reference every line item against contracted rates, tariff filings, and FMC regulations — automatically.
Extracts every charge from PDF, EDI, and Excel invoices — demurrage, detention, THC, BAF, and 200+ surcharge types.
Compares billed amounts against your contracted rates and tariff schedules to flag every discrepancy — down to the cent.
Drafts carrier-ready dispute letters with supporting evidence, regulation citations, and recovery amounts — ready to send.
Identifies demurrage and detention overcharges that violate FMC billing rules, including the 30-day invoicing requirement.
Checks every charge against FMC regulations including OSRA 2022, billing practice rules, and tariff filing requirements.
Tracks every dispute from filing to resolution and measures total dollars recovered across carriers and charge types.
How It Works
No integration required. Upload your invoices and Monosemantic handles the rest — audit, dispute, recover.
Drop your ocean freight invoices in any format — PDF, Excel, EDI, or CSV. Monosemantic parses every line item automatically.
Every charge is cross-checked against your contracted rates, tariff filings, FMC regulations, and historical patterns.
Dispute letters are generated with full evidence packages. Track recoveries from filing through resolution in one dashboard.
Industries
Whether you ship 50 containers a month or 50,000, Monosemantic finds money your team is leaving on the table.
Beneficial cargo owners importing goods into the US. Audit every carrier invoice against your service contracts and recover overcharges that slip through AP teams.
Manage invoices across dozens of carriers and thousands of shipments. Monosemantic audits at scale so your ops team can focus on moving freight, not checking math.
Offer freight audit as a value-add to your customers. White-label Monosemantic to audit client invoices and pass through recovered savings.
Expand your service offering with automated invoice audit. Catch D&D overcharges and FMC violations on behalf of your importer clients.
FMC Rules
The Federal Maritime Commission has established clear rules on billing practices. Monosemantic enforces every one of them.
Carriers must issue D&D invoices within 30 calendar days of the charge being incurred. Invoices issued after this window are non-compliant and disputeable.
All invoices must clearly identify the charges, the basis for the charges, and the applicable rate or tariff provision. Vague or bundled charges violate FMC rules.
Carriers must acknowledge disputes within 24 calendar days and resolve or provide a detailed response within 30 days of the acknowledgment.
Carriers cannot charge for detention when the shipper has no control over delays — such as port congestion, customs holds, or carrier equipment availability issues.
The Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 strengthened shipper protections against unreasonable D&D charges and gave the FMC greater enforcement authority.