GateClock runs a done-for-you recovery desk: drivers text the four photos they already take, dispatch forwards the rate con, and we send written notice before the truck leaves, file a complete claim packet inside the rate con's own claim window, and chase it on a written cadence until it is paid or dispositioned — every dollar computed deterministically from the contract, never by a model.
Drivers are detained at 39.3% of stops (ATRI 2024). Nearly every fleet bills for it. The claims still die — not on the merits, but on paperwork and clocks: missing timestamped evidence, a blown 24–72-hour claim window, no written real-time notice, and nobody in a small fleet whose job is the fourth follow-up.
A 30-truck fleet forfeits an estimated $112K–$236K a year to those gaps (vendor analysis on ATRI data). The money is real, contractual, and already owed — it just never gets assembled and filed inside the window, on every load, forever.
GateClock exists to close that gap: one exhaustive claim standard applied to every load, in the carrier's name, out of dollars currently collecting at 0%.
GateClock does not invent detention rights. Every claim is built from the contract terms written into that load's rate confirmation and broker-carrier agreement — extracted, never inferred — and computed against a versioned rule pack. These are the provisions each claim is held to.
Free-time hours, the detention rate-per-hour, the claim-submission window, and the written-notice rule are fixed by the load's own rate confirmation and master agreement — extracted from the document, never inferred by the model.
Eligible detention = max(0, depart − arrive − free-time) × rate-per-hour, capped per contract, computed by code. The conservative interval wins any timestamp conflict; the figure reconciles to the ledger before anything is filed.
The 24–72-hour claim window and the pre-departure written-notice rule are the load's own terms; deterministic timers watch both, and an unfiled claim within six hours of its window trips a two-person alarm.
Broker and shipper accessorial receivables are commercial and excluded from the FDCPA; its conduct standards — no harassment, no misrepresentation, accurate amounts only — are adopted as internal policy regardless.
Washington licenses agencies collecting claims owed to another, reaching commercial collections. GateClock works pre-default as a billing agent; genuinely delinquent accounts hand off to a licensed commercial collection partner or the carrier's attorney.
Nevada NRS 649 reaches commercial collections. Before any carrier is signed, its domicile and our correspondence footprint are checked against the licensing matrix; blocked configurations are restructured to partner-led collections.
AI extracts and drafts. Deterministic rules — running as code, outside the model — compute every dollar and every deadline. A trained operator reviews every packet. That order is never reversed.
Forward 90 days of rate cons and settlement statements. We return a free read: eligible detention events, dollars billed vs. collected vs. never billed, and your worst five brokers and facilities.
Free time, rate, notice rule, claim window, and submission channel are extracted and registered the moment dispatch forwards the rate con. Loads with no detention clause are flagged before the truck rolls.
The driver texts the four-photo set — gate check-in, dock assignment, BOL/POD with times, departure — to a dedicated number; ELD timestamps back it up.
A deterministic timer watches free time against the contract; written notice goes to the broker before the driver departs, under standing authorization.
A claims reviewer checks every packet against the broker's stated requirements; dollar math is recomputed by rule. Any claim within six hours of its window without a filing triggers a two-person alarm.
Written follow-ups day 7/14/21/30, replies classified, day-21 calls for claims over $250. By day 45 every claim is paid, re-evidenced, escalated, or written off with a reason code.
Every claim cites the broker's own rate-con terms and stated evidence requirements. Nothing is inflated, nothing is invented — completeness and timing are the product.
Detention dollars are computed in code, the conservative interval wins any timestamp conflict, and the deadline timers are clocks, not opinions.
GateClock works pre-default as your billing agent, in your name. We never claim to be a collection agency, never contact a debtor as one, and never guarantee a recovery.
Outcome-based, never hourly — aligned to dollars that are currently going uncollected.
Start with a free Detention Leakage Scan. Send 90 days of rate cons and settlement statements and we'll show you eligible events, dollars never collected, and your worst brokers and facilities.
Billing-agent service · not legal advice · not a licensed collection agency · you pay only on collected dollars.
[PLACEHOLDER] First-cohort detention & accessorial recovery — measured on real claims run through the day 7/14/21/30 cadence. Published here once the first pilot carriers complete a cycle; no rate is claimed before it is measured.
[PLACEHOLDER] First carrier reference — added only with a named pilot carrier's written permission. GateClock never invents a quote or a logo.
[PLACEHOLDER] Total accessorial dollars recovered to date — a live, auditable figure once real detention claims are collected, never estimated.