Rail Shipment Management
Tools for rail transportation teams
Control Costs & Eliminate Shipment Disruptions
Delays, dwell, and fees rarely happen without warning, but fragmented data and visibility gaps mean teams often react after costs accrue. TransmetriQ gives you the tools to anticipate disruptions, act before they escalate, and keep your rail operations running predictably.
How the TransmetriQ Platform Helps Rail Transportation Teams
Schedule
Prevent Shipment Booking Rework + Delays
Easily book shipments with guided shipping instructions and validation against Railinc data. Submit to hundreds of railroads directly from your TMS with automated EDI 404 submission and reusable templates that eliminate repetitive entry.
Monitor
A Real-Time View of Your Rail Operations
Create unlimited dashboards for specific customers, terminals, or KPIs. Know the minute a time-sensitive issue happens with configurable alerts for demurrage, detention, bad orders, delays, and more.
Avoid Demurrage
Terminal Visibility + Fee Mitigation
Identify and address at-risk cars before charges accrue. Understand your inbound terminal pipeline and expected charges based on event history. Audit bills with confidence using data direct from the industry’s system of record.
Manage Railcar Detention
Take Control of Customer Dwell
Understand how long your cars are dwelling at partner facilities and easily maintain an auditable record of how detention should apply. Customize parameters by customer and commodity.
Analyze
Performance Metrics that Drive Better Decisions
Always-included cycle and dwell time reports plus custom reporting that leverages Railinc’s exclusive data repository. Track original vs. current ETAs, compare need-by dates, and surface the patterns behind delays.
Pay
Streamline Freight Payables
Validate, approve, dispute, and track freight invoices with integrated shipment rating and invoice auditing.
Optional Managed Services
Leverage Our Expertise
Problems are visible but fixing them can be hard. Our team has decades of expertise and longstanding carrier relationships. We're ready to act as an extension of your team.
Stop Reacting. Start Anticipating.
FAQs
TransmetriQ offers both transportation and fleet management tools. Transportation tools are focused on moving your shipments, while fleet management tools are focused on making sure your cars are healthy, compliant, and available. Check out our rail fleet management page to learn more.
Yes, TransmetriQ is able to trace owned, leased, and pool cars on your behalf. We can set up permanent or temporary tracing on cars. Our lease management tool enables you to keep track of leased assets, as well.
Cycle and dwell time reports are always included in the TransmetriQ Platform, and with the breadth of Railinc data at your fingertips, the reporting possibilities are endless.