The Cost Dashboard gives you one view of what your ocean shipments cost: contracted freight plus demurrage and detention (D&D), per container, per lane, per location and per carrier. It answers questions such as "What did we spend on these containers, how much of it was D&D, and where is that D&D coming from?"

The Cost Dashboard: summary cards at the top, Detailed Cost Breakdown below.

Use this dashboard if you want to:

• Know your total ocean cost for a period, including freight and D&D
• Compare average cost per container across lanes, carriers or locations
• Find where D&D is accruing (origin vs destination, lane, carrier) and how many containers are affected
• Check how much of the allowed free time your containers actually use
• Export cost data for monthly reporting or carrier reviews

Unlike the Logistics KPI Dashboard, which focuses on transit time and dwell time performance, the Cost Dashboard is dedicated to cost. Cost analysis that used to sit inside the Logistics KPI Dashboard now lives here.

How to access the Cost Dashboard

1. Log in to your Portcast account.
2. In the left navigation sidebar, go to Analytics > Cost Dashboard.
3. Adjust the period and filters to the containers you want to analyze.

By default, the dashboard shows containers that departed in the last 3 months.

The Cost Dashboard sits under Analytics in the left navigation, next to the Logistics KPI dashboard.

Summary cards

The top of the page shows four cards. All of them follow the filters applied to the page. Hover over the ⓘ icon next to each card title to see its definition.

The four summary cards: Total cost, D&D cost, Containers and Avg. Free Day Utilization.

Total cost

Everything spent on the containers in view: base freight + D&D.