METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTING DEMURRAGE CHARGES IN A PRIVATE RAIL SITE

摘要

A method and system for computing demurrage charges for a private railway siteisprovided. Information is delivered to a user for prompting him to enterdemurrage chargecomputation parameters. The user enters the demurrage charge computationparametersvia a computer interface. In response to the user providing the demurragechargecomputation parameters, a database of railcar events is searched based on thedemurragecharge computation parameters to derive a set of railcar entries. A chargepolicy isapplied to the set of railcar entries to generate at least one data elementindicative of ademurrage charge. The demurrage charge is then displayed to the user.