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Carrier Hub NEXT · Freight billing

How to create a trucking invoice and PDF packet.

Turn a completed load and its supporting documents into a billing packet your team can review and send.

The short answer

Carrier Hub NEXT supports trucking invoices and PDF invoice packets for a carrier’s freight charges. Review the load, bill-to details and approved charges, generate the invoice, check the attached RateCon and BOL/POD, then use the separate email action when the packet is ready.

Start with the load and bill-to details

A trucking invoice bills the customer for the carrier’s transportation service. Start with the load record so dispatch and accounting work from the same dates, locations, charges and documents.

  • Confirm the correct customer, load reference and delivery details.
  • Review the freight charge and approved detention, reimbursement or other charge lines.
  • Check the invoice date, due date and agreed payment terms.
  • Review any applicable remittance or factoring information before sending.

For a dispatch agency billing its carrier client for a service fee, use the CH Dispatch invoice guide.

Create the invoice, then review the PDF

  1. Review the load record. Match the billing details to the RateCon and approved supporting records.
  2. Prepare the invoice. Check the intended bill-to party and each included charge.
  3. Open the generated PDF. Confirm the invoice reference, amount due, load details and payment instructions.
  4. Check the packet. Review the invoice together with its RateCon and delivery documents.
  5. Send when ready. Confirm the recipient and attachments before using the separate email action.

Menu labels and available actions depend on your version, permissions and setup. A personalized NEXT demo can follow the entire load-to-invoice workflow.

Read the freight invoice example

The supplied NEXT demo invoice bills $2,700.50 in freight, $150 in detention and a $75 lumper reimbursement, for an amount due of $2,925.50. Its three-page packet includes the invoice, Rate Confirmation and BOL/POD image.

$2,700.50 + $150.00 + $75.00 = $2,925.50

These are fictional sample amounts, not default fees. The packet demonstrates how the invoice and supporting paperwork travel together.

Check the packet before it leaves your team

Confirm that attachments belong to the same load, scanned delivery paperwork is readable and the billed accessorials match the approval records. Review any payment-assignment notice against your own setup.

NEXT also supports receivables tracking. Creating a PDF, emailing a packet and recording payment are separate outcomes. For invoices sent through a factoring workflow, see preparing a factoring batch PDF. For a canceled load, use the TONU invoice workflow.

Real template outputs · Demo data

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Carrier Hub NEXT · Demo PDF + Images

Freight invoice

Freight, approved detention and lumper reimbursement: $2,925.50 due.

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1 page · 45 KB · Fictional sample data
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Carrier Hub NEXT · Demo PDF + Images

Complete freight invoice packet

Invoice, Rate Confirmation and BOL/POD image in one three-page PDF.

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Practical answers

Questions about this workflow.

Can Carrier Hub NEXT create a trucking invoice PDF?

Yes. NEXT supports freight invoices and invoice packets connecting the invoice with its RateCon, BOL/POD and supporting paperwork.

What is the difference between an invoice and an invoice packet?

The invoice shows what is billed. The packet combines that invoice with supporting documents. The supplied freight packet contains three pages: invoice, RateCon and BOL/POD image.

Does generating the invoice send it automatically?

No. Generate and review the PDF or packet, then confirm the intended recipient before using the separate email action.

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