FMC tariff publishing, fed by the rates you actually quote.
Publish rates, rules, and surcharges to the tariff of record and keep every version with its effective date. Because the tariff is fed from the same rate records that drive quoting and booking, what a customer is quoted matches what is on file.
What tariff publishing handles.
Publication to the tariff of record
Rates, rules, and surcharges are published and made publicly accessible in the form the regulation expects, maintained on your behalf rather than assembled by hand each quarter.
Version history by effective date
Every publication is retained with the date it took effect, so the tariff that governed a shipment two years ago can be produced rather than reconstructed.
Multi-level surcharges
Surcharges that vary by trade, commodity, service level, or window are published as structured rules, so they apply the same way at quote, at booking, and at audit.
NVOCC negotiated rate arrangements
NRA workflows sit alongside the published rules, so negotiated rates are handled under their own arrangement and retained with the same version history.
One source with quoting
The tariff is fed by the same rate records that drive Rate Management, so the published rate and the applied rate cannot drift apart.
What you publish and what you charge drift apart.
When the tariff is maintained in one place and rates are quoted from another, the two versions separate quietly. The gap shows up as a rate dispute, a customer pointing at a published number nobody updated, or an inquiry that needs a version history nobody kept.
One record behind both.
Freightgate publishes from the rate records that already drive quoting and booking. A change moves through both at once, and every version is kept with its effective date, so the answer to what applied and when is a lookup rather than an investigation.
Publishing that stands up to scrutiny.
Freightgate has published ocean tariffs and managed contract rates since 1994, under an ISO 9001:2015 certified quality system. When a rate is challenged, the answer is the version that was on file that day, produced from the record rather than reconstructed from memory.
What NVOCCs and forwarders ask first.
Who is required to publish an FMC tariff?
Ocean common carriers and NVOCCs serving US trades are required to keep a tariff of record showing their rates, rules, and surcharges, and to make it publicly accessible. Licensed NVOCCs operating under negotiated rate arrangements still have to maintain published rules. Freightgate publishes and maintains that tariff on your behalf.
How does the published tariff stay in sync with what we quote?
The tariff is fed from the same rate records that drive quoting and booking. When a rate or surcharge changes, the published tariff and the applied rate change together, so the number a customer is quoted is the number on file.
Are historical tariff versions retained?
Yes. Every publication is versioned with its effective date, so the tariff that applied on any past shipment date can be produced without reconstructing it. That version history is what a rate dispute or an FMC inquiry actually turns on.
Can you handle multi-level surcharges and complex rules?
Yes. Surcharges that vary by trade, commodity, service level, or effective window are published as structured rules rather than notes, so they apply consistently at quote and at audit.
Do you support NVOCC negotiated rate arrangements?
Yes. NRA workflows sit alongside the published tariff, so the rules stay published while negotiated rates are handled under their own arrangement and retained with the same version history.
Can Freightgate take over an existing tariff from another publisher?
Yes. Existing tariffs are migrated with their rules and effective dates intact, so the tariff of record moves without a gap in coverage or a break in version history.
Where tariff publishing connects.
Bring us your current tariff.
We will show you the same rules published from your rate records, with version history by effective date and the quote path that reads from them.