Layover
A fee for a full day lost when a load holds you overnight, usually because a pickup or delivery slipped a day.
A layover is when a load holds you overnight, and the fee that goes with it. It happens when a pickup or delivery gets pushed a day, or the freight is not ready, and you are stuck waiting with the truck instead of running the next load. A layover fee pays you for that lost day.
It is a step up from detention. Detention covers hours of waiting at a dock, a layover covers a whole day gone. Like detention, it only pays if the rate confirmation allows it and you document that you were held, so get the delay and the reason on the paperwork.
A lost day is real income gone, not just an inconvenience, because that truck could have been under another load. Knowing your daily and per-mile costs tells you what a layover actually costs you, and what the fee needs to be to make you whole.
Related: detention, accessorial, rate confirmation.