diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/contracts/contract-rate-schedule.builder.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/contracts/contract-rate-schedule.builder.ts
index af9b9428c..48eadb6c7 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/contracts/contract-rate-schedule.builder.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/contracts/contract-rate-schedule.builder.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const TRIGGER_ROUTE_LABELS: Partial<Record<Rate['trigger'], string>> = {
   REEFER: 'Reefer (refrigerated) surcharge',
   WITH_RETURN: 'Empty-container return service',
   SHIPPING_LINE: 'Shipping line handling',
-  CONSOLIDATION: 'Container consolidation (extra document)',
+  CONSOLIDATION: 'Penalty (container consolidation)',
   LASHING: 'Cargo lashing and securing',
   CANCELLATION: 'Booking cancellation fee',
   DEMURRAGE: 'Demurrage / wagon detention',
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2860000000000-DropClearanceFeePrepay.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2860000000000-DropClearanceFeePrepay.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fd854b94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2860000000000-DropClearanceFeePrepay.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from 'typeorm';
+
+/**
+ * The customs clearance service fee is no longer prepaid via its own
+ * `clearance`-source invoice — it is billed as a CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE line on the
+ * booking invoice, together with the freight (see BookingPricingService).
+ *
+ * - Contracts/bookings parked at the payment gate move straight to the
+ *   document step (the gate no longer exists — nothing could ever pay them).
+ * - Open (unpaid) clearance invoices are expired; PAID ones stay as history.
+ *   NOTE: a ONE_TIME customs contract that already PAID its prepaid fee but
+ *   has not booked yet will be billed the fee again on its booking invoice —
+ *   accepted for dev data; reverses the old AddClearanceFeePayment migration.
+ * - clearance_fee_paid_at columns are dropped from contracts and bookings.
+ */
+export class DropClearanceFeePrepay2860000000000 implements MigrationInterface {
+  name = 'DropClearanceFeePrepay2860000000000';
+
+  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    await queryRunner.query(`
+      UPDATE freight.contracts
+      SET status = 'AWAITING_CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS', updated_at = now()
+      WHERE status = 'AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT';
+    `);
+    await queryRunner.query(`
+      UPDATE freight.contracts
+      SET clearance_status = 'AWAITING_DOCUMENTS', updated_at = now()
+      WHERE clearance_status = 'AWAITING_PAYMENT';
+    `);
+    await queryRunner.query(`
+      UPDATE freight.bookings
+      SET status = 'AWAITING_DOCUMENTS', updated_at = now()
+      WHERE status = 'AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT';
+    `);
+    await queryRunner.query(`
+      UPDATE freight.invoices
+      SET status = 'EXPIRED', updated_at = now()
+      WHERE source = 'clearance'
+        AND status IN ('DRAFT', 'ISSUED', 'PENDING', 'PARTIALLY_PAID', 'OVERDUE');
+    `);
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `ALTER TABLE freight.contracts DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS clearance_fee_paid_at;`,
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `ALTER TABLE freight.bookings DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS clearance_fee_paid_at;`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    // Moved rows and expired invoices stay — only the columns come back.
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `ALTER TABLE freight.contracts ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS clearance_fee_paid_at timestamptz;`,
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `ALTER TABLE freight.bookings ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS clearance_fee_paid_at timestamptz;`,
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2870000000000-CustomsClearancePerKind.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2870000000000-CustomsClearancePerKind.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be01e7825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2870000000000-CustomsClearancePerKind.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from 'typeorm';
+
+/**
+ * Customs clearance fees are now sold per cargo kind: container fees name a
+ * container type (billed PER_CONTAINER / PER_WAGON), bulk fees carry no type
+ * (billed PER_TON / PER_WAGON). The old one-FLAT-fee-per-route shape cannot be
+ * mapped to a kind — retired (SUPERSEDED + soft-deleted) exactly like the
+ * base-freight and return-surcharge reshapes, kept readable for snapshot
+ * history. Per-kind replacements must be re-entered; a customs contract or
+ * booking without a matching fee hard-blocks. Contracts that already froze a
+ * FLAT snapshot keep billing it (legacy honoured at booking pricing).
+ */
+export class CustomsClearancePerKind2870000000000 implements MigrationInterface {
+  name = 'CustomsClearancePerKind2870000000000';
+
+  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    await queryRunner.query(`
+      UPDATE freight.rates
+      SET status = 'SUPERSEDED',
+          deleted_at = now(),
+          updated_at = now()
+      WHERE deleted_at IS NULL
+        AND rate_type = 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE'
+        AND rate_unit = 'FLAT';
+    `);
+  }
+
+  public async down(): Promise<void> {
+    // Retired rates stay retired — re-enter per-kind rates instead.
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2880000000000-LashingPerKind.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2880000000000-LashingPerKind.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d311c60f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2880000000000-LashingPerKind.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from 'typeorm';
+
+/**
+ * Lashing is now sold per cargo kind, like the customs clearance fee:
+ * container rates name a container type (PER_CONTAINER / PER_WAGON), bulk
+ * rates carry no type (PER_TON / PER_WAGON). The old flat-per-booking shape
+ * cannot be mapped to a kind — retired (SUPERSEDED + soft-deleted), kept
+ * readable for snapshot history. Per-kind replacements must be re-entered;
+ * an unconfigured lashing rate simply bills nothing (lenient, like
+ * hazard/reefer). Matched on trigger, not rate_type — CONSOLIDATION rates
+ * share the LASHING rate_type and must survive.
+ */
+export class LashingPerKind2880000000000 implements MigrationInterface {
+  name = 'LashingPerKind2880000000000';
+
+  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    await queryRunner.query(`
+      UPDATE freight.rates
+      SET status = 'SUPERSEDED',
+          deleted_at = now(),
+          updated_at = now()
+      WHERE deleted_at IS NULL
+        AND "trigger" = 'LASHING'
+        AND rate_unit = 'FLAT';
+    `);
+  }
+
+  public async down(): Promise<void> {
+    // Retired rates stay retired — re-enter per-kind rates instead.
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-invoice.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-invoice.service.ts
index 3d8222d63..82bb1144e 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-invoice.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-invoice.service.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import {
   InvoiceLineInput,
 } from "../billing/billing.service";
 import { Invoice } from "../billing/entities/invoice.entity";
-import { CLEARANCE_BOOKING_INVOICE_TYPE } from "../contracts/clearance-fee.service";
 import { FirstMileService } from "../first-mile/first-mile.service";
 import { BookingBatchService } from "../train-scheduling/booking-batch.service";
 import { PriceLineItemDto } from "./dto/generate-price-response.dto";
@@ -121,8 +120,7 @@ export class BookingInvoiceService {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Expire the booking's currently-open invoices (freight PREPAID and the
-   * per-shipment clearance fee) when the booking is
+   * Expire the booking's currently-open freight (PREPAID) invoice when the booking is
    * cancelled or rejected — the counterpart to the pay-window-expiry path
    * (which also calls {@link BillingService.expirePayable}). Stops a terminated
    * booking from leaving a payable invoice open. No-op when the booking has no
@@ -133,15 +131,6 @@ export class BookingInvoiceService {
     bookingId: string,
     manager?: EntityManager,
   ): Promise<Invoice | null> {
-    // The per-shipment clearance fee (GENERAL contracts) bills this same booking
-    // id under its own source/type — retire it alongside the freight invoice, or
-    // a cancelled shipment keeps a payable clearance invoice open.
-    await this.billing.expirePayable(
-      Freight.InvoiceSource.Clearance,
-      bookingId,
-      CLEARANCE_BOOKING_INVOICE_TYPE,
-      manager,
-    );
     return this.billing.expirePayable(
       Freight.InvoiceSource.Booking,
       bookingId,
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-pricing.service.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-pricing.service.spec.ts
index fecd9111a..14ea7334d 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-pricing.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-pricing.service.spec.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ describe('BookingPricingService — domestic corridor', () => {
       ratesService as never,
       exchangeService as never,
       { validate20ftPairing: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]) } as never,
+      {} as never,
     );
   });
 
@@ -240,3 +241,216 @@ describe('BookingPricingService — domestic corridor', () => {
     expect(result.blocked[0]).toContain('rate is configured');
   });
 });
+
+describe('BookingPricingService — customs clearance fee billed on the booking price', () => {
+  const DJ = 'yard-dj';
+
+  const containerFee20: Rate = {
+    id: 'rate-cc-20',
+    rateType: 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE',
+    trigger: 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE',
+    currency: 'USD',
+    rateValue: 100,
+    rateUnit: 'PER_CONTAINER',
+    status: 'LIVE',
+    containerTypeId: 'ct-20',
+    tradeDirection: 'IMPORT',
+    originYardId: DJ,
+    destinationYardId: DIRE,
+  } as Rate;
+
+  const bulkFeePerTon: Rate = {
+    ...containerFee20,
+    id: 'rate-cc-bulk',
+    rateValue: 5,
+    rateUnit: 'PER_TON',
+    containerTypeId: null,
+  } as Rate;
+
+  const emptyEval = {
+    priorityScore: 0,
+    appliedModifiers: [],
+    containerWeightResults: [],
+    warnings: [],
+    hardBlocked: [],
+    requiresDirectorApproval: false,
+  };
+
+  const makeService = (opts: {
+    snapshots?: unknown[];
+    liveRates?: Rate[];
+    wagonCapacity?: number;
+  }) =>
+    new BookingPricingService(
+      {
+        calculateWagonCount: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(0),
+        findContractRateSnapshots: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(opts.snapshots ?? []),
+      } as never,
+      { evaluate: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(emptyEval) } as never,
+      {
+        findById: jest.fn(async (id: string) => ({
+          id,
+          sizeFt: id === 'ct-40' ? 40 : 20,
+          isReefer: false,
+          code: id === 'ct-40' ? 'C40' : 'C20',
+        })),
+      } as never,
+      { findLiveRates: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(opts.liveRates ?? []) } as never,
+      { getRate: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(MOCK_CBE_RATE) } as never,
+      { validate20ftPairing: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]) } as never,
+      {
+        findById: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+          wagonTypes:
+            opts.wagonCapacity !== undefined
+              ? [{ capacityTons: opts.wagonCapacity }]
+              : [],
+        }),
+      } as never,
+    );
+
+  const containerBooking = (overrides: Record<string, unknown> = {}) =>
+    ({
+      id: 'b-cc',
+      freightType: 'CONTAINER',
+      tradeDirection: 'IMPORT',
+      paymentCurrency: 'USD',
+      customsClearingEnabled: true,
+      originYardId: DJ,
+      destinationYardId: DIRE,
+      bookingContainers: [
+        { containerTypeId: 'ct-20', quantity: 4, vgmPerUnitTons: 10, wagonsRequired: 2 },
+      ],
+      ...overrides,
+    }) as unknown as Booking;
+
+  const bulkBooking = (overrides: Record<string, unknown> = {}) =>
+    ({
+      id: 'b-cc-bulk',
+      freightType: 'BULK',
+      tradeDirection: 'IMPORT',
+      paymentCurrency: 'USD',
+      customsClearingEnabled: true,
+      cargoTypeId: 'cargo-1',
+      cargoTotalWeightVgm: 120,
+      originYardId: DJ,
+      destinationYardId: DIRE,
+      bookingContainers: [],
+      ...overrides,
+    }) as unknown as Booking;
+
+  it('bills a container booking per box at its own container type fee', async () => {
+    const service = makeService({ liveRates: [containerFee20] });
+    const result = await service.computePriceForBooking(containerBooking());
+
+    const line = result.lineItems.find((l) => l.code === 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE_20FT');
+    expect(line).toBeDefined();
+    expect(line!.unit).toBe('PER_CONTAINER');
+    expect(line!.quantity).toBe(4);
+    expect(line!.amount).toBe(400);
+  });
+
+  it('bills a PER_WAGON container fee on the wagons the boxes occupy (two 20ft share one)', async () => {
+    const service = makeService({
+      liveRates: [{ ...containerFee20, rateUnit: 'PER_WAGON' } as Rate],
+    });
+    const result = await service.computePriceForBooking(containerBooking());
+
+    const line = result.lineItems.find((l) => l.code === 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE_20FT');
+    expect(line!.unit).toBe('PER_WAGON');
+    expect(line!.quantity).toBe(2);
+    expect(line!.amount).toBe(200);
+  });
+
+  it('hard-blocks a container type with no fee configured (never free clearance)', async () => {
+    const service = makeService({ liveRates: [bulkFeePerTon] });
+    const result = await service.computePriceForBooking(containerBooking());
+
+    expect(result.lineItems.some((l) => l.code.startsWith('CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE'))).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.hardBlocked.some((m) => m.includes('customs clearance'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('bills a bulk booking per ton at the route bulk fee', async () => {
+    const service = makeService({ liveRates: [bulkFeePerTon] });
+    const result = await service.computePriceForBooking(bulkBooking());
+
+    const line = result.lineItems.find((l) => l.code === 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE');
+    expect(line!.unit).toBe('PER_TON');
+    expect(line!.quantity).toBe(120);
+    expect(line!.amount).toBe(600);
+  });
+
+  it('bills a PER_WAGON bulk fee on ceil(tons ÷ wagon capacity)', async () => {
+    const service = makeService({
+      liveRates: [{ ...bulkFeePerTon, rateUnit: 'PER_WAGON', rateValue: 50 } as Rate],
+      wagonCapacity: 60,
+    });
+    const result = await service.computePriceForBooking(bulkBooking());
+
+    const line = result.lineItems.find((l) => l.code === 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE');
+    expect(line!.unit).toBe('PER_WAGON');
+    expect(line!.quantity).toBe(2); // 120 t ÷ 60 t per wagon
+    expect(line!.amount).toBe(100);
+  });
+
+  it('blocks a PER_WAGON bulk fee when no wagon capacity is configured', async () => {
+    const service = makeService({
+      liveRates: [{ ...bulkFeePerTon, rateUnit: 'PER_WAGON' } as Rate],
+    });
+    const result = await service.computePriceForBooking(bulkBooking());
+
+    expect(result.hardBlocked.some((m) => m.includes('wagon'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('prefers the contract frozen per-size snapshot over the live rate', async () => {
+    const service = makeService({
+      liveRates: [containerFee20],
+      snapshots: [
+        {
+          rateCode: 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE_20FT',
+          unitPrice: 80,
+          currency: 'USD',
+          unitOfMeasure: 'per_container',
+          isClearance: true,
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+    const result = await service.computePriceForBooking(
+      containerBooking({ contractId: 'c-1' }),
+    );
+
+    const line = result.lineItems.find((l) => l.code === 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE_20FT');
+    expect(line!.amount).toBe(320); // 4 × frozen 80, not live 100
+  });
+
+  it('honours a legacy FLAT snapshot once for the whole container booking', async () => {
+    const service = makeService({
+      liveRates: [],
+      snapshots: [
+        {
+          rateCode: 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE',
+          unitPrice: 500,
+          currency: 'USD',
+          unitOfMeasure: 'flat',
+          isClearance: true,
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+    const result = await service.computePriceForBooking(
+      containerBooking({ contractId: 'c-legacy' }),
+    );
+
+    const line = result.lineItems.find((l) => l.code === 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE');
+    expect(line!.unit).toBe('FLAT');
+    expect(line!.amount).toBe(500);
+    expect(result.hardBlocked.some((m) => m.includes('customs clearance'))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('adds no fee line when customs clearing is disabled', async () => {
+    const service = makeService({ liveRates: [containerFee20] });
+    const result = await service.computePriceForBooking(
+      containerBooking({ customsClearingEnabled: false }),
+    );
+
+    expect(result.lineItems.some((l) => l.code.startsWith('CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE'))).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-pricing.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-pricing.service.ts
index e233a4fe6..401561ccb 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-pricing.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-pricing.service.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Injectable, NotFoundException } from '@nestjs/common';
 
+import { CargoTypesService } from '../rule-engine/services/cargo-types.service';
 import { ContainerTypesService } from '../rule-engine/services/container-types.service';
 import { RatesService } from '../rule-engine/services/rates.service';
 import { Rate } from '../rule-engine/entities/rate.entity';
@@ -10,7 +11,10 @@ import {
   BookingEvaluationInput,
   RuleEngineService,
 } from '../rule-engine/rule-engine.service';
-import { containersPerWagonForSize } from '../rule-engine/container-type.util';
+import {
+  containersPerWagonForSize,
+  wagonsPerUnitForSize,
+} from '../rule-engine/container-type.util';
 import { BookingsRepository } from './bookings.repository';
 import { wagonRemainder } from './consolidation.service';
 import { GeneratePriceResponseDto, PriceLineItemDto } from './dto/generate-price-response.dto';
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@ export class BookingPricingService {
     private readonly ratesService: RatesService,
     private readonly exchangeService: ExchangeService,
     private readonly containerValidationService: ContainerValidationService,
+    private readonly cargoTypesService: CargoTypesService,
   ) {}
 
   async generatePrice(bookingId: string): Promise<GeneratePriceResponseDto> {
@@ -223,6 +228,23 @@ export class BookingPricingService {
       if (rate) usedRatesMap.set(rate.id, rate);
     }
 
+    // Customs clearance service fee (Path B) — billed HERE, on the booking
+    // invoice with the freight; no separate prepaid clearance invoice. Sold per
+    // cargo kind: container bookings bill each container type's own fee (per
+    // box or per wagon), bulk bookings the route's bulk fee (per ton or per
+    // wagon). Frozen contract snapshots win over live rates; a customs booking
+    // with nothing configured hard-blocks — clearance never ships for free.
+    const clearanceBlocked: string[] = [];
+    if (booking.customsClearingEnabled) {
+      const clearance = await this.customsClearanceLines(booking, frozenRates, liveRates);
+      for (const line of clearance.lineItems) {
+        lineItems.push(line);
+        total += line.amount;
+      }
+      for (const rate of clearance.usedRates) usedRatesMap.set(rate.id, rate);
+      clearanceBlocked.push(...clearance.blocked);
+    }
+
     // Overweight detail for the customer: map the engine's per-line results back
     // to the booking's container lines (same order) for code + weights. maxAllowed
     // is derived from the line total minus the excess the engine computed.
@@ -260,7 +282,7 @@ export class BookingPricingService {
       appliedModifiers: ruleResult.appliedModifiers,
       priorityScore: ruleResult.priorityScore,
       warnings: [...ruleResult.warnings, ...baseWarnings],
-      hardBlocked: [...ruleResult.hardBlocked, ...baseBlocked],
+      hardBlocked: [...ruleResult.hardBlocked, ...baseBlocked, ...clearanceBlocked],
       overweightLines,
     };
   }
@@ -321,6 +343,8 @@ export class BookingPricingService {
               hazardousQuantity: Number(bc.hazardousQuantity ?? 0),
               reeferQuantity: Number(bc.reeferQuantity ?? 0),
               returnQuantity: Number(bc.returnQuantity ?? 0),
+              // Wagon share per box — a PER_WAGON empty-return rate bills on it.
+              wagonsPerUnit: wagonsPerUnitForSize(ct.sizeFt),
             },
             perWagon: containersPerWagonForSize(ct.sizeFt),
             quantity: qty,
@@ -338,6 +362,13 @@ export class BookingPricingService {
             ),
           )
         : 0;
+    // Bulk wagon estimate for PER_WAGON kind-scoped surcharges (lashing).
+    // Deliberately NOT totalWagons — that would shift wagon-count priority
+    // scoring for bulk bookings.
+    const bulkWagons =
+      booking.freightType === 'BULK'
+        ? ((await this.bulkWagonCount(booking)) ?? 0)
+        : 0;
 
     // Consolidation is system-managed: the CONSOLIDATION surcharge fires whenever
     // a container type leaves a wagon partially filled. Aggregate by type first —
@@ -386,6 +417,7 @@ export class BookingPricingService {
         booking.freightType === 'BULK'
           ? Number(booking.cargoTotalWeightVgm ?? 0)
           : 0,
+      bulkWagons,
       containers,
     };
   }
@@ -894,6 +926,184 @@ export class BookingPricingService {
     return this.frozenRateByCode(frozenRates, `CONTAINER_${sizeFt}FT`, bookingCurrency);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Customs clearance service fee lines for a customs booking (Path B), billed
+   * with the freight. Container bookings bill each container line at its own
+   * container type's fee — PER_CONTAINER × boxes or PER_WAGON × the wagons the
+   * line occupies (two 20ft share one). Bulk bookings bill the route's type-less
+   * fee — PER_TON × tonnage or PER_WAGON × wagons the bulk occupies. Frozen
+   * contract snapshots (CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE_20FT / _40FT / CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE)
+   * win over live rates; contracts frozen before the per-kind model carry one
+   * FLAT CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE snapshot, honoured once for the whole booking.
+   */
+  private async customsClearanceLines(
+    booking: Booking,
+    frozenRates: Map<string, ContractRateSnapshot> | null,
+    liveRates: Rate[],
+  ): Promise<{ lineItems: PriceLineItemDto[]; usedRates: Rate[]; blocked: string[] }> {
+    const lineItems: PriceLineItemDto[] = [];
+    const usedRates: Rate[] = [];
+    const blocked: string[] = [];
+    const currency = booking.paymentCurrency;
+    const isEtb = currency === 'ETB';
+    const usdToEtb = isEtb ? await this.exchangeService.getRate('USD', 'ETB') : 1;
+    const convert = (usd: number): number => (isEtb ? Math.round(usd * usdToEtb) : usd);
+
+    const onLeg = liveRates.filter(
+      (r) =>
+        r.rateType === 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE' &&
+        r.currency === 'USD' &&
+        r.tradeDirection === booking.tradeDirection &&
+        r.originYardId === booking.originYardId &&
+        r.destinationYardId === booking.destinationYardId,
+    );
+    const missingRateMessage = (scope: string): string =>
+      `No customs clearance service fee is configured for ${scope} on this ` +
+      'origin → destination. Ask EDR to configure the CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE rate for this route.';
+
+    if (booking.freightType === 'CONTAINER') {
+      // Legacy short-circuit: an old contract froze one flat fee — bill it once.
+      const hasPerSizeSnapshot =
+        frozenRates?.has('CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE_20FT') ||
+        frozenRates?.has('CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE_40FT');
+      const legacyFlat = this.frozenRateByCode(frozenRates, 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE', currency);
+      if (legacyFlat && !hasPerSizeSnapshot) {
+        const amount = Number(legacyFlat.unitPrice);
+        if (amount > 0) {
+          lineItems.push({
+            code: 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE',
+            description: 'Customs clearance service',
+            amount,
+            unitAmount: amount,
+            unit: 'FLAT',
+            quantity: 1,
+            currency,
+          });
+        }
+        return { lineItems, usedRates, blocked };
+      }
+
+      for (const bc of booking.bookingContainers ?? []) {
+        if (!bc.containerTypeId) continue;
+        const qty = Number(bc.quantity || 0);
+        if (!(qty > 0)) continue;
+        let sizeFt = 0;
+        try {
+          sizeFt =
+            Number((await this.containerTypesService.findById(bc.containerTypeId)).sizeFt) || 0;
+        } catch {
+          // unknown type — falls through to the live per-type lookup below
+        }
+        const frozen = sizeFt
+          ? this.frozenRateByCode(frozenRates, `CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE_${sizeFt}FT`, currency)
+          : null;
+        const live = onLeg.find((r) => r.containerTypeId === bc.containerTypeId);
+        if (!frozen && !live) {
+          blocked.push(missingRateMessage(`${sizeFt || '?'}ft containers`));
+          continue;
+        }
+        const unit = frozen
+          ? this.rateUnitFromSnapshot(frozen.unitOfMeasure)
+          : live!.rateUnit;
+        const unitAmount = frozen
+          ? Number(frozen.unitPrice)
+          : convert(Number(live!.rateValue));
+        const billedQty =
+          unit === 'PER_WAGON' ? Math.ceil(qty * wagonsPerUnitForSize(sizeFt)) : qty;
+        const amount = unit === 'FLAT' ? unitAmount : unitAmount * billedQty;
+        if (!(amount > 0)) continue;
+        lineItems.push({
+          code: sizeFt ? `CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE_${sizeFt}FT` : 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE',
+          description: `Customs clearance service${sizeFt ? ` (${sizeFt}ft)` : ''}`,
+          amount,
+          unitAmount,
+          unit,
+          quantity: unit === 'FLAT' ? 1 : billedQty,
+          currency,
+        });
+        if (live && !frozen) usedRates.push(live);
+      }
+      return { lineItems, usedRates, blocked };
+    }
+
+    // Bulk — one fee for the whole booking. The bulk snapshot and the legacy
+    // flat snapshot share the CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE code; both are the agreed fee.
+    const frozen = this.frozenRateByCode(frozenRates, 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE', currency);
+    const live = onLeg.find((r) => !r.containerTypeId);
+    if (!frozen && !live) {
+      blocked.push(missingRateMessage('bulk cargo'));
+      return { lineItems, usedRates, blocked };
+    }
+    const unit = frozen ? this.rateUnitFromSnapshot(frozen.unitOfMeasure) : live!.rateUnit;
+    const unitAmount = frozen ? Number(frozen.unitPrice) : convert(Number(live!.rateValue));
+    let billedQty = 1;
+    if (unit === 'PER_TON') {
+      billedQty = Math.max(0, Number(booking.cargoTotalWeightVgm ?? 0));
+    } else if (unit === 'PER_WAGON') {
+      const wagons = await this.bulkWagonCount(booking);
+      if (wagons == null) {
+        blocked.push(
+          'The bulk customs clearance fee is per wagon, but this cargo type has ' +
+            'no wagon type with a capacity configured — the wagon count cannot ' +
+            'be derived. Ask EDR to configure the cargo type’s wagon types.',
+        );
+        return { lineItems, usedRates, blocked };
+      }
+      billedQty = wagons;
+    }
+    const amount = unit === 'FLAT' ? unitAmount : unitAmount * billedQty;
+    if (amount > 0) {
+      lineItems.push({
+        code: 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE',
+        description: 'Customs clearance service (bulk)',
+        amount,
+        unitAmount,
+        unit,
+        quantity: unit === 'FLAT' ? 1 : billedQty,
+        currency,
+      });
+      if (live && !frozen) usedRates.push(live);
+    }
+    return { lineItems, usedRates, blocked };
+  }
+
+  /** Snapshot unit-of-measure → the rate unit the billing math applies. */
+  private rateUnitFromSnapshot(unitOfMeasure: string): string {
+    switch (unitOfMeasure) {
+      case 'per_wagon':
+        return 'PER_WAGON';
+      case 'per_ton':
+        return 'PER_TON';
+      case 'per_container':
+        return 'PER_CONTAINER';
+      default:
+        return 'FLAT';
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Wagons a bulk booking occupies — ceil(tons ÷ rated capacity), using the
+   * largest-capacity wagon type its cargo type allows. Null when the chain is
+   * unconfigured (no cargo type, no wagon types, no capacity).
+   * ponytail: pricing-time estimate off the biggest allowed wagon; scheduling
+   * may stock a smaller type and use more wagons.
+   */
+  private async bulkWagonCount(booking: Booking): Promise<number | null> {
+    const tons = Number(booking.cargoTotalWeightVgm ?? 0);
+    if (!(tons > 0) || !booking.cargoTypeId) return null;
+    try {
+      const cargo = await this.cargoTypesService.findById(booking.cargoTypeId);
+      const capacity = Math.max(
+        0,
+        ...(cargo.wagonTypes ?? []).map((w) => Number(w.capacityTons) || 0),
+      );
+      if (!(capacity > 0)) return null;
+      return Math.max(1, Math.ceil(tons / capacity));
+    } catch {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
   private lineItemsSignature(items: PriceLineItemDto[]): string {
     return JSON.stringify(
       [...items]
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-transition.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-transition.service.ts
index 36705daa0..ec6e466b2 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-transition.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-transition.service.ts
@@ -605,11 +605,6 @@ export class BookingTransitionService {
     files: Express.Multer.File[],
   ): Promise<Booking> {
     const booking = await this.bookingsService.findById(bookingId);
-    if (booking.status === "AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT") {
-      throw new ConflictException(
-        "The customs clearance service fee for this shipment has not been paid yet — pay it from the portal to unlock document upload.",
-      );
-    }
     assertBookingStatus(booking, [
       "AWAITING_DOCUMENTS",
       "DOCUMENTS_UNDER_REVIEW",
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/entities/booking.entity.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/entities/booking.entity.ts
index 2aa3ee8c2..821b9c9f6 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/entities/booking.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/entities/booking.entity.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ export const BOOKING_STATUSES = [
   'CONTRACT_ACTIVE',
   'CONTRACT_CLOSED',
   // Post counter-sign document-clearance gate (GL workflow).
-  'AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT', // clearance fee invoiced, unpaid — docs locked
   'AWAITING_DOCUMENTS',
   'DOCUMENTS_UNDER_REVIEW',
   'CLEARANCE_READY',
@@ -521,10 +520,6 @@ export class Booking extends BaseEntity {
   @Column({ name: 'clearance_current_phase', type: 'varchar', length: 40, nullable: true })
   clearanceCurrentPhase?: string | null;
 
-  /** When the prepaid customs clearance service fee settled (GENERAL + customs). */
-  @Column({ name: 'clearance_fee_paid_at', type: 'timestamptz', nullable: true })
-  clearanceFeePaidAt?: Date | null;
-
   @Column({ name: 'duty_required', type: 'boolean', nullable: true })
   dutyRequired?: boolean | null;
 
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/clearance-fee.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/clearance-fee.service.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8de7aed87..000000000
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/clearance-fee.service.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,239 +0,0 @@
-import { Injectable, Logger, UnprocessableEntityException } from '@nestjs/common';
-import { OnEvent } from '@nestjs/event-emitter';
-import { Freight } from '@edr/types';
-
-import { BillingService, InvoiceEventPayload } from '../billing/billing.service';
-import { Invoice } from '../billing/entities/invoice.entity';
-import { BookingsRepository } from '../bookings/bookings.repository';
-import { Booking } from '../bookings/entities/booking.entity';
-import { ContractPricingBreakdown } from './contract-pricing.service';
-import { ContractNotifierService } from './contract-notifier.service';
-import { ContractsRepository } from './contracts.repository';
-import { Contract } from './entities/contract.entity';
-
-/** Invoice `type` for the contract-level fee (Path B ONE_TIME, after counter-sign). */
-export const CLEARANCE_CONTRACT_INVOICE_TYPE = 'CLEARANCE_CONTRACT';
-/** Invoice `type` for the per-shipment fee (Path B GENERAL, at shipment request). */
-export const CLEARANCE_BOOKING_INVOICE_TYPE = 'CLEARANCE_BOOKING';
-
-/**
- * The prepaid customs clearance service fee (Path B) — the GL service charge,
- * separate from both freight (booking invoice) and duty/tax (paid offline).
- * Issued as its own `clearance`-source invoice and paid BEFORE the clearance
- * document step opens and before GL touches the file:
- *  - ONE_TIME: once per contract, at staff counter-sign
- *    (AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT → paid → AWAITING_CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS);
- *  - GENERAL: once per shipment request, on the initiated booking instance
- *    (booking AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT → paid → AWAITING_DOCUMENTS).
- * The fee amount is the frozen CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE contract rate snapshot, so
- * customers pay what their contract shows, not the live rate of the day.
- */
-@Injectable()
-export class ClearanceFeeService {
-  private readonly logger = new Logger(ClearanceFeeService.name);
-
-  constructor(
-    private readonly billing: BillingService,
-    private readonly contractsRepository: ContractsRepository,
-    private readonly bookingsRepository: BookingsRepository,
-    private readonly notifier: ContractNotifierService,
-  ) {}
-
-  /** The frozen flat fee for a contract; falls back to the pricing breakdown. */
-  private async feeAmountOrNull(
-    contract: Contract,
-  ): Promise<{ amount: number; currency: string } | null> {
-    const snapshots = await this.contractsRepository.findRateSnapshots(contract.id);
-    const snapshot = snapshots.find(
-      (s) => s.isClearance || s.rateCode === 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE',
-    );
-    if (snapshot && Number(snapshot.unitPrice) > 0) {
-      return { amount: Number(snapshot.unitPrice), currency: snapshot.currency };
-    }
-    const breakdown = contract.pricingBreakdown as ContractPricingBreakdown | null;
-    const line = breakdown?.lineItems?.find((l) => l.code === 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE');
-    if (line && Number(line.unitPrice) > 0) {
-      return { amount: Number(line.unitPrice), currency: breakdown!.currency };
-    }
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  private async feeAmount(
-    contract: Contract,
-  ): Promise<{ amount: number; currency: string }> {
-    const fee = await this.feeAmountOrNull(contract);
-    if (!fee) {
-      throw new UnprocessableEntityException(
-        `Contract ${contract.reference} has no frozen customs clearance fee — regenerate its price with a live CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE rate.`,
-      );
-    }
-    return fee;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Whether the payment gate applies. Skipped for government/unlinked
-   * contracts (no company to bill — invoices require one, same rule the
-   * booking invoice applies) and for legacy customs contracts frozen before
-   * the fee existed (no CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE snapshot to bill from) — both keep
-   * the pre-fee flow instead of dead-ending.
-   */
-  async gateApplies(contract: Contract): Promise<boolean> {
-    // Customs disabled → the prepay gate genuinely does not apply.
-    if (!contract.customsClearingEnabled) return false;
-    // No company to bill (government / unlinked) → the gate cannot raise an
-    // invoice, so it stays out of the flow (same rule the booking invoice uses).
-    if (!contract.companyId) return false;
-    // M26: customs IS enabled and billable. A missing frozen fee line must NOT
-    // silently waive the gate — that ships clearance for free. Hard-fail exactly
-    // as price generation does when no CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE rate is configured, so a
-    // missing fee blocks counter-sign / shipment instead of bypassing payment.
-    if ((await this.feeAmountOrNull(contract)) === null) {
-      throw new UnprocessableEntityException(
-        'No customs clearance service fee is configured. Ask the rates team to set a live CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE rate before submitting customs contracts.',
-      );
-    }
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  /** Issue (idempotently) the ONE_TIME contract-level fee invoice. */
-  async issueForContract(contract: Contract): Promise<Invoice> {
-    const existing = await this.billing.findPayable(
-      Freight.InvoiceSource.Clearance,
-      contract.id,
-      CLEARANCE_CONTRACT_INVOICE_TYPE,
-    );
-    if (existing) return existing;
-
-    const { amount, currency } = await this.feeAmount(contract);
-    const invoice = await this.billing.generateInvoice({
-      source: Freight.InvoiceSource.Clearance,
-      sourceId: contract.id,
-      type: CLEARANCE_CONTRACT_INVOICE_TYPE,
-      companyId: contract.companyId!,
-      companyProfileId: contract.companyProfileId!,
-      currency,
-      lines: [
-        {
-          chargeType: 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE',
-          description: `Customs clearance service fee — contract ${contract.reference}`,
-          quantity: 1,
-          unitRate: amount,
-          amount,
-          currency,
-        },
-      ],
-      status: Freight.InvoiceStatus.Pending,
-    });
-    this.notifier.clearanceFeeDue(contract, amount, currency);
-    return invoice;
-  }
-
-  /** Issue (idempotently) the GENERAL per-shipment fee invoice on the booking. */
-  async issueForBooking(booking: Booking, contract: Contract): Promise<Invoice> {
-    const existing = await this.billing.findPayable(
-      Freight.InvoiceSource.Clearance,
-      booking.id,
-      CLEARANCE_BOOKING_INVOICE_TYPE,
-    );
-    if (existing) return existing;
-
-    const { amount, currency } = await this.feeAmount(contract);
-    const invoice = await this.billing.generateInvoice({
-      source: Freight.InvoiceSource.Clearance,
-      sourceId: booking.id,
-      type: CLEARANCE_BOOKING_INVOICE_TYPE,
-      companyId: booking.companyId ?? contract.companyId!,
-      companyProfileId: booking.companyProfileId ?? contract.companyProfileId!,
-      currency,
-      lines: [
-        {
-          chargeType: 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE',
-          description: `Customs clearance service fee — shipment ${booking.reference}`,
-          quantity: 1,
-          unitRate: amount,
-          amount,
-          currency,
-        },
-      ],
-      status: Freight.InvoiceStatus.Pending,
-    });
-    this.notifier.clearanceFeeDue(contract, amount, currency, booking.reference);
-    return invoice;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Retire (idempotently) the unpaid contract-level fee invoice when the
-   * contract reaches a terminal state — a dead contract must not leave a
-   * payable clearance invoice open for the customer to settle. No-op when the
-   * fee was already paid or never invoiced (mirrors the booking cancel path,
-   * {@link BillingService.expirePayable}).
-   */
-  async expireForContract(contractId: string): Promise<Invoice | null> {
-    return this.billing.expirePayable(
-      Freight.InvoiceSource.Clearance,
-      contractId,
-      CLEARANCE_CONTRACT_INVOICE_TYPE,
-    );
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Settlement branch point for `clearance`-source invoices: unlock the
-   * document-upload step the fee was gating. Idempotent — a replayed event on
-   * an already-advanced contract/booking is a no-op.
-   */
-  @OnEvent('clearance.invoice.paid')
-  async onClearanceInvoicePaid(payload: InvoiceEventPayload): Promise<void> {
-    this.logger.log(
-      `clearance.invoice.paid (${payload.type}) for ${payload.sourceId} from ${payload.invoiceId}`,
-    );
-    switch (payload.type) {
-      case CLEARANCE_CONTRACT_INVOICE_TYPE:
-        await this.advanceContract(payload.sourceId);
-        break;
-      case CLEARANCE_BOOKING_INVOICE_TYPE:
-        await this.advanceBooking(payload.sourceId);
-        break;
-      default:
-        this.logger.warn(
-          `Unhandled clearance invoice type "${payload.type}" paid (${payload.invoiceId})`,
-        );
-    }
-  }
-
-  private async advanceContract(contractId: string): Promise<void> {
-    const contract = await this.contractsRepository.findById(contractId);
-    if (!contract) {
-      this.logger.warn(`Cannot advance unknown contract ${contractId} on clearance fee payment.`);
-      return;
-    }
-    if (contract.status !== 'AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT') return;
-
-    await this.contractsRepository.update(contractId, {
-      status: 'AWAITING_CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS',
-      clearanceStatus: 'AWAITING_DOCUMENTS',
-      clearanceFeePaidAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
-    const updated = await this.contractsRepository.findByIdWithRelations(contractId);
-    if (updated) this.notifier.clearanceFeePaid(updated);
-  }
-
-  private async advanceBooking(bookingId: string): Promise<void> {
-    const booking = await this.bookingsRepository.findById(bookingId);
-    if (!booking) {
-      this.logger.warn(`Cannot advance unknown booking ${bookingId} on clearance fee payment.`);
-      return;
-    }
-    if (booking.status !== 'AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT') return;
-
-    await this.bookingsRepository.update(bookingId, {
-      status: 'AWAITING_DOCUMENTS',
-      clearanceFeePaidAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
-    if (booking.contractId) {
-      const contract = await this.contractsRepository.findByIdWithRelations(
-        booking.contractId,
-      );
-      if (contract) this.notifier.clearanceFeePaid(contract, booking.reference);
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-booking.completion.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-booking.completion.spec.ts
index 7f0aaabea..563f056d2 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-booking.completion.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-booking.completion.spec.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ describe('ContractBookingService — quantity-cap completion', () => {
       {} as never, // milestoneService
       {} as never, // workflowService
       {} as never, // invoiceService
-      {} as never, // clearanceFeeService
       { createdToStaff: jest.fn() } as never, // bookingNotifier
       {} as never, // dataSource
       {} as never, // trainSchedulingService
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-booking.consolidation.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-booking.consolidation.spec.ts
index 68c02fa7d..bb74f062c 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-booking.consolidation.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-booking.consolidation.spec.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ describe('ContractBookingService — drawdown consolidation gate', () => {
       milestoneService as never,
       {} as never, // workflowService
       invoiceService as never,
-      {} as never, // clearanceFeeService
       { createdToStaff: jest.fn() } as never, // bookingNotifier
       {} as never, // dataSource
       {} as never, // trainSchedulingService
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-booking.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-booking.service.ts
index 96357c8c4..8e102e5a1 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-booking.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-booking.service.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import { hasFreightPermission } from '../../common/freight-permission.util';
 import { Contract } from './entities/contract.entity';
 import { ContractRoute } from './entities/contract-route.entity';
 import { ContractsRepository } from './contracts.repository';
-import { ClearanceFeeService } from './clearance-fee.service';
 import { ClearanceMilestoneService } from './clearance-milestone.service';
 import { ClearanceWorkflowService } from './clearance-workflow.service';
 import {
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@ export class ContractBookingService {
     private readonly milestoneService: ClearanceMilestoneService,
     private readonly workflowService: ClearanceWorkflowService,
     private readonly invoiceService: BookingInvoiceService,
-    private readonly clearanceFeeService: ClearanceFeeService,
     private readonly bookingNotifier: BookingLifecycleNotifierService,
     private readonly dataSource: DataSource,
     @Inject(forwardRef(() => TrainSchedulingService))
@@ -537,11 +535,8 @@ export class ContractBookingService {
 
     const route = await this.resolveRoute(contract, opts.contractRouteId);
 
-    // Prepay gate: each shipment request owes its own flat clearance service
-    // fee before the document step opens (the paid event advances the booking
-    // to AWAITING_DOCUMENTS). Government/unlinked contracts skip the gate.
-    const feeGate = await this.clearanceFeeService.gateApplies(contract);
-
+    // No prepay gate: the clearance service fee is billed on the booking
+    // invoice at completion, so the document step opens immediately.
     const booking = await insertWithGeneratedReference(
       () => this.generateReference(),
       (reference) =>
@@ -551,7 +546,7 @@ export class ContractBookingService {
           companyProfileId: contract.companyProfileId ?? null,
           isGovernment: contract.isGovernment,
           governmentInstitution: contract.governmentInstitution ?? null,
-          status: feeGate ? 'AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT' : 'AWAITING_DOCUMENTS',
+          status: 'AWAITING_DOCUMENTS',
           bookingType: 'ONE_TIME',
           contractId: contract.id,
           contractRouteId: route?.id ?? null,
@@ -590,10 +585,6 @@ export class ContractBookingService {
       contract.tradeDirection,
     );
 
-    if (feeGate) {
-      await this.clearanceFeeService.issueForBooking(booking, contract);
-    }
-
     const created =
       (await this.bookingsRepository.findByIdWithFiles(booking.id)) ?? booking;
     this.bookingNotifier.createdToStaff(created);
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-clearance.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-clearance.service.ts
index 029952f45..d76391f42 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-clearance.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-clearance.service.ts
@@ -499,11 +499,6 @@ export class ContractClearanceService {
     files: Express.Multer.File[],
   ): Promise<Contract> {
     const contract = await this.contractsService.findById(contractId);
-    if (contract.status === 'AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT') {
-      throw new ConflictException(
-        'The customs clearance service fee has not been paid yet — pay it from the portal to unlock document upload.',
-      );
-    }
     if (
       contract.status !== 'AWAITING_CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS' &&
       contract.status !== 'CLEARANCE_UNDER_REVIEW'
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-notifier.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-notifier.service.ts
index ac4fe2a0f..fd81083fc 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-notifier.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-notifier.service.ts
@@ -178,26 +178,6 @@ export class ContractNotifierService {
     });
   }
 
-  /** Clearance service fee invoiced — customer must pay before document upload. */
-  clearanceFeeDue(c: Contract, amount: number, currency: string, shipmentRef?: string): void {
-    const scope = shipmentRef ? `shipment ${shipmentRef} under contract ${c.reference}` : `contract ${c.reference}`;
-    const msg =
-      `A customs clearance service fee of ${amount} ${currency} is due for ${scope}. ` +
-      `Please pay from the portal to unlock the clearance document upload.`;
-    void this.notifyContact(c, msg, 'CLEARANCE FEE DUE');
-    this.inApp(c, 'Clearance fee due', msg);
-  }
-
-  /** Clearance service fee settled — document upload is now open. */
-  clearanceFeePaid(c: Contract, shipmentRef?: string): void {
-    const scope = shipmentRef ? `shipment ${shipmentRef} under contract ${c.reference}` : `contract ${c.reference}`;
-    const msg =
-      `Your customs clearance service fee for ${scope} has been received. ` +
-      `You can now upload the clearance documents from the portal.`;
-    void this.notifyContact(c, msg, 'CLEARANCE FEE PAID');
-    this.inApp(c, 'Clearance fee paid', msg);
-  }
-
   // ── Clearance milestones needing customer action ──────────────────────────
 
   /** GL advised duty & tax on the contract cycle — customer pays + uploads slip. */
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-pricing.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-pricing.service.ts
index d40d5dd6f..8a10862b2 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-pricing.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-pricing.service.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { Contract } from './entities/contract.entity';
 export interface ContractUnitRateLineItem {
   code: string;
   label: string;
-  unit: 'per_container' | 'per_ton' | 'per_item' | 'per_km' | 'flat';
+  unit: 'per_container' | 'per_wagon' | 'per_ton' | 'per_item' | 'per_km' | 'flat';
   unitPrice: number;
   containerSize?: string | null;
   conditionalOn?: string | null;
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ function toContractUnit(rateUnit: string): ContractUnitRateLineItem['unit'] {
       return 'per_ton';
     case 'PER_KM':
       return 'per_km';
-    case 'PER_CONTAINER':
     case 'PER_WAGON':
+      return 'per_wagon';
+    case 'PER_CONTAINER':
       return 'per_container';
     default:
       return 'flat';
@@ -240,18 +241,19 @@ export class ContractPricingService {
       }
     }
 
-    // Customs clearance service fee (Path B) — a FLAT prepaid fee, shown on the
-    // contract and billed via its own clearance invoice: after counter-sign for
-    // ONE_TIME, per shipment request for GENERAL. Excluded from booking totals.
-    // A customs contract may not proceed without a configured live rate.
+    // Customs clearance service fee (Path B) — billed on the booking invoice
+    // together with the freight. Sold per direction + route + cargo kind:
+    // container contracts freeze one fee line per contract size (each size's
+    // own container-type rate), bulk contracts freeze the route's bulk fee.
+    // A customs contract may not proceed without the fee(s) configured.
     if (contract.customsClearingEnabled) {
-      // The fee is sold per direction + route — strict, no route-less fallback.
+      // Strict, no route-less fallback.
       // ponytail: multi-route contracts bill the first lane's fee; per-lane fees need per-route snapshots.
       const route = [...(contract.routes ?? [])].sort(
         (a, b) => a.sortOrder - b.sortOrder,
       )[0];
-      const clearance = route
-        ? liveRates.find(
+      const onLeg = route
+        ? liveRates.filter(
             (r) =>
               r.rateType === 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE' &&
               r.currency === 'USD' &&
@@ -259,22 +261,55 @@ export class ContractPricingService {
               r.originYardId === route.originYardId &&
               r.destinationYardId === route.destinationYardId,
           )
-        : undefined;
-      if (!clearance || Number(clearance.rateValue) <= 0) {
-        throw new UnprocessableEntityException(
-          'No customs clearance service fee is configured for this direction and route. Ask the rates team to set a live CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE rate for this origin → destination.',
-        );
+        : [];
+      if (contract.freightType === 'CONTAINER') {
+        const sizes = (contract.cargoScope ?? [])
+          .map((c) => c.containerSize)
+          .filter((s): s is string => !!s);
+        const { items: containerTypes } = await this.containerTypesService.findAll({
+          isActive: true,
+          pageSize: 100,
+        });
+        for (const size of sizes) {
+          const sizeFt = size === '40ft' ? 40 : 20;
+          const matchedIds = new Set(
+            containerTypes.filter((ct) => ct.sizeFt === sizeFt).map((ct) => ct.id),
+          );
+          const rate = onLeg.find(
+            (r) => r.containerTypeId && matchedIds.has(r.containerTypeId),
+          );
+          if (!rate || Number(rate.rateValue) <= 0) {
+            throw new UnprocessableEntityException(
+              `No customs clearance service fee is configured for ${size} containers on this direction and route. Ask the rates team to set a live CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE rate for this container type and origin → destination.`,
+            );
+          }
+          lineItems.push({
+            // Distinct code per size so the frozen snapshots don't collide —
+            // booking pricing looks each size up by CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE_<FT>FT.
+            code: `CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE_${sizeFt}FT`,
+            label: `Customs clearance service (${size})`,
+            unit: toContractUnit(rate.rateUnit),
+            unitPrice: convert(Number(rate.rateValue)),
+            containerSize: size,
+            isClearance: true,
+          });
+        }
+      } else {
+        // Bulk fee = the route's type-less customs rate (per ton / per wagon).
+        const rate = onLeg.find((r) => !r.containerTypeId);
+        if (!rate || Number(rate.rateValue) <= 0) {
+          throw new UnprocessableEntityException(
+            'No bulk customs clearance service fee is configured for this direction and route. Ask the rates team to set a live bulk CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE rate for this origin → destination.',
+          );
+        }
+        lineItems.push({
+          code: 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE',
+          label: 'Customs clearance service (bulk)',
+          unit: toContractUnit(rate.rateUnit),
+          unitPrice: convert(Number(rate.rateValue)),
+          isClearance: true,
+        });
       }
-      lineItems.push({
-        code: 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE',
-        label:
-          contract.contractKind === 'GENERAL'
-            ? 'Customs clearance service fee (per shipment request, prepaid)'
-            : 'Customs clearance service fee (prepaid)',
-        unit: toContractUnit(clearance.rateUnit),
-        unitPrice: convert(Number(clearance.rateValue)),
-        isClearance: true,
-      });
     }
 
     return {
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-transition.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-transition.service.ts
index a8e2f5b62..54158c383 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-transition.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-transition.service.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import { SignaturesService } from '../signatures/signatures.service';
 import { OtpService } from '../otp/otp.service';
 import { ContractTemplatesService } from '../contract-templates/contract-templates.service';
 import { ContractPricingService } from './contract-pricing.service';
-import { ClearanceFeeService } from './clearance-fee.service';
 import { ContractNotifierService } from './contract-notifier.service';
 import { ClearanceMilestoneService } from './clearance-milestone.service';
 import { ContractsRepository } from './contracts.repository';
@@ -162,7 +161,6 @@ export class ContractTransitionService {
     private readonly otpService: OtpService,
     private readonly notifier: ContractNotifierService,
     private readonly contractTemplates: ContractTemplatesService,
-    private readonly clearanceFeeService: ClearanceFeeService,
     @InjectDataSource()
     private readonly dataSource: DataSource,
   ) {}
@@ -591,10 +589,6 @@ export class ContractTransitionService {
       actorId,
       'STAFF',
     );
-    // Stop the open-invoice leak: a rejected contract must not leave a payable
-    // clearance fee invoice open. Mirror the booking cancel path (billing.expirePayable).
-    await this.clearanceFeeService.expireForContract(contractId);
-
     await this.contractsRepository.update(contractId, {
       status: 'REJECTED',
     } as never);
@@ -654,10 +648,6 @@ export class ContractTransitionService {
       'STAFF',
     );
 
-    // Stop the open-invoice leak: a rejected contract must not leave a payable
-    // clearance fee invoice open. Mirror the booking cancel path (billing.expirePayable).
-    await this.clearanceFeeService.expireForContract(contractId);
-
     await this.contractsRepository.update(contractId, {
       status: 'REJECTED',
     } as never);
@@ -669,9 +659,9 @@ export class ContractTransitionService {
   /**
    * Internal send-back branch of rejectStep: return the contract to an earlier,
    * already-approved stage of the chain instead of rejecting it outright.
-   * Deliberately NOT the terminal path: no clearance-fee expiry (the contract
-   * is still alive) and no customer-facing REJECTION note — the trail is a
-   * staff note plus a backoffice inbox ping.
+   * Deliberately NOT the terminal path: the contract is still alive and there
+   * is no customer-facing REJECTION note — the trail is a staff note plus a
+   * backoffice inbox ping.
    */
   private async sendBackToStep(
     contract: Contract,
@@ -1169,17 +1159,11 @@ export class ContractTransitionService {
       const cycleNumber = (contract.clearanceCycleNumber ?? 0) + 1;
       const cycle = await this.contractsRepository.openCycle(contractId, cycleNumber);
       await this.milestoneService.seedPreBookingMilestones(contract, cycle.id);
-      // Path B prepay gate: the customs clearance service fee is invoiced here
-      // and must settle before the document step opens (the paid event advances
-      // to AWAITING_CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS). Path A (self-clearance) has no GL fee.
-      if (await this.clearanceFeeService.gateApplies(contract)) {
-        await this.clearanceFeeService.issueForContract(contract);
-        updates.status = 'AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT';
-        updates.clearanceStatus = 'AWAITING_PAYMENT';
-      } else {
-        updates.status = 'AWAITING_CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS';
-        updates.clearanceStatus = 'AWAITING_DOCUMENTS';
-      }
+      // No prepay gate: the customs clearance service fee (Path B) is billed on
+      // the booking invoice together with the freight, so the document step
+      // opens immediately.
+      updates.status = 'AWAITING_CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS';
+      updates.clearanceStatus = 'AWAITING_DOCUMENTS';
       updates.clearanceCycleNumber = cycleNumber;
     } else {
       // No contract-level clearance gate — DOMESTIC, or any GENERAL contract
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.controller.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.controller.ts
index 7e4c10d6f..ba80cc035 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.controller.ts
@@ -361,8 +361,15 @@ export class ContractsController {
     );
   }
 
+  // Readable by anyone who may view the contract: the draft carries
+  // `editableByMe`, and the approval chain's approvers (identified by position
+  // type, not by staff_accept) must be able to fetch it to learn it is their
+  // turn. Gating this on staff_accept hid the edit dialog from every approver.
   @Get(':id/document/draft')
-  @BookingStaff(bothFreightTypes(FREIGHT_PERMS.contracts.staffAccept))
+  @BookingStaff([
+    FREIGHT_PERMS.contracts.view,
+    ...bothFreightTypes(FREIGHT_PERMS.contracts.staffAccept),
+  ])
   @ApiOperation({
     summary:
       'Editable contract-document draft (this contract\'s snapshot, or the live template) for the accept/edit dialog',
@@ -385,8 +392,15 @@ export class ContractsController {
     return this.documentHistory.list(id);
   }
 
+  // Coarse gate only. WHO may actually edit is turn-based, not a static
+  // permission, so `updateContractDocument` -> `assertDocumentEditable` is the
+  // real boundary: it admits only the approver whose step is currently pending
+  // (edit rights hand off down the chain on each approval).
   @Put(':id/document/articles')
-  @BookingStaff(bothFreightTypes(FREIGHT_PERMS.contracts.staffAccept))
+  @BookingStaff([
+    FREIGHT_PERMS.contracts.view,
+    ...bothFreightTypes(FREIGHT_PERMS.contracts.staffAccept),
+  ])
   @ApiOperation({
     summary:
       'Edit this contract\'s document articles only (per-contract; never touches the six shared templates)',
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.module.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.module.ts
index 050417a45..bb12648a4 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.module.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.module.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import { ContractsController } from './contracts.controller';
 import { ContractsService } from './contracts.service';
 import { ContractsRepository } from './contracts.repository';
 import { ContractPricingService } from './contract-pricing.service';
-import { ClearanceFeeService } from './clearance-fee.service';
 import { ContractNotifierService } from './contract-notifier.service';
 import { ContractTransitionService } from './contract-transition.service';
 import { ContractClearanceService } from './contract-clearance.service';
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@ import { ContractDocumentViewModelBuilder } from '../../contracts/contract-docum
     ContractsService,
     ContractsRepository,
     ContractPricingService,
-    ClearanceFeeService,
     ContractNotifierService,
     ContractTransitionService,
     ContractDocumentHistoryService,
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract-rate-snapshot.entity.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract-rate-snapshot.entity.ts
index 52fcd437f..244a2816d 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract-rate-snapshot.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract-rate-snapshot.entity.ts
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ export class ContractRateSnapshot extends BaseEntity {
   conditionalOn?: string | null;
 
   /**
-   * Customs clearance service fee line — billed up front via a clearance
-   * invoice, excluded from shipment booking totals.
+   * Customs clearance service fee line — billed on the booking invoice
+   * together with the freight (no separate prepaid clearance invoice).
    */
   @Column({ name: 'is_clearance', type: 'boolean', default: false })
   isClearance!: boolean;
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract.entity.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract.entity.ts
index 4838d3f52..b8635199d 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract.entity.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ export const CONTRACT_STATUSES = [
   'SIGNED_CUSTOMER',
   'FULLY_EXECUTED',
   'CONTRACT_ACTIVE',
-  'AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT', // Path B — clearance fee invoiced, unpaid
   'AWAITING_CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS',
   'CLEARANCE_UNDER_REVIEW',
   'CLEARANCE_READY_FOR_BOOKING',
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ export type ContractKindValue = (typeof CONTRACT_KINDS)[number];
 
 export const CONTRACT_CLEARANCE_STATUSES = [
   'NOT_APPLICABLE',
-  'AWAITING_PAYMENT', // Path B — clearance service fee must be paid first
   'AWAITING_DOCUMENTS',
   'DOCUMENTS_UNDER_REVIEW',
   'CLEARANCE_READY_FOR_BOOKING', // Path B — GL may create the booking
@@ -217,10 +215,6 @@ export class Contract extends BaseEntity {
   @Column({ name: 'clearance_cycle_number', type: 'int', default: 0 })
   clearanceCycleNumber!: number;
 
-  /** When the prepaid customs clearance service fee settled (Path B ONE_TIME). */
-  @Column({ name: 'clearance_fee_paid_at', type: 'timestamptz', nullable: true })
-  clearanceFeePaidAt?: Date | null;
-
   @Column({ name: 'pricing_breakdown', type: 'jsonb', nullable: true })
   pricingBreakdown?: Record<string, unknown> | null;
 
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/dto/create-rate.dto.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/dto/create-rate.dto.ts
index 41971bbf1..65332ac42 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/dto/create-rate.dto.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/dto/create-rate.dto.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 const TRADE_DIRECTIONS = ['IMPORT', 'EXPORT', 'BOTH'] as const;
 const CURRENCIES = ['USD'] as const;
 export const INTERCITY_KINDS = ['CONTAINER', 'BULK'] as const;
+export const CARGO_KINDS = ['CONTAINER', 'BULK'] as const;
 
 export class CreateRateDto {
   @ApiProperty({ enum: RATE_APPLIES_TO, description: 'Friendly category the rate applies to' })
@@ -47,6 +48,15 @@ export class CreateRateDto {
   @IsIn([...INTERCITY_KINDS])
   intercityKind?: string;
 
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({
+    enum: CARGO_KINDS,
+    description:
+      'Whether a customs clearance / lashing rate covers containers or bulk. Required when trigger = CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE or LASHING. Not stored — container fees carry a containerTypeId, bulk fees none.',
+  })
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsIn([...CARGO_KINDS])
+  cargoKind?: string;
+
   @ApiPropertyOptional({
     description:
       'FK to yards.id — origin of the leg this rate prices. Required for base freight (bulk/container/intercity), rejected for surcharges and first/last mile.',
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/entities/rate-unit.util.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/entities/rate-unit.util.ts
index 78e2eb724..ee7bc44b1 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/entities/rate-unit.util.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/entities/rate-unit.util.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import type { RateAppliesTo, RateTrigger, RateUnit } from './rate.entity';
 export function allowedRateUnits(input: {
   appliesTo: RateAppliesTo;
   trigger: RateTrigger;
+  /** CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE / LASHING only: which cargo kind the fee covers. */
+  cargoKind?: 'CONTAINER' | 'BULK' | null;
 }): RateUnit[] {
   const { appliesTo, trigger } = input;
 
@@ -29,16 +31,18 @@ export function allowedRateUnits(input: {
       case 'DEMURRAGE':
         return ['PER_CONTAINER', 'PER_TON'];
       case 'WITH_RETURN':
-        // Container-only empty-return service — bills per returned container.
-        return ['PER_CONTAINER', 'FLAT'];
+        // Container-only empty-return service — per returned container, per
+        // wagon the empties ride back on, or a flat fee.
+        return ['PER_CONTAINER', 'PER_WAGON', 'FLAT'];
       case 'CANCELLATION':
         return ['FLAT', 'PER_INVOICE'];
       case 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE':
-        // Flat per clearance (ONE_TIME contract) / per shipment request (GENERAL).
-        return ['FLAT'];
       case 'LASHING':
-        // Flat cargo-securing fee, billed once per booking.
-        return ['FLAT'];
+        // Sold per cargo kind: container fees bill per box or per wagon, bulk
+        // fees per ton or per wagon. Billed on the booking invoice.
+        return input.cargoKind === 'BULK'
+          ? ['PER_TON', 'PER_WAGON']
+          : ['PER_CONTAINER', 'PER_WAGON'];
       case 'CONSOLIDATION':
         return ['PER_CONTAINER', 'FLAT'];
       case 'SHIPPING_LINE':
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ export function defaultRateUnit(input: { appliesTo: RateAppliesTo; trigger: Rate
 export function isRateUnitAllowed(input: {
   appliesTo: RateAppliesTo;
   trigger: RateTrigger;
+  cargoKind?: 'CONTAINER' | 'BULK' | null;
   unit: RateUnit;
 }): boolean {
   return allowedRateUnits(input).includes(input.unit);
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/rule-engine.service.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/rule-engine.service.spec.ts
index 8a5ee8e31..472efbf55 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/rule-engine.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/rule-engine.service.spec.ts
@@ -249,6 +249,49 @@ describe('RuleEngineService — empty-container return per route + container typ
     expect(result.hardBlocked.some((m) => m.includes('return'))).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it('PER_WAGON bills the wagons the empties ride back on, not the boxes', async () => {
+    // Same service, but the return rate is sold per wagon: 4× 20ft return =
+    // 2 wagons (two 20ft share a wagon) × 20 USD, not 4 × 20.
+    service = new RuleEngineService(
+      { findById: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null) } as never,
+      { findById: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null) } as never,
+      {
+        findActiveByContainerTypeId: jest
+          .fn()
+          .mockResolvedValue([{ id: 'wlr-20', maxVgmTons: 20, maxCapacityTons: null }]),
+      } as never,
+      { findAllActive: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]) } as never,
+      {
+        findLiveRates: jest
+          .fn()
+          .mockResolvedValue([{ ...returnRate20, rateUnit: 'PER_WAGON' } as Rate]),
+      } as never,
+      { findById: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null) } as never,
+      {} as never,
+    );
+
+    const result = await service.evaluate(
+      returnInput({
+        containers: [
+          {
+            containerTypeId: 'ct-20',
+            quantity: 4,
+            vgmPerUnitTons: 10,
+            totalVgmTons: 40,
+            returnQuantity: 4,
+            wagonsPerUnit: 0.5,
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const ret = result.appliedModifiers.filter((m) => m.surchargeCode === 'RETURN_SURCHARGE');
+    expect(ret).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(ret[0].triggerValue).toBe(2);
+    expect(ret[0].calculatedAmount).toBe(40);
+    expect(ret[0].billingUnit).toBe('PER_WAGON');
+  });
+
   it('legacy booking-level flag bills every container at its type rate', async () => {
     const result = await service.evaluate(
       returnInput({
@@ -264,3 +307,128 @@ describe('RuleEngineService — empty-container return per route + container typ
     expect(ret[0].calculatedAmount).toBe(80);
   });
 });
+
+describe('RuleEngineService — lashing per cargo kind', () => {
+  const lashing20: Rate = {
+    id: 'rate-lash-20',
+    rateType: 'LASHING',
+    trigger: 'LASHING',
+    rateValue: 30,
+    rateUnit: 'PER_CONTAINER',
+    currency: 'USD',
+    status: 'LIVE',
+    containerTypeId: 'ct-20',
+    cargoTypeId: null,
+    tradeDirection: null,
+    originYardId: null,
+    destinationYardId: null,
+  } as Rate;
+
+  const lashingBulk: Rate = {
+    ...lashing20,
+    id: 'rate-lash-bulk',
+    rateValue: 2,
+    rateUnit: 'PER_TON',
+    containerTypeId: null,
+  } as Rate;
+
+  const buildService = (rates: Rate[]): RuleEngineService =>
+    new RuleEngineService(
+      { findById: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null) } as never,
+      { findById: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null) } as never,
+      {
+        findActiveByContainerTypeId: jest
+          .fn()
+          .mockResolvedValue([{ id: 'wlr-20', maxVgmTons: 20, maxCapacityTons: null }]),
+      } as never,
+      { findAllActive: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]) } as never,
+      { findLiveRates: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(rates) } as never,
+      { findById: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null) } as never,
+      {} as never,
+    );
+
+  const containerInput = (overrides: Partial<BookingEvaluationInput> = {}): BookingEvaluationInput => ({
+    serviceTypeId: 'svc-1',
+    paymentCurrency: 'USD',
+    tradeDirection: 'IMPORT',
+    isHazardous: false,
+    hasLashing: true,
+    totalWagons: 2,
+    containers: [
+      {
+        containerTypeId: 'ct-20',
+        quantity: 4,
+        vgmPerUnitTons: 10,
+        totalVgmTons: 40,
+        wagonsPerUnit: 0.5,
+      },
+    ],
+    ...overrides,
+  });
+
+  const bulkInput = (overrides: Partial<BookingEvaluationInput> = {}): BookingEvaluationInput => ({
+    serviceTypeId: 'svc-1',
+    paymentCurrency: 'USD',
+    tradeDirection: 'IMPORT',
+    isHazardous: false,
+    hasLashing: true,
+    totalWagons: 0,
+    bulkTons: 100,
+    bulkWagons: 3,
+    containers: [],
+    ...overrides,
+  });
+
+  const lashingMods = (result: Awaited<ReturnType<RuleEngineService['evaluate']>>) =>
+    result.appliedModifiers.filter((m) => m.surchargeCode === 'LASHING');
+
+  it('bills each container line at its own container type rate', async () => {
+    const result = await buildService([lashing20]).evaluate(containerInput());
+    const mods = lashingMods(result);
+    expect(mods).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(mods[0].triggerValue).toBe(4);
+    expect(mods[0].calculatedAmount).toBe(120);
+    expect(mods[0].billingUnit).toBe('PER_CONTAINER');
+  });
+
+  it('PER_WAGON container lashing bills the wagons the line occupies', async () => {
+    const result = await buildService([
+      { ...lashing20, rateUnit: 'PER_WAGON' } as Rate,
+    ]).evaluate(containerInput());
+    const mods = lashingMods(result);
+    expect(mods[0].triggerValue).toBe(2);
+    expect(mods[0].calculatedAmount).toBe(60);
+    expect(mods[0].billingUnit).toBe('PER_WAGON');
+  });
+
+  it('an unmatched container type simply bills nothing (lenient)', async () => {
+    const result = await buildService([
+      { ...lashing20, containerTypeId: 'ct-40' } as Rate,
+    ]).evaluate(containerInput());
+    expect(lashingMods(result)).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('bulk lashing bills per ton on the tonnage', async () => {
+    const result = await buildService([lashingBulk]).evaluate(bulkInput());
+    const mods = lashingMods(result);
+    expect(mods[0].triggerValue).toBe(100);
+    expect(mods[0].calculatedAmount).toBe(200);
+    expect(mods[0].billingUnit).toBe('PER_TON');
+  });
+
+  it('PER_WAGON bulk lashing bills the wagons the bulk occupies', async () => {
+    const result = await buildService([
+      { ...lashingBulk, rateUnit: 'PER_WAGON', rateValue: 25 } as Rate,
+    ]).evaluate(bulkInput());
+    const mods = lashingMods(result);
+    expect(mods[0].triggerValue).toBe(3);
+    expect(mods[0].calculatedAmount).toBe(75);
+  });
+
+  it('no lashing charge when the cargo does not need lashing', async () => {
+    const result = await buildService([lashing20]).evaluate(
+      containerInput({ hasLashing: false }),
+    );
+    expect(lashingMods(result)).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/rule-engine.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/rule-engine.service.ts
index 1c053a820..a1621c4f6 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/rule-engine.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/rule-engine.service.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ export interface BookingContainerEvalInput {
   hazardousQuantity?: number;
   reeferQuantity?: number;
   returnQuantity?: number;
+  /**
+   * Wagon fraction one container of this line occupies (40ft = 1, 20ft = 0.5).
+   * Lets a PER_WAGON empty-return rate bill the wagons the returned empties
+   * ride back on. Missing ⇒ one wagon per container.
+   */
+  wagonsPerUnit?: number;
 }
 
 export interface BookingEvaluationInput {
@@ -86,6 +92,12 @@ export interface BookingEvaluationInput {
    * container freight, which is scaled by container count instead.
    */
   bulkTons?: number;
+  /**
+   * Wagons a BULK booking occupies (ceil(tons ÷ wagon capacity)), resolved by
+   * the pricing service. Scales PER_WAGON kind-scoped surcharges (lashing);
+   * 0/undefined when unknown — those charges then bill nothing.
+   */
+  bulkWagons?: number;
   containers: BookingContainerEvalInput[];
 }
 
@@ -312,6 +324,9 @@ export class RuleEngineService {
       // Empty-container return is sold per route + container type — billed by
       // the route-matched block below, never by this route-agnostic loop.
       if (rate.trigger === 'WITH_RETURN') continue;
+      // Lashing is sold per cargo kind + container type — billed by the
+      // kind-aware block below, never by this generic loop.
+      if (rate.trigger === 'LASHING') continue;
       const triggered = this.matchesTrigger(rate.trigger, {
         isHazardous: input.isHazardous,
         hasReefer,
@@ -419,6 +434,10 @@ export class RuleEngineService {
     appliedModifiers.push(...withReturn.modifiers);
     hardBlocked.push(...withReturn.blocked);
 
+    if (hasLashing) {
+      appliedModifiers.push(...this.lashingCharges(input, liveRates));
+    }
+
     return {
       priorityScore,
       appliedModifiers,
@@ -538,12 +557,18 @@ export class RuleEngineService {
       }
 
       const rateValue = Number(rate.rateValue);
-      const amount = rate.rateUnit === 'FLAT' ? rateValue : qty * rateValue;
+      // PER_WAGON bills the wagons the returned empties occupy (two 20ft share
+      // one wagon), PER_CONTAINER the boxes themselves, FLAT once per line.
+      const billed =
+        rate.rateUnit === 'PER_WAGON'
+          ? Math.ceil(qty * (container.wagonsPerUnit ?? 1))
+          : qty;
+      const amount = rate.rateUnit === 'FLAT' ? rateValue : billed * rateValue;
       if (!(amount > 0)) continue;
       modifiers.push({
         rateId: rate.id,
         surchargeCode: this.surchargeCode(rate),
-        triggerValue: qty,
+        triggerValue: rate.rateUnit === 'FLAT' ? qty : billed,
         calculatedAmount: amount,
         currency: rate.currency,
         unitPriceUsd: rateValue,
@@ -555,6 +580,70 @@ export class RuleEngineService {
     return { modifiers, blocked: [...new Set(blocked)] };
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Cargo securing / lashing — sold per cargo kind, like the customs clearance
+   * fee. Container bookings bill each container line at its own container
+   * type's lashing rate (PER_CONTAINER × boxes, or PER_WAGON × the wagons the
+   * line occupies); bulk bookings bill the type-less rate (PER_TON × tonnage,
+   * or PER_WAGON × the wagons the bulk occupies). An unconfigured rate simply
+   * bills nothing — same leniency as hazard/reefer.
+   */
+  private lashingCharges(
+    input: BookingEvaluationInput,
+    liveRates: Rate[],
+  ): AppliedCargoModifier[] {
+    const modifiers: AppliedCargoModifier[] = [];
+    const lashingRates = liveRates.filter(
+      (r) => r.trigger === 'LASHING' && r.currency === 'USD',
+    );
+    if (lashingRates.length === 0) return modifiers;
+
+    const push = (rate: Rate, billedQty: number): void => {
+      const rateValue = Number(rate.rateValue);
+      const amount =
+        rate.rateUnit === 'FLAT' ? rateValue : billedQty * rateValue;
+      if (!(amount > 0)) return;
+      modifiers.push({
+        rateId: rate.id,
+        surchargeCode: this.surchargeCode(rate),
+        triggerValue: rate.rateUnit === 'FLAT' ? 1 : billedQty,
+        calculatedAmount: amount,
+        currency: rate.currency,
+        unitPriceUsd: rateValue,
+        billingUnit: rate.rateUnit,
+      });
+    };
+
+    if (input.containers.length > 0) {
+      for (const container of input.containers) {
+        const qty = Number(container.quantity || 0);
+        if (!(qty > 0)) continue;
+        const rate = lashingRates.find(
+          (r) => r.containerTypeId === container.containerTypeId,
+        );
+        if (!rate) continue;
+        const billedQty =
+          rate.rateUnit === 'PER_WAGON'
+            ? Math.ceil(qty * (container.wagonsPerUnit ?? 1))
+            : qty;
+        push(rate, billedQty);
+      }
+      return modifiers;
+    }
+
+    // Bulk — the type-less rate covers the whole booking.
+    const rate = lashingRates.find((r) => !r.containerTypeId);
+    if (!rate) return modifiers;
+    const billedQty =
+      rate.rateUnit === 'PER_TON'
+        ? Math.max(0, Number(input.bulkTons ?? 0))
+        : rate.rateUnit === 'PER_WAGON'
+          ? Math.max(0, Number(input.bulkWagons ?? 0))
+          : 1;
+    push(rate, billedQty);
+    return modifiers;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Messages for container lines whose total weight exceeds the hard capacity
    * ceiling (weight_limit_rules.max_capacity_tons). Non-empty ⇒ the booking
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/services/rate-change-requests.service.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/services/rate-change-requests.service.spec.ts
index 6c3adce66..be7c8984c 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/services/rate-change-requests.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/services/rate-change-requests.service.spec.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,23 @@ describe('RateChangeRequestsService', () => {
       expect(request.payload).toEqual({ rateValue: 200 });
     });
 
+    it('carries a re-routed leg — a yard-only edit is a real change', async () => {
+      const { service } = build({
+        rate: liveRate({ originYardId: 'yard-a', destinationYardId: 'yard-b' }),
+      });
+
+      const request = await service.submit({
+        rateId: 'rate-1',
+        update: {
+          rateValue: 100,
+          originYardId: 'yard-a',
+          destinationYardId: 'yard-c',
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(request.payload).toEqual({ destinationYardId: 'yard-c' });
+    });
+
     it('rejects a no-op — 100 posted against a live 100.0000 is not a change', async () => {
       const { service } = build();
       await expect(
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/services/rate-change-requests.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/services/rate-change-requests.service.ts
index 357c67f95..36c55dad3 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/services/rate-change-requests.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/services/rate-change-requests.service.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ const DIFFABLE_FIELDS = [
   'tradeDirection',
   'containerTypeId',
   'cargoTypeId',
+  // The leg a route-scoped rate prices. Missing here, a re-routed LIVE rate
+  // diffed to nothing and the submit was refused as "nothing changed".
+  'originYardId',
+  'destinationYardId',
 ] as const;
 
 /**
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/services/rates.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/services/rates.service.ts
index 203cabaa2..f1417020c 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/services/rates.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/services/rates.service.ts
@@ -69,18 +69,19 @@ export class RatesService {
     appliesTo: Rate['appliesTo'],
     trigger: Rate['trigger'],
     requestedUnit: Rate['rateUnit'] | undefined,
+    cargoKind?: 'CONTAINER' | 'BULK' | null,
   ): Rate['rateUnit'] {
     // Overweight is per-ton, full stop — the admin form hides the unit field
     // for it and omits rateUnit from the payload entirely.
     if (trigger === 'OVERWEIGHT') return 'PER_TON';
 
-    const allowed = allowedRateUnits({ appliesTo, trigger });
+    const allowed = allowedRateUnits({ appliesTo, trigger, cargoKind });
     if (!requestedUnit) {
       throw new BadRequestException(
         `Pick a rate unit for this rate. Allowed: ${allowed.join(', ')}.`,
       );
     }
-    if (!isRateUnitAllowed({ appliesTo, trigger, unit: requestedUnit })) {
+    if (!isRateUnitAllowed({ appliesTo, trigger, cargoKind, unit: requestedUnit })) {
       throw new BadRequestException(
         `Rate unit "${requestedUnit}" is not valid for this rate. Allowed: ${allowed.join(', ')}.`,
       );
@@ -187,17 +188,42 @@ export class RatesService {
     trigger: Rate['trigger'];
     tradeDirection: string | null;
     intercityKind: string | null;
+    cargoKind: string | null;
     containerTypeId: string | null;
     cargoTypeId: string | null;
   }): void {
-    const { appliesTo, trigger, tradeDirection, intercityKind } = input;
+    const { appliesTo, trigger, tradeDirection, intercityKind, cargoKind } = input;
     const { containerTypeId, cargoTypeId } = input;
-    if (trigger === 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE') {
-      if (tradeDirection !== 'IMPORT' && tradeDirection !== 'EXPORT') {
+    if (trigger === 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE' || trigger === 'LASHING') {
+      const label = trigger === 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE' ? 'customs clearance' : 'lashing';
+      // Customs is sold per direction; lashing applies both ways.
+      if (
+        trigger === 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE' &&
+        tradeDirection !== 'IMPORT' &&
+        tradeDirection !== 'EXPORT'
+      ) {
         throw new BadRequestException(
           'A customs clearance rate must say whether it covers IMPORT or EXPORT.',
         );
       }
+      // Sold per cargo kind: a container fee names the container type it covers
+      // (20ft and 40ft price differently); a bulk fee carries no type at all —
+      // that absence is what marks it as the bulk fee.
+      if (cargoKind !== 'CONTAINER' && cargoKind !== 'BULK') {
+        throw new BadRequestException(
+          `A ${label} rate must say whether it covers containers or bulk.`,
+        );
+      }
+      if (cargoKind === 'CONTAINER' && !containerTypeId) {
+        throw new BadRequestException(
+          `A container ${label} rate must name the container type it covers.`,
+        );
+      }
+      if (cargoKind === 'BULK' && containerTypeId) {
+        throw new BadRequestException(
+          `A bulk ${label} rate cannot be scoped to a container type.`,
+        );
+      }
       return;
     }
     if (trigger === 'WITH_RETURN') {
@@ -279,11 +305,17 @@ export class RatesService {
     const trigger = dto.trigger as Rate['trigger'];
     // Surcharges (trigger ≠ ALWAYS) carry no direction/scope — clear them so
     // the engine never accidentally narrows a surcharge by container/direction.
-    // Exceptions: customs clearance keeps a direction, and empty-container
-    // return keeps direction + container type — both are sold per lane.
+    // Exceptions: customs clearance and empty-container return keep direction +
+    // container type — both are sold per lane (and per container type).
     const isSurcharge = trigger !== 'ALWAYS';
+    const cargoKind =
+      trigger === 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE' || trigger === 'LASHING'
+        ? ((dto.cargoKind as 'CONTAINER' | 'BULK' | undefined) ?? null)
+        : null;
     const containerTypeId =
-      trigger === 'WITH_RETURN'
+      trigger === 'WITH_RETURN' ||
+      ((trigger === 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE' || trigger === 'LASHING') &&
+        cargoKind === 'CONTAINER')
         ? (dto.containerTypeId ?? null)
         : isSurcharge
           ? null
@@ -304,6 +336,7 @@ export class RatesService {
       trigger,
       tradeDirection,
       intercityKind,
+      cargoKind,
       containerTypeId,
       cargoTypeId,
     });
@@ -325,6 +358,7 @@ export class RatesService {
       appliesTo,
       trigger,
       dto.rateUnit as Rate['rateUnit'] | undefined,
+      cargoKind,
     );
 
     await this.assertNoDuplicatePattern({
@@ -419,7 +453,19 @@ export class RatesService {
     if (dto.appliesTo) updates.appliesTo = appliesTo;
     if (dto.trigger) updates.trigger = trigger;
 
-    const keepsContainerType = !isSurcharge || trigger === 'WITH_RETURN';
+    // A patch that leaves the cargo kind unsaid keeps the one the rate already
+    // has — read back off its container scope (container fees carry the type).
+    const cargoKind =
+      trigger !== 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE' && trigger !== 'LASHING'
+        ? null
+        : ((dto.cargoKind as 'CONTAINER' | 'BULK' | undefined) ??
+          (existing.containerTypeId ? 'CONTAINER' : 'BULK'));
+
+    const keepsContainerType =
+      !isSurcharge ||
+      trigger === 'WITH_RETURN' ||
+      ((trigger === 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE' || trigger === 'LASHING') &&
+        cargoKind === 'CONTAINER');
     const containerTypeId = !keepsContainerType
       ? null
       : dto.containerTypeId !== undefined
@@ -455,6 +501,7 @@ export class RatesService {
       trigger,
       tradeDirection: updates.tradeDirection,
       intercityKind,
+      cargoKind,
       containerTypeId: updates.containerTypeId,
       cargoTypeId: updates.cargoTypeId,
     });
@@ -486,7 +533,7 @@ export class RatesService {
     // Re-validate the unit against the (possibly changed) shape; overweight is
     // forced to PER_TON.
     const requestedUnit = (dto.rateUnit as Rate['rateUnit']) ?? existing.rateUnit;
-    updates.rateUnit = this.resolveRateUnit(appliesTo, trigger, requestedUnit);
+    updates.rateUnit = this.resolveRateUnit(appliesTo, trigger, requestedUnit, cargoKind);
 
     // Guard the pattern uniqueness for the new identity, ignoring this row.
     await this.assertNoDuplicatePattern({
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/seed/pricing-data.seeder.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/seed/pricing-data.seeder.ts
index 072c559c6..d1ff3d31c 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/seed/pricing-data.seeder.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/seed/pricing-data.seeder.ts
@@ -416,9 +416,10 @@ private async seedWeightLimits(wlRepo: any, ctRepo: any): Promise<void> {
       { appliesTo: "OTHER", trigger: "WITH_RETURN", rateType: "RETURN_SURCHARGE", rateValue: 20, rateUnit: "PER_CONTAINER" },
       { appliesTo: "OTHER", trigger: "SHIPPING_LINE", rateType: "DOUBLE_HANDLING", rateValue: 100, rateUnit: "PER_CONTAINER" },
       { appliesTo: "OTHER", trigger: "CONSOLIDATION", rateType: "LASHING", rateValue: 50, rateUnit: "PER_CONTAINER" },
-      // Cargo-securing / lashing — flat fee, billed once per booking whose
-      // cargo type has hasLashing = true.
-      { appliesTo: "OTHER", trigger: "LASHING", rateType: "LASHING", rateValue: 40, rateUnit: "FLAT" },
+      // Cargo-securing / lashing — fires when the cargo type has hasLashing.
+      // Bulk lashing seeds per ton; container lashing is per container type
+      // and is configured by the rates team (no catch-all container seed).
+      { appliesTo: "OTHER", trigger: "LASHING", rateType: "LASHING", rateValue: 40, rateUnit: "PER_TON" },
       // ── First/last-mile road haulage (per km) — drives the mile invoices ──
       { appliesTo: "OTHER", trigger: "ALWAYS", rateType: "FIRST_MILE", rateValue: 20, rateUnit: "PER_KM" },
       { appliesTo: "OTHER", trigger: "ALWAYS", rateType: "LAST_MILE", rateValue: 25, rateUnit: "PER_KM" },
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/gl-booking-form/total.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/gl-booking-form/total.ts
index 8c3e6f071..3d1226dd6 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/gl-booking-form/total.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/gl-booking-form/total.ts
@@ -65,8 +65,12 @@ export function computeGlShipmentTotal(
           (i) =>
             i.containerSize === line.containerSize &&
             i.unit === "per_container" &&
-            !i.conditionalOn,
-        ) ?? rateFor((i) => i.containerSize === line.containerSize);
+            !i.conditionalOn &&
+            !i.isClearance,
+        ) ??
+        rateFor(
+          (i) => i.containerSize === line.containerSize && !i.isClearance,
+        );
       if (rate) {
         lines.push({
           label: rate.label,
@@ -123,7 +127,9 @@ export function computeGlShipmentTotal(
   } else {
     const qty = q.bulkQuantity;
     const rate =
-      rateFor((i) => i.unit === "per_ton" || i.unit === "per_item") ?? items[0];
+      rateFor(
+        (i) => (i.unit === "per_ton" || i.unit === "per_item") && !i.isClearance,
+      ) ?? items[0];
     if (rate && qty > 0) {
       lines.push({
         label: rate.label,
@@ -159,6 +165,36 @@ export function computeGlShipmentTotal(
     }
   }
 
+  // Customs clearance service fee — billed on the booking invoice with the
+  // freight. Container fees estimate per size (per box, or per wagon: two 20ft
+  // share one); bulk per-ton scales by tonnage. Bulk per-wagon fees depend on
+  // the wagon capacity the train stocks — shown at real pricing, not estimated.
+  for (const cl of items.filter((i) => i.isClearance)) {
+    let qty = 0;
+    if (q.isContainer) {
+      const boxes = q.containers
+        .filter((c) => c.containerSize === cl.containerSize)
+        .reduce((s, c) => s + Number(c.quantity || 0), 0);
+      qty =
+        cl.unit === "per_wagon"
+          ? Math.ceil(boxes * (cl.containerSize === "40ft" ? 1 : 0.5))
+          : boxes;
+    } else if (cl.unit === "per_ton") {
+      qty = q.bulkQuantity;
+    } else if (cl.unit === "flat") {
+      qty = 1;
+    }
+    if (qty > 0) {
+      lines.push({
+        label: cl.label,
+        unitPrice: cl.unitPrice,
+        unit: cl.unit,
+        quantity: qty,
+        amount: cl.unitPrice * qty,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
   const total = lines.reduce((s, l) => s + l.amount, 0);
   return { currency, lines, total };
 }
@@ -167,6 +203,7 @@ export function computeGlShipmentTotal(
 export function formatRateUnit(unit: Freight.ContractRateUnit | string): string {
   const map: Record<string, string> = {
     per_container: "container",
+    per_wagon: "wagon",
     per_ton: "ton",
     per_item: "item",
     per_km: "km",
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/ruleEngine/RuleEngineFormDialog.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/ruleEngine/RuleEngineFormDialog.tsx
index 1c9d94825..36c925d98 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/ruleEngine/RuleEngineFormDialog.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/ruleEngine/RuleEngineFormDialog.tsx
@@ -209,6 +209,12 @@ const RuleEngineFormDialog = ({
         next.containerTypeId = "";
         next.cargoTypeId = "";
       }
+      // Cargo kind (customs / lashing) decides both the container-type scope
+      // and the legal units (container → per box/wagon, bulk → per ton/wagon).
+      if (name === "cargoKind") {
+        next.containerTypeId = "";
+        next.rateUnit = "";
+      }
       return next;
     });
   };
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/features/bookings/booking-status.config.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/features/bookings/booking-status.config.ts
index e5961240f..07dbae7ce 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/features/bookings/booking-status.config.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/features/bookings/booking-status.config.ts
@@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ export const BOOKING_LIST_TABS = [
     key: "clearance",
     label: "Clearance",
     statuses: [
-      "AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT",
       "AWAITING_DOCUMENTS",
       "DOCUMENTS_UNDER_REVIEW",
       "CLEARANCE_READY",
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/features/contracts/contract-status.config.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/features/contracts/contract-status.config.ts
index cf1f04c90..2277d702b 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/features/contracts/contract-status.config.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/features/contracts/contract-status.config.ts
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ export const CONTRACT_STATUS_STYLES: Record<string, StatusStyle> = {
     label: "Active",
     color: "bg-[color:var(--freight-brand-muted)] text-[color:var(--freight-brand)] border-[color:var(--freight-brand-border)]",
   },
-  AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT: {
-    label: "Clearance Fee Due",
-    color: "bg-orange-50 text-orange-700 border-orange-200",
-  },
   AWAITING_CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS: {
     label: "Awaiting Documents",
     color: "bg-amber-50 text-amber-700 border-amber-200",
@@ -122,7 +118,6 @@ export const CONTRACT_STATUS_COLOR: Record<string, string> = {
   SIGNED_CUSTOMER: "cyan",
   FULLY_EXECUTED: "indigo",
   CONTRACT_ACTIVE: "edr-green",
-  AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT: "orange",
   AWAITING_CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS: "yellow",
   CLEARANCE_UNDER_REVIEW: "yellow",
   CLEARANCE_READY_FOR_BOOKING: "edr-green",
@@ -212,13 +207,6 @@ export const CONTRACT_STATUS_META: Record<string, StatusMeta> = {
     color: "text-[color:var(--freight-brand)]",
     stage: 3,
   },
-  AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT: {
-    title: "Clearance Fee Due",
-    description:
-      "Customer must pay the prepaid clearance service fee before uploading documents.",
-    color: "text-orange-600",
-    stage: 3,
-  },
   AWAITING_CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS: {
     title: "Awaiting Documents",
     description: "Customer is uploading pre-booking clearance documents.",
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/ruleEngine/RateApprovalsSection.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/ruleEngine/RateApprovalsSection.tsx
index 6156762a0..a61376158 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/ruleEngine/RateApprovalsSection.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/ruleEngine/RateApprovalsSection.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ const FIELD_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
   tradeDirection: "Direction",
   containerTypeId: "Container type",
   cargoTypeId: "Cargo type",
+  originYardId: "Origin yard",
+  destinationYardId: "Destination yard",
 };
 
 const fmtDateTime = (iso: string) =>
@@ -36,12 +38,20 @@ const fmtDateTime = (iso: string) =>
     hour12: false,
   });
 
-const fmtValue = (field: string, value: unknown): string => {
+const fmtValue = (
+  field: string,
+  value: unknown,
+  labels?: Record<string, string>,
+): string => {
   if (value === null || value === undefined || value === "") return "—";
   if (field === "rateValue") {
     const num = Number(value);
     return Number.isNaN(num) ? String(value) : num.toLocaleString();
   }
+  // Yard ids are unreadable — an approver decides on the route, not a UUID.
+  if (field === "originYardId" || field === "destinationYardId") {
+    return labels?.[String(value)] ?? String(value);
+  }
   return String(value).replace(/_/g, " ");
 };
 
@@ -77,6 +87,8 @@ interface RateApprovalsSectionProps {
   canDecide: boolean;
   approve: Decide;
   reject: Decide;
+  /** yardId → label, so a re-routed rate reads as yards, not UUIDs. */
+  yardLabels?: Record<string, string>;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -89,6 +101,7 @@ const RateApprovalsSection = ({
   canDecide,
   approve,
   reject,
+  yardLabels,
 }: RateApprovalsSectionProps) => {
   const [openId, setOpenId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [notes, setNotes] = useState<Record<string, string>>({});
@@ -212,11 +225,11 @@ const RateApprovalsSection = ({
                         {FIELD_LABELS[field] ?? field}
                       </Text>
                       <Text size="sm" c="dimmed" td="line-through">
-                        {fmtValue(field, r.previousValues[field])}
+                        {fmtValue(field, r.previousValues[field], yardLabels)}
                       </Text>
                       <ArrowRight size={13} />
                       <Text size="sm" fw={600}>
-                        {fmtValue(field, r.payload[field])}
+                        {fmtValue(field, r.payload[field], yardLabels)}
                       </Text>
                     </Group>
                   ))}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/ruleEngine/RuleEngineResourcePage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/ruleEngine/RuleEngineResourcePage.tsx
index 582dcef88..536f04ba7 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/ruleEngine/RuleEngineResourcePage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/ruleEngine/RuleEngineResourcePage.tsx
@@ -269,6 +269,10 @@ const RuleEngineResourcePage = () => {
   );
   const { data: yardOptions, isLoading: yardOptionsLoading } =
     useYardOptions(usesYardField);
+  const yardLabelById = useMemo(
+    () => Object.fromEntries((yardOptions ?? []).map((y) => [y.value, y.label])),
+    [yardOptions],
+  );
   const usesApprovalRoleField = Boolean(
     config?.formFields.some(
       (f) => f.name === "requiredRole" || f.name === "blocksRole",
@@ -661,6 +665,7 @@ const RuleEngineResourcePage = () => {
           canDecide={canApproveRates}
           approve={rateChangeWorkflow.approve}
           reject={rateChangeWorkflow.reject}
+          yardLabels={yardLabelById}
         />
       ) : null}
 
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/ruleEngine/config/resources.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/ruleEngine/config/resources.ts
index 02ddb5b45..7521f7ac9 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/ruleEngine/config/resources.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/ruleEngine/config/resources.ts
@@ -171,12 +171,11 @@ const RATE_TRIGGERS = [
     value: "WITH_RETURN",
   },
   { label: "Shipping line mapped", value: "SHIPPING_LINE" },
-  { label: "Consolidation", value: "CONSOLIDATION" },
-  { label: "Lashing (flat, per booking)", value: "LASHING" },
+  { label: "Penalty", value: "CONSOLIDATION" },
+  { label: "Lashing (per container type / bulk)", value: "LASHING" },
   { label: "Cancellation", value: "CANCELLATION" },
-  { label: "Demurrage", value: "DEMURRAGE" },
   { label: "Shipping line extra fee (PIL)", value: "PIL_EXTRA_FEE" },
-  { label: "Customs clearance service fee (prepaid)", value: "CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE" },
+  { label: "Customs clearance service fee (billed with the booking)", value: "CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE" },
 ];
 
 /**
@@ -211,7 +210,11 @@ const unitOption = (value: string) => ({ label: value.replace(/_/g, " "), value
  * bill per container, bulk per ton, overweight always per excess ton, etc. Kept
  * in sync with apps/edr-freight-api/.../entities/rate-unit.util.ts.
  */
-const allowedRateUnits = (appliesTo: string, trigger: string): string[] => {
+const allowedRateUnits = (
+  appliesTo: string,
+  trigger: string,
+  cargoKind = "",
+): string[] => {
   if (appliesTo === "OTHER") {
     switch (trigger) {
       case "OVERWEIGHT":
@@ -221,16 +224,16 @@ const allowedRateUnits = (appliesTo: string, trigger: string): string[] => {
       case "DEMURRAGE":
         return ["PER_CONTAINER", "PER_TON"];
       case "WITH_RETURN":
-        // Container-only service — bills per returned container.
-        return ["PER_CONTAINER", "FLAT"];
+        // Container-only service — per returned container, per wagon, or flat.
+        return ["PER_CONTAINER", "PER_WAGON", "FLAT"];
       case "CANCELLATION":
         return ["FLAT", "PER_INVOICE"];
       case "CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE":
-        // Flat per clearance (ONE_TIME) / per shipment request (GENERAL).
-        return ["FLAT"];
       case "LASHING":
-        // Flat cargo-securing fee, billed once per booking.
-        return ["FLAT"];
+        // Per cargo kind: container fees per box/wagon, bulk per ton/wagon.
+        return cargoKind === "BULK"
+          ? ["PER_TON", "PER_WAGON"]
+          : ["PER_CONTAINER", "PER_WAGON"];
       case "CONSOLIDATION":
       case "SHIPPING_LINE":
       case "PIL_EXTRA_FEE":
@@ -258,7 +261,11 @@ const rateUnitOptions = (values: Record<string, unknown>) => {
   const appliesTo = String(values.appliesTo ?? "");
   const trigger = appliesTo === "OTHER" ? String(values.trigger ?? "") : "ALWAYS";
   if (!appliesTo) return [];
-  return allowedRateUnits(appliesTo, trigger).map(unitOption);
+  return allowedRateUnits(
+    appliesTo,
+    trigger,
+    String(values.cargoKind ?? ""),
+  ).map(unitOption);
 };
 
 const CURRENCIES = [
@@ -659,7 +666,7 @@ export const RULE_ENGINE_RESOURCES: RuleEngineResourceConfig[] = [
         filters: {
           appliesTo: "OTHER",
           trigger:
-            "HAZARDOUS,OVERWEIGHT,REEFER,SHIPPING_LINE,CONSOLIDATION,LASHING,CANCELLATION,DEMURRAGE,PIL_EXTRA_FEE",
+            "HAZARDOUS,OVERWEIGHT,REEFER,SHIPPING_LINE,CONSOLIDATION,LASHING,CANCELLATION,PIL_EXTRA_FEE",
         },
       },
     ],
@@ -717,6 +724,37 @@ export const RULE_ENGINE_RESOURCES: RuleEngineResourceConfig[] = [
           (String(v.appliesTo ?? "") === "OTHER" &&
             ["CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE", "WITH_RETURN"].includes(String(v.trigger ?? ""))),
       },
+      // ── Cargo kind — customs clearance and lashing are priced separately
+      // for containers (one rate per container type) and bulk ────────────────
+      {
+        name: "cargoKind",
+        label: "Cargo kind",
+        type: "select",
+        required: true,
+        options: INTERCITY_KINDS,
+        placeholder: "Is this fee for containers or bulk?",
+        description:
+          "Container fees bill per box or wagon (one rate per container type); bulk fees bill per ton or wagon.",
+        showIf: (v) =>
+          v.appliesTo === "OTHER" &&
+          ["CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE", "LASHING"].includes(String(v.trigger ?? "")),
+        // Not a stored column: a container fee carries its containerTypeId, a
+        // bulk fee carries none.
+        getInitialValue: (record) =>
+          record.containerTypeId ? "CONTAINER" : "BULK",
+      },
+      // ── Container type — a container fee names the type it covers ─────────
+      {
+        name: "containerTypeId",
+        label: "Container type",
+        type: "select",
+        required: true,
+        placeholder: "Which container type this fee covers",
+        showIf: (v) =>
+          v.appliesTo === "OTHER" &&
+          ["CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE", "LASHING"].includes(String(v.trigger ?? "")) &&
+          v.cargoKind === "CONTAINER",
+      },
       // ── Cargo kind — Intercity only (import/export get it from appliesTo) ─
       {
         name: "intercityKind",
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/types/booking.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/types/booking.ts
index 0711a4cf2..8a6edbdee 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/types/booking.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/types/booking.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ export const BOOKING_STATUSES = [
   "CONTRACT_ACTIVE",
   "CONTRACT_CLOSED",
   // Post counter-sign document-clearance gate.
-  "AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT",
   "AWAITING_DOCUMENTS",
   "DOCUMENTS_UNDER_REVIEW",
   "CLEARANCE_READY",
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/components/customer-actions/ContractCustomerAction.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/components/customer-actions/ContractCustomerAction.tsx
index 019f83143..86c37585c 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/components/customer-actions/ContractCustomerAction.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/components/customer-actions/ContractCustomerAction.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 
 import type { Freight } from "@edr/types";
 
-import { PayClearanceFeeButton } from "@/pages/bookings/payments/PayClearanceFeeButton";
 import { PayNowButton } from "@/pages/bookings/payments/PayNowButton";
 import { api } from "@/services/api";
 import { ContractClearanceAction } from "./ContractClearanceAction";
@@ -70,17 +69,6 @@ export function ContractCustomerAction({
     );
   }
 
-  if (action.type === "pay-clearance") {
-    return (
-      <PayClearanceFeeButton
-        sourceId={action.contractId}
-        currency={contract.paymentCurrency}
-        label={action.label}
-        size={size}
-      />
-    );
-  }
-
   if (action.type === "initiate") {
     return (
       <InitiateBookingButton
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/components/customer-actions/deriveContractCustomerAction.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/components/customer-actions/deriveContractCustomerAction.ts
index 0e80057eb..ddd64d3e8 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/components/customer-actions/deriveContractCustomerAction.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/components/customer-actions/deriveContractCustomerAction.ts
@@ -80,14 +80,6 @@ export type ContractCustomerAction =
       label: string;
       primary: boolean;
       icon: LucideIcon;
-    }
-  | {
-      /** Prepaid customs clearance service fee (contract-level, ONE_TIME Path B). */
-      type: "pay-clearance";
-      contractId: string;
-      label: string;
-      primary: boolean;
-      icon: LucideIcon;
     };
 
 function findPayableBookingForContract(
@@ -145,17 +137,6 @@ export function deriveContractCustomerAction(
     };
   }
 
-  // Prepaid clearance service fee gate — must settle before document upload.
-  if (contract.status === "AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT") {
-    return {
-      type: "pay-clearance",
-      contractId: id,
-      label: "Pay clearance fee",
-      primary: true,
-      icon: CreditCard,
-    };
-  }
-
   const payable = findPayableBookingForContract(id, bookings);
   if (payable) {
     return {
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/MyPortalPage/actions.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/MyPortalPage/actions.ts
index 1f9603c04..de4b387b1 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/MyPortalPage/actions.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/MyPortalPage/actions.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { contractNeedsClearanceAction } from "@/components/customer-actions/deri
 export interface ActionItem {
   id: string;
   /** What the customer must do — drives the icon, label and modal. */
-  kind: "clearance" | "duty" | "sign" | "book" | "pay" | "clearance-fee";
+  kind: "clearance" | "duty" | "sign" | "book" | "pay";
   /** The contract/booking reference for display. */
   reference: string;
   /** Short human description of the action. */
@@ -40,18 +40,6 @@ export function deriveActionItems(
       });
       continue;
     }
-    // Prepaid clearance service fee (Path B) — blocks the document step.
-    if (c.status === "AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT") {
-      items.push({
-        id: `clearance-fee-${c.id}`,
-        kind: "clearance-fee",
-        reference: c.reference,
-        description: "Clearance service fee due — pay to unlock document upload",
-        targetId: c.id,
-        urgent: true,
-      });
-      continue;
-    }
     const clr = contractNeedsClearanceAction(c);
     if (clr.show) {
       items.push({
@@ -82,19 +70,6 @@ export function deriveActionItems(
   }
 
   for (const b of bookings) {
-    // Per-shipment clearance service fee (GENERAL + customs shipment request).
-    if (b.status === "AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT") {
-      items.push({
-        id: `clearance-fee-${b.id}`,
-        kind: "clearance-fee",
-        reference: b.reference,
-        description:
-          "Clearance service fee due for this shipment — pay to unlock document upload",
-        targetId: b.id,
-        urgent: true,
-      });
-      continue;
-    }
     const isGeneral = b.bookingType === "GENERAL_CONTRACT";
     const canPay =
       b.paymentStatus !== "PAID" &&
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/MyPortalPage/components/ActionNeededSection.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/MyPortalPage/components/ActionNeededSection.tsx
index 3828ed20b..9e3fd13ec 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/MyPortalPage/components/ActionNeededSection.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/MyPortalPage/components/ActionNeededSection.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ const KIND_META: Record<
   sign: { icon: FileSignature, label: "Sign", color: "blue" },
   book: { icon: PackagePlus, label: "Book", color: "violet" },
   pay: { icon: CreditCard, label: "Payment", color: "orange" },
-  "clearance-fee": { icon: CreditCard, label: "Clearance fee", color: "orange" },
 };
 
 export interface ActionNeededSectionProps {
@@ -138,14 +137,10 @@ export function ActionNeededSection({
 
   // Billing is invoice-centric — resolve the booking's currently payable
   // invoice before paying it (mirrors ReadonlyBookingView).
-  // A "pay" item settles the booking invoice; a "clearance-fee" item settles the
-  // prepaid clearance-fee invoice (source `clearance`, keyed by contract or
-  // booking id depending on where the gate sits).
-  const payItemSource = payItem?.kind === "clearance-fee" ? "clearance" : "booking";
   const { data: payItemInvoices = [] } = useQuery({
-    queryKey: [`${payItemSource}-invoices`, payItem?.targetId],
+    queryKey: ["booking-invoices", payItem?.targetId],
     queryFn: () =>
-      invoicesService.listForSource(payItemSource, payItem!.targetId),
+      invoicesService.listForSource("booking", payItem!.targetId),
     enabled: payItem !== null,
   });
   const payableInvoiceId = payItemInvoices.find((inv) =>
@@ -188,7 +183,6 @@ export function ActionNeededSection({
         navigate(`/contracts/${item.targetId}`);
         break;
       case "pay":
-      case "clearance-fee":
         setPayItem(item);
         break;
       case "sign":
@@ -284,9 +278,7 @@ export function ActionNeededSection({
               >
                 {item.kind === "pay"
                   ? "Pay now"
-                  : item.kind === "clearance-fee"
-                    ? "Pay clearance fee"
-                    : item.kind === "duty"
+                  : item.kind === "duty"
                     ? "Pay duty & upload slip"
                     : item.kind === "sign"
                       ? "Sign"
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/MyPortalPage/constants.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/MyPortalPage/constants.ts
index b67b11315..7be5a0aed 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/MyPortalPage/constants.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/MyPortalPage/constants.ts
@@ -165,19 +165,6 @@ export const STATUS_CONFIG: Record<string, StageConfig> = {
     badgeDot: "edr-green.5",
     action: { label: "View", kind: "outline" },
   },
-  AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT: {
-    stage: 3,
-    icon: Wallet,
-    iconColor: "edr-amber-text",
-    tile: "edr-amber-soft",
-    hint: "Clearance service fee due · pay to unlock document upload",
-    step: "edr-accent",
-    badgeLabel: "Clearance fee due",
-    badgeBg: "edr-amber-soft",
-    badgeText: "edr-amber-text",
-    badgeDot: "edr-accent",
-    action: { label: "Pay clearance fee", kind: "amber", icon: ArrowRight },
-  },
   AWAITING_DOCUMENTS: {
     stage: 3,
     icon: FileUp,
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/BookingDetailPage/ReadonlyBookingView.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/BookingDetailPage/ReadonlyBookingView.tsx
index ce218f84b..ce4a2dbea 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/BookingDetailPage/ReadonlyBookingView.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/BookingDetailPage/ReadonlyBookingView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Group, Paper, Tabs, Text } from "@mantine/core";
+import { Group, Tabs } from "@mantine/core";
 import { useMutation, useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { CreditCard, FileText, LayoutGrid } from "lucide-react";
 import { useState } from "react";
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { isPayable } from "@/pages/billing/invoice-ui";
 import type { Freight } from "@edr/types";
 
 import { ApproveDeliveryButton } from "../delivery/ApproveDeliveryButton";
-import { PayClearanceFeeButton } from "../payments/PayClearanceFeeButton";
 import { ActivityCard } from "./components/ActivityCard";
 import { ClearanceCard } from "./components/ClearanceCard";
 import { DocumentsTab } from "./components/DocumentsTab";
@@ -143,8 +142,6 @@ export function ReadonlyBookingView({
   const isCustoms = Boolean(booking.customsClearingEnabled);
   const canSelfRebook = !isCustoms;
   const isPendingConsolidation = status === "PENDING_CONSOLIDATION";
-  // Prepaid clearance service fee gate — document upload stays locked until paid.
-  const isAwaitingClearanceFee = status === "AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT";
   const isClearance = [
     "AWAITING_DOCUMENTS",
     "DOCUMENTS_UNDER_REVIEW",
@@ -243,28 +240,6 @@ export function ReadonlyBookingView({
           <div className="flex flex-col gap-6">
             <ContractCard booking={booking} />
 
-            {isAwaitingClearanceFee && (
-              <Paper withBorder radius="lg" p="lg" style={{ borderColor: "#FDE68A", background: "#FFFBEB" }}>
-                <Group justify="space-between" align="center" wrap="wrap" gap="md">
-                  <div>
-                    <Text fw={700} fz={15} c="#92400E">
-                      Customs clearance service fee due
-                    </Text>
-                    <Text fz={13} c="#B45309" mt={4}>
-                      Pay the clearance service fee to unlock the clearance
-                      document upload. Global Logistics starts working on your
-                      shipment once the fee is settled.
-                    </Text>
-                  </div>
-                  <PayClearanceFeeButton
-                    sourceId={booking.id}
-                    currency={booking.paymentCurrency}
-                    size="md"
-                  />
-                </Group>
-              </Paper>
-            )}
-
             {isClearance && <ClearanceCard booking={booking} />}
 
             <BodyGrid
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/BookingDetailPage/components/JourneyWizard.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/BookingDetailPage/components/JourneyWizard.tsx
index 6eabb83ad..5e0114c93 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/BookingDetailPage/components/JourneyWizard.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/BookingDetailPage/components/JourneyWizard.tsx
@@ -51,17 +51,10 @@ export function buildJourneySteps(
   if (isCustoms && milestones.length > 0) {
     const sorted = [...milestones].sort((a, b) => a.sortOrder - b.sortOrder);
     const firstPendingId = sorted.find((m) => m.status === "PENDING")?.id;
-    const feeActive = status === "AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT";
     const delivered = ["COMPLETED", "DELIVERED"].includes(status);
 
     const steps: JourneyStep[] = [
       { key: "booked", label: "Booking initiated", state: "done" },
-      {
-        key: "fee",
-        label: "Clearance fee paid",
-        state: feeActive ? "active" : "done",
-        owner: "CUST",
-      },
       ...sorted.map<JourneyStep>((m) => ({
         key: m.id,
         label: m.milestoneLabel,
@@ -71,7 +64,7 @@ export function buildJourneySteps(
             ? "done"
             : m.status === "SKIPPED"
               ? "skipped"
-              : !feeActive && m.id === firstPendingId
+              : m.id === firstPendingId
                 ? "active"
                 : "idle",
       })),
@@ -79,7 +72,7 @@ export function buildJourneySteps(
     ];
     // Every known milestone is done but the booking hasn't closed yet — the
     // delivery step is what's in progress.
-    if (!feeActive && !firstPendingId && !delivered) {
+    if (!firstPendingId && !delivered) {
       steps[steps.length - 1].state = "active";
     }
     return steps;
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/clearance/BookingActionButton.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/clearance/BookingActionButton.tsx
index f6df38e9b..ec9b8c509 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/clearance/BookingActionButton.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/clearance/BookingActionButton.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { useDisclosure } from "@mantine/hooks";
 import {
   AlertCircle,
   ArrowRight,
-  CreditCard,
   PackagePlus,
   PencilLine,
   Upload,
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 
 import type { Freight } from "@edr/types";
 
-import { PayClearanceFeeButton } from "@/pages/bookings/payments/PayClearanceFeeButton";
 import { ResubmitBookingModal } from "@/pages/bookings/resubmit/ResubmitBookingModal";
 
 import { BookingActionModal } from "./BookingActionModal";
@@ -25,7 +23,6 @@ const ICON_BY_KIND: Record<
   BookingActionKind,
   typeof Upload
 > = {
-  PAY_CLEARANCE: CreditCard,
   UPLOAD_DOCUMENTS: Upload,
   FIX_DOCUMENTS: AlertCircle,
   SCHEDULE_OPERATION: ArrowRight,
@@ -59,19 +56,6 @@ export function BookingActionButton({
 
   if (!isChangesRequested && !action) return null;
 
-  // The prepaid clearance service fee has its own payment flow (method modal +
-  // provider redirect) — delegate to the self-contained pay button.
-  if (action?.kind === "PAY_CLEARANCE") {
-    return (
-      <PayClearanceFeeButton
-        sourceId={booking.id}
-        currency={booking.paymentCurrency}
-        label={action.label}
-        size={size}
-      />
-    );
-  }
-
   const Icon = action ? ICON_BY_KIND[action.kind] : PencilLine;
   const label = action ? action.label : "Update & resubmit";
   // BOOK navigates to the booking form (cargo + day + window check) — the
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/clearance/bookingNextAction.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/clearance/bookingNextAction.ts
index 2bdd976a9..1ebb047a6 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/clearance/bookingNextAction.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/clearance/bookingNextAction.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import type { Freight } from "@edr/types";
  * to operation.
  */
 export type BookingActionKind =
-  | "PAY_CLEARANCE" // AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT — pay the prepaid clearance service fee
   | "UPLOAD_DOCUMENTS" // AWAITING_DOCUMENTS — upload the required clearance docs
   | "FIX_DOCUMENTS" // DOCUMENTS_UNDER_REVIEW — some docs queried, re-upload them
   | "SCHEDULE_OPERATION" // CLEARANCE_READY (legacy with cargo) — pick a day and proceed
@@ -24,11 +23,6 @@ export interface BookingNextAction {
 }
 
 const ACTION_BY_STATUS: Record<string, BookingNextAction> = {
-  AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT: {
-    kind: "PAY_CLEARANCE",
-    label: "Pay clearance fee",
-    title: "Pay the clearance service fee",
-  },
   AWAITING_DOCUMENTS: {
     kind: "UPLOAD_DOCUMENTS",
     label: "Upload documents",
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/payments/PayClearanceFeeButton.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/payments/PayClearanceFeeButton.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 54a7e7d9d..000000000
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/payments/PayClearanceFeeButton.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,135 +0,0 @@
-import { Button, type ButtonProps } from "@mantine/core";
-import { useMutation, useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
-import { CreditCard } from "lucide-react";
-import { useState } from "react";
-
-import { ModalSafeWrapper } from "@/components/customer-actions/ModalSafeWrapper";
-import { isPayable } from "@/pages/billing/invoice-ui";
-import { api } from "@/services/api";
-import { invoicesService } from "@/services/invoices.service";
-import {
-  paymentsService,
-  type PaymentMethod,
-} from "@/services/payments.service";
-import { PaymentMethodModal } from "../BookingDetailPage/components/PaymentMethodModal";
-
-/**
- * Payment flow for the prepaid customs clearance service fee. The fee is its
- * own `clearance`-source invoice — sourceId is the contract id (ONE_TIME,
- * contract status AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT) or the booking id (GENERAL
- * shipment request, booking status AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT). Paying it
- * unlocks the clearance document upload; same modal + provider redirect as
- * booking payment.
- */
-export function useClearanceFeePayment(sourceId: string) {
-  const [modalOpen, setModalOpen] = useState(false);
-
-  const { data: invoices = [] } = useQuery({
-    queryKey: ["clearance-invoices", sourceId],
-    queryFn: () => invoicesService.listForSource("clearance", sourceId),
-    enabled: Boolean(sourceId),
-  });
-  const payableInvoice = invoices.find((inv) => isPayable(inv.status)) ?? null;
-
-  const mutation = useMutation({
-    mutationFn: (method: PaymentMethod) => {
-      if (!payableInvoice) {
-        throw new Error(
-          "No payable clearance-fee invoice found yet. Please refresh or contact support.",
-        );
-      }
-      return api.invoices.pay.call({
-        id: payableInvoice.id,
-        payload: { method, platform: "web" },
-      });
-    },
-    onSuccess: (data, method) => {
-      const redirectUrl =
-        data?.clientAction?.type === "REDIRECT" && data.clientAction.url
-          ? data.clientAction.url
-          : paymentsService.checkoutUrlForInvoice({
-              invoiceId: payableInvoice!.id,
-              method,
-            });
-      window.location.href = redirectUrl;
-    },
-  });
-
-  const close = () => {
-    if (!mutation.isPending) {
-      setModalOpen(false);
-      mutation.reset();
-    }
-  };
-
-  return {
-    invoice: payableInvoice,
-    modalOpen,
-    open: () => setModalOpen(true),
-    close,
-    processing: mutation.isPending,
-    error: mutation.isError
-      ? mutation.error instanceof Error
-        ? mutation.error.message
-        : "Could not start payment. Please try again."
-      : null,
-    confirm: (method: PaymentMethod) => mutation.mutate(method),
-  };
-}
-
-interface PayClearanceFeeButtonProps {
-  /** Contract id (ONE_TIME) or booking id (GENERAL shipment) the fee bills. */
-  sourceId: string;
-  /** Fallback currency while the invoice is loading. */
-  currency?: string;
-  label?: string;
-  size?: ButtonProps["size"];
-  fullWidth?: boolean;
-}
-
-/** Self-contained "Pay clearance fee" action — modal in place, no navigation. */
-export function PayClearanceFeeButton({
-  sourceId,
-  currency,
-  label = "Pay clearance fee",
-  size = "xs",
-  fullWidth,
-}: PayClearanceFeeButtonProps) {
-  const pay = useClearanceFeePayment(sourceId);
-
-  return (
-    <ModalSafeWrapper>
-      <Button
-        size={size}
-        radius="md"
-        fw={700}
-        fz={13}
-        color="edr-green"
-        fullWidth={fullWidth}
-        leftSection={<CreditCard size={14} />}
-        onClick={(e) => {
-          e.stopPropagation();
-          pay.open();
-        }}
-      >
-        {label}
-      </Button>
-
-      <PaymentMethodModal
-        opened={pay.modalOpen}
-        onClose={pay.close}
-        amountLabel={
-          pay.invoice
-            ? `${Number(
-                pay.invoice.balanceAmount ?? pay.invoice.totalAmount,
-              ).toLocaleString()} ${pay.invoice.currency}`
-            : undefined
-        }
-        currency={pay.invoice?.currency ?? currency}
-        processing={pay.processing}
-        error={pay.error}
-        onConfirm={pay.confirm}
-      />
-    </ModalSafeWrapper>
-  );
-}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/ContractDetailPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/ContractDetailPage.tsx
index f6c3098a0..aff1526a6 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/ContractDetailPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/ContractDetailPage.tsx
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ import { ContractClearancePanel } from "./ContractClearancePanel";
 import { ContractClearanceWorkflowBanner } from "./ContractClearanceWorkflowBanner";
 import { ClearanceUploadedDocumentsPanel } from "@/components/contracts/ClearanceUploadedDocumentsPanel";
 import { InitiateBookingButton } from "@/components/customer-actions/ContractCustomerAction";
-import { PayClearanceFeeButton } from "@/pages/bookings/payments/PayClearanceFeeButton";
 import { formatRateUnit } from "./new-contract-form/unit-rates";
 import { getContractBookingAction } from "./contract-booking-action";
 import { closedWindowMessage, hasOpenWindow } from "./booking-window";
@@ -438,9 +437,6 @@ export default function ContractDetailPage() {
   // clearance is finalized.
   const canUploadClearance =
     CLEARANCE_UPLOAD_STATUSES.includes(contract.status) && !clearanceFinalized;
-  // Prepaid clearance service fee gate (Path B) — the document step stays
-  // locked until the fee invoice settles.
-  const awaitingClearanceFee = contract.status === "AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT";
 
   return (
     <Box style={{ padding: "28px 32px 40px" }}>
@@ -574,13 +570,6 @@ export default function ContractDetailPage() {
                 Global Logistics is creating your booking
               </Badge>
             )}
-            {awaitingClearanceFee && (
-              <PayClearanceFeeButton
-                sourceId={contract.id}
-                currency={contract.paymentCurrency}
-                size="md"
-              />
-            )}
             {canUploadClearance && (
               <Button
                 color="edr-green"
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/contract-ui.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/contract-ui.tsx
index ee67237f5..7028943df 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/contract-ui.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/contract-ui.tsx
@@ -125,10 +125,6 @@ export const CONTRACT_STATUS_CONFIG: Record<
   FULLY_EXECUTED: { label: "Fully Executed", ...TONE.success },
   CONTRACT_ACTIVE: { label: "Active", ...TONE.success },
   // ── Path B pre-booking clearance (contract-level) ──
-  AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT: {
-    label: "Clearance Fee Due",
-    ...TONE.warning,
-  },
   AWAITING_CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS: {
     label: "Upload Clearance Docs",
     ...TONE.warning,
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/unit-rates.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/unit-rates.ts
index 439f4eeff..f37c90a62 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/unit-rates.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/unit-rates.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { Freight } from "@edr/types";
 export function formatRateUnit(unit: Freight.ContractRateUnit | string): string {
   const map: Record<string, string> = {
     per_container: "container",
+    per_wagon: "wagon",
     per_ton: "ton",
     per_item: "item",
     per_km: "km",
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-shipment-form/total.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-shipment-form/total.ts
index d0ed44629..841d7ddf1 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-shipment-form/total.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-shipment-form/total.ts
@@ -48,8 +48,12 @@ export function computeShipmentTotal(
           (i) =>
             i.containerSize === line.containerSize &&
             i.unit === "per_container" &&
-            !i.conditionalOn,
-        ) ?? rateFor((i) => i.containerSize === line.containerSize);
+            !i.conditionalOn &&
+            !i.isClearance,
+        ) ??
+        rateFor(
+          (i) => i.containerSize === line.containerSize && !i.isClearance,
+        );
       if (rate) {
         lines.push({
           label: rate.label,
@@ -106,7 +110,9 @@ export function computeShipmentTotal(
   } else {
     const qty = Number(values.cargoWeightTons || values.itemCount || 0);
     const rate =
-      rateFor((i) => i.unit === "per_ton" || i.unit === "per_item") ?? items[0];
+      rateFor(
+        (i) => (i.unit === "per_ton" || i.unit === "per_item") && !i.isClearance,
+      ) ?? items[0];
     if (rate && qty > 0) {
       lines.push({
         label: rate.label,
@@ -144,6 +150,36 @@ export function computeShipmentTotal(
     }
   }
 
+  // Customs clearance service fee — billed on the booking invoice with the
+  // freight. Container fees estimate per size (per box, or per wagon: two 20ft
+  // share one); bulk per-ton scales by tonnage. Bulk per-wagon fees depend on
+  // the wagon capacity the train stocks — shown at real pricing, not estimated.
+  for (const cl of items.filter((i) => i.isClearance)) {
+    let qty = 0;
+    if (isContainer) {
+      const boxes = (values.containers ?? [])
+        .filter((c) => c.containerSize === cl.containerSize)
+        .reduce((s, c) => s + Number(c.quantity || 0), 0);
+      qty =
+        cl.unit === "per_wagon"
+          ? Math.ceil(boxes * (cl.containerSize === "40ft" ? 1 : 0.5))
+          : boxes;
+    } else if (cl.unit === "per_ton") {
+      qty = Number(values.cargoWeightTons || 0);
+    } else if (cl.unit === "flat") {
+      qty = 1;
+    }
+    if (qty > 0) {
+      lines.push({
+        label: cl.label,
+        unitPrice: cl.unitPrice,
+        unit: cl.unit,
+        quantity: qty,
+        amount: cl.unitPrice * qty,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
   const total = lines.reduce((s, l) => s + l.amount, 0);
   return { currency, lines, total };
 }
diff --git a/e2e/freight/cypress/fixtures/seed-import-corridor.sql b/e2e/freight/cypress/fixtures/seed-import-corridor.sql
index 8ce7766f8..21a2e391c 100644
--- a/e2e/freight/cypress/fixtures/seed-import-corridor.sql
+++ b/e2e/freight/cypress/fixtures/seed-import-corridor.sql
@@ -165,6 +165,64 @@ WHERE NOT EXISTS (
   SELECT 1 FROM freight.wagons w WHERE w.wagon_number = 'ECW' || lpad(g::text, 4, '0')
 );
 
+-- 5b3. Ledger-day rolling stock: wheat may also ride PW2 box wagons, and the
+-- GRAIN train is a BUILT Train-Builder consist — 37 PW2 wagons coupled at
+-- KALITY behind two dedicated locos. A built train's physical wagon count IS
+-- its schedule capacity (37), immune to the loco-length slot recompute.
+INSERT INTO freight.cargo_type_wagon_types (cargo_type_id, wagon_type_id)
+SELECT ct.id, wt.id
+FROM freight.cargo_types ct
+JOIN freight.wagon_types wt ON wt.code = 'PW2'
+WHERE ct.code IN ('E2E_IMP_GRAINS', 'E2E_IMP_WHEAT')
+  AND NOT EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1 FROM freight.cargo_type_wagon_types x
+    WHERE x.cargo_type_id = ct.id AND x.wagon_type_id = wt.id
+  );
+
+INSERT INTO freight.locomotives
+  (id, code, max_pull_weight_tons, max_train_length_meters, current_yard_id)
+SELECT gen_random_uuid(), v.code, 9000, 760, y.id
+FROM (VALUES ('LOCO-LED-1'), ('LOCO-LED-2')) AS v(code)
+JOIN freight.yards y ON y.code = 'KALITY'
+WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM freight.locomotives l WHERE l.code = v.code);
+
+INSERT INTO freight.trains
+  (id, code, train_name, capacity_tons, current_yard_id,
+   import_train_number, export_train_number)
+SELECT gen_random_uuid(), 'TRN-LEDGER-PW2', 'Ledger Grain Carrier', 2600, y.id,
+       '9102', '9101'
+FROM freight.yards y
+WHERE y.code = 'KALITY'
+  AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM freight.trains t WHERE t.code = 'TRN-LEDGER-PW2');
+
+INSERT INTO freight.train_locomotives (id, train_id, locomotive_id, sequence_no)
+SELECT gen_random_uuid(), t.id, l.id,
+       row_number() OVER (ORDER BY l.code) - 1
+FROM freight.trains t
+JOIN freight.locomotives l ON l.code IN ('LOCO-LED-1', 'LOCO-LED-2')
+WHERE t.code = 'TRN-LEDGER-PW2'
+  AND NOT EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1 FROM freight.train_locomotives tl
+    WHERE tl.train_id = t.id AND tl.locomotive_id = l.id
+  );
+
+UPDATE freight.wagons w
+SET train_id = t.id,
+    sequence_number = sub.rn,
+    current_yard_id = (SELECT id FROM freight.yards WHERE code = 'KALITY')
+FROM freight.trains t,
+     LATERAL (
+       SELECT w2.id, row_number() OVER (ORDER BY w2.wagon_number) AS rn
+       FROM freight.wagons w2
+       JOIN freight.wagon_types wt ON wt.id = w2.wagon_type_id AND wt.code = 'PW2'
+       WHERE w2.train_id IS NULL AND w2.deleted_at IS NULL
+       ORDER BY w2.wagon_number
+       LIMIT 37
+     ) sub
+WHERE t.code = 'TRN-LEDGER-PW2'
+  AND w.id = sub.id
+  AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM freight.wagons wx WHERE wx.train_id = t.id);
+
 -- 5c. Approved exporter profile — export contracts bill against it
 -- (seed-company.sql only creates the importer).
 INSERT INTO freight.company_profiles (id, company_id, type, status, reference)
diff --git a/packages/types/src/freight/contracts.ts b/packages/types/src/freight/contracts.ts
index 4d0542539..bb5c5fb63 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/freight/contracts.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/freight/contracts.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ export const CONTRACT_STATUSES = [
   "FULLY_EXECUTED", // ONE_TIME
   "CONTRACT_ACTIVE", // GENERAL
   // customs clearance execution (Path B, pre-booking)
-  "AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT", // clearance service fee invoiced, unpaid
   "AWAITING_CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS",
   "CLEARANCE_UNDER_REVIEW",
   "CLEARANCE_READY_FOR_BOOKING",
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ export type ContractStatus = (typeof CONTRACT_STATUSES)[number];
  */
 export const CONTRACT_CLEARANCE_STATUSES = [
   "NOT_APPLICABLE",
-  "AWAITING_PAYMENT", // Path B — clearance service fee must be paid first
   "AWAITING_DOCUMENTS",
   "DOCUMENTS_UNDER_REVIEW",
   "CLEARANCE_READY_FOR_BOOKING", // Path B — GL may create the booking
@@ -89,6 +87,7 @@ export const CONTRACT_CUSTOMER_EDITABLE_STATUSES: ContractStatus[] = [
 
 export type ContractRateUnit =
   | "per_container"
+  | "per_wagon"
   | "per_ton"
   | "per_item"
   | "per_km"
diff --git a/packages/types/src/freight/index.ts b/packages/types/src/freight/index.ts
index 2fe24773f..618487d91 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/freight/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/freight/index.ts
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ export enum BookingStatus {
   PendingConsolidation = "PENDING_CONSOLIDATION",
   Consolidated = "CONSOLIDATED",
   // Post counter-sign document-clearance gate (GL workflow).
-  /** Clearance service fee invoiced; docs + GL work locked until paid. */
-  AwaitingClearancePayment = "AWAITING_CLEARANCE_PAYMENT",
   AwaitingDocuments = "AWAITING_DOCUMENTS",
   DocumentsUnderReview = "DOCUMENTS_UNDER_REVIEW",
   ClearanceReady = "CLEARANCE_READY",