The Simple Strategy to Control Detention and Demurrage: Know Your Free Time
It looks like shippers and forwarders finally have had enough. It’s not a surprise to us, the topic of detention and demurrage at US ports is something we’ve discussed frequently.

Our post: How to Use Free Time to Reduce Detention and DemurrageAnd, our whitepaper: Use Free Time to Reduce Detention and Demurrage CostsThere are multiple reasons these unnecessary charge have become so common, but of course your feelings may depend on your perspective. Shippers argue it’s about revenue protection for terminals and ocean cargo companies in a struggling industry where everyone is trying to scrape by. The counter argument is that it is infrastructure limitations and regulations that are the reason these cost are necessary.