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Demurrage

Charges incurred when containers or vehicles are held beyond free time.

Area
Logistics & Trade
Also known as
detention charges, port storage charges
In this area
23 terms of 257

Demurrage is the daily penalty charged when a container stays at the port or terminal past its allotted free days. Detention is the related charge for keeping the container itself too long after collection.

It is almost always caused by paperwork rather than logistics, and it escalates daily. Because it lands after the goods are ordered, it is the landed-cost component most often forgotten in margin calculations.

Related terms

Customs Clearance

The process of getting goods legally released across a border.

Container Freight Station

CFS

An off-port facility where containers are unpacked, stored and cleared.

Landed Cost

The total cost of a product once it arrives, including freight, duties and fees.

Dock Scheduling

Booking arrival slots so inbound and outbound vehicles do not collide.

More in Logistics & Trade

Air Waybill (AWB) Bill of Lading (BoL) Bonded Warehouse Certificate of Conformity (CoC) Clearing Agent Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) Free on Board (FOB)

Demurrage is not just a definition here

Logistics & Trade runs on this vocabulary every day in AWRA OpsHub — 23 of our 257 glossary terms describe things the platform actually does.

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