Demurrage vs Detention: The Charges After Your Freight Bill

Your freight is paid and the container has landed. Weeks later another invoice arrives, for days the container sat still. That's demurrage and detention: two charges with two different clocks. This video shows what each one is, how the charge is worked out, who bills it, and one container's bad week replayed with five fixes that stop the clocks. Free detention and demurrage calculator: https://cargolinked.com/tools/detenti... Empty container return and avoiding detention: https://cargolinked.com/guides/empty-... US demurrage and detention billing rules: https://cargolinked.com/guides/fmc-de... Comparing forwarder quotes? Compare the free days, not just the rate. Post a freight request on CargoLinked free and see quotes side by side: https://cargolinked.com Chapters 0:00 The invoice after the freight bill 0:19 Free time and the two clocks 0:53 The maths 1:15 Who bills it 1:34 A normal week, nobody watching 2:00 The same week, with a plan 2:38 Compare free time, not just price Dollar amounts and days are worked examples, not real rates. Free time and daily rates depend on the carrier, port and contract. #demurrage #detention #shipping