Tariff reference
Carrier demurrage & detention tariffs
Every mainline carrier files its demurrage and detention tariff locally, per country and per equipment type — which is exactly why overcharges survive on the invoice. These references explain where each carrier’s tariff lives, how its free time is granted, how the clock is counted, and the specific mechanics that most often produce a reversible charge.
Maersk
Detention & demurrage tariff structure, free time and dispute grounds
MSC
Demurrage & detention tariff structure, free time and dispute grounds
CMA CGM
Demurrage & detention tariff structure, free time and dispute grounds
Before you compare tariffs
- Your service contract overrides the published tariff wherever the two differ. Read the contract free-time clause first, then the local filing.
- The tariff that governs is the one filed at the port of discharge on the date of discharge — not the carrier’s global page, and not the filing for the port of loading.
- Demurrage (box inside the terminal) and detention (equipment outside it) run on different clocks. Where a carrier merges them into one invoice line, ask for the split before paying.
- Terminal storage is a separate charge from carrier demurrage. Both can be billed for the same days, and both need checking.
New to the two charges? Demurrage vs detention, with a free calculator. Looking at a specific gateway instead? Port Friction Index. For the wider process these tariffs feed into, see what a freight audit checks and recovers.
Holding a D&D invoice you think is wrong?
We check every line against your contract, the carrier’s local filing and our own dwell record for that voyage, then file the claim. The audit is free and our fee is 20% of what we actually recover.