How many free days does Maersk give at Savannah?

Roughly 5 demurrage free days and 5 detention free days on a 40' dry import container at Savannah. Reefer and special equipment are shorter, and your service contract overrides the tariff.

Do weekends count against free time at Savannah?

Calendar days; GPA operates extended gates, so "gate closed" defences rarely apply.

What makes Maersk charges at Savannah disputable?

Merged "D&D" lines hide which clock produced the charge — always demand the split before paying. Chassis availability, not terminal congestion, is the usual driver of detention overruns here.

Free-Time Matrix/Maersk

Maersk free time at Savannah

USSAV · United States. Chassis availability, not terminal congestion, is the usual driver of detention overruns here.

Carrier

Port of discharge

Container type

Direction

Maersk · Savannah · 40' dry (GP) · import

Typical filing

Demurrage free days

Box inside the terminal

Detention free days

Equipment outside the terminal

Day counting

Calendar days

Weekends included

Demurrage clock starts: Discharge of the container from the vessel (some filings start the following day).
Detention clock starts: Gate-out of the loaded container from the terminal.
Weekend & holiday policy: Calendar days; GPA operates extended gates, so "gate closed" defences rarely apply.

Escalation after free time

Band	Chargeable days	Relative daily rate
Tier 1	1–5	1×
Tier 2	6–10	1.8×
Tier 3+	11+	2.6×

Bands are relative multipliers of the first chargeable day, not dollar rates — per-diem amounts are contract- and lane-specific. Use the carrier lookup below for the filed figure.

Last free day calculator

Enter the discharge / availability date and we count the free period the way this port counts it.

Before you quote — watch for

Merged "D&D" lines hide which clock produced the charge — always demand the split before paying.
Chassis availability, not terminal congestion, is the usual driver of detention overruns here.
US import: the FMC rule (46 CFR 541) requires the charge to serve an incentive purpose and the invoice to carry 13 specific elements. A defective invoice eliminates the obligation to pay.

Derived from the carrier’s published tariff structure plus the prevailing local norm for this port. Your service contract overrides it. Maersk Local Information — D&D lookup

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