How many free days does OOCL give at Hamburg?

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

Do weekends count against free time at Hamburg?

Calendar days; German filings often start the clock the day after discharge.

What makes OOCL charges at Hamburg disputable?

OOCL grants slightly longer detention than COSCO on the same lane — do not assume the group schedule applies. Customs inspection dwell at the Zollamt is regularly billed as demurrage although the merchant did not cause it.

Free-Time Matrix/OOCL

OOCL free time at Hamburg

DEHAM · Germany. Customs inspection dwell at the Zollamt is regularly billed as demurrage although the merchant did not cause it.

Carrier

Port of discharge

Container type

Direction

OOCL · Hamburg · 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.
Detention clock starts: Gate-out.
Weekend & holiday policy: Calendar days; German filings often start the clock the day after discharge.

Escalation after free time

Band	Chargeable days	Relative daily rate
Tier 1	1–5	1×
Tier 2	6–12	2×
Tier 3+	13+	3×

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

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Before you quote — watch for

OOCL grants slightly longer detention than COSCO on the same lane — do not assume the group schedule applies.
Customs inspection dwell at the Zollamt is regularly billed as demurrage although the merchant did not cause it.

Derived from the carrier’s published tariff structure plus the prevailing local norm for this port. Your service contract overrides it. OOCL e-services tariff lookup

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