How many free days does Yang Ming Line give at Shanghai?

Yang Ming Line commonly bills one merged demurrage & detention clock at Shanghai, with roughly 5 free days on a 40' dry import container. The filed figure for your date of discharge governs.

Do weekends count against free time at Shanghai?

Calendar days; Chinese public holidays are rarely excluded.

What makes Yang Ming Line charges at Shanghai disputable?

Free time is filed per service string, so the same port can differ between two Yang Ming loops. Export detention starts at empty pick-up, and Golden Week routinely eats the entire free period.

Free-Time Matrix/Yang Ming Line

Yang Ming Line free time at Shanghai

CNSHA · China. Export detention starts at empty pick-up, and Golden Week routinely eats the entire free period.

Carrier

Port of discharge

Container type

Direction

Yang Ming Line · Shanghai · 40' dry (GP) · import

Typical filing

Combined D&D free days

One continuous clock

Day counting

Calendar days

Weekends included

Demurrage clock starts: Discharge.
Detention clock starts: Gate-out.
Weekend & holiday policy: Calendar days; Chinese public holidays are rarely excluded.

Escalation after free time

Band	Chargeable days	Relative daily rate
Tier 1	1–7	1×
Tier 2	8–14	2×
Tier 3+	15+	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

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

Before you quote — watch for

Free time is filed per service string, so the same port can differ between two Yang Ming loops.
Export detention starts at empty pick-up, and Golden Week routinely eats the entire free period.
This lane is commonly billed as one merged D&D clock. Two separate free periods do not apply — count one continuous window from discharge to empty return.

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

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