Barbours Cut Container Terminal
Port Houston · Houston · USHOU
Port Houston runs two container terminals. Weekend gates are limited and empty-return depot rotation changes weekly — a refused empty return stops the detention clock at the tender timestamp if you keep the rejection.
Which clock is whose
Same Port Houston storage tariff; carrier demurrage separate.
Gate & appointments
Appointment gate with shorter published hours than Bayport.
Chassis
Pool supply.
What is usually reversible
A refused empty return stops the detention clock at the tender timestamp — record the depot, the time and the reason. US import: under the FMC rule (46 CFR 541) a demurrage or detention invoice must carry specified information and the charge must serve a genuine incentive purpose. A defective invoice eliminates the obligation to pay.
Stuck at Barbours Cut Container Terminal?
Don’t accept unfair demurrage.
Houston has seen heavy congestion this period. If a carrier is billing you storage for days when you couldn’t secure an appointment or a chassis, those charges may be reversible under OSRA 22 billing rules.
Pilot intake currently full — the free audit stays free. Pilot clients keep 100% of their first recovery in exchange for a review. No sign-in, no card, $0 upfront.
Services normally calling
- Latin America and transatlantic services
Gate hours, appointment rules and the storage tariff are published by the operator: Port Houston. Also searched as: Barbours Cut, BCT Houston.
Check a charge from this terminal
Work out the last free day, then see whether the days billed survive the tariff.