Payments
Demurrage is the container's deadline
Free days are the allowance, the charge is the plan failed. Moving the container on schedule is the whole cost saving.
Demurrage and detention are the clock of the container: the free days are the allowance, and the charge is the price of the container held too long. The guide is the reminder that the container's time is the cost of the plan.
The charge is the container's deadline
The demurrage is the container sitting at the port; the detention is the container on the road. Both are the same lesson — the equipment is on the clock, and the plan must get it back in time.
The cheapest container is the one that moves on schedule.
The fleet that plans the pickup, the unload and the return — the free days as the schedule — is the one that pays no demurrage.
Key takeaways
- The fleet that plans the pickup, the unload and the return \u2014 the free days as the schedule \u2014 is the one that pays no demurrage.
- Demurrage and detention are the clock of the container: the free days are the allowance, and the charge is the price of the container held too long.
- The demurrage is the container sitting at the port; the detention is the container on the road.
- The cheapest container is the one that moves on schedule.
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