How the clocks work, how claims are won, and how each carrier and port actually behaves — written from the documents, with the numbers.
Try the demurrage calculatorThe difference between demurrage and detention in container shipping — when each clock starts and stops, typical rates, why the two get confused, and why that confusion appears on invoices.
ReadThe exact process for disputing a container demurrage or detention invoice with any carrier: evidence to pull, the eight billing errors to check, dispute-window discipline, and template language.
ReadWhat the US Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA 2022) and the FMC's billing rules require on every D&D invoice — the thirteen required fields, the incentive principle, and how to use non-compliance in a dispute.
ReadDispute windows on container invoices and 90-day time bars on tanker demurrage claims — the deadlines that void otherwise-winning cases, and the discipline that protects them.
ReadA practical, step-by-step process for disputing MSC demurrage & detention (D&D) charges — what evidence to pull, the errors to look for, and how to file so the dispute actually gets paid.
ReadA practical, step-by-step process for disputing Maersk demurrage & detention (D&D) charges — what evidence to pull, the errors to look for, and how to file so the dispute actually gets paid.
ReadA practical, step-by-step process for disputing CMA CGM demurrage & detention (D&D) charges — what evidence to pull, the errors to look for, and how to file so the dispute actually gets paid.
ReadA practical, step-by-step process for disputing Hapag-Lloyd demurrage & detention (D&D) charges — what evidence to pull, the errors to look for, and how to file so the dispute actually gets paid.
ReadA practical, step-by-step process for disputing COSCO demurrage & detention (D&D) charges — what evidence to pull, the errors to look for, and how to file so the dispute actually gets paid.
ReadHow demurrage and detention work at Jebel Ali (UAE) — when the clock starts, typical free-time ranges, the local factors that eat your free days, and how to avoid or dispute the charges.
ReadHow demurrage and detention work at Felixstowe (UK) — when the clock starts, typical free-time ranges, the local factors that eat your free days, and how to avoid or dispute the charges.
ReadHow demurrage and detention work at Rotterdam (Netherlands) — when the clock starts, typical free-time ranges, the local factors that eat your free days, and how to avoid or dispute the charges.
ReadHow tanker laytime and demurrage are actually calculated — NOR, laytime commencement, exclusions, and a complete worked example of a $190,000 VLCC claim, step by step.
ReadWhat a Statement of Facts contains, who signs it, why ~99% are still processed by hand, and how SOF quality decides tanker and bulker demurrage claims.
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