Freight Charges
What is Detention?
A charge for holding the carrier's container outside the port too long.
Detention is charged when the importer keeps the carrier's container outside the terminal — for unpacking at the warehouse — beyond the allotted free time, or when an exporter holds it too long before return. Like demurrage it accrues per day, and the two are often confused; demurrage is at the terminal, detention is away from it.
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