SeaIntel: Shipowners' surcharges could hit shippers hard
The container carriers operate with varying levels for the often overlooked and significant so-called D&D charges issued to customers when their containers spend too much time in a terminal, notes SeaIntel.
BY OLE ANDERSEN
Shippers should carefully consider which carrier to use if they want to eliminate the risk of being hit with significant so-called detention & demurrage charges, D&D, which carriers issue when the shippers' container spend stay longer in terminals than agreed upon by the parties.
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