Container D&D charges moderate but still above the 2020 level

A report published by Container X-Change, a company providing online platform for leasing and trading containers, says leading shipping lines collected an average of $868 per container as Demurrage and Detention (D&D) charges in 2021. The report is based on publicly available data from 60 ports and 8 shipping lines.

Container demurrage is charged for use of a container within a terminal beyond the free period allowed by the shipping line. For import cargo, the demurrage time is the period from container discharge from the vessel until gate-out of the container from the terminal. For export cargo, the demurrage time