News / Average global D&D charges fall, but are still four times higher in the US

Average global demurrage and detention (D&D) charges have fallen this year, but remain around 12% higher than before the pandemic, according to a new survey by online equipment trading and leasing platform Container xChange.

However, the average is skewed by huge D&D fees imposed on shippers in the US.

Demurrage & Detention Benchmark 2022, published today, compares D&D rates charged to shippers by the eight top-ranked shipping lines at 60 of the world’s biggest container ports.

Container xChange collected more than 20,000 data points from ...