Carriers ‘profiteering’ on demurrage in flood-struck Pakistan

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MAJOR flooding across Pakistan has resulted in 7,000 containers stranded on the road between Karachi and Chaman on the Afghan border, south-east of Kandahar, with collecting detention and demurrage charges, reports London’s Loadstar. Many trucks were carrying empties being returned to the carriers, but as the free rental time on the boxes ended, detention and demurrage charges kicked in and the lines started to see the cash pouring into their coffers. Estimates of up to US$14 million in...

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