1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182 
Demurrage suggestion receives a warm reception
Page 10
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
A DELEGATE AT the Road Haulage Association (RHA) annual conference won widespread approval with the idea of a national demurrage agreement to be implemented by all RHA and Freight Transport Association members.
The suggestion from the floor was warmly received by conference members who had been hearing tales of widespread problems with charging clients for excessive waiting times.
Many operators servicing ports found that the current agreements of charging after three-and-a-half hours simply encouraged loading staff to use this as time available for them to work in.
Delegates reported that shipping companies are usually unwilling to pay for excess waiting: they blame port infrastructure. The ports authorities cannot be pursued because they have no contracts with the operators.
RHA president Roger King acknowledged the suggestion of a national agreement building demurrage into standard conditions of carriage. "We may well take up that suggestion," he said.