Plain guides to ocean shipping.
For the people who import, export and forward containers: what the charges mean, how to read the numbers, and how to get a container collected in time.
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How to read a container number — and why the last digit matters
Every shipping container carries the same kind of number: four letters and seven digits. Each part means something, and the last digit catches a typing mistake before it costs you.
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Demurrage and detention: what they are, and how to stay clear of both
Two charges that start the day a container's free time runs out — one while the box is still at the port, one after it has left.
Your containers. One step ahead.
SailPing counts down the last free day of every container you follow.