Port of Savannah Demurrage Calculator
Estimate import container demurrage at the Port of Savannah (USA) with editable free time and tariff tiers.
Set a tier's days to 0 to mean “all remaining days”.
Example tariff shaped for Savannah import flows — replace with your carrier's published USA tariff or service-contract terms for exact figures.
With your numbers: 12 days − 5 free = 7 chargeable days = 3×$150 + 4×$230 = $1,370 per container.
Sources & references
- Port of Savannah / terminal operator published tariff (storage & free time)
- Carrier demurrage & detention tariff for the relevant trade lane
Demurrage, detention and storage tariffs are set by each carrier, terminal and contract and change frequently. The preloaded figures are editable industry-typical examples, not quotes — always verify against the current published tariff or your service contract before paying or disputing an invoice.
The Port of Savannah is home to Garden City Terminal, the largest single container terminal in North America, run by the Georgia Ports Authority. When an import container overstays its free time here, the carrier's demurrage clock prices every extra day in escalating tiers — this calculator reproduces that math for Savannah pickups so the invoice never surprises you.
About Port of Savannah Demurrage Calculator
GPA publishes a single port-wide tariff — unusually transparent versus multi-operator ports — and has used pop-up yards off-terminal during demand surges. The preloaded example uses 5 free days and tiers of $150×3d, $230×4d, $330+ — realistic for this gateway but deliberately editable, because your service contract or the terminal's current schedule is the only tariff that counts. Use it three ways: before vessel arrival, to budget worst-case dwell; at the last-free-day decision point, to price one more day of waiting against premium drayage; and after the invoice, to audit the carrier's day count and tier application line by line. Most recovered demurrage money comes from that third pass.
How to use Port of Savannah Demurrage Calculator
- 1Enter days since discharge and how many containers are affected.
- 2Set your free days and edit the tariff tiers to match the published tariff or your contract — every figure is editable.
- 3Read the per-tier breakdown and the worked example showing exactly how the total is built, day by day.
- 4Change the inputs to compare scenarios (pick up now vs later) before the charges harden into an invoice.
Why use Port of Savannah Demurrage Calculator?
- ✓Per-tier breakdown mirrors how carrier and terminal billing systems itemise invoices
- ✓Every figure — free time, tier days, rates — is editable to match any published tariff
- ✓Instant what-if comparisons before charges harden into an invoice
- ✓Free and private — all math runs in your browser
Frequently asked questions
How much demurrage would a container at Savannah owe after 12 days?+
Under the preloaded example (5 free days, then $150 for 3d, $230 for 4d, $330 after): 7 chargeable days = 3 × $150 + 4 × $230 = $1,370 per container. Your tariff's actual brackets may differ — edit the tiers to match before relying on the figure.
What triggers the demurrage clock at Savannah?+
Carrier tariffs key the clock to discharge or availability, and at Savannah the distinction matters during heavy vessel exchanges when availability notices lag the crane. Compare the notice timestamp on your arrival notice with the invoice's day one — mismatches there are the easiest demurrage dollars to recover.
Where do I find Savannah's storage charges?+
In the Georgia Ports Authority's published terminal tariff — one document for the whole port, since GPA operates Garden City itself. Look for the container storage item: free time, then daily brackets by length. That transparency makes Savannah one of the easiest ports to audit an invoice against; paste the brackets straight into the tiers above.
Does this calculator cover detention (per diem) too?+
The math engine handles any free-time-plus-tiers structure, so yes — switch the inputs to your detention free days and per-diem tiers and it prices the after-gate-out leg identically. Just don't mix the two tariffs in one calculation; carriers bill them as separate line items with separate clocks.
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