NOTICE: To increase freight fluidity, the Authority issues the following changes to its Free Time, Terminal Storage, and Terminal Demurrage charging policies. Except for Holiday “No Work” Days as defined in Rule 34-045(B), all days will be counted for the purposes of Free Time, Terminal Storage, and Terminal Demurrage. A steamship line or its consignee may, in good faith, dispute a Terminal Storage or Terminal Demurrage charge or request fee mitigation, refund or waiver. In the event of any inconsistency between the following Rules and the Authority’s website, the Rule of the applicable MTOS will take precedence.
For additional details and information, please refer to the below rules on our MTOS/Rate Schedule:
• Rule 34-045 - REGULAR GATE OPERATING HOURS AND HOLIDAY “NO WORK” DAYS
• Rule 34-100 - FREE TIME – BREAKBULK CARGO
• Rule 34-105 - FREIGHT FLUIDITY, NON-STANDARD OPERATING HOURS, COMPUTATION OF TERMINAL STORAGE, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, AND AVAILALITY OF BREAKBULK CARGO
• Rule 34-220 - FREE TIME, TERMINAL DEMURRAGE
• Rule 34-221 - NON-STANDARD OPERATING HOURS GATE LABOR CHARGES
Holiday “No Work” Days can be found in the “Holiday Schedule.”