How many free days does Evergreen Line give at Lagos — Tin Can Island?

Roughly 3 demurrage free days and 3 detention free days on a 40' dry import container at Lagos — Tin Can Island. Reefer and special equipment are shorter, and your service contract overrides the tariff.

Do weekends count against free time at Lagos — Tin Can Island?

Calendar days. No Sunday or public-holiday relief on either the carrier or the terminal clock.

What makes Evergreen Line charges at Lagos — Tin Can Island disputable?

Evergreen filings escalate steeply after the first band — day 8 can cost triple day 4. Same mechanics as Apapa with heavier gate congestion; empty return depot rotation is the usual driver of detention overruns.

Free-Time Matrix/Evergreen Line

Evergreen Line free time at Lagos — Tin Can Island

NGTIN · Nigeria. Same mechanics as Apapa with heavier gate congestion; empty return depot rotation is the usual driver of detention overruns.

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Evergreen Line · Lagos — Tin Can Island · 40' dry (GP) · import

Locally verified

Demurrage free days

Box inside the terminal

Detention free days

Equipment outside the terminal

Day counting

Calendar days

Weekends included

Demurrage clock starts: Discharge.
Detention clock starts: Gate-out.
Weekend & holiday policy: Calendar days. No Sunday or public-holiday relief on either the carrier or the terminal clock.

Escalation after free time

Band	Chargeable days	Relative daily rate
Week 1 after free time	1–7	1×
Week 2	8–14	2×
Week 3+	15+	3×

Bands are relative multipliers of the first chargeable day, not dollar rates — per-diem amounts are contract- and lane-specific. Use the carrier lookup below for the filed figure.

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Before you quote — watch for

Evergreen filings escalate steeply after the first band — day 8 can cost triple day 4.
Same mechanics as Apapa with heavier gate congestion; empty return depot rotation is the usual driver of detention overruns.
Terminal storage generally starts on day 3 after discharge and is billed independently of carrier demurrage.
Carrier free time is 3–5 days; weekly escalation bands (1×/2×/3×) apply after expiry.
Transire approval must exist before delivery — the timestamp is the pivot of any dispute.
Waivers come from the line, not the terminal. Terminal storage is only reversible with documented terminal-caused delay.

Local mechanics verified on 2026-08-17 by Anyanwu Bede Obinna (Lagos, Nigeria), report SLX-AR-2026-0207-NG-R1. Day counts remain carrier-tariff derived; your service contract overrides them. Evergreen local tariff pages

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