How many free days does Hapag-Lloyd give at Le Havre?

Roughly 6 demurrage free days and 5 detention free days on a 40' dry import container at Le Havre. Reefer and special equipment are shorter, and your service contract overrides the tariff.

Do weekends count against free time at Le Havre?

Calendar days; industrial action days are frequently creditable on request.

What makes Hapag-Lloyd charges at Le Havre disputable?

Hapag files demurrage and detention as strictly separate clocks — a combined line on the invoice is itself a red flag. Strike days at French terminals are carrier-side in most filings — always claim them.

Free-Time Matrix/Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd free time at Le Havre

FRLEH · France. Strike days at French terminals are carrier-side in most filings — always claim them.

Carrier

Port of discharge

Container type

Direction

Hapag-Lloyd · Le Havre · 40' dry (GP) · import

Typical filing

Demurrage free days

Box inside the terminal

Detention free days

Equipment outside the terminal

Day counting

Calendar days

Weekends included

Demurrage clock starts: Discharge date, counted from the day after in most filings.
Detention clock starts: Gate-out; ends on empty return to a nominated depot.
Weekend & holiday policy: Calendar days; industrial action days are frequently creditable on request.

Escalation after free time

Band	Chargeable days	Relative daily rate
Tier 1	1–5	1×
Tier 2	6–12	2×
Tier 3+	13+	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

Hapag files demurrage and detention as strictly separate clocks — a combined line on the invoice is itself a red flag.
Strike days at French terminals are carrier-side in most filings — always claim them.

Derived from the carrier’s published tariff structure plus the prevailing local norm for this port. Your service contract overrides it. Hapag-Lloyd demurrage & detention tariff

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