How many free days does OOCL give at Shenzhen?

OOCL commonly bills one merged demurrage & detention clock at Shenzhen, with roughly 6 free days on a 40' dry import container. The filed figure for your date of discharge governs.

What makes OOCL charges at Shenzhen disputable?

OOCL grants slightly longer detention than COSCO on the same lane — do not assume the group schedule applies. Multi-terminal port: free time is filed per terminal, so Yantian and Shekou can differ on the same booking.

Free-Time Matrix/OOCL

OOCL free time at Shenzhen

CNSZX · China. Multi-terminal port: free time is filed per terminal, so Yantian and Shekou can differ on the same booking.

Carrier

Port of discharge

Container type

Direction

OOCL · Shenzhen · 40' dry (GP) · import

Typical filing

Combined D&D free days

One continuous clock

Day counting

Calendar days

Weekends included

Demurrage clock starts: Discharge.
Detention clock starts: Gate-out.
Weekend & holiday policy: Calendar days.

Escalation after free time

Band	Chargeable days	Relative daily rate
Tier 1	1–7	1×
Tier 2	8–14	2×
Tier 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.

Last free day calculator

Enter the discharge / availability date and we count the free period the way this port counts it.

Before you quote — watch for

OOCL grants slightly longer detention than COSCO on the same lane — do not assume the group schedule applies.
Multi-terminal port: free time is filed per terminal, so Yantian and Shekou can differ on the same booking.
This lane is commonly billed as one merged D&D clock. Two separate free periods do not apply — count one continuous window from discharge to empty return.

Derived from the carrier’s published tariff structure plus the prevailing local norm for this port. Your service contract overrides it. OOCL e-services tariff lookup

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Know the exact date, not just the free days

Enter your discharge date for OOCL at Shenzhen and get the dated last free day plus per-day exposure — and a free email reminder three days out, one day out and the day it expires.

Last Free Day calculator