Named measures
Freight Benchmarks measures
Named, dated figures for what US import container shipments are billed, each with a fixed definition, its own page, the full series and a citation.
Every measure here comes from line-item forwarder invoices for US import ocean container shipments, under the same publication rules as the fee pages: no importer carries more than 25% of any figure, every group draws on at least 10 importers, and a new share is published exactly only when the shipments behind it come from at least 3 importers. None uses carrier, terminal or vessel-tracking data.
Quarterly since 2021
Freight Benchmarks D&D Rate
How often import containers are billed for overstaying: demurrage at the terminal or per diem (detention) on the carrier's box.
D&D Rate
Share of US import ocean container shipments billed demurrage or per diem at least once, by the quarter of the first invoice.
Shipments first invoiced April to June 2026
Q2 2026 1.6%Cite this figure
Freight Benchmarks (2026). Freight Benchmarks D&D Rate, Q2 2026: 1.6%. Shipments first invoiced April to June 2026; data version 2026-10-22. https://freightbenchmarks.com/benchmarks/#fig-dd-rate (CC BY 4.0)
Freight Benchmarks D&D Rate: definition, method and full figures
Door-delivered bills
Fees beyond freight
How much of an import container bill is not the ocean freight: trucking, port, customs and delay charges, as ratios of the bill.
Other charges per $1 of ocean freight
Charges other than the ocean freight line for every dollar of ocean freight, in cents.
Shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026
Per $1 of freight 33¢Cite this figure
Freight Benchmarks (2026). Other charges per $1 of ocean freight, door-delivered US import containers: 33¢. Shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026; data version 2026-10-22. https://freightbenchmarks.com/benchmarks/#fig-per-freight-dollar (CC BY 4.0)
Kinds of charge per bill
Distinct kinds of charge on a door-delivered shipment's invoices, median.
Shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026
Median kinds of charge 8Cite this figure
Freight Benchmarks (2026). Kinds of charge per door-delivered US import container bill, median: 8. Shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026; data version 2026-10-22. https://freightbenchmarks.com/benchmarks/#fig-charge-types (CC BY 4.0)
Rates and days billed
Per-day rates
What a day of per diem or extra chassis costs, and how many days importers are billed, from bills that state the days.
Per diem per day
Median per diem (detention) billed per container per day, where the bill states the days.
Single-container shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026
Per container per day $172Cite this figure
Freight Benchmarks (2026). Per diem (detention) per container per day, median: $172. Single-container shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026; data version 2026-10-22. https://freightbenchmarks.com/benchmarks/#fig-per-diem-per-day (CC BY 4.0)
Chassis extra day rate
Median rate per chassis extra day billed on a trucked container.
Single-container trucked shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026
Per day $55Cite this figure
Freight Benchmarks (2026). Chassis extra day rate per day, median: $55. Single-container trucked shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026; data version 2026-10-22. https://freightbenchmarks.com/benchmarks/#fig-chassis-extra-day-rate (CC BY 4.0)
Chassis days per trucked container
Median chassis days billed per container on trucked shipments, base and extra days together.
Single-container trucked shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026
Median days 3 daysCite this figure
Freight Benchmarks (2026). Chassis days billed per trucked US import container, median: 3 days. Single-container trucked shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026; data version 2026-10-22. https://freightbenchmarks.com/benchmarks/#fig-chassis-days (CC BY 4.0)
Single-container shipments
Per-container fees
Every fee counted per container instead of per shipment, how many containers shipments carry, and 20 ft against 40 ft boxes.
Accessorial fees per container
Average accessorial fees per container, counting containers that paid none.
Single-container shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026
Average per container $151Cite this figure
Freight Benchmarks (2026). Accessorial fees per US import container, average: $151. Single-container shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026; data version 2026-10-22. https://freightbenchmarks.com/benchmarks/#fig-accessorials-per-container (CC BY 4.0)
Containers paying a delay fee
Share of single-container shipments billed demurrage, per diem, storage or chassis extra days at least once.
Single-container shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026
Of containers 34.3%Cite this figure
Freight Benchmarks (2026). Share of US import containers billed at least one delay fee: 34.3%. Single-container shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026; data version 2026-10-22. https://freightbenchmarks.com/benchmarks/#fig-any-delay-fee-per-container (CC BY 4.0)
Questions
What is the Freight Benchmarks D&D Rate?
The share of US import ocean container shipments billed demurrage or per diem (detention) at least once, by the quarter of the shipment's first invoice. For shipments first invoiced April 2026 to June 2026, it was 1.6%.
How much of an import freight bill is fees beyond the ocean freight?
In Freight Benchmarks' invoice data, charges other than the ocean freight line were 24.9% of the bill on door-delivered shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026: 33 cents for every $1 of ocean freight.
Are these figures per container or per shipment?
The fee pages report per shipment. The per-container figures use shipments that carried exactly one container, 86.2% of all shipments, so the bill is that container's bill.
Where do the numbers come from?
From line-item forwarder invoices billed to US importers for ocean container shipments, aggregated under publication rules that keep any single importer from being identifiable. None of these measures uses carrier, terminal or vessel-tracking data.
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