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Each month the benchmarks move forward by one month of shipments. Each update records what changed, by port and by fee, in dated sentences you can quote.
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October 2026 update
Data version · 8,298 shipments · first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026
- Freight Benchmarks added new measures on October 22, 2026: the Freight Benchmarks D&D Rate, fees per container, per-day rates for per diem and chassis extra days, chassis days billed per container, the share of the bill beyond ocean freight and fees by container size.
- Freight Benchmarks' October 2026 update puts the Freight Benchmarks D&D Rate at 1.6% for Q2 2026: the share of 807 ocean container shipments into US ports first invoiced April to June 2026 that were billed demurrage or per diem at least once, against 3.7% in Q2 2025.
- Freight Benchmarks' October 2026 update found that 34.8% of ocean container shipments into US ports paid at least one delay fee (8,298 shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026).
- Freight Benchmarks' October 2026 update found that extra fees averaged $174 per shipment across ocean container shipments into US ports (8,298 shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026).
- Freight Benchmarks' October 2026 update found the highest share of shipments paying a delay fee at the Minneapolis–St. Paul rail hub: 74.4% of 536 ocean container shipments first invoiced July 2024 to June 2026.
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