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Business Definition for: Demurrage

  • compensation paid to a customer when shipment of a good is delayed at a port or by customs

Wiktionary Definition for: Demurrage

  • the detention of a ship or other freight vehicle, during delayed loading or unloading
  • compensation paid for such detention
  • a charge made for exchanging currency for bullion

Additional Resources

Growers to pay demurrage fee.
Jun 30, 2005 (Lloyd's List Daily Commercial News - ABIX via COMTEX) The Productivity Commission has recommended that Part X liner immunities be dismantled. The Australian Government is due to respond to the recommendation in late July or August 2005. Shipping Australia and ...
Tags: antitrust, European Commission, SECURITY
Research articles 2005-06-30
Tax on freight explained.
Byline: Gavin Vallely and Philip Diviny Oct 18, 2005 (Lloyd's List Daily Commercial News - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Taxation Office ATO has recently issued a draft ruling on the freight ...
Tags: Australian Taxation Office, FINANCE, Taxes
Research articles 2005-10-18
Ship queues to take months to clear.
Byline: Andrew Trounson Feb 22, 2007 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- New coal export quotas through the port of Newcastle are expected to take at least three months to clear long queues of waiting ships. Coal miners voted on 21 February...
Tags: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, MARKETING, queue, quota, vessel
Research articles 2007-02-22
More links planned for the coal chain.(Port Waratah Coal Services Ltd)(Brief Article)
Mar 24, 2005 (Australian Mining - ABIX via COMTEX) Port Waratah Coal Services PWCS implemented a Capacity Distribution Scheme in 2004. Eileen Doyle, the chairman of PWCS, said the scheme was implemented in order to reduce the number of ships waiting off Newcastle and...
Tags: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, MARKETING
Research articles 2005-03-24
ACCC grants urgent approval to system to reduce coal ship queue.
M2 PRESSWIRE-14 March 2007-ACCC: ACCC grants urgent approval to system to reduce coal ship queueC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14032007 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has decided to grant interim authorisation* to Port Waratah Coal Services Limited to immediately reinstate an...
Tags: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Strategy
Research articles 2007-03-14
Walter Industries, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. At this time we’ll begin the Question and Answer Session. [Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from Michael Gaugler, Brean Murray Carret. Michael Gaugler - Brean Murray Carret & Company, LLC. Morning, everyone. George, something in your comments caught my eye:...
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Earnings calls 2008-05-19
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call ExcerptHaverty Furniture Companies, Inc. HVT Q1 2008 Earnings Call May 1, 2008 10:00 am ET Executives Dennis L. Fink – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Clarence H. Smith – President and Chief Executive Officer Analysts Rexford Henderson – Raymond James Todd Schwartzman – Sidoti &...
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Earnings calls 2008-05-09
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