Direct delivery

Direct delivery discharges cargo straight from the ship’s hook or ramp into the consignee’s nominated road or rail transport, bypassing the terminal storage stack. It removes the yard dwell, the second lift, and the storage charge, so it suits time-critical or perishable consignments and oversized project pieces that are awkward to stack. The move must be pre-arranged with the terminal and customs, since clearance has to be complete before discharge and the receiving vehicles must be on the berth in the discharge window. Failure to take direct delivery on schedule pushes the cargo into the stack and triggers storage and demurrage.