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Transit time refers to total number of days, journey starts to end. ie. once shipment is booked through air/sea no of days it will take to delivery the goods at final place of delivery.
Free time, refers to detention or demurrage free depending upon the negotiation while freight booking... free time can be given by shipping line for export stuffing right from the time container is out from depot/port to client premises or when it comes to import consignee prefer to take the delivery after some of days vsl arrival, due to non completion of import clearance documentation or warehouse space is not confirmed, perhaps its own reason. it can be 7 /10/14/25 days whichever can be higher...
Point to the noted, such freebies are loss making for container operators, which ultimately reduced the container turn around time...so most of the shipping lines only offer such freebies to volume clients
The Transit time can be used for many instances in shipping.
from Exporters warehouse to load port
From exporters warehouse to destination port
From exporters warehouse to importers warehouse
From load port to destination port
From load port to importers warehouse
From destination port to importers warehouse
The free time are mainly two types of Free time
Free time Provided by the shipping Line at load port and discharge Port.
Free time Provided by port.with out any demmurrage cost.
A) Transit time can be reffered to total time involved for cargo to reach to a desired location i.e. from point of origin to point for desired destination.
Transit time can be used for many instances in shipping. i.e
1) from Exporters warehouse to load port
2) From exporters warehouse to destination port
3) From exporters warehouse to importers warehouse
4) From load port to destination port
5) From load port to importers warehouse
6) From destination port to importers warehouse
Therefore you need to be specific to what you are looking for.
B) There are two types of Free time
1) Provided by the shipping Line
2) Provided by port.
As the name suggest, its free and no money is charged for additional days involved in clearing cargo from port.
In simple terms, free time is nothing but grace period (days) provided for completing local importation procedure, offloading the cargo in your warehouse and returning the empty container to the liner.
Free time generally vary from liner to liner and on relationship basis.
Thanks & Regards,
Vikas Bachhuka
Assistant Manager - Imports
transit time is time taken from the loading port to discharge port.
free time is the number of days free of detention offered by the carrier on the container upon arrival destination.
Transit time refers to the time taken for containers to reach from point A to Point B , This time may depends up on the distance for the travel . Free time refers to the time which the containers are taken out side the destination place after customs clearance , Shipping line gives different free time to clear goods according to the product and the relation with the client.
