Container delay recovery for Mauritius
LIFA coordinated a free-time extension and discharge arrangements for a Mauritius shipment, limiting demurrage to $3,100.
- The buyer
- A Port Louis, Mauritius importer of furniture and homeware.
- The product scope
- Furniture; 1 container (40ft), $62,000 order value.
What needed to change?
Port congestion delayed discharge 19 days; the shipping line refused free-time extensions; demurrage exposure reached $11,000.
How LIFA managed the work
We negotiated free-time extension with the shipping line using congestion documentation.
We arranged priority discharge scheduling.
We secured bonded warehouse space to avoid re-export risk.
We built a port-risk protocol for future bookings.
Free time extended 14 days; demurrage limited to $3,100; container discharged and cleared; the risk protocol now routes peak-season bookings via alternate ports.
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What this project shows
Congestion evidence, carrier communication and storage planning belonged in one response. The agreed extension reduced this shipment's exposure while discharge was pending.
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