Delay-in-Transit
Transit holds for smarter delivery
Maximum Flexibility for Your Delivery Timing
Additional Service in E-Spot

Delay-in-Transit is an additional service in FreightSmart E-Spot that allows you to hold cargo at transhipment hubs before it continues to its destination. It gives you flexible delivery timing, better inventory control, and a practical way to manage disruptions. The FreightSmart team will stay in touch with you and provide support.

Supply Chain Flexibility

Hold cargo at key transshipment hubs to match destination receiving windows, seasonal demand, or consolidation plans without rebooking the entire voyage.

Risk Mitigation

Use pre-planned transit holds to reduce delays due to unpredictable congestion, port disruption, or warehouse crowding, keeping your distribution network resilient and controllable.

Transparent Costs

Access upfront handling fees and clear demurrage information before booking, with FreightSmart support confirming final routing and charge details prior to execution.

Book Delay-in-Transit

Select Delay-in-Transit under Additional Services, or add it to a Smart Combo when creating your E-Spot order.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Delay-in-Transit (also called “storage-in-transit”, “transit hold” or “stopover”) allows you to intentionally hold a container at a designated transshipment port for extra days, so as to ensure delivery aligns with your warehouse readiness, demand peaks, or downstream schedules. It’s available as a standalone additional service or part of Smart Combo.
Applicable handling charges for Delay-in-Transit will be displayed when you subscribe to the service during the ordering process. Additional charges depend on the required idling days at the transshipment port and will be communicated offline before you confirm the service. 

Delay in Transit is ideal when you need to align cargo arrival with warehouse capacity, respond to forecast disruption, synchronise multi-origin shipments, or hold inventory closer to market without changing the original routing.

For further inquiries or specific details, please visit the Help Centre, Ask Fin or contact your local OOCL representatives.

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