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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 252: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 252.2

DFARS 252.247-7014 Demurrage.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This clause makes the contractor responsible for paying demurrage, detention, or similar charges if it fails to load or unload trucks, freight cars, freight terminals, vessel piers, or warehouses within the free time allowed by applicable rules and tariffs. It matters because the contractor bears the financial cost of delays in loading or unloading.

Applies to: Contractors performing loading or unloading under this clause

What it requires

  • Load or unload trucks, freight cars, freight terminals, vessel piers, or warehouses within the free time allowed under applicable rules and tariffs

Key terms: demurrage · detention · free time · rules and tariffs

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 247.271-3(c), use the following clause:

Demurrage (DEC 1991)

The Contractor shall be liable for all demurrage, detention, or other charges as a result of its failure to load or unload trucks, freight cars, freight terminals, vessel piers, or warehouses within the free time allowed under applicable rules and tariffs.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 247.271-3 Solicitation provisions, schedule formats, and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 247.271-3 Solicitation provisions, schedule formats, and contract clauses.

← 252.247-7008—252.247-7013 [Reserved] · 252.247-7015 [Reserved] →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 252

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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