Free Time • Demurrage • Wharfage • Stacking — separate clocks, connected rules.
OPERATION DETAILS
CAiR FREE TIME: Open wagon + mechanized unloading → 07:00 under the base goods shed/siding free-time table. Free Time remains editable because later/special/zonal instructions may alter the applicable allowance.
DEMURRAGE INTELLIGENCE • CORRIGENDUM NO. 61
ACTUAL DETENTION—
FREE TIME—
FREE TIME EXPIRES—
DEMURRAGE HOURS—
Working-hour reckoning will appear here after calculation.
GRADED DEMURRAGE BREAK-UP
Enter the operational details and calculate.—
TOTAL DEMURRAGE₹ 0
Current charging basis: ₹150 per 8-wheeled wagon per hour or part thereof for detention beyond permissible free time. Graded slabs: 0–6h base; >6–12h +10%; >12–24h +25%; >24–48h +50%; >48–72h 2×; >72–96h 3×; >96h 6× (Penal Demurrage Rate).
CONCURRENT WHARFAGE: Demurrage and Wharfage are separate charges. Where loading/unloading free time and the free time for removal of the consignment have both expired, loading/unloading is still continuing, and the consignment remains on Railway premises, Demurrage and Wharfage are both leviable for the overlapping period. Wharfage alone does not imply Demurrage.
WHARFAGE INTELLIGENCE • NORMAL WHARFAGE
GROUP-I • FREE TIME FOR REMOVAL12 WORKING HOURS
GROUP-II • FREE TIME FOR REMOVAL15 WORKING HOURS
GROUP-III • FREE TIME FOR REMOVAL72 WORKING HOURS
OUTWARD GOODS • WAGON EQUIVALENTFor goods brought to the station for loading, 60 tonnes = 1 wagon for Wharfage. Any fraction is rounded up to the next wagon.Board illustration: 450 t ÷ 60 = 7.5 → 8 wagons.
AUTHORITY CHAIN Rates Circular 21 of 2007 • Wharfage framework & wagon-equivalent rule Rates Circular 05 of 2013 • ₹150 / ₹120 / ₹75 per wagon per hour or part Corrigendum 28 of 2022 • Group-III removal free time revised to 72 working hours
WHARFAGE INTELLIGENCE
TOTAL WHARFAGE₹ 0
MULTIPLE PLACEMENT • FREE TIME FOR REMOVAL INTELLIGENCE
THE LOGICSometimes an entire rake cannot be placed for loading or unloading at one time. The rake is divided into parts and those parts are placed one after another, or at different loading/unloading lines.
When this happens, some of the time gaps between these placements may have to be excluded while working out the applicable free-time period. This excluded period is called Dies Non.
CAiR uses the placement and completion timings entered below to identify the applicable Dies Non period and calculate the correct free-time reckoning point.
PLACEMENT INTELLIGENCE
FREE-TIME RECKONING POINT—
Authority: Corrigendum No.47 to Rates Master Circular/Demurrage-Wharfage-Waiver/2016/0. This block reckons free time for removal under Wharfage; it does not alter the Demurrage charge engine.
STACKING INTELLIGENCE • ADVANCE STACKING
1 • INDENTRegistered indent required
2 • PERMISSIONAdvance stacking permission
3 • PERIODMaximum 5 days
4 • WAGON SUPPLYThen loading clock takes over
WHO CAN AVAIL
You must already have a registered wagon indent. When asking for permission, give the indent details and confirm that the goods are stacked at your own risk.
PERMITTED PERIOD
The permitted stacking period can vary by location, but it cannot be more than 5 days. Use the period actually approved for that location.
WHEN WAGONS ARE SUPPLIED
When stacking is complete, or the approved stacking period ends, the wagons may be supplied against the indent. After wagons are supplied, the normal loading free-time clock starts. If the goods then remain beyond the applicable removal free time, Wharfage can apply.
RAILWAY SUPPLY DELAY
No stacking charge just because the wagons arrive late. If Railway does not supply wagons immediately after stacking is complete or the permitted period ends, that delay by itself does not create stacking charge.
CANCELLATION WITHIN 15 DAYS
If you cancel the wagon indent within 15 days from the first day of stacking, stacking charge applies for the whole period the goods remained stacked.
CANCELLATION AFTER 15 DAYS
If you cancel after 15 days and wagons have still not been supplied, no stacking charge is levied. Remove the goods within 24 hours; after that, Wharfage can apply.
AUTHORITY: Rates Circular No.21 of 2007, Paras 7.1–7.13. Stacking charge, where leviable, follows the Wharfage rate framework as amended from time to time.
FREE TIME INTELLIGENCE • GOODS SHEDS & SIDINGS
THE STARTING CLOCK
Permissible loading/unloading free time is determined by wagon type + mechanized/manual handling + operation. Loading by JCB / payloader is treated as mechanized loading.
PART PLACEMENT
Where placement capacity is less than a rake, free time starts with the first part placement; qualifying intervening gaps are treated as Dies Non. Demurrage for excess detention applies to the entire rake.
WAGON / COMMODITY
MECHANIZED
MANUAL
LOADING
UNLOADING
LOADING
UNLOADING
OPEN • BOXN / BOX / BOY / BOI etc.
05:00
07:00
09:00
09:00
HOPPER • BOBS / BOBR / BOBY etc.
05:00
02:30
N.A.
N.A.
FLAT • BFR / BRH / BRN etc.
06:00
N.A.
08:00
08:00
COVERED • BCN / BCNA etc.
N.A.
N.A.
1–20 WAGONS05:00
1–20 WAGONS05:00
21–30 WAGONS07:00
21–30 WAGONS07:00
31 WAGONS & ABOVE09:00
31 WAGONS & ABOVE09:00
TANK • WHITE OIL
06:00
UP TO 29 WAGONS06:0030 WAGONS & ABOVE08:00
N.A.
N.A.
TANK • BLACK OIL
07:00
UP TO 29 WAGONS07:0030 WAGONS & ABOVE09:00
N.A.
N.A.
MILITARY • KM
N.A.
N.A.
04:00
04:00
MILITARY • OTHER THAN KM / DBKM etc.
N.A.
N.A.
UP TO 20 WAGONS05:0021 WAGONS & ABOVE07:00
UP TO 20 WAGONS05:0021 WAGONS & ABOVE07:00
CONTAINER
03:00
03:00
N.A.
N.A.
CRANE-HANDLED CONSIGNMENTS
07:00
08:00
N.A.
N.A.
LIVESTOCK
N.A.
N.A.
04:00
04:00
SPECIAL ALLOWANCES / QUICK RULES
POL SIDING • WORKING HOURS≤ 12 RAKES/MONTH → 06:00–22:00> 12 RAKES/MONTH → ROUND-THE-CLOCK
Category is based on the average of the six highest-traffic months of the preceding year, rounded to the nearest whole number. Where the terminal also unloads LPG, the applicable POL/LPG rake count is included. Effective 01.01.2025.
TARPAULIN COVERING+1 HOUR PER RAKE
For applicable open-wagon loose/bulk traffic requiring tarpaulin covering during loading.
JCB / PAYLOADERMECHANIZED LOADING
Loading by payloader is treated as mechanized loading.
CNSR/CNSG closes and secures the wagon doors after loading/unloading • Railway staff ensures proper securing before departure.
PART PLACEMENTDIES-NON WHERE APPLICABLE
Free time starts with first part placement; qualifying intervening gaps are excluded as prescribed.
AUTHORITY: Rates Circular No.74 of 2005, Para 2.2 and applicable amendments/clarifications. Base free-time values are cross-checked against the current Konkan Railway published Free Time table. POL siding working-hours guidance follows Railway Board No.2023/TT-II/13/P(Mech), dated 16.12.2024, effective 01.01.2025. Special, zonal and later amending instructions remain capable of changing the applicable free time in a particular case.
STABLING CHARGE • CURRENT RATE
PRIVATELY OWNED WAGONS • INCLUDING CONTAINER OPERATORS₹705 / WAGON / DAY OR PART
—₹ 0
TOTAL STABLING CHARGE₹ 0
Current authority: Railway Board letter dated 22.04.2026 / Corrigendum No.62. Rate ₹705 per wagon per day or part of a day, effective 01.05.2026 to 30.04.2027.
ACTIVE: Demurrage • Wharfage • Stacking • Free Time • Stabling. HELD: Waiver and Special Conditions remain inactive until their authority chain is verified.