Among my orders I had three million feet of clear lumber for shipment to the United Kingdom, and these foreign customers, thinking I was trying to crawfish on my contracts, sued me and got judgment for actual and exemplary damages for my failure to perform, while the demurrage on the ships they sent to freight the lumber sent me hustling to the bank to borrow money."
"The Valley of the Giants"
Peter B. Kyne
In France demurrage begins the moment a ship stops outside of port.
"The War After the War"
Isaac Frederick Marcosson
The net result was that these vessels were held up for nearly two weeks and the high price of transportation coupled with the very large demurrage practically wiped out all the profits.
"The War After the War"
Isaac Frederick Marcosson