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What does Dwell time mean in logistics?
Short answer
The time cargo, a container or a vehicle spends waiting at a facility, from arrival to departure, rather than moving.
For Indian trucks, dwell at plants and consignee docks drives detention cost and lower utilisation. For containers, port and CFS dwell time is tracked as a trade-facilitation measure. Ask our desk how this applies to your consignment.
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- Operations & tech
- Related terms
- Detention, TAT (turnaround time), Geofence, Reporting time
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