If CQD occurs, what is impossible to earn?

• A. Demurrage
• B. Hire
• C. Freight
• D. Detention

Answer: (A)

Demurrage is the charge that compensates the vessel’s owner for time wasted in port beyond the agreed laytime needed to load or discharge cargo. If CQD occurs, it means the cargo was discharged within the allotted time (or the operation finished on time), so there is no overstay to bill for. Since demurrage depends on extending beyond the laytime, and CQD indicates no such extension, earning demurrage becomes impossible in this situation.

The other payments aren’t tied to staying in port beyond laytime. Hire is the fixed compensation for using the vessel over the charter period, freight is the payment for moving the cargo itself, and detention is a separate charge related to holding equipment beyond free time after discharge.