集装箱超期使用费,又称滞箱费,是指在海上货物运输过程中,承运人提供集装箱运输货主的货物,在此过程中,承运人从加速流转,增强效率的角度出发,往往会与货主约定免费使用集装箱的期限,货主需在此期限内归还集装箱,否则对于逾期归还的行为,承运人有权收取一定的费用。在现今的航运实践中,集装箱超期使用费普遍存在,并已形成一种行业惯例,但是出现了很多的纠纷。文章试图从集装箱超期使用的法律性质、收取标准及诉讼时效起算点等角度加以阐述分析,以期在未来,航运业能建立更完善具体的集装箱使用制度,在世界经济贸易往来中发挥更大的作用。 Overdraft fee, also known as detention fee, refers to the carrier in the process of maritime transport of goods, the owner of the container transport of goods, in the process, the carrier from the accelerated circulation, enhance efficiency, often with the owner The agreed period of free use of containers, the owner should return the container within this period, otherwise the late return of the carrier, the carrier has the right to charge a fee. In today’s shipping practices, over-subscription fees for containers are ubiquitous and form an industry practice, but there have been many disputes. The article attempts to expound and analyze the legal nature of the container overuse, the collection standard and the starting point of the lawsuit, in the hope that in the future, the shipping industry can establish a more perfect and specific container use system and play a greater role in the world economy and trade .