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Is there a connection between Incoterms® and the shipping line..??


Categories Incoterms®, Opinion, Shipping, Trade Tags , , , , 13 Comments  5 minutes
Opinion Piece

– Is there a connection between Incoterms® and the shipping line..??
– Should Shipping Lines be concerned with Incoterms®..??
– How does Incoterms® affect the shipping line..??

These are few of the questions raised by readers who have complained that their booking was on FCA, FOB, CIF etc but the carrier refuses to show this commercial information on the bill of lading.. Commercial information includes details about the Incoterms®..

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Will the container industry ever forget FOB – Free On Board


Categories Education, Incoterms®, Opinion, Shipping, Shipping Jargon, Trade Tags , , , , 26 Comments  5 minutes
FOB - Free on Board - Shipping and Freight Resource

I can visualise a few raised eyebrows to the question “Will the container industry ever forget FOB”..

Especially since FOB has been and still seems to be an integral part of container shipping industry on many fronts..

It has been an industry standard, part of the furniture, sort of a boilerplate, an established term in the industry..

So what changed and why this question..??

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A question of FOB and container detention


Categories Demurrage and Detention, Education, Questions and Answers Tags , 15 Comments  1 minute
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Buyer booked his cargo with a container shipping company and took containers from them with 10 days of free time. The seller stuffed the cargo inside containers in 12 days, now there is a detention for 2 days for containers.

Term of contract is FOB, but seller did not mention in the contract that he will stuff the cargo inside container in less than 10 days.

Who should pay the detention of containers ?

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