With DPU Destination Airport for aifreight the goods are indeed unloaded from the aircraft at the airport as part of the seller’s contract of carriage.
With DPU Destination CFS for LCL the goods are indeed unloaded from the container at the CFS as part of the seller’s contract of carriage.
Delivery of the goods is “unloaded” by the seller at the destination place.
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Delivery of the goods is “not unloaded” by the seller at the destination place, typically at either the CY (container yard) or the buyer’s premises.
This article was co-authored by:
– Rebecca Brace, finance writer and former editor, Treasury Today
– Enno-Burghard Weitzel, SVP, Strategy and Business Development, Surecomp
In the vast majority of shipments the container is provided by the carrier, usually the container shipping line itself even if a forwarder acts as the carrier, here disregarding the tiny minority of shipper-owned or buyer-owned containers.