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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.

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