5 Essential Notes about: Free On Board (FOB) Incoterms

Free On Board (FOB) as a most frequently used Incoterms globally, is only applied to sea and waterway shipments. In plain English FOB means, the seller will be free of costs and risks of shipment by loading the goods on board of the nominated vessel. In other words, once the shipment is loaded on board, all liability and responsibility transfers to the buyer. 1. Which party is obliged to pay the local charges (THC, BL fee, …) in Free On Board (FOB)? – All the charges in origin is for the account of the seller. So the seller must pay...