FOB Price - FOB Price

… FOB is an abbreviation for free on board and is translated as “free on board.” The FOB price (also called “free on board price” or “free on deck price”) condition is a transaction condition in which the seller loads the cargo onto a ship anchored at the designated loading port arranged by the buyer, but all expenses incurred up to that point, including the loading onto the ship, are borne by the seller. Unless otherwise agreed, the seller is not responsible for the ship to be loaded, and if the buyer’s designated ship is incomplete and the loading is impossible or delayed, the buyer will bear the associated extra expenses such as warehouse fees. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "FOB price" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　FOBはfree on boardの略語で，〈本船渡し〉と訳される。FOB価格(〈本船渡し値段〉もしくは〈甲板渡し値段〉ともいう)条件とは，売主は，買主側が手配した指定船積港に停泊している船舶に貨物を積み込むが，この本船積込みを含め，それまでに生じたいっさいの経費は売主が負担する取引条件をいう。特約のない限り，売主は積み込むべき船舶に関しては責任を負わず，買主の配船指定が不備のため船積み不能やその遅延が生じた場合，それに関連する倉敷料などの余分の費用は買主が負担することになる。…

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