554.2322  Delivery "ex-ship".

1.  Unless otherwise agreed a term for delivery of goods "ex-ship" (which means from the carrying vessel) or in equivalent language is not restricted to a particular ship and requires delivery from a ship which has reached a place at the named port of destination where goods of the kind are usually discharged.

2.  Under such a term unless otherwise agreed

a.  the seller must discharge all liens arising out of the carriage and furnish the buyer with a direction which puts the carrier under a duty to deliver the goods; and

b.  the risk of loss does not pass to the buyer until the goods leave the ship's tackle or are otherwise properly unloaded.

Section History: Early form

  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 554.2322]


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