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FAR 47.303-9 F.o.b. vessel, port of shipment.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section defines the delivery term 'f.o.b. vessel, port of shipment,' meaning the contractor must deliver goods free of expense to the Government, loaded, stowed, and trimmed on board the ocean vessel at the specified port. It outlines the contractor's responsibilities for packing, marking, delivering, and documenting the shipment, and requires the contracting officer to include the clause at 52.247-37 in solicitations and contracts when this term is used.

Applies to: Contractors delivering goods f.o.b. vessel, port of shipment

What it requires

  • Pack and mark the shipment to comply with contract specifications, or if none, prepare for ocean transportation per carrier requirements to protect goods and ensure lowest transportation charge.
  • Deliver the shipment on board the ocean vessel in good order and condition on the date or within the period fixed.
  • Pay and bear all charges incurred in placing the shipment actually on board.
  • Provide a clean ship's receipt or on-board ocean bill of lading.

Key terms: f.o.b. vessel, port of shipment · clean ship's receipt · on-board ocean bill of lading · 52.247-37

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) Explanation of delivery term. F.o.b. vessel, port shipment means free of expense to the Government loaded, stowed, and trimmed on board the ocean vessel at the specified port of shipment.

(b) Contractor responsibilities. The contractor shall—

(1)(i) Pack and mark the shipment to comply with contract specifications; or

(ii) In the absence of specifications, prepare the shipment for ocean transportation in conformance with carrier requirements to protect the goods and to ensure assessment of the lowest applicable transportation charge;

(2)(i) Deliver the shipment on board the ocean vessel in good order and condition on the date or within the period fixed; and

(ii) Pay and bear all charges incurred in placing the shipment actually on board;

(3) Provide a clean ship's receipt or on-board ocean bill of lading;

(4) Be responsible for any loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before delivery of the shipment on board the ocean vessel; and

(5) At the Government's request and expense, assist in obtaining the documents required for (i) exportation or (ii) importation at destination.

(c) Contract clause. The contracting officer shall insert in solicitations and contracts the clause at 52.247-37, F.o.b. Vessel, Port of Shipment, when the delivery term is f.o.b. vessel, port of shipment.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 47.303-8 F.a.s. vessel, port of shipment. · 47.303-10 F.o.b. inland carrier, point of exportation. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 47

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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