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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.247-36 F.a.s. 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 clause defines the delivery term 'f.a.s. vessel, port of shipment' as delivery free of expense to the Government alongside the ocean vessel and within reach of its loading tackle at the specified port. It matters to contractors because it spells out exactly what the contractor must do, and pay for, to complete delivery under that term.

Applies to: Contractors whose contracts use the f.a.s. vessel, port of shipment delivery term

What it requires

  • Pack and mark the shipment to comply with contract specifications, or if none, prepare it for ocean transportation per carrier requirements to protect the goods and ensure the lowest applicable transportation charge
  • Deliver the shipment in good order and condition alongside the ocean vessel and within reach of its loading tackle, at the specified point and date or period
  • Pay and bear all applicable charges, including transportation costs, wharfage, handling, and heavy lift charges, up to that point
  • Provide a clean dock or ship's receipt

Key terms: f.a.s. vessel, port of shipment · loading tackle · clean dock or ship's receipt · wharfage · heavy lift charges

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

The text

As prescribed in 47.303-8(c), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts when the delivery term is f.a.s. vessel, port of shipment:

F.a.s. Vessel, Port of Shipment (APR 1984)

(a) The term f.a.s. vessel, port of shipment, as used in this clause, means free of expense to the Government delivered alongside the ocean vessel and within reach of its loading tackle at the specified port of shipment.

(b) 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 in good order and condition alongside the ocean vessel and within reach of its loading tackle, at the point of delivery and on the date or within the period specified in the contract; and

(ii) Pay and bear all applicable charges, including transportation costs, wharfage, handling, and heavy lift charges, if necessary, up to this point;

(3) Provide a clean dock or ship's receipt;

(4) Be responsible for any loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before delivery of the shipment to the point specified in the contract; and

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

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 47.303-8 F.a.s. vessel, port of shipment.

Sections that refer to it

  • 47.303-8 F.a.s. vessel, port of shipment.

← 52.247-35 F.o.b. Destination, Within Consignee's Premises. · 52.247-37 F.o.b. Vessel, Port of Shipment. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

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

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