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

FAR 52.247-37 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 clause defines the delivery term 'f.o.b. vessel, port of shipment' as meaning the contractor must deliver goods loaded, stowed, and trimmed on board the ocean vessel at the specified port, at no expense to the Government. It also lists the contractor's specific responsibilities for packing, delivering, documenting, and bearing risk until the goods are on board.

Applies to: Contractors when the delivery term is f.o.b. vessel, port of shipment.

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 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 · free of expense to the Government · loaded, stowed, and trimmed · clean ship's receipt · on-board ocean bill of lading

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

The text

As prescribed in 47.303-9(c), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts when the delivery term is f.o.b. vessel, port of shipment:

F.o.b. Vessel, Port of Shipment (APR 1984)

(a) The term f.o.b. vessel, port of shipment, as used in this clause, means free of expense to the Government loaded, stowed, and trimmed on board the ocean vessel 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 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.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

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

Sections that refer to it

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

← 52.247-36 F.a.s. Vessel, Port of Shipment. · 52.247-38 F.o.b. Inland Carrier, Point of Exportation. →

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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