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Shipping terms, C/Y term

C/Y Term, loading

This Shipping Term can be used in container traffic when the Contracting Shipper hands the loaded container over to the Carrier by delivering the container to the container yard in the port of loading, to be transported by the Carrier. In this Shipping Term, ‘container’ also means other equivalent large-sized unit loads.

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C/Y Term, loading: The Contracting ShipperC/Y Term, loading: The Carrier

1 Delivering the contained to the Carrier

The Contracting Shipper delivers the loaded container at the time and place stipulated by the Carrier to the in the container yard or other warehouse area in the port of loading.

The Contracting Shipper hands the container over to the Carrier when he delivers it, at the time and place stipulated by the Carrier, to be loaded later.

2 Taking delivery of the container from the Carrier

The Carrier takes delivery of the loaded container from the Contracting Shipper at the at the time and place stipulated by the Carrier in the container yard or in other warehouse area in the port of loading.

The Carrier receives the container when the Contracting Shipper delivers it, at the time and place stipulated by the Carrier, to be loaded later.

3 Division of costs

The Contracting Shipper bears all costs of delivering the container in accordance with 1 and possible storage costs until the Carrier attaches the container in order to load it into the vessel.

Should the Contracting Shipper fail to deliver the container in accordance with 1 or should he fail to fulfil the obligations defined in 7, he is liable for all direct costs thereby incurred to the Carrier.

4 Division of costs

The Carrier bears all costs of the container in the container yard or other warehouse area in the port of loading after he attaches the container in order to load it into the vessel.

Should the Carrier fail to take delivery of the container in accordance with 2, he is liable for all direct costs thereby incurred to the Contracting Shipper.

5 Division of liability

The Contracting Shipper bears all liability for loss of or damage to the container and the goods in it until he has handed them over to the Carrier in accordance with 1.

6 Division of liability

The Carrier bears all liability for loss of or damage to the container and the goods in it after he has received it in accordance with 2, provided that the container has been loaded and lashed and its contents have been secured in accordance with 7.

Should the Carrier fail to take delivery of the container in accordance with 2, he bears all liability for loss of or damage thereby incurred to the container and the goods contained within it.

7 Other obligations

The Contracting Shipper must load the container and lash and secure its contents in accordance with the requirements applied.

The Contracting Shipper must give the Carrier necessary and/or required information concerning the container, its contents and delivery in due time before the delivery.

8 Other obligations

The Carrier must give the Contracting Shipper, in due time, notice as to when the container must be at the place of taking delivery.

C/Y Term, discharge

This Shipping Term can be used in container traffic when the Carrier hands the loaded container over to the Consignee in the port of discharge by delivering the container to the container yard or other warehouse area in the port of loading. In this Shipping Term, ‘container’ means also other equivalent large-sized unit loads.

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C/Y Term. Discharge: The CarrierC/Y Term. Discharge: The Consignee

1 Delivering the container to the Consignee

The Carrier delivers the loaded container to the consignee at the time and place stipulated by the Carrier to the place in the container yard or in other warehouse area in the port of discharge.

The Carrier hands over the container when the Consignee collects it from the place named by the Carrier in the container yard

2 Taking delivery of the container from the Carrier

The Consignee takes delivery of the container from the Carrier at the time and place stipulated by the Carrier in the container yard or in other warehouse area in the port of discharge.

The Consignee receives the container when he takes physical charge of it in the place named by the Carrier in the container yard or in other warehouse area in order to remove it.

3 Division of costs

The Carrier bears all costs of delivering the container in accordance with 1.

Should the Carrier fail to deliver the container in accordance with 1 or should he fail to fulfil the obligations defined in 7, he is liable for all direct costs thereby incurred to the Consignee.

4 Division of costs

The Consignee bears possible costs of storage after the Carrier has delivered the container in accordance with 1.

Should the Consignee fail to take delivery of the container in accordance with 2 or should he fail to fulfil the obligations defined in 8, he is liable for all direct costs thereby incurred to the Carrier.

5 Division of liability

The Carrier bears all liability for loss of or damage to the container and the goods contained within it until he has handed over the container in accordance with 1, or until the agreed time for taking delivery of the container has expired.

6 Division of liability

The Consignee bears all liability for loss of or damage to the container and the goods contained within it after he has received the container in accordance with 2, or after the agreed time for taking delivery of the container has expired.

Should the Consignee fail to take delivery of the container in accordance with 2, he bears all liability for loss of or damage thereby incurred to the container or the goods in it.

7 Other obligations

The Carrier must give the information necessary for taking delivery of the container in due time before the delivery of the container. The information must be given to the person named by the Contracting Shipper. If the Carrier is unable to give this information to the named person, he can give it to the owner of the cargo, or, if he does not know who is the owner, to the Contracting Shipper.

The Carrier must indicate the place of loading the container to the person defined in this paragraph and give him notice as to when the container can be loaded on a means of transport there.

8 Other obligations

The Consignee must seek the information relating to the delivery of the container and defined in 7 in due time from the Carrier.

The Consignee must give the Carrier, in due time, notice as to any special requirements relating to the delivery of the container. The Consignee bears all additional costs incurred directly because of these requirements