Full Liner Terms generally implies that the freight amount provided includes both shore based and on-board stevedoring, lashing/unlashing, dunnage materials used inside the vessel’s hold, securing/unsecuring and all costs of delivering to/receiving the cargo from alongside; leaving the shippers/receivers just bearing the cost of discharging from/reloading to the transport means, along with the usual port charges/levies/taxes etc.
In Liner Terms Hook, the shipper/receiver arranges for the delivery/receipt of cargo to/from directly under ship’s hook. The ship pays for the labour cost of stowing the cargo inside the ship’s hold, as well as on-board lashing & securing, the provision of dunnage materials used inside the hold, as well as the discharging cost till alongside.
Shore based stevedoring costs remain under the responsibility of the shipper/receiver. Many shippers/receivers are unaware of these additional costs and tend to exclude them from their overall budgeting and, consequently, may be left with an unexpected considerable expense at the completion of a project.
In Liner Terms Hook, the shipper/receiver arranges for the delivery/receipt of cargo to/from directly under ship’s hook. The ship pays for the labour cost of stowing the cargo inside the ship’s hold, as well as on-board lashing & securing, the provision of dunnage materials used inside the hold, as well as the discharging cost till alongside.
Shore based stevedoring costs remain under the responsibility of the shipper/receiver. Many shippers/receivers are unaware of these additional costs and tend to exclude them from their overall budgeting and, consequently, may be left with an unexpected considerable expense at the completion of a project.
