FOB

Free On Board

The seller delivers export-cleared goods on board the vessel nominated by the buyer at the named port of shipment.

Offered as standardSea & inland waterwayIncoterms® 2020

How World Steel delivers FOB

Our most frequently quoted term for buyers with their own forwarder: FOB Ho Chi Minh City (Cat Lai / Hiep Phuoc) or FOB Cai Mep–Thi Vai – break-bulk, flat racks, open-tops and standard containers.

Delivery: On board the buyer's vessel at the named port of shipment.
Risk passes: When the goods are on board the vessel.
Costs: The seller pays until the goods are on board, including export clearance and origin terminal handling; the buyer pays the freight.
Best for: Break-bulk and conventional sea freight where the buyer books the vessel.
Watch out: For containers handed over at a terminal, risk can pass before loading in practice – ICC recommends FCA; we accept both.

Always state the rule, a precise named place and the version, e.g. “FOB Ho Chi Minh City, Incoterms® 2020”.

← FAS · Free Alongside Ship All 11 Incoterms® 2020 rules CFR · Cost and Freight →

EXWEx Works FCAFree Carrier FASFree Alongside Ship FOBFree On Board CFRCost and Freight CIFCost, Insurance and Freight CPTCarriage Paid To CIPCarriage and Insurance Paid To DAPDelivered at Place DPUDelivered at Place Unloaded DDPDelivered Duty Paid

Incoterms® is a registered trademark of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). This page summarises the Incoterms® 2020 rules for orientation only – the ICC text and the sales contract govern. Always state the rule, the named place and “Incoterms® 2020”.

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Tell us the destination and the Incoterm you prefer – we quote ex-works, FOB, CIF or delivered to your site.

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