Explore CIF and FOB shipping terms to understand buyer versus seller responsibilities, cost implications, and best practices ...

With fuel costs rising, recovering your freight costs before you ship your merchandise reduces your cash outlay. Sending an order via freight on board, also known as free on board, with prepaid ...

If your business involves shipping, importing, and exporting, then understanding freight costs is going to be a huge part of making your business a success. One of the key things you need to ...

"FOB" was originally an ocean-freight acronym. Once the freight passed beyond this boundary of the ship's rail and moved onto the vessel, the seller had completed all of its delivery obligations to ...

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Protecting in-transit perishable shipments is a goal shared by stakeholders throughout the cold chain. Producers and growers (aka shippers) want to maintain products at their pre-cooled and/or frozen ...