Interport Cargo Services can transport your goods on any of the major shipping lines. For a quotation on your freight shipping needs speak to us at Interport Cargo Services and we can find you the best rate and the best route of transport to your cargo’s destination either by direct sailings or by utilising the most efficient transshipment ports.

With our detailed knowledge of shipping routes and timetables, we can save transit time for your cargo.

Overdimensional deck cargo can be loaded on Upper or Lower Deck depending on its susceptibility to the weather and elements. A full range of shipping containers is available with 20ft and 40ft dimensions. Loads can also be packed as LCL cargo with more than one consignee sharing a container to save you money.

 

Interport Cargo Services handle all packing and delivery of containers to the wharf, and transport and unpacking of the container, by our network of international agents, at its destination. For freight imported into Australia, Interport Cargo Services can unpack the container and arrange for storage of the contents at its Brisbane bonded warehouse, or deliver as per your requirements.

 

We offer a comprehensive quarantine service so that your goods can be collected as soon as possible with the minimum of delay.

 

EXPORT SHIPPING TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

F.O.B.	Free on board, is used of a price quoted for goods including the cost of placing them on board ship. Where the goods have been quoted F.O.B. it is the seller’s duty to deliver the goods to the ship at the port of shipment and to pay all expenses incurred in connection with and to make a reasonable contract of carriage for their transport to the above. Delivery is completed once the goods have been put aboard ship. However, it is the duty of the seller to notify the buyer of the shipment to enable them to arrange insurance, otherwise the goods are at the seller’s risk.
Ex works	The price at which the supplier will supply ex his works. It does not include any cartage or delivery.
C&F	Cost and Freight
C&FC	Cost, Freight and Commission
C.I.F.	Cost, Insurance and Freight. A C.I.F. contract is a contract for the sale of goods where the seller’s duties are: 1. To ship at the port of shipment, within the time named in the contact, the goods of the contract description. 2. To procure on shipment a contract of affreightment under which the goods will be delivered at the destination contemplated by the contract. 3. To effect, upon the terms current in the trade, an insurance of the goods which will be available for the benefit of the buyer. 4. To make out an invoice of the goods. 5. To tender to the buyer the bill of lading, the invoice and the policy of insurance. It is the duty of the buyer to take up these documents and pay for the goods.
C.I.F.C	Cost, insurance, freight and commission
F.A.S.	Free alongside ship. Includes all charges (including wharfage and porterage) up to but not including hoisting on board.
F.O.W.	Free on wharf. Goods delivered to the wharf. It includes cartage to the wharf but not the payment of wharfage.
L/C.	Letter of Credit.
On Consignment	Goods shipped with payment made to the shipper as the goods are sold at destination. The shipper retains ownership. (Foreign exchange regulations require payment within six months.)
Ship’s Liability	This starts when the cargo is on the inboard of the ship’s rails. It terminates as soon as the cargo is over the ship’s rail on discharge. If cargo is damaged in transit from wharf to the ship’s rail or vice versa, the ship will normally refuse liability.