---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 47.303-9"
title: "48"
number: "47.303-9"
heading: "F.o.b. vessel, port of shipment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/47.303-9"
---

# §47.303-9. F.o.b. vessel, port of shipment.

- (a) Explanation of delivery term. F.o.b. vessel, port shipment means free of expense to the Government loaded, stowed, and trimmed on board the ocean vessel at the specified port of shipment.
- (b) **Contractor responsibilities.** The contractor shall—
  - (1)
    - (i) Pack and mark the shipment to comply with contract specifications; or
    - (ii) In the absence of specifications, prepare the shipment for ocean transportation in conformance with carrier requirements to protect the goods and to ensure assessment of the lowest applicable transportation charge;
  - (2)
    - (i) Deliver the shipment on board the ocean vessel in good order and condition on the date or within the period fixed; and
    - (ii) Pay and bear all charges incurred in placing the shipment actually on board;
  - (3) Provide a clean ship's receipt or on-board ocean bill of lading;
  - (4) Be responsible for any loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before delivery of the shipment on board the ocean vessel; and
  - (5) At the Government's request and expense, assist in obtaining the documents required for (i) exportation or (ii) importation at destination.
- (c) **Contract clause.** The contracting officer shall insert in solicitations and contracts the clause at 52.247-37, F.o.b. Vessel, Port of Shipment, when the delivery term is f.o.b. vessel, port of shipment.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42424, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.