Pre-Carriage

Describing a fee assessed by a port or airport on a good to be shipped internationally. See also: International Trade.

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Pre-carriage and onward carriage is offered by truck or combined rail transport based on the urgency of the respective shipment.

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This means that the seller contracts for pre-carriage, meaning transportation of the goods from the seller's facility to where they leave the seller's country, and main carriage, meaning transportation from the seller's side to the buyer's side.

This aligns with what the seller is responsible for shipping-wise, but under CPT, although the seller contracts for pre-carriage and main carriage, delivery occurs, meaning responsibility transfers to the buyer, when the goods are turned over to the first carrier.

New decade, new upgrade: Incoterms 2010 picks up where Incoterms 2000 left off

The cargo was organized into 89 units for pre-carriage at the plant in China and loaded at Shanghai port.

Azerbaijan,Iran Islamic Republic of : Iranian logistics firm delivers 900 tonnes of oil and gas equipment cargo to Azerbaijan