CODE OF VIRGINIA

DELIVERY “EX-SHIP.” (§ 8.2-322)

(1. Unless otherwise agreed a term for delivery of goods “ex-ship”
(which means from the carrying vessel) or in equivalent language is not
restricted to a particular ship and requires delivery from a ship which has
reached a place at the named port of destination where goods of the kind are are
usually discharged.

(2. Under such a term unless otherwise agreed

   (a.  the seller must discharge all liens arising out of the carriage and
   furnish the buyer with a direction which puts the carrier under a duty to
   deliver the goods; and

   (b.  the risk of loss does not pass to the buyer until the goods leave the
   ship’s tackle or are otherwise properly unloaded.

HISTORY: 1964, c. 219.