S.C. Code Ann. § 36-2-322: Delivery "ex-ship".
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 36 - COMMERCIAL CODE
- CHAPTER 2 Commercial Code—Sales
- Part 3 General Obligation and Construction of Contract
(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 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.
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