12A:2-322 - Delivery "ex-ship" - New Jersey Statutes

12A:2-322.  Delivery  "ex-ship"    (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.

     L.1961, c. 120, s. 2-322.