Incoterms 2000 provides Preambles explaining the function of each Incoterm. These are reproduced in full for visitors to this site. For example, the Preamble to FAS FREE ALONGSIDE SHIP states that under FAS the seller delivers when the goods are placed alongside the vessel at the named port of shipment. "The buyer has to bear all costs and risks of loss of or damage to the goods from that moment."
Our conditions of business ,the Dutch Freight Forwarding-conditions (Fenex), which were deposited at the office of the clerk at the district-court of Amsterdam, Arnhem, Breda and Rotterdam, latest version, are applicable to all our quotations and activities