Delivering dry is part of your product
Under FOB or CIF the transit risk may sit with your buyer — but claims, recourse and lost repeat business land on your desk. Seaworthy packing including moisture protection is what your contract, and your reputation, expect from you.
Your stake
Four reasons the box you pack is your business
Seaworthy packing is your duty
Sales contracts require packing suited to ocean transport — including moisture protection appropriate to route, season and cargo.
D-terms: the risk stays yours
Under DAP or DDP you carry every transit risk until the goods reach the buyer's gate — container rain included.
Claims and recourse
If inadequate packing caused the damage, buyers can hold you liable even after the risk has formally passed.
Dry delivery as a selling point
Documented desiccant use signals quality, prevents disputes and wins repeat orders in price-sensitive markets.
Document your desiccant use
Record type, quantity and placement — ideally with photos taken before sealing. In a dispute this is your proof of seaworthy packing, and towards insurers it defuses the packing exclusion 4.3.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions from exporters
Which Incoterms make the exporter liable for moisture damage?
Under DAP and DDP the seller carries the transit risk until delivery at the destination. But even under FOB or CIF, buyers can take recourse if demonstrably inadequate packing — such as missing desiccants — caused the damage.
Am I obliged to use container desiccants?
Sales contracts typically require seaworthy packing. For ocean routes crossing climate zones this includes moisture protection appropriate to cargo, route and season — without it, the packing can be deemed insufficient.
How do I prove seaworthy packing?
Document type, quantity and placement of the desiccants, ideally with photos taken before the container is sealed. This protects you against claims and recourse — and helps insurers accept condensation claims instead of invoking the packing exclusion.
We dimension the desiccants for your shipments
Route, season, cargo, container size: we calculate the quantity that actually protects — and supply the matching products.