INCOTERMS® 2020 FCA and CPT: Best practice for shipping containers through ports

This guidance paper responds to a key issue in port practice highlighted in a 2023 worldwide survey carried out by the ICC Commission on Commercial Law and Practice on use of the Incoterms® rules in major ports internationally: the frequent mismatch between the chosen Incoterms® rule and the practical realities of shipping goods in containers through ports.  This guidance paper is relevant to users of the Incoterms® 2020 rules shipping goods in containers through ports anywhere in the world.