Glossary Discription

Delivered Ex Ship (DES) is a discontinued international commercial term (Incoterm) that was used in shipping contracts to define the seller’s obligation to deliver goods to the buyer on board a vessel at a named port of destination. Under DES terms, the seller bore all costs and risks associated with transporting goods to the specified destination port and making them available to the buyer on the ship, but was not responsible for unloading the goods or clearing them for import. The term was officially removed from the Incoterms rules in the 2010 revision by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and replaced by more precise delivery terms such as Delivered at Terminal (DAT) and Delivered at Place (DAP).