{"id":1674,"date":"2024-12-02T11:25:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T11:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exportdocs.org\/?page_id=1674"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:52:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:52:32","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exportdocs.org\/?page_id=1674","title":{"rendered":"The logic of the rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1674\" class=\"elementor elementor-1674\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e516f8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8e516f8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-623ca53e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"623ca53e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55ba0c9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55ba0c9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The eleven rules are divided into two main groups.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff40e59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ff40e59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/exportdocs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Two-groups.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1259\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exportdocs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Two-groups.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exportdocs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Two-groups-300x88.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95d9c95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95d9c95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In general the &#8220;Sea or inland waterway only\u201d rules should only be used for bulk cargos (e.g. oil, coal etc) and non-containerised goods, where the exporter can load the goods directly onto the vessel.<\/p><p>Where the goods are containerised, the \u201cany transport mode\u201d rules are more appropriate.<\/p><p>A critical difference between the rules in these two groups is the point at which risk transfers from seller to buyer. 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