FILO (Free In / Liner Out)

FILO (Free In / Liner Out) is a freight shipping rate of the loading goods into the ship in the logistics terms that includes the freight rate of cargo and the cost of offloading as per the customs of a port, but the loading of the cargo on the shipboard is not included in the freight rate. (Opposite of the LIFO (Liner In / Free Out)

Reference Definition by Logisticsglossary.com: FILO (Free In / Liner Out) in logistics, the loading of the cargo on board the ship is not included in the freight rate. Unloading at the destination is however. In this instance, the shipper must pay for loading the goods on board the ship separately.

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