# Commercial Law (GCL)

## Title 2. Sales

### Subtitle 3. General Obligation and Construction of Contract

#### Section 2-322

(1) Unless otherwise agreed a term for delivery of goods "ex-ship" (which means from the carrying vessel) or in equivalent language is not restricted to a particular ship and requires delivery from a ship which has reached a place at the named port of destination where goods of the kind are usually discharged.

(2) Under such a term unless otherwise agreed

  (a) The seller must discharge all liens arising out of the carriage and furnish the buyer with a direction which puts the carrier under a duty to deliver the goods; and

  (b) The risk of loss does not pass to the buyer until the goods leave the ship's tackle or are otherwise properly unloaded.

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Md. Code Ann., Com. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)