The C form is the narrowest of the three Institute Cargo Clauses issued by the Joint Cargo Committee of the Lloyd’s Market Association and the International Underwriting Association. It is a named-perils wording concentrated on major casualty events affecting the carrying vessel or conveyance rather than on damage to individual consignments, so a great deal of the loss that actually befalls cargo in ordinary transit falls outside it. Buyers choose C where the goods are rugged or of low value and the real concern is a catastrophic loss of the ship. The gap between C and A is wide enough that treating them as interchangeable “marine cover” is a serious mistake; confirm which form is on offer.
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