Concept:Shipping terms determine the point at which the seller's responsibility for cost and risk passes to the buyer.
Explanation:Free on Board (FOB) means the seller must bear all expenses until the goods are actually loaded onto the ship.
Free Alongside Ship (FAS) only requires the seller to place the goods alongside the vessel, before loading takes place.
Cost, Insurance, Freight (C.I.F) includes the cost of goods, insurance, and freight to the destination port, but it does not specifically highlight loading expenses onto the ship.
Ex-ship means the buyer bears the costs after the goods are unloaded from the vessel.
The quotation in question is about the expenses involved in loading goods into a ship.
So the term that directly includes all such loading expenses is FOB.
Answer:A. Free on Board (FOB)