This page sits under the Mulia Charcoal Logistics pillar. It answers the buyer's real question about a Class 4.2 cargo — "is my money safe?" — honestly: through prevention and the right insurance, not a false promise of coverage. Logistics overview
Protection at a glance
Who insures the cargo, what the cover includes, and what it excludes.
- Insurance arranged by
- The buyer (EXW / FOB / CFR); the factory under CIF on request
- Covered (external perils)
- wetting / water ingress, theft and pilferage, general average, vessel casualty, external fire
- Excluded
- self-heating / spontaneous combustion (inherent vice)
Marine cargo insurance
Honesty first: self-heating fire arising from the cargo's own nature is inherent vice, and standard marine cargo insurance does not cover it. That is not a gap to hide — it is the reason prevention matters. You cannot insure your way out of self-heating; you prevent it with the SP 978 controls and a documented compliance record.
What marine cargo insurance does cover — the external perils of the voyage:
- wetting / water ingress
- theft and pilferage
- general average
- vessel casualty
- external fire
Under EXW, FOB, and CFR, insurance is arranged and held by the buyer; under CIF — available on request — the factory arranges marine cover to the destination port. Inherent-vice and self-heating perils stay excluded under any incoterm. Confirm the scope, sum insured, and exclusions in your policy or certificate.
How the incoterm sets who insures The SP 978 controls that prevent self-heating
Coverage summary only; confirm scope and exclusions in the policy or certificate.
Cargo condition in transit
Over four to eight weeks at sea the cargo has to stay dry, intact, and stable. Sealed primary packaging works with the SP 978 container headspace to manage moisture, boxes are clean and dust-free before loading, and the master-box stacking protects against breakage. The physical specifications live on the packaging page.
The safety loop, stated plainly
Put together: the SP 978 controls reduce the self-heating risk at source, the factory's compliance record backs that up, and marine insurance covers the external perils — water, theft, general average, vessel casualty, external fire. The cargo is protected against external risk by insurance, and against self-heating by prevention, not a policy. Saying so is the trust signal.