This page sits under the Mulia Charcoal Logistics pillar and covers the rules of placing and shipping an order. Coconut charcoal moves as full containers only, on the incoterms below, against staged payment, on a dangerous-goods booking. Logistics overview
Ordering at a glance
The commercial parameters of a container order.
- Default incoterm
- FOB Semarang
- Incoterms offered
- EXW / FOB / CFR / CIF
- Payment terms
- 50% T/T advance, balance against the B/L copy no later than one week after vessel departure
- Container
- Full-container load (FCL) only
- Mixed sizes
- Within a single grade, more than one briquette size can be combined in one container — confirm the split at quotation.
- Minimum order
- 18 tons (one 20ft container)
How containers are loaded
UN 1361 coconut charcoal ships as a full-container load only. Class 4.2 dangerous goods cannot be co-loaded with other cargo in a shared LCL groupage box, which is why the minimum order is 18 tons (one 20ft container). Master boxes are floor-stuffed for maximum payload, or palletized on ISPM-15 wood where forklift handling is needed. A 20ft on wooden pallets loads only 15–16 tons and is not recommended; palletized loads ship in a 40ft.
Incoterms we offer
Our default sales basis is FOB Semarang: we cover origin trucking, export clearance, terminal handling, and vanning, and risk transfers when the cargo crosses the ship's rail. We also quote EXW / FOB / CFR / CIF. Under EXW, FOB and CFR the buyer arranges marine insurance; CIF, which adds seller-arranged marine cover to the destination port, is available on request.
Under EXW, FOB and CFR insurance is buyer-arranged, so cover and exclusions are the buyer's to confirm; under CIF the factory arranges marine cover on request. Inherent-vice perils (self-heating) stay excluded under any term. Cargo protection & insurance
Payment terms & process
Default terms: 50% T/T advance, balance against the B/L copy no later than one week after vessel departure. We publish terms only — never bank details on the website. Bank details are shared after KYC on a proforma invoice.
The order process, step by step:
- Proforma invoice & KYC. We issue a proforma invoice; bank details follow after KYC.
- Deposit. The deposit confirms the order and schedules production (per the terms above).
- Production. Production runs about 21 days for a 20-ft container and 21–25 days for a 40-ft, plus 7–10 days for a first order under a new brand.
- Balance before loading. The balance is settled before loading, per the terms above.
- Documents released. On cleared payment, the bill of lading and export-document pack are released.
Booking & vessel schedule
Charcoal must be booked as declared dangerous goods on a DG-capable carrier, which adds lead time over a non-DG booking and limits sailings. Booking is arranged during production so it does not delay the front of the timeline.
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