The scenario describes the Incoterm® 'Delivered At Terminal' (DAT) from the 2010 rules. Under DAT, the seller is responsible for all costs and risks associated with bringing the goods to a named terminal (such as a port, airport, or warehouse) at the destination. Crucially, this responsibility includes unloading the goods from the arriving means of transport. The risk transfers from the seller to the buyer only after the goods have been successfully unloaded at this terminal. This is the only Incoterm among the options where the seller has the obligation to unload at the destination.

B. DAP – Delivered At Place: The seller delivers the goods ready for unloading at the named place, but the buyer is responsible for the risk and cost of unloading.

C. DDP – Delivered Duty Paid: Similar to DAP, the seller is not responsible for unloading the goods at the destination, although they do cover all costs including import duties.

D. FAS – Free Alongside Ship: Risk transfers from seller to buyer at the port of shipment (origin), not the destination, once the goods are placed alongside the vessel.

1. International Chamber of Commerce. (2010). Incoterms® 2010: ICC rules for the use of domestic and international trade terms. ICC Publication No. 715E.

The official definition for DAT states: "the seller delivers when the goods

once unloaded from the arriving means of transport

are placed at the disposal of the buyer at a named terminal at the named port or place of destination." This directly matches the question's description.

2. Lysons

K.

& Farrington

B. (2020). Procurement and Supply Chain Management (10th ed.). Pearson.

In Chapter 14

"Logistics in the Supply Chain

" the text explains the various Incoterms. It clarifies that under DAT (Incoterms 2010)

the seller's obligations include unloading at the destination terminal

distinguishing it from DAP where unloading is the buyer's responsibility.

3. David

P. (2015). International Logistics: The Management of International Trade Operations (4th ed.). Cicero Books.

In Chapter 4

"International Terms of Trade

" the author details the responsibilities under each Incoterm. For DAT

it is specified on page 104 that "The seller is responsible for the cost of unloading the goods from the carrier." This confirms the key element described in the question.