Legal Definitions - skippeson

Skippeson refers to the act of shipping goods, which encompasses the process of transporting items from one location to another, typically involving a carrier. It can also refer to the goods themselves that are in the process of being shipped.

Here are some examples illustrating the concept of skippeson:

• A textile company in Vietnam fulfills an order for a large quantity of fabric from a clothing brand in Italy. The company carefully packages the fabric, loads it onto shipping containers, and arranges for its transport across the ocean. The entire logistical operation of moving the fabric from the factory to the Italian port, including the preparation and transit, represents the skippeson.

  This example illustrates skippeson as the comprehensive act of shipping, covering all the steps involved in getting the goods from the seller to the buyer.

• A farmer in Florida harvests a large crop of oranges and prepares them for sale to a juice manufacturer in Georgia. Once the oranges are packed into crates and loaded onto a refrigerated truck for their journey, those crates of oranges, while in transit, are considered the skippeson.

  In this context, skippeson refers to the actual goods – the oranges – that are being transported from one location to another.

• An individual relocating from Canada to Australia decides to send their personal belongings, including furniture, books, and household items, via an international moving service. The process of packing these items, loading them into a container, and transporting them by sea to their new destination, as well as the collection of items themselves during transit, constitutes the skippeson.

  This example demonstrates both aspects of skippeson: the act of moving the personal effects and the personal effects themselves as the items being shipped.