Marine Insurance for CFS Operators

Container Freight Stations hold export and import cargo — everything from ceramics and minerals to textiles and machinery — for days or weeks during customs examination, de-stuffing, and re-stuffing, a custody window that most shippers assume is still covered under their marine policy. It often is not, unless the policy specifically extends to CFS/ICD storage.

A CFS near Mundra had a fire break out in a storage yard during peak season, damaging cargo belonging to several exporters awaiting customs clearance. Multiple shippers discovered their marine policies covered ocean transit only, with no extension for cargo in CFS custody, and the CFS operator was left fielding claims and liability questions that a properly worded marine policy would have covered instead.

CargoCover structures Marine Open Cover policies with an explicit warehouse-to-warehouse clause that names CFS and ICD storage and examination periods as covered transit, not a coverage gap — under ICC A, 110% CIF, with War and SRCC included — so cargo sitting at your facility for customs processing stays insured throughout.

• Warehouse-to-warehouse cover that explicitly names CFS/ICD storage and examination periods
• 110% CIF Open Marine Policy with ICC A, War and SRCC as standard
• Fire, theft, and flood cover for cargo in your custody, not just in ocean transit
• A referral-ready insurance option to offer every client using your facility
• Faster claims resolution that doesn't leave liability questions at your door
• Support for facilities near Mundra, Nhava Sheva (JNPT), Kandla, Chennai and Tuticorin

Most marine policies are read as ocean-transit cover only, leaving the CFS custody period — often the longest single leg of the journey — as a silent gap. A properly worded warehouse-to-warehouse clause is what keeps cargo insured while it sits in your yard.

1. Share your CFS operator client base, commodity mix, and current referral/insurance setup (if any)
2. Free premium benchmarking against current market rates
3. Cover structured with the specific extensions your CFS operator clients actually need
4. Pre-sailing declarations and dedicated claims support, handled directly with your team