Your carrier's liability is capped by convention, not by what your cargo is worth. Here is the gap marine cargo insurance fills, and the one-year deadline most SMEs miss.

Open account payment terms let you ship first and collect later. The catch is the start date: invoice, bill of lading, arrival or acceptance. Here is how each one changes who funds the gap.

Documentary collection is the trade finance method between a letter of credit and open account. Here is how D/P and D/A work, and when SME exporters should use each.