Atuna.com makes buying and selling tuna easy, it is cost effective, and efficient. Communication is across countries and time zones. Faster transactions are cost saving, it creates less paperwork, and reduced inventories.

Because Atuna has a global reach through its website, Atuna opens a new universe of potential Customers and Suppliers to all its Users. Customers and Suppliers that were previously too hard or expensive to reach or service, are now accessible through Atuna.com. Reaching out to your new Customers or Suppliers is now Simple and Efficient.

Atuna.com offers FREE OF CHARGE:

- Read the Latest Market News on Tuna related Issues and stay up-to-date;
- Post Product for Sale and Inquiries for product, by contacting sales@atuna.com;
- Get Answers to Tuna related Questions by a Tuna Expert;
- View Daily Tuna Deals on the Home Page of atuna.com;
- Read and React on the weekly Opinion Article;
- Register to the Tuna Forum and Discuss various Important Tuna Topics with Tuna Professionals all over the Globe;
- Express their Point of View on the Tuna Poll;
- Stay abreast on major activities within the Tuna Industry with World Tuna Events;
- View the Classified Page and Advertise on it;
- Buy and sell Tuna Boats via Atuna.com;
- Use Tuna Encyclopedia to find all detailed Tuna related information and create a Hyperlink to their own Web Site (click "about Atuna");
- Consult detailed information on each Tuna Sort in Tuna Species Guide;
- Get insight into Duties and Regulations into the European Union in Import Regulations;
- Do more! View atuna.com's Market Watch, Skipjack Prices, etc.

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Any person with web access can use our site FREE of charge. All users can enjoy the Benefits as listed above.

A Commission Fee is only generated when a Transaction has been Completed Successfully. When Tuna Products or Equipment are sold through our website, we charge a the Seller a fee of 2% over the total Purchase Price of the Transaction. Buyers do not pay a fee to Atuna.

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Our visitors are Buyers and Sellers of all grades, forms and species of Tuna. This includes Retailers, Supermarket Buyers, Wholesalers, Importers, Traders or Brokers, Food Manufacturers, Canned Tuna processors, Tuna Fishing companies etc. Our rapidly growing User Base represents over 25 countries from all Regions of the World:

- Europe;
- Eastern-Europe;
- North America;
- South America;
- China;
- South-East Asia;
- Africa;
- Australia.

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Atuna accommodates Transactions for all Product Forms and Sub-species of Tuna, including Fresh, Frozen, Canned, or Preserved in another way via sales@atuna.com.

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Atuna accommodates Transactions for all Product Forms and Sub-species of Tuna, including Fresh, Frozen, Canned, or Preserved in another way via sales@atuna.com. Tuna Boats can be Bought and Sold at Tuna Boats for Sale. Also Equipment and Tuna related Products and Services can be Offered on the atuna.com Classified Page.

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An email reply is sent within 1 working day after you post a lot via sales@atuna.com. Subsequent e-mails are sent with each bid or counter-bid on the Lot.

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Immediately after receipt of the Shipment Buyer sends Atuna a copy of the Bill of Lading. This Bill of Lading is used as the basis for calculation of the Transaction Fee. The seller is automatically invoiced 2% of the notional value of the Transaction. Transactions and Fees will be either in USD or EURO.

If freight costs are included or excluded, and what the primary Duties of Buyers and Sellers are, is based on the globally recognized definitions of the INCOTERMS 2000.

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The International Chamber of Commerce  has established standard delivery terms to be used in international sales contract. The use of these terms can affect more than just when and where delivery is deemed to take place. When used in a contract, these terms also allocate certain responsibilities between the Atuna users, including responsibility for (i) loading and unloading; (ii) storage; (iii) ocean and inland transport; (iv) insurance; (v) taxes, import duties, and consular fees; and (vi) customs clearances. Accordingly, it is important to understand the full impact of these terms before signing a contract involving into a Atuna transaction.

Definition of Terms available for transactions concluded at atuna.
Incoterms (2000):

• Ex Works. “Ex works” means the seller’s only responsibility is to make the goods available at the seller’s premises, i.e., the works or factory. In particular, seller is not responsible for loading the goods on the vehicle provided by the buyer unless otherwise agreed. The buyer bears the full costs and risk involved in bringing the goods from there to the desired destination. Ex works represents the minimum obligation of the seller.

• FCA or Free Carrier. This term has been designed to meet the requirements of multimodal transport, such as container or roll-on, roll-off traffic by trailers and ferries. It is based on the same name principle as FOB (free on board), except the seller fulfils its obligations when the goods are delivered to the custody of the carrier at the named point. If no precise point can be named at the time of the contract of sale, the parties should refer to the place where the carrier should take the goods into its charge. The risk of loss or damage to the goods is transferred from seller to buyer at that time and not at the ship’s rail. The term “carrier” means any person by whom or in whose name a contract of carriage  by road, rail, air, sea, or a combination of modes  has been made. When a seller has been furnished a Bill of Lading, way bill or carrier’s receipt, the seller duly fulfils its obligation by presenting such a document issued by a carrier.

• FOB Under “FOB” or “free on board”, the goods are placed on board the ship by the seller at a port of shipment named in the sales agreement. The risk of loss or damage to the goods is transferred to the buyer when the goods pass the ship’s rail (i.e., off the dock and placed on the ship ). The seller pays the cost of loading the goods.

• FOB Airport. This term is very  similar to  the ordinary FOB terms. The seller fulfils its obligation by delivering the goods to the air carrier at the airport of departure. The risk of1oss is transferred from the seller to the buyer at such time.

• CFR, or C&F or “cost and freight” requires the seller to pay the  costs and freight necessary to bring the goods to the named destination, but the risk of loss or damage to the goods, as well as any cost increases, are transferred from the seller to the buyer when the goods pass the ship’s rail in the port of shipment. Insurance is the buyer’s responsibility.

• CIF “CIF, -meaning “cost, insurance, and freight”- is C&F with the additional requirement that the seller procure transport insurance against the risk of loss or damage to goods. The seller must contract with the insurer and pay the insurance premium. Insurance is generally more important in international shipping than domestic shipping, because U. S. laws generally hold a common carrier to be liable for lost or damaged goods.

• CPT or Freight/Carriage Paid To. This term means the seller pays the freight for the carriage of the goods to the named destination. The risk of loss or damage to the goods and any cost increases transfers from the seller to the buyer when the goods have been delivered to the custody of the  first carrier, and not at the ship’s rail. Accordingly, “freight/carriage paid to” can be used for all modes of transportation, including container or roll-on roll-off traffic by trailers and ferries.

• When the seller is required to furnish a Bill of Lading, way bill, or carrier receipt, the seller duly fulfils its obligation by presenting such a document issued by the person contracted with for carriage to the main destination.

• DDP Delivery/Duty Paid represents the seller’s maximum  obligation. The term “DDP” is generally followed by words indicating the buyer’s: premises.  It notes that the seller bears all risks and all costs until the goods are delivered. This term can be used irrespective of the mode of transport. If the parties wish to make clear that the sender is not responsible for certain costs, additional word should be added (for example, “delivered duty paid exclusive of VAT and/or taxes”).

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