2.1.5 Huddle tests To be developed. Service Notes and Archiving Protocol To be developed. The experiment is responsible for all shipping costs, except insurance. While the shipping budget is often determined, the method is not. This fact and the schedule requirements for transit between experiments may preclude the use of cheaper, slower transport.
International shipping is of course more complicated.
The PIC and PI will select a freight agent and determine who will be responsible for negotiating the deliveries. This depends on the size of the overall experiment and experience of those involved. Often items from various institutions should be consolidated prior to overseas shipment. Delays, inbound or outbound, are possible and clean paperwork is essential. Bear in mind when the declared value of a shipment is in the million dollar range the claim that you cannot afford a few hundred dollars in unanticipated charges is a bit weak.