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Ocean Bill of Loading and Documentations - Coggle Diagram
Ocean Bill of Loading
and Documentations
The importance of documentations
Shipping docs are vital component
Sales contract
C/I
B/L
P/L
L/C
Custom declaration
Other related documents:
Arrival Notice (A/N)
Deliver Order (D/O)
Weight & Quality Certificate
Bill of Lading
Most important documents
Certificate issued by carrier
Goods in good condition
Functions of B/L:
Evidence of Contract of Carriage
Receipt of Goods
Document of Title to the goods
Different types of B/L
The goods have been loaded on board the vessel
Shipped on Board B/L
Received for shipment B/L
Notes on the B/L
Clean B/L
Unclean B/L
Transferable
Straight B/L
To bearer B/L
To order B/L
Modes of transport
Direct B/L
Through B/L
Multimodal/Combined Transport B/L
Modes of operation and transportation
Liner B/L
Charter Party B/L
The validity
Original B/L
Copy B/L
The time for payment of freight
Freight prepaid B/L
Freight to be collected B/L
The contents of the B/L
A Long Form B/L
A Short Form B/L
Other kinds of B/L:
Surrendered B/L
House B/L
Stale B/L
FIATA B/L
Master B/L
Switch B/L
SWB
Different between MB/L & HB/L
Both are important to all parties
Could be the same as Consignee
Made both telex release or seaway bill
Have Original B/L and Surrendered B/L
Payment Functions
MB/L, after reiceving MB/L, the forwarder will send MB/L to agent to get the goods
HB/L, HB/L also be sent from shipper to consignee.
Impact of rule
MBL is usually a negotible B/L, it is affected by the rule of Hague.
HBL depend on rule of
forwarder company
Differences in form
MBL is usually has one seal and signature
HBL may have TWO seals and signature.
The Safety
MB/L: High safety because working directly. Time complaint is 12 months
HB/L: Low safety because just only working with forwarder. Time complaint is 9 months.
Analyzing B/L
Shipper
The shipper is an individual or a business
The name and address
details of the shipper.
Consignee
The consignee is the person or company to whom the cargo is being shipper and legal owner of the cargo.
Notify party
The name and address of the party who generally should be notified of the arrival of the cargo.
Logo of shipping line
B/L NO
The unique number provided to the shipment covered under a specific B/L.
Place of receipt
This is the place where the cargo is handed over by the shipper.
Port of loading
The place from which the container or cargo is loaded
Place of delivery
This is the final destination of the container or cargo
Port of discharge
This is the place at which the container or cargo is discharged
Ocean VESSEL/ VOYAGE No.
This is the name of the vessel and the voyage number
Container NO. &
Seal NO. Marks
Number of Packages
Here the number of packages that are packed in FCL or LCL.
Description of goods & Packages
Gross weight
This is the weight of the cargo that is loaded.
Measurement
This is the volumetric calculation of the cargo.
Number of Containers
or Packages
Total number of containers or packages received by Carrier.
Freight and charges
List of many costs during shipping
Place of issue
The place where the original B/L is issued & signed.
Date of issue
The date on which the original B/L is issued & signed.
B/L Clauses Back side of the B/L
Additional B/L Clauses
Terms of shipment/
Container load type
SWB
Seaway bill is an evidencing document of contract of carriage and the carrier’s receipt of the goods.
Sea waybill is not a document of tittle and it is non‐transferable.
Content of SWB
Name of product Consignees
Port of loading Shippers
Port of discharge SWB no
Final destination Notify party
The back of SWB:
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