Bill of lading, BILL, OF, LADING (B/L) on behalf of the goods, must have sufficient understanding of the bill of lading.

Basic knowledge and attention

1. bill of lading is usually 3, 3, and 2, 3. If the L / C is required, special instructions should be given to the forwarder.

T/T payment, in theory only need an original can (after delivery and other original automatic failure, nonnegotiable copy), T/T after receiving full payment, to send the original guest can leave one original for myself, all the other sent to the customer (to send a bill of lading is lost in the road).

2. the bill of lading shall show the carrier (full name). This is what I know, actually, when the letter of credit is issued, the bank tells me that the bill of lading does not show that the carrier is still safe to file payment (so it should be shown in theory).

The lower right corner of the carrier shall be stamped and signed directly by the carrier company.

If the front does not show the carrier and the bill of lading is signed by the transport line, the signatory's identity shall be indicated when the bill of lading is signed.

A bill of lading showing the full name of the carrier on the front but signed by the transport line shall indicate the identity of the carrier when it is signed.

3. on board B / L and shipped on board B / l:

On board bill of lading: Bill of lading issued after the shipment of the goods.

Shipped on board bill of lading: the goods are issued at the time of shipment and only on behalf of the carrier to take over the goods delivered by the shipper. Therefore, the bill of lading cannot prove the time of shipment of the goods (the date of shipment, the date of shipment, the date of bill of lading, and the date of shipment).

When the "shipped on board" bill of lading is loaded on board and the time of shipment is indicated, the bill of lading shall be changed into the shipped Bill of lading.

4 bills of lading must not have unclean endorsement.

5. the consignee and notify Party of bill of lading must strictly fill in the letter of credit.

6. issue, date and number of bills of lading: bills of lading must be issued by the carrier or the master or their agent and shall clearly indicate the identity of the issuer. The general expressions are: CARRIER, CAPTAIN, or AS, AGENT, FOR, THE, CARRIER:XXX, and so on.

7. on the bill of lading printed with the shipping company (carrier) name, in general, the above freight forwarding will be as, agent, for, the, carrier. If the shipping company name is not printed on the bill of lading, it must be signed by the shipping company (your ticket should be signed by the carrier)

8. letter of credit and bill of lading of the relevant discrepancies: the bill of lading does not show the carrier. Checked, the official explanation is this: "in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of article twenty-third" uniform customs and Practice for documentary credit, bill of lading must indicate the name in the surface of the carrier, and the carrier named by the carrier or as agent or representative signature or otherwise confirmed, or by the master or a named agent or as captain signature representative or otherwise authenticated.

9. the bill of lading is different from the issuer may be divided into: FREIGHT, FORWARDER, B/L refers to the international cargo transport, but does not own a ship such a shipping company issued by bill of lading. ORIGINAL, BILL, OF, LADING, commonly known as the sea alone.

Time order for making documents under L/C payment

Contract - > L - > (invoice date of invoice to pay attention early in the day of presentation and the validity of the letter of credit, the commercial invoice date cannot be earlier than the credit of the issuing date, and the date of invoice in the document first) - > (certificate of origin certificate of origin the date is to do and the date of the invoice should be consistent. Application for certificate of origin can be made for the day or after the date of issuance of the invoice, it is equal to or later than the date of invoice), insurance, packing list, export license, commodity inspection and other inspection certificate - > ship certificate (if necessary) - - - - - - > > date of bill of lading bill (draft note of the date earlier than the date of the credit and the validity of beneficiary's certificate (no), some credit beneficiary's certificate, which relates to documents required), notice of shipment (equal to or later than the date of bill of lading within three days after the presentation of those documents anyway) to date are earlier than the day of presentation.

The above time sequence is basically in line with the whole process of foreign trade. After a complete single, the details of the whole process are clear.

Bill of lading classification

The bill of lading is divided into the following three kinds of bills of lading:

First, the straight bill of lading (straight B/L), that is, the name of the consignee's bill of lading. The Maritime Code of China stipulates that the bearer B / l shall not be transferred, and the carrier must deliver the goods to the consignee as stated in the bill of lading.

Straight bill of lading is not widely used in international trade in shipping. It is usually used only when transporting personal articles and exhibits. (first, the single TT consignee is the name of the customer directly, unaware of the potential danger: do not make a straight bill of lading without payment guarantee.)

In many countries, the consignee of a straight bill of lading can take delivery of the goods without the bill of lading, so the bill of lading has virtually lost control of the right of shipment. Just like an air waybill, the consignee can take delivery of the goods only if he has proof of identity. Even if the letter of credit is settled, the issuing bank is unwilling to accept the straight bill of lading, so the general L / C is stipulated as "blank bill of lading" such as "TO ORDER", thus controlling and controlling the right of shipment.

Therefore, should not only remember the straight bill of lading is not transferable traits, remember that "straight bill of lading bill of lading the consignee can not can pick up the goods, so the bill of lading has actually lost the right goods role." This is a crucial point! The concept must be comprehensive and will not bring errors and losses to the work. So, if only receive 30% payment, and after the T/T 70% of the way of payment, to make the designated consignee bill of lading