Bill of Lading is a document of ownership of goods. The holder of the bill of lading may take delivery of the goods, or transfer the goods to the bank on this basis, and may also transfer the goods before the ship carrying the goods arrives at the port of destination for delivery. A sea way bill of lading is a contract between the shipper and the carrier, a receipt of the goods received by the carrier and a document of title. Sea bill of lading generally refers to the bill of lading, the bill of lading is marked with "original", there is a formal signature and seal of the carrier and indicates the date of issue.
Classification of bill of lading
1. Shipowner's bill of lading and freight forwarding bill of lading.
Master Bill of Lading (Master Bill of Lading ): A bill of lading issued by a shipping company. The shipowner's bill of lading is generally charged by the shipping company.
HBL(House Bill of Lading ): A bill of lading issued by a freight forwarding company and a bill of lading issued by a booking agent.
2. Clean bill of lading and unclean bill of lading [by whether the bill of lading has comments]
Clean B/L (Clean B/L) When issuing the bill of lading, the carrier does not indicate any comments on the bill of lading regarding damaged goods, poor packaging, etc. Banks generally only accept clean bills of lading.
don't clean bill of lading (Unclean B/L) loading onto and after discharging from the ship when the off-the-shelf composition damaged, improper packing and for any rust damage and leakage phenomenon officer in the receipt to be threaded comments enable you and these annotations to the bill of lading. Banks generally refuse exporters to settle foreign exchange with unclean bills of lading.
3. Name bill of lading, bearer bill of lading and instruction bill of lading [by bill of lading]
straight bill of lading (Straight B/L ): a bill of lading consignee column specific fill in the name of the consignee of the bill of lading. Only the specific consignee on the bill of lading can withdraw the goods of the bill of lading.
bearer bill of lading (Bearer B/L ): a bill of lading consignee indicates this node is a validator didn't fill out any consignee, or to indicate "Bearer) words. The carrier gives the goods to the holder of the bill of lading, and whoever holds the bill of lading can take delivery of the goods.
order bill of lading (Ordered B/L): bill of lading consignee indicates this node is a validator to fill out a "made to order" or the consignee marked a "direction" of the words to the order of shipper a bill of lading. Until the shipper has not designated a consignee or assignee, the right of goods remains with the seller.
4. Direct Bill of Lading and Transshipment Bill of Lading [Mode of Transport]
Direct B/L bills of lading (Direct B/L) are bills of lading issued by the carrier from the port of departure to the port of destination.
transshipment bill of lading (Transhipment B/L ): port of loading of a ship not sail directly to the port of destination, diverted to switch to another vessel arrive at the port of destination of lading
5. reverse bill of lading and advance bill of lading.
Inverted bill of lading: A bill of lading issued by the carrier or its agent, at the request of the shipper, earlier than the actual date of shipment of the goods.
Pre-borrowed bill of lading: If the goods have not been loaded or loaded, the carrier shall issue the loaded bill of lading in advance, so that the seller can successfully settle the foreign exchange before the validity of the letter of credit.
It should be noted that there is a certain risk of issuing advance bills of lading and reverse bills of lading, and although the shipper often issues a letter of guarantee to the carrier, the letter of guarantee cannot effectively bind the consignee. In contrast, issuing a pre-borrowed bill of lading is more risky.