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1、外贸单证English version Lesson four bill of lading Shipping is the most extensively used form of transportation in the international trade. For instance, more than eighty percent of Chinas exports are carried by sea-going ships. The most important shipping document is the bill of lading, or B/L for shor
2、t, which is a document signed by or on behalf of the master of a carrying vessel, certifying that the goods have been received on board in good order for transportation and delivery as specified in the document. The Bill of Lading fulfils at least three important functions: first, it serves as a rec
3、eipt for goods signed by the shipping company (carrier) and given to the shipper (consignor); second, it is also evidence of a contract of carriage between the carrier and the consignor; and third, it conveys a document of title because the legal owner of the bill of lading is the owner of goods it
4、covers. For this reason the bill of lading can be used to transfer the goods from one owner to another. when the exporter completes it, he can write the buyers name in the space consignee .this means the consignee(receiver of the goods)is the legal owner of the goods, as named on the bill of lading.
5、 otherwise, the exporter can write to order in the consignee space. underneath to order he writes the name and address of the agent. then the agent in the importing country can endorse the bill of lading to the buyer .in this way the importers can transfer the consignment to their customers. this me
6、ans that there has to be a separate bill of lading for each consignee and several consignments cannot be consolidated on to one bill of lading. The bill of lading is the central document of a sea export transportation. The shipper fills the form provided by the shipping company as soon as he has all
7、 the details of the goods. Then he sends the bill to the ship where an officer of the shipping company checks that the goods are” In good order and condition” and signs the bill when the goods are loaded over the ships rail. The bill must be in the handset of the shipping company or their agents by
8、the time the consignment is ready to be loaded. When a consignment is loaded, an officer or agent of the shipping company signs the bill of lading that the goods have been “received in apparent good order and condition”. In other words, the consignment must be exactly as written on the bill of ladin
9、g and not different. The cases should be undamaged and sacks, if any, should not be torn or stained. Drums of liquid should not be dented or leaking. The number and kind of packages should be the same as on the bill. If there is any difference between what is said on the bill and the actual conditio
10、n of the consignment, the shipping company has to write a clause on the bill giving the damage or loss. In this case, it is no longer a clean bill of lading and the bank representing the importer may not accept it. So the exporters bank may not be able to get payment for the goods. For this reason,
11、“four” on “clause” Bill of lading must be avoided at all costs and the exporter must make sure that their goods arrive at the docks in good order and condition. Sometimes certain defects of the goods are unavoidable. For instance, timber often has“split ends”. Chemicals cause discoloration on packin
12、g. In such cases the exporter must get the agreement of the importer to certain clauses on the bills of lading. There clauses must be agreed before the export contract is agreed and the importer should tell their bank about the agreed clauses. It is customary to issue bills of lading in several orig
13、inals: one copy of the bill is kept for the ship, and the other copies are sent to the exporter or direct to his bank. There negotiable bills of lading are used for payment. They are passed on to the exporters agents in the importing country. It is of vital importance for a buyer or a bank acting up
14、on his instructions in paying the seller to ensure that all, or the full set of, originals are surrendered by the seller. Then the bills of lading together with other shipping documents are presented to the shipping company when the ship arrives. The shipping company compares the negotiable bills of
15、 lading with their copy on the ship, In this way the importer can show their legal right to the goods and obtain them from the ship. An original negotiable copy of bill of lading duly endorsed shall be surrendered by the importer to the carrying vessel in order to cause the release of the merchandis
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