Bill of lading is a generic name of a transport document, which is used when goods are carried out via sea shipments. Today's comple...

Bill of lading and multimodal bill of lading are two important transport documents. They are frequently used in international trade. E...

Clean bill of lading is a type of transport document, which indicates no clause or notation expressly declaring a defective condition of th...

Letter of credit rules give special attention to transport documents. If you read the latest version of letter of credit rules, UCP 600, y...

Letter of credit rules define different types of bills of lading. Multimodal bill of lading, marine bill of lading, non-negotiable bill of...

International sea freight transportation can be divided into two main categories: Containerized cargo shipping and dry bulk cargo shipping...

You have to be very carefull when completing the consignee field of a bill of lading, because it does not only define to whom the goods shou...

Today on this post, I will be explaining with examples one of the key elements of a bill of lading in international trade. Bill of lading ...

Bill of lading, which is a transport document evidences receipt of cargo, contract of carriage and represents title of goods, is mostly used...

Transport documents are one of the most important document types in international trade business. They not only evidence receipt of cargo ...

Bill of lading and air waybill are two transport documents, which have been widely used in international trade businesses for decades. Ai...

I would like to explain the difference between shipped on board bill of lading and clean on board bill of lading on this page.  The reas...

Bill of lading is a traditional transport document, which has been issued by the carriers for sea shipments that has been taken place betwee...

Transporting goods by sea in containers plays a very significant role in international trade.  In the past 60 years, containers have beco...

If you are not dealing with a fraudulent transaction, you should be able to identify corresponding container number/numbers on the bill of l...

As an exporter or importer you should have seen SCAC codes on the bills of lading.  On this article I will try to explain the meaning of ...

Said to contain means that the shipper that has loaded the goods into the container has done his best to make sure that the goods which are ...

Bill of lading is a traditional transport document.  It has been in use since the old days when vessels were really slow comparing to mod...

Various types of transport documents used in international trade. Bill of lading is a transport document which is used in sea shipments. ...

We can see that international logistics sector is no shy assigning new names to the transport documents.  ICC which is the short form of ...