AES filing: Issue the draft BL non-neg, receive approval from consignee. Issue invoice to consignee so you may receive payment.

Pay the carrier to release the cargo via telex or seawaybill, depending on how you have it contracted with the carrier. Once the cargo is released, you are done.

@anon243696: What do you mean by this? Pick up goods at CFS? At CY? At the Discharge port? At the Destination? Are we talking about custom clearance? Terminal handling charges? Prepaid or collect charges?

Please be more specific.

A container is picked up at CFS then dropped off at the appropriate terminal. There the container is loaded onto the vessel to the discharge port. Once the container is discharged it will enter into a bonded warehouse where the inspectors can examine the products and clear customs.

In this case, is the shipper the client? Or the consignee the importer? if that is so, then look up at question no. 1.

Regarding the co-loader? Again, what do you mean by this? A co-loader is an NVOCC like a freight forwarder like yourself. The only difference is that they handle a larger volume so they're able to get rates cheaper than most F/Fs. NVOCCs unlike F/Fs can issue their own B/L, however, they still need to issue a regular ocean B/L to the carrier; they do this so they can hide the charges and the carrier they use.

If you are an F/F getting bookings from NVOCCs go back to question no. 1, but you're going to be the client side feeding information to the NVOCC so they can issue the B/L.

Regarding Cy-cy and cy-dr and passing the B/L. Depending on the type of B/L, the original or seaway bill, the B/L will not have to go anywhere or pass onto anywhere. Again, I don't know what you mean by this. Please be more specific. The Cy-CY scenerio and CY-DR case are very similar. Both cases the cargo has to be released at the time of discharge, not destination. The cargo will be delivered by the carrier from port to bonded warehouse.

You need to first set up a company because you need to report your earned income via commission. If you live in the U.S. then an S-corp will suffice in this case. Get your tax documents ready and then start becoming a "middle-man sales rep".

You can do cash against Documents and have the bill of lading made as an Original. That way even if they receive import documents or copies of the import documents, the importer will not be able to pick up the cargo without the original bill of lading.

Express bills of lading mean that the product is already released and the cargo will be ready to be picked up at the CY once the ship arrives at the port. Only the original B/L needs to be signed either by the consignor, notify party, or consignee, and on the front or the back. Usually, the only person that who to sign it is the person who endorses the product -- the importer in this case.

I'm guessing you are doing a letter of credit via bank to bank cash against document transfers. In most cases, people will use original B/Ls as collateral. If the consignee doesn't receive the original B/Ls, they won't be able to retrieve the cargo from the port. Hope this helps.

In a contract for the accountant of the stock for a product located in the USA and then sent to Europe, I have to verify the bill of lading to find out if the document is correct or not.

The document is a combined bill of lading (express bill lading) with this specification "Number of orginals bill of lading: 0"

The question is the following one: given that 0 implies no original is required, do I need a copy signed, anyway? Because the document I see is not signed. Thanks.

A) Think of a bill of lading like a receipt. When you have a product shipped from point A to point B you receive a bill of lading as proof that the product was shipped. Bills of lading are issued by the company that ships your product (e.g., freight forwarder or carrier). Your shipper or consignee doesn't have to do anything. It's the people who physically move your cargo who will give you the bill of lading.

First, it is decided whether the B/L is going to be an original or seaway bill (express). This is decided by you and your carrier or your freight forwarder and your carrier.

Then we begin with the non-negotiable draft. Once payment is confirmed, you will receive a release confirmation of the cargo via original or SWB.

If it is SWB, it is already released. Express release is another term used by NVOCCs, but the process is essentially the same. You pay the NVOCC and they will release it via SWB through the carrier. Your SWB is the receipt.

If it is original, you will need to give the original documents to the carrier (this must be endorsed with a signature on the back). This way takes a day and you will receive an email from the carrier with the Telex release confirmation. This telex release is your receipt and confirmation that your cargo will be released upon arrival.

The answer is No. In fact, you can have the Notify Party as the "Consignee" and have the Consignee part say "To the Order of Shipper". This works perfectly fine. If you're a third party broker and want to be notified of the vessel arriving via arrival notice you can have the third party addressee be the Notify party.

Most B/Ls will have the Consignee information the same as the Notify Party. This is how I would do it if I were to go through a freight forwarder.

What are the procedural follow ups to export?

A) First and foremost you must have a corporation, set up exporter's license (you can find this on your government website). Depending on the type of commodity there are certain rules and regulations from packing, labeling, stamps, etc. Some countries will have bans on products coming from certain processing and packing plants so you have to be careful and read export and import regulations for each country.

"Problems during delivering of cargo" does the loi (letter of indemnity) replace the bill of lading (b/l)"

What sort of problems? If you were more specific with your questions then I can actually give you some insight.

Performing vsl is a chartered ship.

Gencon b/l with consignee "to order" and not arrived..."

A) Let me see what you're trying to get at here. The product is sold to consignee therefore the consignee is the only one who can pick up the cargo. The notify party is usually the third party (can be freight forwarder or trader) and has absolutely nothing with the cargo.

If you are trying to change the consignee information at the very last minute to import cargo then you must fix the manifest data of the bill of lading (you have to contact the carrier to change the data).

LOI is probably not sufficient in this case, however, the results will vary depending on the country of import and customs rules and regulations.

At times, you may get lucky with a lenient customs officer and clear customs, but sometimes it won't.

"The person with the ownership of bill of lading. what is meant by this. Is it consignee or consignor?"

A) This depends on the type of bill of lading. If it is original and you the consignor have the originals in the hand, then the consignor is owner until the cargo is released. If you go through a NVOCC or freight forwarder then the consignor doesn't have ownership the NOVCC/FF has the ownership.

"Can the shipping line release cargo to notify party without informing the consignee"

A) A shipping line cannot release cargo to notify party - they are not the consignee. Cargo can only be released to the consignee.

"Please I have some goods to be shipped from London, UK to India. And the term says FOB London port."

A) When you present a B/L with LC the way you issue the B/L is a little different. There are different types of LCs, but whatever contract that is written between the two banks you have to follow the instructions word for word down to the case count, weight, consignor, and consignee address - you may however add your own information as the notify party - if you are a trader.

If you contracted and sold a freight as FOB London port then you don't need to do any of the freight forwarding work. That is up to your consignee to decide. If you contract and bought freight as FOB London port and contracted out CIF destination to your consignee then you must ship out the product for them and use the Original bill of lading as collateral for LC.

When the consignee pays to the bank for the documents, the documents will be released to your consignee which the consignee can release the cargo themselves.

How do I issue a bill of lading and what is the procedure for a bill of lading? This is a silly question. I'm guessing you're starting your own trucking business?

A bill of lading can be made with excel, and depending on the cargo you are shipping there are different ways to present this information.

For trucks, you must indicate the shipper address (that's you), consignee, truck container number, product, product harmonized code, net weight, gross weight, case count. You also have to indicate the payment method, like whether it is going to be collected upon arrival or prepaid, etc.

How many days after loading a cargo container of a ship, the carrier issues B/L ?

They should give you the B/L the day of ETD. Some will provide you with proofs before the ETD.

What is the difference between a bill of lading and a Waybill?

A bill of lading is non-released cargo. Waybill is auto released cargo. Usually, carriers will issue a bill of lading - non-negotiable as a proof and after the payment has been made they can either Telex release or send a waybill to notify you that the cargo will be released upon arrival.

What is meant by the shipper has already surrendered the bill of lading?

This means you should have received a Telex Release to let you know that the original bill of lading has been released to the carrier and that the cargo will be released upon arrival.

"We paid a company s&h to ship goods to my husbands company... What are our options in having this corrected?"

You have to file a claim to the company that shipped your product and tell them that it was their fault of issuing a bad B/L - when the freight was prepaid and was written as "collect" on the B/L. I'm assuming this is truck delivery.

"I have a problem where TNT have lost my original Bill Of Lading."

You tell the carrier that the original B/L has been destroyed on accident and they must reissue another set of original documents. If you ask nicely, they will print you new originals and tell them your situation. Be honest.

"In FOB incoterms, Carrier has made an error in the bill of lading..."

If it was C&F the Carrier is responsible. If FAS, the shipper is responsible. If FOB, the shipper is responsible.

Explain the need for bonded warehouses.

I don't know why this is here. Products that are imported must go into bonded warehouses where an inspector can inspect the products and clear customs.

Explain the difference between a bill of lading and express bl.

An express B/L is prepaid by the freight forwarder. Normally, you would have to pay to release the cargo, but when it is express the cargo is paid for by the freight forwarder.

Before, I was doing one booking per one B/L, but recently I found out that each B/L has a handling fee for both the exporter and importer.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of having multiple containers on one B/L?

Why is the ownership of a bill of lading not endorsable or transferable while that of Airway bill does?

Ramesh

I thought of sending the same bills of lading which i have sent in the past or i may process this, based on a bill of lading?

what is difference between non-negotiable document and seaway bills?

what is difference between bill of lading and sea way bill?

Whether after unloading of goods at destination can the shipper issue fresh Bill of lading of the same no and date, in the name of other consignee.

gencon b/l with consignee "to order" and not arrived. the charterer request to deliver cgo against LOI, to the receiver which is not the same with notify party. pls tell me whether owners can deliver cgo to the receiver which has no name in b/l. is the LOI sufficient for release cgo.

with many thanks.

if i have started my company as an nvocc operator , in INDIA and i have my containers, and do my nvocc operation port to port through my appointed agent, now i must give him my company bill of lading FOR all his biz transactions.

If in India - I register my company with DG shipping and issue my company bill of lading, this will take care of my export.

What bill of lading i give to my appointed agent overseas? Who will send my containers back to India with their cargo?

pls explain. where do i register my bill of lading for imports into India