business conducted with foreign partners, involves more complex relationships with certain financial and other risks.We should take into account international standards and legislation of the partner country, the conditions of bank accounts and transportation of goods.
to facilitate and regulate the relations between businessmen of different countries, governments of many countries have certain international agreements on the use of unified rules and regulations of foreign trade.To those include rules on the bill of loading transport, regulated by international conventions and protocols.
What is the Bill of Lading?This is the transport document issued in the sea freight to the sender confirming that the goods have passed to them.In other words, the document can be defined as a contract for the carriage of goods, concluded between the shipping and transportation company.The bill of lading is actually one of the types of securities.
This document is intended for transport in water transport and is widely used in the field, and he appeared in the era of sailing ships.Initially considered a bill of lading as a document of maritime transport.Now clearly, and its use for the carriage of goods by other modes of transport (through bills of lading).
bill of lading provides three main functions:
- confirms the availability of goods on board the ship;
- indicates a contract of carriage;
- the recipient of this document receives the right to transit cargo.
Such securities issued in certain forms.They are developed by different associations of shipowners and shipping companies.This document is multi-purpose.
There are the following types of bills of lading:
- an order.It allows you to transfer the right of the consignee of the cargo (resell), which has not reached the addressee, to a third party.
- board.If you receive a bill of lading board - which means that the cargo loaded on board the ship.
- net.It is usually said that the goods visually in good condition (for example, defects in the package).
- bill of lading with the reservation.It is used in cases when the captain points to the visible damage to the goods.
- bill of lading.Example with a distinct function of registered securities.It must list the names of the consignee.
- werewolf.It can be transmitted from one holder to another.
- bearer.Documents transmitted by mere delivery.In practice, this type is rarely used.
- Steamship Line bill of lading.This document, which contains all the conditions of the contract of carriage.
- Charter.It confirms acceptance of cargo, which was transported to means charter.Charter - the agreement on hiring the ship for the voyage.
- Through Bill of Lading.This means that in the route of movement of cargo can be trans-shipment points.When the cargo transportation by several means of transport.
bill of lading have to specify the name of the vessel, the carrier, the place of destination, place of loading of the vessel, the full name of the sender and recipient, the name of the cargo, freight, time and place of issuance of the bill of lading, the number of copies made up, the signature of the captain.
Bill of Lading - tovaroraspredelitelny this document, which is security.The various operations related to the purchase and sale of goods, carried out by means of a bill of lading without the physical movement of the goods themselves.This document can be sold, bought, transferred on certain conditions, and also expresses the ownership of the goods specified in the document.
