What is an original bill of lading?
The original bill of lading refers to the "bill of lading" issued by the carrier or the person authorized by the carrier for collecting the goods and claiming rights from the carrier. If multiple original bills of lading are issued, the terms of issuance shall state that once one original bill of lading is used to pick up the goods, the remaining original bills of lading will automatically become invalid. The original bill of lading often has the word "original" marked in a conspicuous place on the bill of lading to distinguish it.
What are the relevant differences of the original bill of lading?
1. MB/L is the bill of lading issued by the shipping company. As long as there is MB/L, anyone can pick up the goods directly from the shipping company at the port of destination. HB/L is a bill of lading issued by the freight forwarder based on MB/L, and it needs to be exchanged for MB/L at the designated agent or branch at the port of destination.
2. If you want to prepay the freight and pick up the goods quickly, you can order MB/L, and you can save more than ten dollars in bill of lading fees. If you want to control the ownership of the goods, freight payable on delivery, etc., you have to issue HB/L. The freight forwarder can help you do this, of course, it is not free.
3. If your goods are not in a full container but scattered goods, you can only ship in HB/L format, because the shipping company will not help you to consolidate the goods, nor will it help you to separate the goods at the destination port. In this case, only HB/L can be used.
4. If you are doing L/C, but you cannot produce the goods within the specified delivery date and cannot load them on the ship, then you can choose HB/L and ask the freight forwarder to backdate the bill of lading for you. Of course, this is also an informal practice, so you are generally required to provide a letter of guarantee.
5. In short, MB/L is the most basic document of property rights, but it is rigid and you cannot control many of the terms in it.
at last:
1. The general freight forwarding bill B/L number is not entered into the customs manifest management system and is different from the bill of lading number on the import declaration form;
2. The freight forwarding bill of lading B/L contains the name and contact information of the bill exchange company, but the contact company is not the port shipping agency such as China Shipping Agency or Sinotrans.
3. The freight forwarding document usually has the words "as agent of carrier" displayed on the page. The shipowner's bill of lading is shown as carrier.
This is the end of the knowledge about the original bill of lading in this issue. If you want to get more information about the original bill of lading, please pay attention and we will continue to answer you~
