In international trade, we will encounter buyers who ask the exporter to provide a bill of lading or a bill of lading, so what is the difference between the two?

MARINE/OCEAN B/L

It has three functions:

One is a cargo receipt issued to the shipper by the carrier or its agent after receiving the goods.

The second is the certificate of the establishment of the transportation contract between the two parties.

The third is the consignee's certificate of title to pick up the goods at the place of arrival.

THE OCEAN BILL OF LADING IS THE CHARTER PARTY B/L AND THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT DOCUMENT

Freight Forwarding Bill of Lading (HOUSE B/L), which corresponds to the Shipowner's Bill of Lading (MASTER B/L)

There is not much difference between these two types of bills of lading, but the qualifications of the issuers are different H B/L will have more than one exchange fee at the port of destination (sometimes more than one exchange fee)

If there is no special requirement in L/C, both have the same effect, both are valuable documents, and they can be endorsed and transferred.

The difference between the two types of bills of lading:

1. The bill of lading is a bill of lading issued by the shipping company, as long as there is a bill of lading, anyone can pick up the goods directly to the shipping company at the port of destination. The credit bill of lading is a bill of lading issued by the freight forwarder based on the bill of lading, which needs to be exchanged for the bill of lading 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 issue a sea locust bill, and you can also save more than a dozen dollars in exchange fees. If you want to control the right to the goods, freight collect, etc., you have to lend the bill of lading, and the freight forwarder can help you do this, of course, not for free.

3. If your goods are not FCL, but scattered goods, you must only lend the bill of lading, because the shipping company will not help you LCL, and will not help you distribute the goods at the port of destination.

4. If you are doing L/C, but you can't produce it on the specified delivery date and can't get on the ship, then you can choose to lend the bill of lading and ask the freight forwarder to help you sign the bill of lading. Of course, this is also an irregular practice, so you are generally required to issue a letter of guarantee.

5. The bill of lading is the most basic certificate of property rights, and there are many terms in it that you can't control.

6. The general freight forwarding number does not enter the customs manifest management system, and the bill of lading number on the import declaration form is different;

7. The bill of lading of the freight forwarder has the name and contact information of the replacement company, and the contact company is not a port shipping agency company such as foreign agency or Sinotrans.

8. The bill of lading of the freight forwarder generally shows the words asagentofcarrier on the page, and the bill of lading shows ascarrier

Note: If it is not the advance payment of the goods, you have to be especially careful whether it is a bill of lading or a bill of lading, which is generally required to issue a bill of lading, otherwise the goods may be in danger of being taken away by the freight forwarder