BILL OF LADING

Types of Bill of Lading

Direct Bill of Lading or Port to Port Bill of Lading

A direct bill of lading is issued for the carriage of goods from one port to another port . The goods will normally not be transshipped although a clause may be inserted allowing the carrier to transship the goods, as is the case with the Conlinebill 2000 (Clause 7) or the Reefer bill of lading (clause 16). When such a transshipment exists, the goods will lie in the transshipment port at the merchant's risk. The following direct bills of lading can be distinguished:

-The CONLINEBILL 2000;
-The REEFER BILL OF LADING;
-The CONGENBILL;
-The AUSTWHEAT BILL;
-The COAL-OREVOYBILL;
-The GRAINCONBILL;
-The North American Grain Bill of Lading;
-The NUVOYBILL-84;
-The POLCOALBILL;
-The SCANCONBILL;
-The HEAVYCONBILL;
-The Long Form Bill of Lading;
-The Short Form Bill of Lading;
-The Blank Back Bill of Lading;
-The GENWAYBILL;
-The LINEWAYBILL;
-The HEAVYCONRECEIPT;
-The WORLDFOODRECEIPT 99;
-The WORLDFOODWAYBILL;
-The INTANKWAYBILL

A number of bills of lading may sometimes be used for port to port transport as well as for through traffic or for port to port as well as for combined transport.

For combined transport, BIMCO has designed a Negotiable Combined Transport Bill of Lading (Combiconbill) and a Combined Transport Sea Waybill (Combiconwaybill) which can also be used for unimodal transport (see further).

For multimodal transport, BIMCO has designed a Negotiable Multimodal Transport Bill of Lading (Multidoc) and a Multimodal Transport Sea Waybill (Multiwaybill) which can also be used for unimodal (see further).

A great number of above-mentioned bills of lading such as Congenbill, the Austwheatbill, the Coal-orevoybill, etc. are typical bills of lading to be used with charter-parties. The above-mentioned Genwaybill, Linewaybill, etc are typical non-negotiable waybills. The Heavyconbill has to be used with a heavycon contract and the Heavyconreceipt is a non-negotiable cargo receipt to be used with a Heavycon contract. The Worlsfoodreceipt 99 is a non-negotiable cargo receipt to be used with the Worldfood 99 Charter.

There are also a great number of private bills of lading which are usually published by associations or large shipping companies. The Reefer B/L, the Logistics B/L, the Averitt.ExpresLs straight B/L (back of document) , the Intertankwaybill are only a few examples. These bills of lading are usually not negotiable.

Only the main clauses of the CONLINEBILL 2000 will be discussed in detail.

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