SHIPPED ON BOARD

QUESTION

Dear Sir,

1. In LC nothing mentioned about place of receipt and place of discharge but BL shows as below.

Place of receipt: Antwerp

Port of Loading: Antwerp

Port of Discharge: Jebel Ali

Place of delivery: Jebel Ali

2. BL has the clause ‘RECEIVED FOR SHIPMENT IN APPARENT GOOD ORDER AND CONDITION’ and Shipped on board date as 15-04-2016. However, there is no notation of “Shipped on board”

Can this be considered as Shipped on board BL?

Palani

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ANSWER

Hi,

It is agreed that:

(1) For a bill of lading pre-printed “shipped on board” with or without place of receipt and NO indication of a means of pre-carriage, no on board notation is needed and the date of issue is considered to be the date of shipment.

(2) For a bill of lading pre-printed “received for shipment” with or without place of receipt and NO indication of a means of pre-carriage, a dated on board notation is required.

The bill of lading in question is a “received for shipment” bill of lading, so a dated on board notation is required. However, as described, the bill of lading has no on board notation but the wording “Shipped on board date as 15 – 04 -2016”.

In my opinion the bill of lading is acceptable. I would treat the wording “Shipped on board date as 15 – 04 -2016” as a dated on board notation.

Kind regards,

Mr. Old Man