Virtual: Bills of Lading

COURSE AGENDA:

Day 1 (9 am to 1:30 pm London Time)  

Introduction to Bills of Lading

• Commercial and legal functions of a B/L – as a receipt, document of title, transferable contract of carriage
• Common “labels” for B/L; 
• Relationship between B/L and sale contract

Similar documents

• Waybills
• Delivery Orders 
• Mate’s Receipts 
• Electronic Title

The Hague, Hague-Visby, Hamburg and Rotterdam Rules

• Overview and their application
• Rights and Obligations of parties 
• Paramount clauses

Enforcement of Bills of Lading – Practical Concerns

• Identifying the Contractual Carrier
• Identifying the party entitled to sue and be sued 
• Identifying incorporated C/P terms 
• Fraudulent B/Ls

Common carriage responsibilities under Bills of Lading

• The “STARSIN” and “RAFAELA  S” 
• Letters of Indemnity

Day 2 (9 am to 1:30 pm London time)

Bills of Lading – Issue and Corrections

• Procedures for Issuing B/L 
• Switched B/L 
• Problems created by error in B/L
•  Correction or Substitution of a B/L

Letters of Credit

• UCP 500 v UCP 600 
• INCOTERMS 2000 v 2010 v 2020

Through and combined transport bills of lading

• Implications of sub-contracting and involving more than one actual carrier: whose responsibility and liability ? 
• Himalaya clause 
• Multimodal bills of lading – a comparison of through & combined transport bills of lading 
• House bills of lading

Which is the governing contract of carriage ?

• Liner Booking Note v Charter Party 
• Effect of Charter Party terms on Bs/L
• Examples supplied by delegates for discussion

CERTIFICATION:

On successful completion of this training course, a 8 CPD Credit IBH Certificate will be awarded to the delegates 

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