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U.S. Department of Transportation
Industry: Government
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U.S. Customs’ standardized B/L numbering format to facilitate electronic communications and to make each B/L number unique.
Industry:Transportation
The B/L is a title document to the goods, issued “to the order of” a party, usually the shipper, whose endorsement is required to effect is negotiation.Thus, a shipper’s order (negotiable) B/L can be bought, sold, or traded while goods are in transit and is commonly used for letter–of–credit transactions. The buyer must submit the original B/L to the carrier in order to take possession of the goods.
Industry:Transportation
See Straight B/L. Sometimes means a file copy of a B/L.
Industry:Transportation
B/L validated at the time of loading to transport. Onboard Air, Boxcar, Container, Rail, Truck and Vessel are the most common types.
Industry:Transportation
B/L covering cargo with more than one discharge point option possibility.
Industry:Transportation
The part of the B/L set that has value, especially when negotiable; rest of set are only informational file copies. Abbreviated as OBL.
Industry:Transportation
Validated at time cargo is received by ocean carrier to commence movement but before being validated as “Onboard”.
Industry:Transportation
B/L set which has completed a prescribed number of edits between the shipper’s instructions and the actual shipment received. This produces a very accurate B/L.
Industry:Transportation
Opposite of Long Form B/L, a B/L without the Terms & Conditions written on it. Also known as a Short Form B/L. The terms are incorporated by reference to the long form B/L.
Industry:Transportation
One of two or more B/L’s which have been split from a single B/L.
Industry:Transportation