Bill of lading

The B/L is the EVIDENCE of the contract of carriage entered into between the
“Carrier” and the “Shipper or Cargo Owner” in order to carry out the transportation of
the cargo (not to be confused with the sales contract between the buyer and the
seller)..

 B/L is issued by the carrier or their agent to the shipper

Thebuyer has to produce this bill of lading to claim the goods that needs to be delivered.

The usual form of a Bill of lading includes the following information :

1. Name of the shipping company

2. Name of the shipper.

3. Name and address of the importer (consignee).

4. Name and address of the party to be notifies on arrival of the shipment, usually the
importer. This applies only when the bill of lading has been made out “to order.”

5. Name of the carrying vessel.

6. Names of the ports of loading and discharge.

7. Whether freight is payable and whether it has been paid.

8. Number of originals in the set of the bill of lading documents.

9. Marks and number identifying the goods.

10. Brief description of the goods (possibly including weights and dimensions).

11. Number of packages.

12. Signature of the ship’s master or his agent.

13. Date on which the goods were received for shipment and / or loaded on the vesse
(This must not be later than the shipment date indicated in the export order or the
letter of credit document).

14. Signature of the exporter (or his agent) and his designation if applicable.

In case the consignor wants to take the entire ship on hire for transportation of the
cargo then the transport document issued by the shipping company is known as
charter party. This is different from bill of lading which is issued when a particular
cargo occupies part of the space on the ship.
 There are two types of bills of lading:

Straight bills of lading involve payment in advance for an order that is shipp
letter of credit, typically the importer. A straight bill of lading is also known a
because title to the shipment cannot be transferred to another party.

Order bills of lading involve merchandise ordered and shipped prior to

In short
Name of the Transporting company
2)Flag of the nationality
3)Shipper's name
4)Order and notify party
5)Description and weight of goods
6) Freight or other rates and  taxes as applicable
order that is shipped directly to the party named in the
ng is also known as a non-negotiable bill of lading
other party.

shipped prior to payment. An order bill of lading is sometimes referred to as a negotiable bill
a negotiable bill of lading. Title to the shipment is conferred to order of the shipper or a party n
pper or a party named in the letter of credit and may be transferred to another party by signat
r party by signature of the title-holder, usually by endorsing the back of the BoL.  An endorse
oL.  An endorsed order bill of lading can serve as title to goods and can therefore be traded a
efore be traded as a security or used as collateral.
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Outbound delivery

BOL number is a manually entered number on the delivery and shipment documents. No configuration ne
Additionally BOL can be used as tracking number from the small package carrier. You need to set-up the small pa

Statutory reports
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ments. No configuration needed.

u need to set-up the small package carrier in SAP and using the 3rd party software.

Customizing
Standard PO created under the number
900001315
Inbound Delivery has been saved
180000377
180000378

123456 BL no

When entering MIGO, if you use PO as refernce (with confrmation control key set) , BL number is not picked. But if you en

Material document posted

5000003420
5000003421
Note
You cannot do MIRO using BL number as reference unless you doing MIRO to settle Freight price

When you copy line item in PO , you have to change the del date in the second line item created by copying otherwise error

Inbound delivery doesn’t show in PO history

New Mat DOC POSTED FOR new migo of new line items in same PO
Click on Del confirmation and post the MIRO using BL number

6000000850
 BL technical info

s not picked. But if you enter inbound delivery as reference, then BL is picked auto

copying otherwise error