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Dear All,

First of all please help me to under stand what is pre-printed wording. on a bill of lading there are two types of information. one that is added by computer print and another that comes as printed; as original stationary.

everyday i receive various kinds of bill of lading. some quotes "Shipped in apparent good order...." and some show "received for shipment". both of them are as printed form; part of original stationary.

now for received for shipment bill of lading, a separate dated on board notation is required. what do we understand by separate here? has to be an stamp with date? i also see received for shipment bill of lading which has a shipped on board notation as printed by computer printers along with other data. this shipped on board notation is often undated. does it comply the requirement?

hi /

the onboard notation which appear at the b/l at the stage of received
can be shown as a stamp with a date
or typed by the computer with a date
or even written with hand written with a date

so this onboad notaion is acceptable ,

pls. be guided accordingly

thanks

to answer your first question,
preprinted wording means those data which are added on the blank paper to create some kind of form; no matter whether they are computer printer or commercially printed. therefore, the data we usually find on the bill of lading; seems to be printed by computer are not the preprinted one.

for a received for shipment bill of lading, you always require a on board notation. it can be either computer printed (printed with other data) or a stamp. and it must be dated. that its for a received for shipment bill of lading, you always have two dates; may be same.

Hi Pals,

IMHO, Art 20 a, ii UCP 600 states:
-pre-printed wording (shipped on board in apparent good order and...........Bill of lading)

-an on board notation indicating the date on which the goods have been shipped on board (Received for shipment....Bill of lading + dated on board)

then Art 20 a, iii(remixed)
In case of "shipped on board in apparent good order and......... Bill of lading, if the port of discharge, indicated in L/C , is not inserted in the box "Port of Loading" or it is indicated as "Intended", it is necessary that a notation indicating Port of loading (required by L/C) the date of shipment and the name of the vessel be written, stamped etc, on the bill of lading same.

That's all, but other comments appreciated

Ciao

a similar question was posed on LCviews which says

Unless the pre-printed "Laden on board..." evidence a date (in which case this date is to be considered as date of shipment), the pre-printed "received for shipment" b/l cannot be accepted.

See ISBP681 - paragraphs 96 and 97.

Best regards,

Bogdan

In UCP 600 terminology a bill of lading is a port to port transport document - requiring that it is shows that the goods are shipped on board. In that respect "recieved for shipment" is not sufficient.