Should a Liner B/L must be issued on carrier's Letter Head

murteza · Post by **murteza** » Tue May 19, 2009 12:39 am

Hello All,

This question calls all the experts to air their views on whether "A Liner B/L should be issued on a Carrier's Letter Head or can it be issued on a Agent's Letter Head". Please Clarify.
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Best regards
S.Murteza

cristiand969 · Post by **cristiand969** » Tue May 19, 2009 2:44 pm

Dear Murteza,
I don't know why you are so concerned about this in terms of LC terms as long as the related bill of lading meets the conditions of the article 20.
And from the practical point of view NO, it doesn't need to be issued on the carrier letterhead nor on the agent's one.
Form what I have seen so far Bs/L covering breakbulk carriage on liner vessels are generally issued by the agent of the carrier , by printing an a BLANK paper all the details concerning the transportation (including terms of carriage).
So, such forms of BL don't even have a preprinted letterhead but fully meet the art. 20 of UCP 600.
Regards
C

wongvv · Post by **wongvv** » Tue May 19, 2009 3:28 pm

Hi !

I think the meaning of "Liner B/L" is not so clear or sure. "Liner" may by referring to the B/L's issuer should be running the regular line. On the other hand, it could be referring to the B/L should cover the shipment by regular line vessel. Therefore, the B/L comply with either or both above definition are acceptable.

V.V.

cristiand969 · Post by **cristiand969** » Tue May 19, 2009 9:03 pm

Wongvv, i feel that the original question is if there is a must for a ' Liner B/L' to be produced on either carrier or carrier's agent letterhead.

wongvv · Post by **wongvv** » Wed May 20, 2009 7:26 am

Hi !

Further to my previous answer,

B/L comply with either or both above definitions are acceptable

accordingly whether B/L is the carrier's letterhead or agent's letterhead is not the only one way to determine the "Liner B/L" compliant. Therefore, both kinds of letterhead can be used.

Sometimes Answer needs deduction.

V.V.

cristiand969 · Post by **cristiand969** » Wed May 20, 2009 1:47 pm

yeah, right V.V in your explanation (of one face of the coin).
Speaking about deduction, so long as my brain is able to perceive

I did not figure out that

wongvv wrote:B/L comply with either or both above definitions are acceptable

would automatically mean that neither one nor both is also to be accepted.
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I still cannot figure out if someone tells me 'I'm going to leave for holiday' he is trying to tell me ' would you come with me?'

Sorry for my poor understanding

regards
C.

Should a Liner B/L must be issued on carrier's Letter Head

Should a Liner B/L must be issued on carrier's Letter Head

One answer

two definitions

wongvv

Further to my answer

Yeah, right