If the receiver finds the freight damaged or unacceptable, the bill of lading can be used as a legal document to dispute the delivery of goods in accordance with the provisions of Title 49 of the ...

For a bill of lading, documentation alone can take more than six hours across the various stakeholders involved. Hours more can pass while the relevant papers are transported or even just lie ...

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is introducing the electronic bill of lading (eBL) for its customers globally following a successful pilot phase of the independent blockchain platform.

A last-ditch effort from two shipper groups to suspend changes to the bill of lading failed when the Surface Transportation Board denied their Aug. 12 request but offered an avenue to address ...

Unlike previous attempts to digitize the bill of lading, which often resulted in fragmented, proprietary systems that were difficult to integrate, Open eBL represents a new wave of innovation that ...

A bill of lading what is being shipped, who the buyer is, and where the buyer is. A bill of exchange legally binds the buyer to pay an agreed-upon amount to the seller once goods are received.