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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 uniform bill of lading or straight bill of lading was first adopted in 1909 and spelled out how a carrier can limit its liability. It may not be transferred and is only deliverable to the named ...