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• Disclaimer The sea waybill is a document issued to a shipper by a shipping company
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• Your Support waybill can be compared to a bill of lading but to a lesser degree.
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The sea waybill shows the same characteristics as the documents used fo
transport, railway transport or air transport. Often the sea waybill is used
transportation from house to house within the frame of a multinational or
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transportation of personal goods. However, the sea waybill can also be us
areas. So, the sea waybill is appropriate for short traffics, because the co
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of lading would arrive after the goods have reached their destination. Mos
shipped on the Atlantic Route is done under the sea waybills. In America,
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waybill is also called "Straight Bill of Lading".
Since the sea waybill must not be presented to the Master in order to rec
goods, delays due to postal dispatches are completely impossible.
The goods will be delivered to the consignee on production of proof of ide
presentation of the waybill.
See the face of a Linerwaybill:
"The goods shipped under this Sea Waybill will be delivered to the Party n
Consignee or its authorized agent, on production of proof of identity witho
documentary formalities. Should ..."
The sea waybill is not a document of title, it is not negotiable and it bears
the consignee who must only identify himself to take delivery of the good
is not negotiable, it is not acceptable to banks as a collateral security to o
instance, a documentary credit. The main purpose of the waybill is to avo
the delivery of cargoes when bills of lading arrive late at the port of disch
It follows that sea waybills to order, are impossible, since they always hav
consignee.
De sea waybill can also be issued as "blank backed", in which case, the C
Standard Terms and Conditions will be applicable or the terms and condit
printed on the back of the sea waybill.
The sea waybill serves only as a substitute and as simplification of the bil
not as a replacement for other non-negotiable documents such as the "pa
to which the Hague Rules or the Hague-Visby Rules do not apply. It is nei
applicable for the shipment of live animals or deck cargo, which are clear
abovementioned Rules.
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Sea waybills are mainly used in the liner shipping (Linerwaybill) or in conj
charter-parties, other contracts or cargo receipts. They can also be used f
transport or for multimodal transport.
Typical waybills are:
- The GENWAYBILL;
- The LINEWAYBILL;
- The COMBICONWAYBILL;
- The MULTI WAYBILL;
- The HEAVYCONRECEIPT;
- The WORLDFOODRECEIPT 99;
- The WORLDFOODWAYBILL;
- The INTANKWAYBILL..
See also the following comments made by Bimco:
- Genwaybill ;
- Linewaybill ;
- Combiconwaybill ;
- Multiwaybill 95 ;
- Heavyconreceipt ;
- Worldfoodreceipt 99 ;
- Worldfoodwaybill ;
See also: Combined Transport Sea Waybill.
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