The document discusses the roles of various parties involved in international shipping, including forwarding agents who arrange cargo transport by various modes, hauliers who transport cargo from ports to destinations, and bills of lading which serve as receipts, contracts of carriage, and documents of title for shipped goods. It also provides examples of forwarding agents and haulier companies and describes different types of bills of lading.

1. Forwarding
Agent, Haulier, Clean Bill
Of Lading, and Shipping
Agent

2. The Role Of Forwarding Agent
• The main purpose of a Freight Forwarder or
Forwarding Agent is to arrange cargo movements to
destinations overseas. In this role you could be involved
in all modes of transport including air, sea, road and
rail freight.
• An International Freight Forwarder will have specialist
expertise relating to preparing and processing
documentation for international shipping.
• A Forwarding Agent will typically review
documentation such as commercial invoices and
shipper‟s export declaration Bills of Lading.

3. Cont.
• A Freight Forwarder or Forwarding Agent will also look at any
other documents required by the carrier or the country of import
or trans-shipment, including HM Customs documents – which are
produced digitally, creating paperless working methods.
• The role of Freight Forwarder or Forwarding Agent involves
working with others‟ and so being able to communicate clearly
and being very organised is essential.
• Application Import and Export Permit (AP)

4. Example Of Forwarding Agent
• Era Integrated Logistics Sdn Bhd
• ABBA MARITIME SDN BHD
• AGENSI PERKAPALAN GML SDN BHD

6. Hauliers
• A services provide by haulage company
used to transport cargo from port to
buyer premises.
• Haulier is consist of prime movers and
trailers to sent the container to the buyer
warehouse.

7. Example of haulier company
• Aimtrans Logistics (M) Sdn Bhd
• Airoceanic Express Sdn Bhd
• Bersatu Integrated Logistics Sdn Bhd
• Hifreight Express Sdn Bhd

8. Prime Movers

9. BILL OF LaDING

10. Bill of Lading (B/L)
 Bill of Lading is the transport document associated
with Sea freight.
 It is issued by the Shipping Company or its agent or
master of a ship acknowledging that specified goods
have been received on board as cargo for
conveyance to a named place for delivery to the
consignee who is usually identified.
 It is a document of title to the goods and, as such, is
freely transferable by endorsement and delivery.

11. • Bill of Lading serves three purposes as:
– Receipt given by Shipping Company as goods described
on document has been received by it/carrier.
– Evidence of the contract of carriage by sea between the
shipping company and the shipper (exporter or
importer).
– Document of title to the goods and can be used to obtain
payment or a written promise before the merchandise is
released to the importer.
• For the bill of lading to be negotiable it must be:
1. made out to the order to the shipper.
2. signed by the steamship company.
3. endorsed in blank by the shipper.

12. • It is the only evidence to file a claim against the
shipping company in the event of non-
delivery, defective delivery or short-delivery of
the cargo at the destination.
• For preparation of B/L the exporter should
submit the complete set of B/L together with
mate receipt to the shipping company which
will calculate the freight amount on the basis of
measurement or weight.
• On payment of freight, the shipping company
returns the B/L duly signed and supported by
requisite adhesive stamps.

13. • Generally made out in the sets of two or
three originals duly signed by the master of
the ship or the agent of the steamship
company.
• All the originals are equally valid for taking
the delivery of the goods. Once one original
is utilised the other originals become null
and void.
• Marked as „Non-negotiable copy‟ cannot be
utilised for taking the delivery of goods.

14. • Bill of Lading contains the following information:
– Shipping company‟s name and address.
– Consignee‟s name and address.
– Notify party
– Name of the vessel,
– Port of loading/Shipment and port of discharge.
– Shipping marks and Numbers, Cubic measurements, weights
– Description of the goods
– Number of packages.
– Shipped on board with date-rubber stamp.
– Gross weight and net weight.
– Freight details
– Signature of the shipping company‟s agent.
– Container number if any.
– Shipper‟s name and address.
– B/L Number and Date
– Originals
– Terms (on reverse)

15. • Bill of Lading can be further described as
under:-
– Shipped on Board :- When goods are
actually shipped on board.
– Received for shipment :- When goods
have been handed over to agent for
shipment.
– Through B/L:- When two or more
carriers/ different modes of transport
form i.e. road, rail, air, and sea employed
to reach goods to their final destination.

16. – Transhipment B/L:- When there is no
direct service between the two ports and
shipowner is prepared to tranship the
goods at an intermediate port.
– Stale B/L:- i.e. a late B/L that has been
held too long before it is passed on to a
bank for negotiation or to the consignee.
– Clean B/L:- Where the carrier has noted
that the goods have been received or
loaded in „apparent good condition‟ (no
apparent damage, loss, etc.).

17. – Claused B/L:- Which contains additional
clauses/notations limiting the
responsibility of the shipping company
which specify deficient condition(s) of the
goods and/or packaging.
– Combined Transport B/L:- When
different modes of transport are used;
usually issued when goods stuffed at
shipper‟s premises and delivered at
consignee‟s premises.

18. – Charter Party B/L:- Where a shipper has
contracted with a shipping line to charter a
vessel for the movement of cargo. It is issued
by the carrier or its agent in the charter
shipping. Unless otherwise authorized in the
letter of credit (L/C), the charter party B/L is
not acceptable in the L/C negotiation.
– Freight Paid B/L:- When freight is paid at the
time of shipment or in advance, the B/L is
marked, freight paid.
– Freight Collect B/L:- When the freight is not
paid and is to be collected from the consignee
on the arrival of the goods, the B/L is
marked, freight collect.

19. – Negotiable B/L:- It is a title document to
the goods, issued “to the order of” a
party, usually the shipper, whose
endorsement is required to effect it‟s
negotiation. Thus, a shipper's order
(negotiable) B/L can be bought, sold, or
traded while goods are in transit and is
commonly used for letter of credit
transactions.