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Carriage is performed by a carrier and the carriage of goods is organized by freight forwarders.

Different types of transport are used for carrying goods such as lorry trucks, vessels, and railway; thus there is no single carrier.

Therefore it is more advantageous to make orders related to the delivery of your goods via forwarders.

1. The receipt of your goods is available upon presenting the Bill of Lading or Release.
2. The Bill of Lading – maritime invoice, main document in maritime transportation.
3. Bill of Lading performs the following important functions:

• Maritime transportation agreement,
• Receipt on accepting the freight, freight disposing document determining the freight recipient:
• Direct recipient (direct recipient organization or recipient person’s name, surname is indicated in the Bill of Lading)
• To order (about the bearer – there is no direct recipient indicated in the Bill of Lading, it is written – to order)

To order of (at the disposal of a person or organization)

Release – consent on delivery of freight under direct instructions of freight forwarder without presenting the original copy of the Bill of Lading

Freight – cost of forwarding goods by sea without handling expenses in ports.

THC – terminal handling charges, port or terminal expenses related to container handling on or from vessels including the costs of delivery to customs warehouses.

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Freight recipient is obliged to present the following documents to a carrier or an agent:

1. Original copy of Bill of Lading as a receipt (recipient signs the bill of lading thus approving the freight receipt – endorsement),
2. passport in case the recipient is a natural person, and
3. warranty if the recipient is a legal person.

Arranging transit freight.

Customer is obliged to present the following documents to the carrier or the agent:

1. Original copy of Bill of Lading or a copy of a release
2. Copy of an Invoice (report),
3. written order or the agreement concluded with the carrier, including the final destination of the freight.

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