The bills of lading included a clause purporting to supersede all previous agreements.

A contract of affreightment is also understood to refer to bills of lading and or to charter parties.

As a practical matter, multimodal bills of lading in current usage commonly identify the intended ports of loading and discharge.

2. This Convention does not apply to bills of exchange, promissory notes, consignment notes, bills of lading, warehouse receipts or any transferable document or instrument that entitles the bearer or beneficiary to claim the delivery of goods or the payment of a sum of money.

(e) Some international commercial tools, such as bills of exchange, promissory notes, consignment notes, bills of lading, warehouse receipts, or any transferable document or instrument that entitles the bearer or beneficiary to claim the delivery of goods or the payment of a sum of money.

This Convention does not apply to bills of exchange, promissory notes, consignment notes, bills of lading, warehouse receipts or any transferable document or instrument that entitles the bearer or beneficiary to claim the delivery of goods or the payment of a sum of money.

The supersession clause in the bills of lading did not, therefore, prevent Norsul and Mitsui from being bound by the arbitration clause in the charter party between them.

In response, it was indicated that the long standing practice to provide protection to third party holders of bills of lading issued under charter parties should not be discontinued.

It was further observed that, while in principle under this approach arbitration clauses contained in bills of lading would be unenforceable, specific exemptions should be foreseen for special liner trades.

(b) Cross sectoral legal issues seminars and workshops in relation to trade legal concepts and practices, such as INCOTERMS, bills of lading and other transport documents, sales contracts and payment arrangements.

It was further indicated that the mechanism proposed in draft article 4 was similar to the one in place under the Hague Visby Rules for cases when bills of lading were issued.

However, the court then found that, despite the fact that Mitsui sued on the bills of lading, and not the charter party, the agreement to arbitrate in the charter party was binding.

Electric bills, insurance bills, hotel bills.

The court applied a line of Canadian and English cases to the effect that an endorsement like that used in the bills of lading did not incorporate the arbitration clause contained in the charter party.

While there was some consensus that bills of lading would suffice for this purpose, concerns were expressed regarding receipts, and different opinions were expressed with regard to intermediary non negotiable documents such as sea waybills.

(d) All types of movable assets and fixtures, tangible or intangible, present or future, not specifically excluded in the law, including inventory, equipment and other goods, receivables, negotiable instruments (such as cheques, bills of exchange and promissory notes), negotiable documents (such as bills of lading), bank accounts proceeds from the drawing under an independent undertaking and intellectual property rights

The rule in the proposed redraft of article 3 (2), under which these contracts would fall under the scope of application of the draft instrument, was described as consistent with the Hague Visby Rules insofar as bills of lading were concerned.

It was also stated that in some legal systems reliance was attached to documents other than bills of lading, as well as to documents held by the shipper, and that practice also involved the circulation of non negotiable instruments.

It was further suggested that the non documentary approach was more open to the possible future needs of electronic commerce, and also in light of the fact that electronic transport records might not bear any resemblance to bills of lading.

Original bill of lading for 22 UAZ 3151 vehicles

Siderurgica (SMJ) shipped a cargo of steel wire on the Icepearl , which was time chartered by Norsul International S.A. and owned by Icepearl Shipping Co. The bills of lading were endorsed to Mitsui amp Co. (Canada) Ltd., a charterer of part of the vessel.

Official copy of bill of lading for 22 UAZ 3151 vehicles

Bills

Money, bills,

Moreover, it was stated that reliance by third parties was justifiable only when the document provided conclusive evidence, such as for negotiable bills of lading, while no premium on reliance was due to parties willing to take a risk on the basis of less secure documents.

Two 20 bills.

In small bills.

To provide for a solution, the draft starts to state in this paragraph that the bill of lading holder is entitled, but not obliged, to take delivery against presentation of the bill of lading.

Irregularities in the bill of lading and the final destination of the 22 vehicles

Irregularities in the bill of lading and the final destination of the 22 vehicles.

It was observed that this approach would preserve the existing practice in non liner trade where recourse to arbitration under charter parties and charter party bills of lading was not uncommon, ensure uniformity of rules, and favour freedom of contract while preventing possible circumvention of jurisdiction rules under the draft instrument.

She could pull bills out of it.

All with 20 bills?

There's a few bills.

Advertising and printing bills.

Bills are mostly unpaid.

However, if the bill of lading holder cannot be traced (in which event the shipper has to instruct the carrier about the delivery), it may be expected that the bill of lading will not be presented.

Research on the original bill of lading indicates the following (see annexes IV and V)

But it paid the bills.

Don't you like big bills?

Beach some one dollar bills?

The bills are pretty rough.

Here you are, 45 bills.

Small bills aren't my style

New bills envisage even wider guarantees.