x Enterprises dealing in export and import goods by sea, have questions about the House Bill of Lading?
x Do you want to know the advantages and disadvantages of House Bill, why House Bill is used in maritime transport?
x Do you have a shipment that is not enough to fill a full sea container and need to be combined with other customers to save on transportation and import-export costs?
In the framework of this article, Proship.vn will mention information related to the House Bill of Lading to answer the questions that businesses are interested in asking above. Along with that is the outstanding advantage of LCL cargo shipping service to Chinh Ngach countries with cheap sea freight performed by Proship Logistics, promising to bring the best and most effective service experiences, worthy of the cost. Shipping costs paid by the customer.
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What is House Bill? Why is House Bill used in sea transport?
What does House Bill mean?
What is House Bill? House Bill, also known as House Bill of Lading, is a sea bill of lading issued by a freight forwarder company (Forwarder/Freight Forwarder Company). House Bill in Vietnamese is called house bill of lading, abbreviated as HBL or HB/L. In foreign countries, HBL can be issued by a NVOCC (Non Vessel Ocean Common Carrier) shipping company - Shipowner without ship, but in Vietnam, this form is currently not available. Therefore, HBL is understood as the bill of lading issued by the Forwarder to the actual shipper (Real Shipper).
Accordingly, after the sender (Owner) packs the goods, delivers them to the forwarding company, completes customs procedures and pays the prescribed fees, the Forwarder Company will issue the HBL to the customer. The HBL still has all the important content similar to a general ocean bill of lading. However, the sender and recipient sections can be changed in 2 cases:
- The shipper is usually the exporter and the consignee is the importer.
- In case of necessity, these two items can be replaced by authorized persons according to regulations.
Draft HBLs are often issued before the ship runs so that the shipper can check whether the information shown is correct or not. The official HBL will be issued after the train runs, but the Deadline to edit the bill will usually be earlier or after the train runs depending on the route.
The reason House Bill of Lading is used in shipping
Normally, the use of HBL in sea transport activities is based on the requirements of the Shipper (sender). Accordingly, Shipper requires the use of this type of bill of lading because:
- Shipper trusts the Forwarder Company when transporting goods or they want to hide the name and consignee on the bill of lading;
- In case the recipient requests the sender to write some information on the Bill similar to the set of documents, but this is difficult to edit for the Master Bill issued by the shipping company. Therefore, if you want to make corrections, you must use the House Bill issued by the Forwarder Company;
- In case, the shipping ship is delayed and the letter of credit (L/C) must be dated correctly. However, shipping companies do not accept back-signing of bills or only back-signing for a maximum of 1 day, so using HBL will be more convenient. Because this type of bill of lading can be easily backdated, you can even add some other information such as Clean On Board to the bill of lading.
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Proship Logistics shares all information related to House Bill of Lading
What is House Bill and why is House Bill of Lading used in sea transport has been answered. Next will be an assessment of the advantages and disadvantages, and the basic differences between the House Bill and Master Bill. Any interested business or individual should consult and read to get the most accurate assessment of this HBL bill of lading. Specifically:
Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the House Bill of Lading
Master Bill or House Bill are both types of bills of lading that have certain advantages and disadvantages when used. Specifically, for HBL, advantages and disadvantages can be mentioned such as:
Advantages of House Bill of lading
- Still use Bill similar to ocean bill of lading for sending and receiving goods according to the contract.
- Easily edit and add information as requested by Shipper. Because HBL is issued by the Forwarder Company according to their model, with their logo. Therefore, editing can be done at the sender's request to the Forwarder.
Disadvantages of House Bill of lading
- Using HBL will incur additional handling fees (Handling fees) at the destination port.
- It is difficult to ensure the rights and legality of the sender in case of problems with the shipment. Because, this is the Bill issued by the Forwarder Company. Therefore, if the sender brings the Bill to the shipping company to sue or claim rights, the shipping company will not agree to handle it. At this point, the responsibility belongs to the Forwarder.
Comparison between House Bill and Master Bill in maritime transport
In sea transport, House Bill and Master Bill are two commonly used types of bills of lading. Although the same bill of lading is used when importing and exporting goods via sea and has similar form and effect, these two types of bills of lading still have certain differences. Specifically, 7 differences can be mentioned as follows:
| Criteria | Master Bill | House Bill |
|---|---|---|
| Edit original Bill | Difficult to edit original Bill | It is easy to edit the original Bill because this bill of lading is issued by the forwarder with their logo in the form. |
| Risks to shippers | Making MBL has little risk for shippers. Because, if an incident occurs, they can take the original Bill to sue the shipping company to ensure their rights. | Doing HBL is more risky for shippers. Because when you encounter a risk, you can only take the Bill to sue the forwarder. Meanwhile, many small companies can avoid responsibility and not deal with you. |
| Adjustment relationship | Adjust the relationship between the actual carrier (the person with the ship) and the person who books and reserves space on the ship (Real shipper or Forwarder). | Adjust the relationship between shippers and intermediaries (Forwarder). |
| Impact rules | Influenced by Hague, Hamburg rules,... | Not affected by the rules. |
| Form | Has the logo of the shipping company. | Has the logo of the forwarder company. |
| Seal and signature | There is only 1 stamp and 1 signature. | There can be 2 stamps and 2 signatures. |
| Destination | On the bill of lading, write the port of destination (Port). | On the bill of lading, state the place of receipt (possibly the intermediary's warehouse). |
Notes you need to know about House Bill and Master Bill
A shipment does not necessarily have to have both a House bill and a Master bill. Because in many cases, shippers work directly with shipping companies without going through a forwarder. Or you can ask the forwarder to book a slot, but the shipper still requests to have their name on the Bill. At that time, the shipping line still issued Master Bill Lading to the shipper and did not issue House Bill Lading.
There are cases where forwarders collect multiple shipments from different shippers and send them on the same ship. At this time, the forwarder will issue many HBLs but only 1 MBL for the shipping cargo to save time and costs. In another case, when there is a shipping company transporting entire containers, a Consolidator provides HBL for each shipment, while another forwarder receives 1 shipment and only issues 1 HBL for the shipment. receive shipping. In this case, the shipment will appear 1 MBL and many HBLs.
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Ms Tien: 0909 986 247
Ms Dung: 0939 999 247
Ms Duy: 0902 581 247
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Is Chinh Ngach ocean freight import-export service at Proship Logistics safe and effective?
Faced with the increasing demand for sending retail goods by sea, PROSHIP LOGISTICS provides the market with "cheap Chinh Ngach retail import-export service" with professional processes, quick and simple shipping procedures, and packaged goods. Carefully wrapped/classified and gathered at the warehouse ready for transportation from Port - Port, Port - Warehouse, Warehouse - Warehouse. This form of sea transport is Chinh Ngach - there is a full, binding Sales Contract between Buyer and Seller according to International regulations and practices.
In particular, we understand what House Bill is and other related Documents and Bills of Lading to directly advise, answer and support customers sending goods in all cases. Proship Logistics acts as a Consolidator, gathering LCL shipments of many Shippers at CFS, sorting, classifying and packing them into one container, then Arrange transportation from the loading port to the destination port. Such combined packing is called Consolidation, ensuring safety and very efficiency.
Transporting LCL Chinh Ngach goods in blocks from Vietnam to the US, Japan, Korea, Germany, Australia,... (and vice versa) by sea is carried out according to the following process:
- For retail goods exported from HCM (at Cat Lai Port, Saigon,...) - Ports in Japan, Korea, Shanghai, China, Germany, USA,...: Proship will deliver door to door - Pick up at the factory at Vietnam and deliver directly to the consignee in Australia and vice versa, including all sea freight costs...
- For retail goods imported from ports in Japan, Korea, Shanghai, China, Germany, USA,... - HCM (at Cat Lai Port, Saigon,...): Proship will arrange to contact the shipper to check the information. Information on the expected delivery date of goods to arrange a suitable train schedule, and book the earliest train to transport to Vietnam for delivery to customers.
Documents and documents prepared when importing and exporting retail goods via Vietnam - Australia, USA, Germany, Japan, Korea,...
Documents need to be prepared in Vietnam
- Invoice;
- Packing List;
- Sales contact or PO;
- Airway bill or Bill of lading;
- Customs declaration of export goods;
- Some other types of documents (Depending on product): CO (Export certificate), Fumigation (Fumigation certificate), Msds (Commodity composition analysis), export license,...
Documents for exporting goods to other countries need to be prepared
- Invoice;
- Packing List;
- Sales contact or PO;
- Airway bill or Bill of lading;
- Customs declaration of imported goods;
- Some other types of documents (Depending on product): CO (Export Certificate), Fumigation (Fumigation Certificate), Msds (Commodity Composition Analysis), import license...
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Proship Logistics' LCL shipping and receiving method
We flexibly apply the following transportation and delivery methods:
- Transporting LCL goods from Port to Port;
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LCL shipping process to Mainland countries at Proship
Below is the process of sending LCL goods to other countries by sea container carried out by Proship:
- Step 1: First, Proship will receive the goods from you, package them and then transport them to the CFS warehouse;
- Step 2: At the CFS warehouse, the shipment is placed in a container, sealed, sealed, and then the container will be delivered to the carrier at the CY warehouse;
- Step 3: After loading the container onto the ship, the company will transport the goods to the specified discharge port;
- Step 4: Upon receiving the D/O delivery order, Proship will present it to the container management department at the destination port, receive the entire container and bring it to the CFS warehouse in the importing country;
- Step 5: After the consignee presents the HB/L secondary bill of lading to the CFS warehouse management department, the consignee will take the goods to their warehouse.
Knowledge specialized in Logistics, what is sea transport like House Bill , advantages and disadvantages of House Bill of Lading, why House Bill is used in sea transport, basic differences between House Bill of Lading and Master Billl,... were answered by Proship Logistics. Accordingly, businesses dealing in export and import goods by sea should refer to and save the information for application when they need to complete and present the bill of lading according to customs clearance regulations. To receive cheap LCL shipping services to Chinh Ngach countries, please contact 0909 344 247 .
Shipping contact hotline:
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