In international trade, to understand the common several ways of release, not only can ensure the safety of goods, but also through different ways to deliver the goods to the hands of customers in a timely manner, which means that the early recovery of the payment of goods, to avoid the difficulties of capital turnover. The following highlights several ways of international maritime transportation and the difference between the release of goods:
1,Electric release (Telex Released)
(1) Definition: Telex Released for short. Through the electronic message or electronic information in the form of bill of lading information sent to the destination port of the shipping company, the consignee can be stamped with the electric release of the bill of lading electric release and electric release of the letter of guarantee for the exchange of the bill of lading. The shipping company notifies the agent of the destination port to release the goods without the original bill of lading, as long as it proves that it is the consignee and the person who is released by the electricity, it can take delivery of the goods. Common sense is that the consignor does not need to receive the bill of lading, the consignee with proof of identity to pick up a discharge.
(2) process: the electric discharge procedure is very simple, out of the electric discharge letter of guarantee to the shipping company to apply for electric discharge, the shipping company agreed to send the bill of lading information to the destination port of the shipping company through the electronic message or electronic information form to notify the destination port agent to release the goods, the consignee can be stamped with the electric discharge of the bill of lading and the electric discharge of the letter of guarantee for the exchange of the bill of lading.
(3) Advantages: convenient, fast, safe, can reduce the risk of loss of the bill of lading.
(4) Disadvantages: the consignor can not control the right of goods, and electric discharge has additional electric discharge costs.
(5) Note: not all countries can do electric discharge, such as Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil and some countries in Africa can not do electric discharge.
2,OCEAN BILL(B/L sea transportation bill of lading)
(1) Definition: the original bill of lading issued by the shipping company. Is a material right certificate, the consignee according to which to withdraw the goods, it can be endorsed transfer, is an important document; Shipper will get the original bill of lading from the freight forwarder, scanning to the CNEE (Consignee abbreviation, that is, the consignee), after the arrangement of the payment, Shipper and then a complete set of bill of lading courier mailed to the CNEE, the CNEE with the bill of lading for the bill of lading to pick up the goods; maritime bill of lading with the consignor gets the bill of lading.
(2) Process: the consignor gets the original bill of lading and scans it to the consignee, after normal payment, the consignor then sends the whole set of bill of lading by express mail to the consignee, and the consignee exchanges the bill of lading for the bill of lading with the original bill of lading to the shipping company to take the goods.
(3) Advantages: maritime bill of lading is a material right certificate, with this way to release goods, than other ways of releasing goods without a single risk is small, and there is no additional cost of documents, international maritime transportation in this way.
(4) Disadvantages: not suitable for short-distance sea transportation, easy to cause delay in the import of goods, resulting in additional demurrage.
3, SWB (Sea Waybill)
(1) Definition: Sea Way Bill is a form of bill of lading. Once out of the SWB, the right of goods from Shipper transferred to CNEE, that is to say, CNEE can go directly to pick up the goods, SWB pick up does not need the original, also do not need electricity put fee, for the trust of the company can be used in this form of release.
(2) Advantage: It is fast to issue a single, fast to pick up the goods, convenient, fast, less than the electric discharge will be an electric discharge fee. Mostly used for: all received payment can be out of the sea waybill; multinational corporations, subsidiaries in China, specifically responsible for the parent company's purchases abroad, in order to pick up the goods for the convenience of the sea waybill can be out of the sea waybill.
(3) Disadvantages: generally no way to control the goods.
4,Destination port release
(1) Definition: the meaning of release of goods. This kind of release is used less, in the following special circumstances, will be used in this kind of release: bill of lading lost, written by the consignor of the letter of guarantee to the shipping company or the agent to release the bill of lading to the consignee; bill of lading out of the late, and the goods, in order to pick up the goods earlier, you can also take the letter of guarantee instructions to release the goods.
(2) use of the scene: in the absence of special circumstances, generally will not use this method.
Summarize the difference
SWB is a bill of lading with the ship, somewhat similar to electric discharge, but confirmed to do SEA WAY BILL, after the arrival of the goods in Hong Kong, the agent will directly put the goods to the consignee;
And electric release, even if the goods to the port N long, as long as the consignor did not notify the agent in writing to release the goods, the agent will not release the goods to the consignee;
The main difference between SWB and B/L is that SWB does not have the role of documents of title, the bill of lading is a document of title, the bill of lading can be transferred by endorsement (indicative bill of lading), the sea waybill can not be transferred, the consignee of the bill of lading can only be the consignee of the sea waybill stated above;
As long as the collection of the customer's payment, the above form of release of goods are no risk.
