DOMESTIC INLAND BILL OF LADING IN RESPECT OF INTERNATIONAL CARGO TRANSPORTATION FROM THE USA

If shipping cargo from the USA overseas, do not confuse a US domestic inland bill of lading with a sea freight bill of lading.

In respect of international cargo transportation, domestic inland bill of lading is not a final document in your shipping.

When shipping freight from the USA overseas, domestic inland bill of lading acts as a US private carriage contract to transport cargo from the place in the USA to an international ocean freight carrier's shipping terminal located within the United States territory. Such terminals called:

• CFS – Container Freight Station in LCL sea freight service;
• CY – Container Yard in FCL  sea freight service;
• Ocean Carrier's pier in RO-RO or break bulk sea freight service.

In international shipping from the USA, besides other purposes, U.S. domestic bill of ladings specify details of goods being transported internationally, such as:

• Type of commodity,
• It's quantity,
• Weight and volume;

After the cargo delivered to an ocean freight carrier’s shipping terminal, the information always verified by international ocean freight carriers before shipping from the USA. All the data has to be checked and re-confirmed in the global ocean freight carrier's dock receipt. The the information will correspond with the ocean carrier's sea freight bill of lading.

A Sea freight Bill of Lading in international shipping is the final document on an international shipment. It is the title on your shipping goods from the USA abroad. Find more about Sea freight Bill of Lading in international cargo transportation by the sea.

Note: While transporting goods, a discrepancy between cargo details in the US domestic inland bill of ladings and a sea freight bill of ladings may occur. In respect of international shipping from the USA and cargo recovery at the destination, international shippers should rely on and work based on the information stated in the sea freight bill of ladings, but a US domestic inland bill of ladings. Destinations courtiers attorneys may not consider a foreign inland bill of ladings as a proof of an international shipment. They will work with a sea freight bill of lading only, which is the standard and primary document in the international cargo transportation industry. Particularly on shipping cargo from the USA by sea.