YCD Trivia: What is a Notice of Cargo Arrival?
(1) NOTICE OF ARRIVAL
Refers to the notice of arrival, notice of arrival, notice of arrival is generally issued by the actual carrier or its agent, to the notifier on the bill of lading or the consignee.
If there is a notifier, give the notifier a notice of arrival. If the notifier and the consignee are the same, (at the end of the bill of lading attached to the draft) that is to give the consignee to send a notice of arrival. The consignee, the notifier or its agent to receive the carrier’s notice of arrival, according to the requirements of the notice of arrival in a timely manner for quarantine, customs clearance, cargo and other procedures.
2）MBL
It is the abbreviation of Master Bill of Lading.
For the main bill of lading, carrier bill of lading, shipping company bill of lading, shipowner’s bill of lading, etc. Every vote on international sea transportation of goods, there will be MBL, but sometimes the consignor / owner can not see MBL, especially sea LCL, MBL is not given to the consignor / owner of the goods, the forwarder will only be their own bill of lading, that is, the HBL sent to their own customers (consignor / owner)
3）HBL
HBL is the abbreviation of House Bill of Lading.
Sub-bill of lading, forwarder bill of lading, forwarder bill of lading, etc., HBL and MBL corresponds to not every vote of import and export goods have HBL, sometimes only need MBL, there is no need to issue HBL, but not forwarding companies are qualified to issue forwarder bill of lading.
International shipping is usually non-vessel operating carrier (NOVCC) or can do LCL freight forwarding company is qualified to issue a bill of lading forwarder.
LCL cargo must be out of the freight forwarding bill of lading, go LCL cargo owners can get are HBL, LCL freight forwarding will not put it with the shipping company according to the whole container booking and operation, the shipping company issued by the MBL to the customer. Can only issue HBL to themselves, in the LCL business, which is also called split single.
A master list (MBL) can correspond to a lot of sub-list (HBL), LCL is a master list corresponds to a number of sub-list – the actual carrier (shipping company) to the LCL forwarder issued MBL, LCL forwarder to the customer issued HBL.
4) Arrival or imminent arrival of goods
The actual carrier or its agent to the notifier/consignee to send NOTICE OF ARRIVAL notifier/consignee or its agent (e.g. customs broker) according to the requirements of timely tracking of arrival dynamics, the first time to arrange for the exchange of the single (for the bill of lading D/O), quarantine, declaration to Customs, with the inspection, the release of pickup and other links. Notice of arrival is a document sent by forwarder or agent to the consignee or notifying party, indicating the date of arrival of the goods at a specific place (usually the destination). The notified party is usually listed as the consignee in the bill of lading.