2. Through Bill of Lading
A Through Bill of Lading stipulates a delivery location other
than the port. The shipper is responsible for transporting the food from the
port to the location named on the Through Bill of Lading. Generally, the
delivery location is a CARE or counterpart warehouse. The independent discharge
survey occurs at the warehouse and not at the port. Although CARE is not
responsible for transportation, CARE should ask the shipping company to use a
CARE waybill when the company arranges for transportation out of the port of
arrival.
Country Office Example
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US Food is shipped to CARE Guatemala on a Through Bill of
Lading with the primary warehouse in Guatemala City listed as the delivery
location. The shipping company transports the food from the port to the primary
warehouse. CARE Guatemala contracts a clearing and forwarding agent to keep the
country office advised of the status of the food at port and to facilitate the
dispatch of the food from the port. An agent is not mandatory at the port when
food is shipped on a Through Bill of Lading, but CARE Guatemala has found that
the benefits far exceed the costs. The agent has pre-printed, pre-numbered CARE
waybills that he prepares for each dispatch from the port. The warehouse manager
in Guatemala City records the receipt of each delivery from the port in the
Receipt Information section of the waybill. |
