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Transport documents

Freight paperwork exists to do specific jobs. Knowing which document does which prevents most of the problems that paperwork causes.

How to use this reference

Why these distinctions matter

Transport documents are not interchangeable. One may be a contract of carriage, another a receipt, another a document of title that controls who can collect the goods. Choosing the wrong one, or treating one as another, causes delay at exactly the point where delay is expensive.

These pages describe what each document is for and what tends to go wrong with it.

Complete published set

Documents covered so far.

12 documents in this reference.

  1. documentCMR Consignment NoteWhat this document does
  2. documentBill of LadingWhat this document does
  3. documentSea WaybillWhat this document does
  4. documentAir WaybillWhat this document does
  5. documentPacking ListWhat this document does
  6. documentCommercial InvoiceWhat this document does
  7. documentProof of DeliveryWhat this document does
  8. documentT1 Transit DeclarationWhat this document does
  9. documentExport DeclarationWhat this document does
  10. documentEUR.1 Movement CertificateWhat this document does
  11. documentCertificate of OriginWhat this document does
  12. documentADR Transport DocumentWhat this document does

Use the reference

Apply the definition to the actual contract and shipment.

A reference explains the role of a rule or document. The applicable edition, terms and requirements still need to be confirmed for the case.

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