TRANSPORT DOCUMENTS Introduction: The main transport documents used in international trade is the bill of lading. There are four functions of a bill of lading: 1. Acting as a receipt for the goods from the shipping company to the exporter. 2. Being evidence of the contract of carriage between the exporter and the carrier.3. Being a quasi negotiable documents.承运人承运人准可转让单据准可转让单据物权证书物权证书aa4. Acting as a document of title for goods being shipped overseas. Original bills of lading are usually issued in sets of two or three and the number of originals will be indicated on the bill of lading. Shipping companies often issue unsigned copies of the bill of lading for record purpose. These unsigned copies are not documents of title. There are different types of bills of lading:• Combined transport bills of lading 联运提单• Transhipment bill of lading 转运提单• Container bills of lading 集装箱提单• Marine bills of lading 海运提单• Short form bills of lading 简式提单 • Long form bills of lading 全式提单• Liner bills of lading 班轮海运提单 • Charter party bills of lading 租船提单• Channel bills of lading 拖车提单• Railroad bills of lading 铁路货运提单• Ocean bills of lading 海运提单• On board bills of lading 已装船提单• Direct bills of lading 直达提单It is not a documentof title and not accepted by banks.It is not a documentof title and not accepted by banks.a • Port to port bills of lading 码头到码头提单• On deck bills of lading 舱面提单• Stale bills of lading 过期提单（提单签发日期 21 天后提交的提单）；先期装运提单（签发日期在输入许可证核发日期之前的提单）；失效提单• Clean bills of lading 清洁提单• Dirty bills of lading 不洁提单• Order bills of lading 指示提单在提单“收货人”一栏内...
