ICC Digital Library Forum

we encounter a letter of credit stipulating that" full set of clean on board shipping company's b/l...."
we wonder what kind of b/l meets the requirement of shipping company's b/l.
does it mean that such kind of b/l must be issued by xxx shipping company? if it is issued by a transport company whose name dose not show the words"shipping company" like xxx shipping agency, however, xxx shipping agency indicate his capacity as agent

The answer should be found in sub-Article 23ai, Position Paper No. 4 and any related ICC Banking Commission Opinions ("shipping company" = "carrier").
[edited 3/5/02 10:28:42 AM]

To me the expression shipping company
always had the meaning of "the carrier".
This is also backed in the way many opinions had been written.
Regards
Heinz

In the absence of any further information, possibly the intent of this wording was to distinguish it from other forms of B/L, e.g. FIATA B/L.

Laurence