ICC Digital Library Forum

L/C requires 'port to port' B/L.
We have been presented with B/L showing in box 'pre carriage' name of first vessel and also shows place of receipt as required by L/C (port of loading).
B/L bears 'on board notation' with port of loading (as per l/c) and name of first vessel.
ISBP E)6)C)ii) indicates that a 'pre carriage....it is to bear a dated on board notation which also indicates the name of vessel and the port of loading stated in the credit'.
Is the B/L discrepant because indicating name of FIRST vessel and not the SECOND vessel ?

I infer the place of receipt and port of loading are one & the same. If correct, all the on board notation you describe does is confirm the goods have been shipped within the port of loading i.e. not from the port of loading. Therefore, the OBN must appear to relate to the second vessel so as to evidence the goods have been shipped from the POL. In summary, if I have understood the situation correctly, the BL is discrepant.
[edited 12/6/2013 10:56:41 AM]

you are correct as to the 'place of receipt' being the same as 'the port of loading'.What is the basis for your decision that second vessel should be mentioned? we have different opinions in this regard...

As I mentioned in my first posting, the on board notation you describe simply evidences the goods have been shipped WITHIN the port of loading and therefore not FROM the port of loading (and therefore does not ‘indicate shipment from the port of loading’ as required by sub-Art. 20(a)(iii)).

The BL is discrepant according to ICC Opinions R350, R352 and R756.