| | Description: | Objective This one day course is designed to provide an understanding of the Shipping Documentation. - For new entrants to the logistics industry, it will be a good opportunity to learn about the importance of shipping documentation and its consequences if it is not done properly
- For practitioners in the logistics industry, it will enable them to clear doubts about some aspects in shipping documentation.
- For the merchants, it will help them to understand how shipping documents are processed and the carrier’s requirements in exports and imports.
Designed For Anyone dealing with b/l documentation e.g. banks, merchants, shipping line and logistics service providers and for those considering a career switch to the logistics industry. Coverage - Review of the trading process and types of documents used for both exports and imports
- Differentiate shipping terms and Incoterms
- Shipper’s obligations in giving accurate cargo information in the b/l
- Review some important clauses behind the b/l on limits of liability, delays, and time-bar
- Differentiate the types of bills of lading and their usage e.g. non-negotiable b/l, negotiable b/l and sea waybill, and switched b/l
- Differentiate shipping terms and Incoterms
- Case studies/practical exercises on proper cargo delivery, preparing bills of lading in accordance with shipper’s or buyer’s requirements, shipping line clauses on the b/l.
Lecturer Tan Tee Hwa is currently a Director in a sourcing company which has been appointed by an Australian mining company to source for raw materials and equipment. He has 30 years of experience in shipping, warehousing and transport logistics. He has been lecturing with the SLA for the last 25 years. He is the main contributor to the SLA publication on “The Practitioner’s Definitive Guide : Seafreight Forwarding”.
Duration 1 day : 9 am to 6 pm VenueThe Logistics Academy CertificationA Certificate of Attendance will be awarded upon successful completion of the course. 
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