BILL OF LADING UNACCEPTABLE CLAUSES
| Requested clause | Acceptability |
| Clean on board | No |
Reason: In cy/cy shipments the carrier cannot phisically check the cargo as the container is received for transport closed and sealed. The carrier therefore cannot certify it is clean, free of defects etc.
Alternative acceptable clause: Container Shipped on Board
| Requested clause | Acceptability |
| Freetime at Destination | No |
Reason: Acceptable provided it is agreed wwith sales at the negotiation stage ( used for example for wwaste paper shippments). Better wording suggested: Xx Days Freetimeat YYYY( place of delivery)
Alternative acceptable clause:: xxx days freetime at yyy( place of delivery)
| Requested clause | Acceptability |
| Goods of Slovenian Origin | No |
Reason: Not acceptable. The carrier cannot certify the origin and/or the quality of the carrgo. To this purpose other documents are issued by competent authorities, namely the certificate of origin relesed by chamber and ministry of commerce of origin country.
Alternative acceptable clause: Goods from xxx country
| Requested clause | Acceptability |
| Made in Slovenia | No |
Reason: Not acceptable. The carrier cannot certify the origin and/or the quality of the carrgo. To this purpose other documents are issued by competent authorities, namely the certificate of origin relesed by chamber and ministry of commerce of origin country.
Alternative acceptable clause: Goods from xxx country
| Requested clause | Acceptability |
| Goods in Transit | No |
Reason: Word ‘goods’ is not accepted. The right wording is: ” Container is transit to XXX. Onwards carriage from XXX to YYY is arranged by the Merchant for account and risk of Merchant.”
Alternative acceptable clause: Container is transit to XXX. Onwards carriage from XXX to YYY is arranged by the Merchant for account and risk of Merchant.
| Requested clause | Acceptability |
| Shipped on Board | No |
Reason: The clause is not alowed because we have a special box for it on our document and does not serve any purpose to duplication clause. Futher, indicating SOB on shipper’s particulars, right under the cargo description, could be misconstrued as pertaining to the cargo and not the container itself.
Alternative acceptable clause: Container Shipped on Board
| Requested clause | Acceptability |
| Wood Pallets | No |
Reason: The carrier cannot phisically check the cargo as unit received closed and sealed. Therefore the carrier cannot ascertain quality of the cargo and of the pallets.
| Requested clause | Acceptability |
| Transhipment clauses( e.g. To be trashipped in Port Said | No |
Reason: When booking a transport with Maersk Line, the customer is promised carriage from A to B ( as reflected in the Transport Document as ” Port of loading ‘ / Place of receipt’ to ” Port of Discharge”/ Place of delivery” in the designated boxes). How we transport the goods between those ” points” is at our discretion
