Considering the severity of the current COVID - 19 situation, where lockdowns are being implemented in various parts of the world as governments step up safety measures, it has come to ONE’s attention that such lockdowns may affect ONE’s business and put customers in a position where they are unable to present original Bills of Lading for cargo delivery as a result of bills being stranded in - transit or being unable to be surrendered due to a sudden closure of ONE’s office at a particular destination . To tackle such situations caused by delay in arrival of original Bills of Lading or the sudden closure of ONE’s office at a destination, we strongly urge customers to consider using Sea Waybills or Straight Bills of Lading for your shipment during this critical period.
Sea Waybills are the preferred transport document since delivery of shipments under Sea Waybills does not need to be made against prod uction of the Sea Waybill itself and, as such, ONE would encourage customers to consider same in the first instance, where suitable. If Sea Waybills are not possible for any reason, ONE would advise customers to consider proceed ing with Straight Bills of Lading whereby the consignee is expressly named in the consignee box on the front of the Bill of Lading . It would be ideal to leave the full set of original bills with ONE ’s office at origin . As soon as you are ready to release the shipment to the consignee named on the Bills of Lading, you should send a request form to ONE’s office that retains the full set original bills in order that they can release the shipment (in accordance with ONE’s “surrender at origin” or “telexrelease” procedure).
Should there be any questions or concerns regarding this general advisory, please feel free to contact your sales account representative from ONE for additional support.
