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A bill of lading form walked through box by box, with a copyable template, the freight class and hazmat fields, and who fills in and signs each part.
Bill of lading vs air waybill: title and negotiability, release at destination, Montreal Convention vs COGSA liability, and which document your freight gets.
What a bill of lading does, every field on the form, straight vs order vs seaway bill, MBL vs HBL, and what to do when an original goes missing.
When a US import needs a certificate of origin, the three formats, the nine USMCA data elements, who certifies, and the mistakes that void preference claims.
What a commercial invoice must contain under 19 CFR 141.86, how it differs from proforma and customs invoices, and the mistakes that trigger CBP holds.
A packing list template you can copy, the per-carton fields CBP and warehouses actually read, and how the list differs from a packing slip and invoice.
How a telex release works step by step, what it costs, how it differs from an original bill of lading and a seaway bill, and where the risks sit.
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