| As with most people would probably assume in the | | | | hazardous, but still need special treatment since they |
| first place, international shipping requires many official | | | | may be fragile of easily effected by electric shocks |
| documents to be authorized and recorded. The list | | | | or pulses. The shipping company will need to know |
| below is by no means complete, but it should give | | | | how best to handle the items, such as how to |
| you an idea of what kind of documentation you will | | | | properly load and unload them. |
| need in order to successfully ship your goods or | | | | - Bill of Lading -The Bill of Lading is issued by the |
| belongings internationally. The first document, and also | | | | company which will actually be doing the international |
| the most common, needed for international shipping | | | | shipping. There are three reasons why the bill of |
| is the Export Cargo Shipping Instruction. This is a | | | | lading is important; it proves that the actual shipping |
| basic and simple document which informs the shipping | | | | company has received and taken possession of the |
| company that you are asking them to ship you | | | | items being shipped, it is used as proof that there is |
| belongings overseas. It will also list in great detail all | | | | an agreement between all the parties involved, and it |
| the items that will be in your shipment. It usually | | | | is a title document for the goods. Although if one |
| completed after you have signed on with the | | | | were to actually look at actual Bill of Lading document |
| shipping company and they have actually set aside an | | | | he would find some parts of it a bit out of date and |
| area on a ship that is scheduled to depart with your | | | | irrelevant. The document was created when |
| belongings. Today, many shipping companies | | | | international shipping companies would use sailboats |
| complete this stage by verbal confirmation over the | | | | to transport merchandise, which was long before |
| telephone or even by email. | | | | steam ships were ever invented. |
| Depending on what you plan to ship, you may need | | | | - The Sea Waybill - The Sea Waybill is more or less |
| some other documents, such as: | | | | like the Bill of Lading, except is does not contain |
| - Dangerous Goods Note - A Dangerous Goods Note, | | | | conditions for the appropriation of title to the goods. |
| or also called the DGN, is needed if the goods you | | | | This, incidentally, makes the document much faster, |
| are shipping are of a hazardous nature. The DGN will | | | | easier, and more popular to use. It is most often |
| describe in very descriptive detail what the hazardous | | | | used when parties on both sides, buyers and sellers, |
| items are, what dangers they may be susceptible to | | | | are very well acquainted and have developed a |
| once in transportation, and how best to transport | | | | trusting business relationship. It is also used when the |
| them in a efficient and safe manner. | | | | owner of the goods does not change, such as with |
| - Standard Shipping Note - A Standard Shipping Note, | | | | expats moving to new countries. |
| also called the SSN, is issued for good that are not | | | | |