What is the difference between a sea waybill and a bill of lading?

Question

What is the difference between a sea waybill and a bill of lading? What is the reason for some carrier to issue a sea waybill than a bill of lading? Besides cost of the document, what is the effect on the shipper and consignee ? Is a sea waybill as good as a bill of lading?

Answer 1

It mostly has to do with the customer's preference. it also can depend on the way the items were transported. Straight Bill of ladings are usually rail loads and are accompanied by pod's. Sea way bill usually comes from the dock. different pod's are required.There should be neither a negative or positive effect on either the shipper or the consignee unless the information listed is inaccurate. Both of them are equally acceptable.