Unloading confirmation
The Abladebestätigung (or load confirmation ; English loading confirmation, forwarders certificate receipt ) is in the transport sector the written confirmation of the acquisition of the cargo by the carrier .
General
If the seller has to use third parties to sell or export goods , the shipping of the goods must not pose a transport risk. The transport risk is also minimized by the fact that the seller receives a confirmation from the transport company about the goods intended for transport. In this way, the buyer can at least eliminate the quantitative transport risk by comparing the goods actually received with the unloading confirmation.
In the case of a letter of credit or document collection , the unloading confirmation is an important document for their processing.
species
The unloading confirmation is part of the accompanying documents . The task of Abladebestätigung take concrete in freight waybill (road: CMR , rail: railway waybill , Inland Waterways : bill of lading , Maritime: bill of lading or sea waybill ), packing list , confirmation of receipt (in road haulage ) or air waybill ( air freight ). Waybill and bill of lading are gekorene order instruments , the transfer can be ( traditional paper ). All unloading confirmations are blocking papers .
tasks
The unloading confirmation is given to the shipper or his appointed unloader by the carrier and also serves as the basis for transport insurance and / or as a document in foreign trade finance . In addition, the seller can compare the unloading confirmation with his goods issue.