(1) Shipper: the beneficiary in letter of credit. It is permitted if the creditor requires a third party bill of lading because of trade demands.

    (2) Consignee: if it is a straight bill of lading, this item could be filled in specific company of receipt or the name of consignee; if it is an order bill of lading (B/L), this item could be filled in "order" or "to order"; if the person of order is required, this item could be made out "to order of shipper", "to order of consignee" or "to order of bank" according to different requirements.

    (3) Notify party: the receiver who receives the arrival notice from shipping company when the goods reach the port of destination, sometimes is the importer. The B/L in letter of credit (L/C) should be filled strictly according to L/C requirement if there are specific stipulations for notify party of B/L. If the B/L is a straight bill of lading or a consignee order B/L and there is a specific address of consignee, the item can be spared. If it is a blank order bill of lading or a shipper order bill of lading, the item must be filled with the name or detailed address of notify party, in case the ship-owner could not contact with consignee and the consignee could not apply to customs and pick up the goods in time, which would even be forfeited if exceeding the required declaration time.

    (4) B/L Number, should be filled in the top right corner of B/L, easy for connecting and check. The shipper should list the shipping name and B/L number when issuing shipping notice to consignee.

    (5) Shipping Name, this item should be filled with the shipping name of loading and the voyage number.

    (6) Port of Loading，this item should be filled with the specific name of practical port of loading.

    (7) Port of Discharge, filled the name of practical port of discharge. In case of transship, in the first course B/L, the item should be filled with the port of transship, the receiver is ship company of the second course.; in the second course B/L, the port of loading is the port of transship mentioned above, while port of discharge should be port of destination; If the ship company of the first course provides through bill of lading, the item of port of discharge should be filled with the port of destination(list the ship names of the first course and the second course in B/L). If the ship need transporting via a port, there should have "VIA XX"in B/L. When transporting with container，we use through bill of lading in which the port of loading，port of discharge，place of receipt，place of delivery，the conveyance in the first course, the ship name of sea transportation and the voyage number should be list. Pay attention to homonymous ports when filling in port of discharge. If choose the port bill of lading, you should give the name of port in this item..

    (8) Name of goods, the name of goods in L/C should accord with the regulations of L/C.

    (9) Number & Categories of Package, this item should be filled according to the actual packages of boxes.

    (10) Shipping Mark, filled according to the regulations of L/C (if have) or the shipping mark in the invoice (without regulations of L/C).

    (11) Gross Weight, Size, kilogram is the unit of gross weight and stere is the unit of ton unless there are other regulations in L/C.