Clean Bill of Lading
A bill on which the carrier has noted no damage or shortage. The opposite is a claused bill, and banks reject claused bills.
When a carrier receives goods that look to be in good order, it issues a clean bill. If it notices damaged packaging, staining, a shortage or poor crating, it writes that on the front of the document. The bill is then called claused or foul.
A bank will normally refuse a claused bill under a letter of credit. So packaging that survives handling matters for your documents as well as for your goods. The carrier only describes what it can see from the outside. It has not opened the boxes.
Also called: claused bill of lading, foul bill of lading.
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