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Trans. Planning Journal
| Title | Delivery Process and Liability for Misdelivery in Electronic Bills of Lading |
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| Author | A-Jui Lai, Pei-Chi Wu |
| Summary | Bills of lading in paper form have been criticized these years for being time-consuming, costly, and open to fraud. Electronic bills of lading are mainly data contained in bills of lading transmitted electronically. Since the cost is down and the speed is up, almost all parties involved welcome electronic bills of lading to avoid the disadvantages of paper bills of lading. In 1990 Comité Maritime International (CMI) proposes rules for electronic bills of lading, of which the underlying technology is mainly based on electronic data interchange (EDI). Although using electronic bills of lading does reduce risks in using paper bills of lading, it does not guarantee that misdelivery of goods will never happen. Successful operation of electronic bills of lading still depends on a well-defined delivery process, which clearly specifies the carrier and the holder’s liabilities. In this paper, starting from related regulations and legal cases in paper bills of lading, we addressed the regulations, the design of delivery process, and the carrier’s liability for misdelivery in electronic bills of lading. |
| Vol. | 31 |
| No. | 4 |
| Page | 841 |
| Year | 2002 |
| Month | 12 |
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