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Delivery Order Process
Delivery Order Process
Introduction
Delivery order (abbreviated D/O) is a legal liner document from a consignee, or an owner or his
agent of freight carrier which orders the release of the transportation of cargo to party. it acts
as a proof/confirmation that the cargo belongs to the consignee itself. Usually the written order
permits the direct delivery of goods to a warehouseman, carrier or other person who in the
course of their ordinary business issues warehouse receipts or bills of lading.
1. factory destuff : Container stuffing is the name for the process of loading goods into a
container or other mode of transport ready for shipping. De-stuffing is the reverse,
simply the unloading of goods from containers. The importer takes the container to his
factory and unloads cargo there. Hence this process requires a security DD to be paid in
case of any damange.Once the cargo is unloaded, the container need to be delivered
back to the shipping line as soon as possible.
2. dock destuff: Dock is an enclosed area of water in a port for the loading, unloading.
When the importer takes dock D/O., his cargo will be unloaded from the container at an
ICD or CFS that is customs bonded area and the importer will have to take away his
cargo in his personal transport .
A delivery order is issued in exchange for
One or all duly endorsed Original Bill(s) of Lading or duly authorised and issued Bank
Guarantee (if original bill of lading is lost): If the issued bill of lading is a negotiable bill of
lading, the carrier will issue Delivery Order only once they have verified that the original bill
of lading has been properly endorsed in order to ensure that the cargo is released to the
correct party.
In some instances a shipper or exporter may surrender one or all of the original bills of
lading that have been issued to them at the load port..
Based on this surrender, they will instruct the load port agent(POL) to advise the
discharge port agent (POD)that the cargo covered under the surrendered bills of lading
may be released to the consignee shown on the bill of lading without presentation of any
original bills of lading..
A telex release is simply a message conveying this instruction from the load port agent to
the discharge port agent. Although nowadays such OBL surrender information and
release instructions are sent by email or updated in the shipping line’s online system, the
name telex release stuck due to the long period that the telex machine
A copy of a Sea waybill issued: A seawaybill is a bill of lading issued by the shipping line to
their customer after the payment of all charges and submission of all customs/port
documents relevant to that country. This bill is NOT a Negotiable document as there is NO
ORIGINAL ISSUED. It is also NOT a Document of Title.
A Sea Waybill of Lading serves as an Evidence of Contract of Carriage and Receipt
of Goods.It CANNOT BE CONSIGNED TO ORDER of someone else. It has to be
consigned to a direct customer only.Delivery of cargo covered under a Sea
Waybill of Lading can be made ONLY to the consignee on the bill of lading or his
authorised representative..
Only with this delivery order the consignee can clear the cargo with customs and
take delivery of the cargo from the port, terminal, depot or wherever it is stored.
In most cases where HBL is issued, the Master Bill of Lading (MBL) will be either
a Sea Waybill or will be Telex Released to facilitate easy release
Based on this release letter, the main carrier will release the Delivery Order to
the nominated consignee.
A separate form of bill of entry is used for clearance of goods for warehousing. All documents
as required to be attached with a Bill of Entry for home consumption are also required to be
filed with bill of entry for warehousing. The bill of entry is assessed in the same manner and
duty payable is determined. However, since duty is not required to be paid at the time of
warehousing of the goods, the purpose of assessing the goods at this stage is to secure the duty
in case the goods do not reach the warehouse. The duty is paid at the time of ex-bond
clearance of goods for which an ex-bond bill of entry is filed. The rate of duty applicable to
imported goods cleared from a warehouse is the rate in-force on the date on which the goods
are actually removed from the warehouse.
DOCK DESTUFF :-
FACTORY DESTUFF:-
NOTE :
RTGS Details
General Steps involve:
Present the original bill of lading and surrender it to the forwarder/carrier
If the bill of lading is already marked as surrendered, telex released, or is a sea waybill,
this can be presented instead.
The assigned broker can present an authorization letter from the consignee to transact
on their behalf.
Provide these details to accounts dept. for payment confirmation.
Pay all destination charges billed by the forwarder/carrier, as stated in the freight
invoice
When the party provides required documents, your person must be present at the D/o
counter along with KYC whenever his token no. reflects on the screen
select the e-DO Module with the location and click on the Arrow
button