How to Use bill of lading in a Sentence

bill of lading

noun phrase
  • It’s called the bill of lading.
    Joel Feder, The Drive, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Letters of credit, bills of lading, invoice financing and compliance verification still pass through disconnected systems spread across banks, insurers, customs agencies and logistics providers.
    Meelan Gupta, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • The bureau’s presentation indicates that users can enter a bill of lading number in the PCS to gather a vessel’s location, departure and arrival time, alongside expected container release status.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Jan. 2026
  • While its existing fulfillment platform featured a digital suite including digital bills of lading, GPS tracking, and compliance reporting, verifying the physical identity of personnel remained a gap.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
  • Overall, a third — 550,000 pounds — of the total teak the company imported in the past three years can be traced to Myanmar and entered the United States after the sanctions were imposed, according to the Herald’s analysis of records associated with the consignments’ bills of lading.
    Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Through November last year, the then-Terminal 6 handled 60,734 TEUs, according to S&P Global’s PIERS bill of lading database.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 12 Jan. 2026

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