Neptune Orient Lines Ltd - South-East Asia's biggest shipper of container

Source: The Star, 22 Dec 2008

Fact
NOL wholly owns shipping company American President Lines, APL

Export Documentation Procedure (Shipping)

Procedure for Trans Asia Line (M) Sdn Bhd:

1) Received shipment file / booking confirmation from customer service department
2) Received shipping instruction (SI) from shipper
3) E-mailed SI to corporate office (Cochin for Trans Asia Line)
4) Received draft BL from corporate office
5) Fax / E-mail draft BL to shipper for confirmation
6) Fax invoice to shipper
7) BL amendment – 1
8) BL amendment – 2
9) BL amendment – 3
10) BL OK (Confirmation from shipper)
11) Document closed in system
12) BL collected
13) Cheque passed to account department

Website Tracking - OOCL

OOCL - Orient Overseas Container Line
www.oocl.com/malaysia
Item(s) that can be tracked:
1) Eta of the vessel including the transshipment vessel.
2) Discharging port.
3) Vessel name.
4) Vessel ID.
5) SCN – Ship call number.
6) KA number / Manifest number

Shipper Owned Containers (SOC)

SOC shipments - between box owners and vessel owners

SOC shipment happens when the box owner books space with other vessel owners. For example Trans Asia Line booked spaces with Sea Consortium (Sea Consortium is solely operating SOC shipments only - no COC). In this case Sea Consortium will provide the infomation of container discharging list and vessel arrival notice (no BL number)while Trans Asia Line will be the receiver of Bill of Lading (BL) for Delivery Order (DO) collection.

Another example, SOC shipment between CMA and Trans Asia Line. In this case, Trans Asia Line books space with CMA but using own container. CMA will have meo BL where the consignee is under Trans Asia Line. Therefore different shipping agents will have differenc procedures.