Delivery of Goods without Original Bills of Lading: A Survey of Recent Law and Practice in China

It is a common practice, in international carriage of goods by sea, for the carrier to deliver the goods without presentation of the original bill of lading.Chinese laws in this area have been vague and resulted in divergent practice among different courts or even different judges with the same court.Based on very recent judicial practice, this paper gives a brief introduction on how to litigate a case on delivery of goods without presentation of original bill of lading before the courts in China.