Bill of Lading

A bill of lading (sometimes referred to as a BOL or B/L) is a document issued by a carrier to a shipper, indicating the specific goods that have been received on board as cargo. The data contained within a bill of lading can be used for both the scheduling and recording of shipments as well as input to carrier EDI transactions. DATAMARK typically captures the following fields: Date, Bill of Lading number, Shipper, Shipper number, Trailer number, Origin, Address, City, State, Zip, Consignee, Destination city, Phone, Invoicee, Customer number, Special instructions, Number of units, Package type, Number of pieces, Description, Class, Weight, Length, Width, Height, Charges, etc.