DOCK RECEIPT

Formally dock receipt is a document issued by an ocean carrier to acknowledge receipt of a shipment at the carrier's ship terminal. For LCL shipments carrier’s dock receipt also verifies w/m of cargo received by the ship terminal. 

However, in respect of dealing with a freight forwarder a Dock Receipt is a document given to the shipper for a purpose of allowing his/her shipment to be delivered to the carrier’s pier or ship terminal. When delivery is completed, the dock receipt is surrendered to the carrier. Bill of Lading will be issued based on the information in the Dock Receipt.

Typically, with certain exceptions (for example, when deliver a motor vehicle to a pier without a power of attorney given to the delivery person) shipper does not have to be physically present when submitting cargo to the shipment. Any authorized by you person or company can deliver your goods to the shipping terminal on your behalf. You may consider the Dock Receipt “a ticket for your cargo”.  

The Dock Receipt can be delivered to the shipper in different ways: via fax or e-mail, with a tracker when ship FCL etc. 
 
The Online Dock Receipt for EXPORTING goods from the USA

With us, when exporting goods from the USA, you will receive the Dock Receipt via link in our shipping instructions. We will e-mail to you this link upon your booking request.

By receiving this Dock Receipt online, shipper has to check all information in it and then to confirm his/her ownership and responsibility on the shipment by pressing submit button (consider pressing of this button as your “virtual signature”). Then it can be printed and used on your shipment. 

Notice: Your Dock Receipt in our shipping instructions is unique. It is generated individually on your shipment and pre-formatted based on the information that you had provided when booked your shipment online. 

IMPORTANT: While submitting your documents online double-check all info on the document. If you see errors or typos, then re-submit the document or ask us via e-mail to correct it.

During submitting your ship documents online you have several opportunities to edit and re-submit the documents. However, as soon as documents are submitted to the carrier, all further correction will be possible only at a time when you recover your cargo at the destination.