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What is a Bill of Lading and what are my options?
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What is a Bill of Lading, and what are my options for filling one out?
A Bill of Lading (BOL) is a form that documents the details of your shipment, including contents, origin, and destination.
- It serves as a legal contract of carriage with terms and conditions of FedEx Freight® shipments.1
- It’s used to calculate charges.
- It includes the purchase order number, other reference numbers, and freight classification.
A BOL is required for all domestic and international LTL shipments, including those you send through freight forwarders. You can choose to generate a BOL online or fill out a paper version manually.
Creating a Bill of Lading online
This option is easier than filling out a BOL by hand. It can also help you reduce invoice errors and delivery issues that paper forms can create. Here are some other benefits:
- Your pickup process will be faster, since you no longer have to provide a paper BOL to a driver.*
- You can instantly track your shipment. (Paper BOL tracking doesn’t start until the shipment is manually entered into the system.)
- You’ll have a digital trail that’s not available with paper forms.
*You can use an online Bill of Lading for any shipment type in any scenario. But note that you must provide a paper copy of your BOL to your FedEx Freight driver on pickup if you’re sending international, hazmat, or shipper load and count shipments, even if you created the shipment online.
Filling out a Bill of Lading by hand
If you choose this method, you’ll need to give your paper BOL to the FedEx driver who picks up your LTL freight shipment. Your driver will give it to your recipient upon delivery. A manually completed paper BOL acts as your receipt and shipping label.
If you want to complete a paper Bill of Lading, you can download a blank form here, print it, and fill it out by hand. You can also use a BOL from another non-FedEx Freight source. If you need help filling out the FedEx Freight BOL by hand, please see the steps below.
Required shipping forms
Canada to Canada
Canada to U.S.
- Canada Bill of Lading (English/French)
- Customs Invoice (English/French)
- (Recommended) USMCA/T-MEC/CUSMA Certification of Origin (if goods are “wholly obtained or produced entirely” in the U.S., Mexico or Canada) (English)
- (Recommended) USMCA/T-MEC/CUSMA Certification of Origin (if goods are “wholly obtained or produced entirely” in the U.S., Mexico or Canada) (French)
- (Optional) Form U.S. 7512 (bonded shipments)
- Same-Day Service Request (English)
Canada to Puerto Rico
- Canada Bill of Lading (English/Fench)
- Customs Invoice (English/French)
Use AESDirect to file your Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) to the Automated Export System(AES).
U.S. to Canada
- Uniform Straight Bill of Lading
- Canada Quick Pass (Combine Bill of Lading/Commercial Invoice)
- Commercial Invoice (invoices less than $1,600 CAD)
- Canada Customs Invoice (invoices equal to or greater than $1,600 CAD)
- Canada Customs Invoice Instructions
- Next-Day Service Request (FedEx Freight)
- (Recommended) USMCA/T-MEC/CUSMA Certification of Origin (if goods are “wholly obtained or produced entirely” in the U.S., Mexico or Canada)
Use AESDirect to file your Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) to the Automated Export System (AES).
U.S. to Mexico
- Mexico Bill of Lading
- Mexico Bill of Lading Instructions English/Spanish
- Commercial Invoice
- (Recommended) USMCA/T-MEC/CUSMA Certification of Origin (if goods are “wholly obtained or produced entirely” in the U.S., Mexico or Canada)
Use AESDirect to file your Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) to the Automated Export System (AES).
U.S. to Puerto Rico
- Uniform Straight Bill of Lading
- Uniform Straight Bill of Lading Instructions
- Commercial Invoice
Use AESDirect to file your Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) to the Automated Export System (AES).
Mexico to U.S.
- Service Order (English/Spanish)
- Service Order Instructions (English/Spanish)
- Commercial Invoice
- (Recommended) USMCA/T-MEC/CUSMA Certification of Origin (if goods are “wholly obtained or produced entirely” in the U.S., Mexico or Canada) (English)
- (Optional) Form U.S. 7512 (bonded shipments)
Use AESDirect to file your Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) to the Automated Export System (AES).
Puerto Rico to U.S. and Canada
- Uniform Straight Bill of Lading
- Commercial Invoice
Use AESDirect to file your Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) to the Automated Export System (AES).
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