We are pleased to inform you that the Workshop on “Things and facts you may not know about Bill of Lading” held in October 2024 was a success with full house and enthusiastic response . Many people were unable to attend due to the limited number of seats.

In view of this, the Institute is to going to rerun (with same content) the Workshop this year. Details are as follows:

Date: 27th August 2025, Wednesday
Time: 7 pm
Duration: 2 hours
Venue: Conference room of Hong Kong Seamen’s Union
6/F., Champion Building, 287-291 Des Voeux Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

Content:
Is it a must to issue 3 original B/L as one set? Is it necessary to issue a clean B/L when there are remarks on the mate’s receipt? Is it a must for the notify party to endorse on the B/L when the box of consignee is named ‘To order’?

Believe it or not, the answers to all questions above are false!

Bill of lading is one of the most important shipping documents in our field, but many of us have some wrong concepts and misunderstandings on B/L even if you are dealing with it every day. This workshop will share the things and facts you may not know about B/L.

Language:
Cantonese; supplemented by English
Presentation material in English

Speaker:
Mr Edward Cheng is the among the first batch of graduates of the Hong Kong Polytechnic (now Hong Kong Polytechnic University) in Shipping Studies. Mr Cheng has been engaging in the ship agency field for over 33 years (including almost 2 years of tenure in Shanghai).

He is now the Chief Representative (Hong Kong Region) of Oceanfavor Shipping (Shanghai) Ltd., responsible for the marketing and sales work of the Oceanfavor Group, arranging internal training, and monitoring the operation of each ship agency branch office under the Group. 

Since 1996, he has been a part-time evening speaker for different shipping related courses in various well-known institutes, such as HKPC, HKLA, CityU (SCOPE), HKU  (SPACE), VTC and IVE (Haking Wong). He had also been invited by many large scale ship agency companies in Shanghai, Dalian, Qingdao, Tianjin and Huangpu, to share his real life experience. Besides, he is a holder of Further and Adult Education Teacher’s Certificate (Stage I) issued by the Hong Kong Institute of Education (now The Education University of Hong Kong).

Fees:
Members: Free
Students: Free
Non Members: HKD 100 (non-refundable)

Registration here

First Come First Served

Enquiry:
Institute of Seatransport Secretariat
Telephone: 2581 0003

Looking forward to your participation.