Impact of Covid:
Given the contagious nature of the Covid-19 and the social
distancing norms being followed as a preventive measure, various
manual processes with relation to a BL such as surrender of
original the BL at the shipping line s office, collection of
paper invoice, payment by cash/cheque/other tangible source of
payment to the shipping line, etc. cannot be complied with by a
customer.
More so, the national lockdown and social distancing has become
a grave impediment as the service providers such as courier
agencies are unable to deliver and dispatch the hard copy
of the BL. This has directly impacted the release of import