船荷證券의 電子化에 關한 考察

A study on the electronic Bill of Lading

Under the bill of lading based on paper, the goods are delivered at the port of destination only against the presentation of the document. So the paper bill of lading has been the main document of the carriage of goods by sea. These days, there is discussion about electronic bill of lading according as Information Technology develops. It is bolero system that repesentative thing of electronic bill of lading is commercialized through "bolero .com". This system has been practising for the realization of the electronic bill to Lading in Europe. This paper examines curtIy about history of electronic bill of lading, and then investigates operation structure and legal system of BOLERO bill of lading(BBL). finally, this paper investigates how it does effect Korea's maritime law, in case that receive BBL.