We continue our small talk on the clausing the bills of lading. Today, we will look into a situation when the Master and/or his representative were unable to determine the number, quantity or weight by reasonable inspection.
The Master should request the shippers to delete/omit the respective figures of the "number, quantity or weight" of cargo loaded, only if such figures were not / can not be determined by the Master and/or his representative by the reasonable inspection. In such circumstances, the Master is not obliged to issue the bills of lading showing the respective figures. However, if the the figures can not be omitted, the bills of lading should be claused with "number unknown", "quantity unknown" and/or "weight unknown". It is not recommended to use such wording as "weight/number/quantity said by the shippers to be" as being less protective! Stating a reason, in the bills of lading, as to why the number, quantity and weight are unknown is advisable.
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