Section 1

any bill of lading;

any sea waybill;

any ship’s delivery order.

References in this Act to a bill of lading —

do not include references to a document which is incapable of transfer either by indorsement or, as a bearer bill, by delivery without indorsement; but(b)subject to that, do include references to a received for shipment bill of lading.

References in this Act to a sea waybill are references to any document which is not a bill of lading but —

is such a receipt for goods as contains or evidences a contract for the carriage of goods by sea; and

identifies the person to whom delivery of the goods is to be made by the carrier in accordance with that contract.

References in this Act to a ship’s delivery order are references to any document which is neither a bill of lading nor a sea waybill but contains an undertaking which —

is given under or for the purposes of a contract for the carriage by sea of the goods to which the document relates, or of goods which include those goods; and

is an undertaking by the carrier to a person identified in the document to deliver the goods to which the document relates to that person.