Is a document a bill of lading just because it is titled as such?

"Shipped in apparent good order and condition" - apparent to whom?

Shippers, unpaid freight & switch B/Ls

Switch B/Ls - a tricky affair

Implied indemnity for a clean B/L?

B/L spent if bank acquires them after discharge is over?

Exclusion clauses in B/L - the phrase 'howsoever arising' encompasses losses due to unseaworthiness?

House B/L issued by a freight forwarder is the same as a B/L?

Himalaya clause affords protection to downstream carriers?