I agree with you actually. I mean the B/L is one of the most important documents and sending it so late is unfathomably frustrating. I've been there.
I must say that I had to pay storage fees at the dock because of the same issue you are going through.
The reason why im not jumping up and down fuming about it now is that the storage fees turn out to be one of the cheapest parts of the whole excercise ($20 + GST per day after the first 3 days which are free for me).
Also, I have now taken delivery of the car, and the day you do that is the day all of the F'ing B.S red-tape that has lead up to it seems worth it somehow.