Sea Booking

Sea Booking

Sea Booking is the customer-facing booking document for sea freight. It captures shipper, consignee, origin/destination ports, ETD/ETA, house BL, packages, charges, cutoffs, and documents. Sea Shipments are created from Sea Bookings.

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1. Prerequisites

• Sea Freight Settings
• Container Type
• Shipper, Consignee
• Shipping Line, Freight Agent, Port masters

2. Key Fields

• House Type – Direct or Consolidation (FCL/LCL)
• Direction – Import, Export, Domestic
• Entry Type – Direct, Transit, Transshipment
• Cutoffs – Cargo, Document, VGM, Gate-In, Empty Return
• Packages – Weight, volume, chargeable
• Charges – Selling and cost charges with weight/qty breaks (unified calculation engine; revenue and cost calculation methods)
• Documents – Job Document child table; Populate from Template

2.1 Charges from Sales Quote

When the booking is created from a Sales Quote, charge lines copy Item Code, Item Name, charge category, Bill To, Pay To, description, Item Tax Template, and Invoice Type (from the Item where applicable) from the quote charges.

3. Workflow

1. Create Sea Booking from Sales Quote or manually.
2. Add packages, charges, cutoffs.
3. Submit when ready.
4. Create Sea Shipment from the booking.

4. Related Topics

• Recent Platform Updates
• Sea Shipment
• Sea Consolidation
• Master Bill
• Sea Freight Module
• Document Management