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

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

• Sea Shipment
• Sea Consolidation
• Master Bill
• Sea Freight Module
• Document Management