Sea Shipment

Sea Shipment

Sea Shipment is the operational shipment document for sea freight. It is created from a Sea Booking and tracks execution, milestones, charges, containers, and documents. Supports Dashboard and Milestones tabs.

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1. Prerequisites

• Sea Booking
• Logistics Milestone (for milestone tracking)
• Document List Template (for documents)

2. Key Features

• Dashboard Tab – Document alerts (missing, overdue, expiring), status summary
• Milestones Tab – Visual timeline of operational stages (Gate-In, Loaded, Departed, etc.)
• Charges – Selling and cost charges; supports weight and quantity breaks (unified calculation engine). Each charge row has Estimated Revenue and Estimated Cost (from the booking, used for WIP and accrual) and Actual Revenue and Actual Cost (calculated on the shipment; used for Sales Invoice and Purchase Invoice when present). Use Recalculate All Charges to refresh actual amounts from the calculation method; estimated amounts are not changed.
• Containers – Container assignments for FCL
• Totals – Header-level volume/weight totals may aggregate package lines (aligned with Sea Booking after upgrade migrations).
• Documents – Job Document child table; Populate from Template
• Create Change Request – Add additional charges via Change Request
• Profitability (from GL) – Revenue, cost, gross profit, WIP, accrual from General Ledger when Job Costing Number and Company are set (see Job Management Module)

3. Workflow

1. Create Sea Shipment from Sea Booking.
2. Track milestones (Gate-In at Port, Loaded on Vessel, Departed, etc.).
3. Upload documents in Documents tab.
4. Create Sea Consolidation if House Type = Consolidation.
5. Create Master Bill for consolidation.
6. Create Sales Invoice for billing.

4. Related Topics

• Sea Booking
• Sea Consolidation
• Master Bill
• Milestone Tracking
• Document Management
• Change Request
• Job Management Module