Bills of Lading view

Prerequisites

• To access the Bills of Lading view, you need to assign the Bills of Lading - View privilege to your user role.

A bill of lading is a document or a contract between a line operator and a shipper. See where bills of lading fit in the Gate Operations process

The bill of lading lists all cargo items received from a shipper that will be delivered to the consignee named in the contract. It also lists the origin and the destination of the cargo. One bill of lading can list cargo items that are distributed among several containers. It can also list non-containerized cargo (cargo located on the vessel), such as automobiles. Conversely, one container can include cargo items from several bills of lading. Each bill of lading relates to a single vessel visit.

You can use bills of lading to manage the release of import and transship containers arriving on a deep sea vessel.

The Bills of Lading view displays the bills of lading that exist at the current scope level. You can create a filter to limit the data displayed, such as displaying only the bills of lading for a specific vessel visit.

If you do not use the bill of lading functionality, set the INVBL001 (TRUE_BILLS_OF_LADING) (on page 1) configuration setting as false.

When you set INVBL001 as false, N4:

• Does not display the bills of lading for a unit in the Bills of Lading view.

• Displays the bill of lading number in the Units view or in the Status area in the Unit Inspector.

• Allows you to record the bill of lading number for the selected unit using the Shipment Details form.

From this view, you can add new bills of lading, and edit or delete existing bills of lading.

In addition, you can use the Actions menu to:

• Export SNX File: Export the selected bills of lading as an XML file using the snx.xsd format.

This action is not available from the Actions menu in the Bill of Lading Inspector (on page 1).

• Inspect Bill of Lading: Displays the Bill of Lading Inspector (on page 1) for the bill of lading selected in the list view.

You can also double-click a bill of lading record in the list view to access the inspector.

• Copy Bill of Lading (on page 1): Copies the header information, such as Category, Line Operator, Vessel Visit, POD, and POL, BL Items, and default cargo lots from the selected bill of lading to create a new bill of lading.

• Record Service Event: Record service events for the selected bill of lading.

• Update Holds/Permissions: Update holds/permissions for the selected bill of lading.

If you do not want to allow a user to edit a bill of lading but still be able to release a hold/permission associated with a bill of lading, you can include the Bills of Lading Actions - Apply/Release the Holds/Permissions privilege for the user and exclude the Bills of Lading - Edit privilege.

• Create Service Order (on page 1): Add a service order for the selected bill of lading.

• Delete Bill Of Lading: Deletes the selected bill of lading.

• Correct Flex Fields: (on page 1) Correct flex fields for the selected BL.

• Print Barcode: (on page 1) Print Barcode label for the selected BL.

To view this Actions menu item, you need to assign the Cargo Lot - Print Barcode (on page 1) privilege to your user role.

To add a new record:

Click .

To edit or delete a record:

1. In the list view, select the record(s) that you want to edit or delete.

2. Do one of the following:

• Click to edit a selected record.

Click to delete the selected record(s). You can convert existing BLs to Master, House, Simple, or Empty by editing the BL and selecting the appropriate BL type.

In This Section

• Bills of Lading Columns    1

• Bill of Lading form    1

• Bill of Lading Inspector    1

• Copy Bill of Lading form    1

• Service Order form    1

• Correct Flex Fields form (BL entity)    1

• Print Barcode (Bills of Lading view)    1

Bills of Lading Columns