About Bill of Lading (How to Open, Create, Print)
(1) HOW TO OPEN BILL OF LADING?
ABOUT BILL OF LADING
▪ Bill of Lading (BL) is a document issued by a carrier or the
carrier’s representative to a consigner, acknowledging that specified goods have been received on board as cargo for conveyance to a named place of delivery.
Using below options,
Navigate to CUSTOMER SERVICE -> BOOKING -> BOOKING
By entering module name “BOOKING” in the “MODULE SEARCH”
(2) HOW TO CREATE BILL OF LADING?
1. Click on the “Book No” search to retrieve the booking details
2. Click on the “Edit” button on the tool bar
▪ The system will retrieve the details for the selected
booking such as vessel/voyage, customer, commodity, charges etc…
▪ Edit the Container’s tab to input the SDV amount
▪ Edit the Charges tab and click Auto Rate
▪ Edit the Clause tab and select ADD button for additional BL notations
▪ Edit Header tab to change the Shipper’s name/Address and Consignee’s name/Adress
Edit the Body tab, right-click then select refresh and the BL details will shown up
▪ Once done, go back to the Master tab to select the BL status, Click on the “Save” button on the tool bar and Once the data saved, the system will generate a BL number for newly created BL
▪ Yellow fill color denotes “Draft” BL
▪ Green fill color denotes “Confirmed” BL
(3) HOW TO PRINT ORIGINAL BILL OF LADING?
1. Select the “BL Original” radio button
2. Click on “Print” button
3. The system will download a java file and open the file
4. Select the BL number which enables to review the BL format
5. Click on “Print” button
6. Once the Original BL printed, the BL status will be changed to issued status.
7. The blue fill color denotes “Issued” status
8. The system has restriction to modify the issued bill of lading
