Add a Consignment

There are two different ways of creating a consignment depending on your needs.

Freight Forwarders may prefer to create first an order and then Add a Consignment from an Order, while Customs Brokers may prefer to add a consignment directly from the consignment section.

Add a Consignment

To add a consignment from the Consignments section

Go to the Consignment view and click on Add button.
The following screen will pop up
Enter Your Billing Reference or auto allocate it by clicking on the allocation icon.
If you click on allocation icon the number will be auto populated as well as the country of the destination port.
Optionally you may enter a Booking Number.
Note: If a match is found on an existing consignment then the shipment details for the new consignment will be set to match.
Optionally enter an Order Number if known
Enter or select the Origin Port and the Destination Port
Enter the name of the Seller and Buyer or select the seller from your TSW clients.
Note: If the seller/ buyer is not in the list you can Add a new TSW client
Enter an Invoice Number and Select an Invoice Date
Select the delivery term
Optionally enter the Freightbill Number as a housebill or masterbill.
Select the Estimated Arrival Date
Provide a Description
Click on Save button to confirm.