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Ocean Bill of Lading
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Ocean Bill of Lading
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Quick Menu | Ocean BOL
Top Menu:
1. New: Creates New Ocean Bill of Lading.
2. Save: Saves Ocean Bill of Lading as complete.
3. Save Draft: Saves Ocean Bill of Lading as Draft
4. Print: Saves as Complete, processes BOL Number and shows Preview for Ocean Bill of Lading
Ocean Bill of Lading Screen Fields
ADDRESSES
1. Shipper
i. Click on down arrow to show Shipper or Consignee records from Master Tables. Select a record from drop down. Address fields will be populated automatically
ii. Or enter information
2. Consignee
i. Click on down arrow to show Consignee records from Master Tables. Select a record from drop down. Address fields will be populated automatically
ii. Or enter information
3. Notify Party
i. Click on down arrow to show Notify party records from Master Tables. Select a record from drop down. Address fields will be populated automatically
ii. Or enter information
4. Pre-Carriage By
Type the name of the company doing pre-carriage for the shipment. Basically, an inland carrier that makes delivery to a port or airport for transporting the shipment to the destination port.
5. Place of receipt by Pre-Carrier
Place where the pre-carriage operator collected the shipment
6. Exporting Carrier
Type the name of the carrier transporting the merchandise out of the United States.
7. Port of Loading/Export
Type in the U.S. Customs port where the merchandise is loaded on the carrier which is taking
the merchandise out of the United States.
8. Foreign Port of Unloading
Type in the foreign port and country at which the merchandise will be unloaded from the exporting
Carrier
9. Place of Delivery by On-Carrier
10. BOL Number and Date: It is recommended BOL Number field be left blank. BOL Number will be automatically assigned by the system using BOL Number information on the Settings screen.
BOL Date : Select Bill of Lading date, by default it will have todays date
11. Booking Number: Booking Number for this shipment.
12. Exporting Reference: You can type reference number there for example: order no., invoice no., etc
13. Forwarding agent
i. Click on down arrow to show Forwarding Agent records from Master Tables. Select a record from drop down. Address fields will be populated automatically
ii. Or enter information
14. Point(State) of Origin or FTZ Number - Type in the point of origin or FTZ Number
a. The two digit U.S. Postal Service abbreviation of the state in which the merchandise actually starts its journey to the port of export, or
b. The state of origin of the commodity of the greatest value, or
c. The state of consolidation, or
d. The Foreign Trade Zone Number for exports leaving a FTZ.
15. Domestic Routing/Export Instructions
16. Loading Pier
Type in the number or name of the pier at which the merchandise is laden aboard the exporting vessel.
17. Type of Move:
Type in the type of move, for example Picking, Crating etc
SHIPMENT AND CHARGES
Shipment Information
Item: Select an Item from the drop down box Or Enter a new Item
Marks & Nos : Enter Marks and Nos
Packages: Enter number of packages
Description of Packages and Goods: Enter description of packages and goods
Weight: Enter weight of the Package.
Measurement: Enter the Dimension of your Package.
Freight Rates, Charges, Weights and /or Measurements
Description: Enter the description of the freight
Prepaid: Enter the amount if the freight charge is prepaid
Collect: Enter the amount if the freight charge is to be collected
Grand Total: The grand total will be displayed both for Prepaid and for collect
Place and Date of issue: Type in Place and # of B/Ls
After all the above information has been typed into the form, you can click either click “Save” or “Save Draft” or “Print” based on what you want to do with the information that you had entered. Click “New” if you want to create a Ocean Bill of Lading.