Freight Forwarding: Ship Unit

This page is accessed via Brokerage and Forwarding > Booking > Freight Forwarding. Then click on the Ship Unit tab.

This page displays the attributes that you can define for each ship unit. Many of the attributes that appear here are the same as those that are available on an order base and order release.

Adding Ship Units:

1. Enter a Ship Unit ID. The ID field identifies the ship unit that you are shipping. Enter a unique ID or leave the field blank to generate an ID based on the default Business Number Generator rule for ship unit ID.
2. Select a Transport Handling Unit to define what the item is shipped on, such as a pallet. Transport handling units are a type of ship unit specification.
3. Enter the Transport Handling Unit Count.
4. Enter the Length, Width, Height, Diameter, and Core Diameter per Ship Unit.
5. Select the Order Release Equipment.
6. If a ship unit with a quantity of 0 or 1 can be split into multiple ship units and placed on multiple shipments or multiple equipment, select the Bulk Splittable check box.
7. Enter the Net/Gross Weight and Volume per Ship Unit and choose a unit of measurement for each.
8. Enter the Secondary Gross/Net Weight & Volume per Ship Unit.
9. Select a Flexible Commodity Qualifier.
10. Enter a Commodity Code.
11. Enter Tags.

Seal Numbers

1. Enter the Seal Number with which the ship unit is associated for the order.
2. Click Save for each seal number you enter.

Text Templates

Use text templates to attach a short paragraph of text.

Remarks

Use this section to record remarks and remark qualifiers.

Reference Numbers

Use this section to assign reference numbers.

Lines

For a detailed description of this section, see the Lines section of the Order Release: Ship Unit topic.

1. Click the New Line Item button to manually add a ship unit line item.
2. Select a Line. Use this field to associate a line item with multiple ship units.
3. Click Save for each line that you select.