Booking Requests

You can create booking requests and submit them to OOCL. Booking requests can be created from booking templates, sailing schedules, and shipments.   

You can perform the following options:

• Create booking request

• Create booking request from a booking template

• Create booking request from a sailing schedule

• Create booking request from a previous shipment

• Submit booking request from a booking draft

• Search by booking date range

• Search by Internet booking number

• Search by reference number

Note: Currently, My OOCL Center only supports booking requests with general/reefer cargo type and full container load.

Create booking request

From the menu bar:

1. Select Booking > Booking Request

2. Enter the required information in each of the following sections:

3. • Rate/Reference Information

   • Parties

   • Cargo

   • Routing

   • Container

   • Trucking and Haulage

   • Special Requirements

   • Document Upload

   • Remarks

3. Click Submit Booking Request

4. Review the Booking Request Summary  

5. If you want to receive the booking request receipt through e-mail, selectI would like to receive an e-mail with the booking information just specified

6. Click Process Booking Request

Create booking request from a template

From the menu bar:

1. Select Booking > Templates

2. Do one of the following:

3. • To create a booking from your own booking template, click the My Templates tab

   • To create a booking from a shared Company template, click the My Company Templates tab

   • To create a booking from a shared Associate company template, click the Associate Company's Templates tab

   • To create a booking from a shared carrier template, click the Carrier Assigned Templates tab

3. Click corresponding to the template you want to use for creating the new booking request

4. Information from the selected template will be populated automatically. Complete all mandatory fields

5. Click Submit Booking Request

6. Review the Booking Request Summary

7. If you want to receive the booking request receipt through e-mail, selectI would like to receive an e-mail with the booking information just specified

8. Click Process Booking Request

Create booking request from a sailing schedule

From the menu bar:

1. Select Schedules > Sailing Schedule > Sailing Schedule Search

2. Enter the Intended Date Range

3. Enter the Origin City and the Destination City

4. Click Find Sailing Schedule

5. Click by the desired vessel voyage

6. Enter information in all mandatory fields

7. Click Submit Booking Request

8. Review the Booking Request Summary

9. If you want to receive the booking request receipt through e-mail, selectI would like to receive an e-mail with the booking information just specified

10. Click Process Booking Request

Note: Some carriers only provide port to port schedule. In such cases, you must enter the names of ports instead of origin city and destination city.

Create booking request from a previous shipment

From the menu bar:

1. Select Tracking > Shipment Details

2. Enter at least one of the following:

3. • B/L Number

4. • Booking Number

5. • Container Number

6. • Reference Type and Number

3. Click Search

4. Select a booking

5. Click Copy to New Booking

6. Information from the selected shipment will be populated automatically. Complete all mandatory fields

7. Click Submit Booking Request

8. Review the Booking Request Summary

9. If you want to receive the booking request receipt through e-mail, selectI would like to receive an e-mail with the booking information just specified

10. Click Process Booking Request

Submit booking request from a booking draft

From the menu bar:

1. Select Booking > Drafts

2. Click corresponding to the booking draft you want to use

3. Make the necessary changes

4. Click Submit Booking Request

5. Review the Booking Request Summary

6. If you want to receive the booking request receipt through e-mail, selectI would like to receive an e-mail with the booking information just specified

7. Click Process Booking Request

Note: After you submit a booking request from a draft, the draft will be removed from your list of booking drafts.

Search by booking date range

From the menu bar:

1. Select Booking > Search

2. Specify a date range of when the bookings were submitted

3. Click Search

Note: You can only retrieve bookings submitted in the past six months.

Search by Internet booking number

From the menu bar:

1. Select Booking > Search

2. Enter the Booking Number

3. Click Search

Search by reference number

From the menu bar:

1. Select Booking > Search

2. Select a Reference Type

3. Enter the Reference Number

4. Click Search

Note: If multiple bookings with the same reference number are found, you will see a list of all processed Internet bookings with the reference number specified. Select the booking number to view the original booking request details.