If your company administrator has granted you access to process copy bill of lading in your user profile, you will be able to perform the following actions on the copy bill of lading document:
CargoSmart has a set of predefined rules that governs what actions are available to the user for copy bills of lading. For more information, please refer to Bill of Lading Actions Available.
When a copy bill of lading is received
from the carrier, CargoSmart will send an e-mail to all the users of a
company receiving the bill of lading who have Copy Bill of Lading rights
to notify them that a new copy bill of lading is ready for further processing.
You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed
on your computer in order to view individual documents when using Standard
Print.
From My CargoSmart Center:
Choose a Carrier
Enter the Bill of Lading Number, the Booking Number, or Choose the Type 'Copy' and the status of the document
Select Go to begin searching
Choose a bill of lading with document type 'Ver x.x Copy'
Select View in the Actions Available column
The document will change its status to Viewed
Enter Specify Print to select the number of documents you would like to print
Select Print in the Actions Available column to print the document
The document will change its status to Printed
Select Refresh to reload the search results window
Select the check-box of the selected Bill of Lading Document to add it to the list of documents to be printed by batch (You can Batch Print a maximum of 10 documents at a time)
Select Print to open the Batch Print Summary window
Select Remove to remove the selected Bill of Lading Documents from the list of documents to be printed
Select Print Now to print the list of documents
Tips:
As a reminder, always view the document first before you print the document.
You should select the Refresh button
to refresh the Bill of Lading Internet Processing screen after you have
performed an action.
For all selected documents, Batch Printing requires that the B/L Format
printing options and paper size match. For individual and Batch Printing
options, Carrier Stationery is available.
To print the B/L document successfully, the number entered in the specify
prints column should be equal to or less than the number displayed in
the available prints column.
Actions available are dependent on the individual document status. For
example, when all the documents from the uploaded set has been printed,
the Print and Batch Print Actions will no longer appear for the selected
document.
When a copy bill of lading is received
from the carrier, CargoSmart will send an e-mail to all the users of a
company receiving the bill of lading who have Copy Bill of Lading rights
to notify them that a new copy bill of lading is ready for further processing.
You must have Trustcopy TrustBLPrint installed
on your computer in order to view individual documents when using Secure
Print.
Availability of Actions, including Print,
is determined by document status.
From My CargoSmart Center:
Choose a Carrier
Enter the Bill of Lading Number, the Booking Number, or Choose the Type 'Original' and the status of the document
Select Go to begin searching
Choose a bill of lading with document type 'Ver x.x Original'
Select View in the Actions Available column
The document will change its status to Viewed
Enter Specify Print to select the number of documents you would like to print
Select Print in the Actions Available column to view or print the selected Bill of Lading Document
The document will change its status to Viewed or Printed based on the action performed
Select Refresh to reload the search results window
Select the check box of the selected Bill of Lading Document to add it to the list of documents to be printed by batch (You may Batch Print a maximum of 10 documents at a time)
Select Print to open the Batch Print Summary window
Select Remove to remove the selected Bill of Lading Document from the list of documents to be printed
Select Print Now to print the list of documents
Select Close to cancel Batch Print and close the window
Tips:
For all selected documents, Batch Printing requires that the B/L Format
printing options and paper size match. For individual and Batch Printing
options, you can choose either Plain Paper or Carrier Stationery.
To print the B/L document successfully, the number entered in the specify
prints column should be equal to or less than the number displayed in
the available prints column.
Actions available are dependent on individual document status. For example
when all the documents from the uploaded set has been printed, the Print
and Batch Print Actions will no longer appear for the selected document.
Always refresh the screen after printing.
If you wish to sort your search results
by Party or Vessel Voyage, you can choose from one of the following filter
options:
From the Search Results:
Select
a Filter by option:
- All Documents
- Party
- Vessel Voyage
Select Go
Tip: The Filter by option is set to All Documents by default.
If you select the Party option:
Select
the Party type option from the
pop-up window
- Shipper
- Consigner
- Forwarder
Select the company from the list
Click Select
If you select the Vessel Voyage option:
Select the Vessel Voyage option from the list in the pop-up window
Click Select
You can request additional prints of the copy bill of lading from the carrier. The carrier will review your request and upload the same version and type of the copy bill of lading to CargoSmart.
From My CargoSmart Center:
Choose a Carrier
Enter the Bill of Lading Number, or the Type of document you want to receive
Select the status
Select Go to begin searching
Choose a bill of lading with document type 'Ver x.x Copy'
Select
Request Additional Prints in the Actions Available column
Enter the number of additional prints
Select from the Reason pull down menu the main reason for requesting the additional prints
Enter the reason for additional prints in the Remarks text field
Enter your own personal contact information
You can view the History of Additional Prints Requested by users within your company to avoid duplicate requests
Select
Request Additional Prints
The document status will not change after performing this action
Tips:
The carrier contact e-mail address associated with this bill of lading
document is listed above the Contact Information section. This information
will assist you if you need to contact the carrier directly via e-mail.
You can perform the Request Additional
Prints action more than once at any given time after
the document is uploaded.
You should select the Refresh button
to refresh the Bill of Lading Internet Processing screen after you have
performed an action.