If your company Administrator has granted you access to process original bill of lading in your user profile, you will be able to perform the following actions on the original bill of lading document:
CargoSmart has a set of predefined rules that governs what actions are available to the user for original bills of lading. For more information, please refer to Bill of Lading Actions Available.
When an original 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 Original Bill of Lading
rights to notify them that a new original 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 '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 to view the document
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 request changes
or 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 an original 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 Original Bill of Lading
rights to notify them that a new original 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 to view the document
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 Printed
Select Refresh to reload the search results window
Select the Batch Print check box of the selected Bill of Lading Document to add it to the list of documents to be printed (You may Batch Print a maximum of 10 documents at a time)
Select Batch 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,
you can use Blank 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 changes to be made to the contents of the original bill of lading and submit it to the carrier. The carrier will prepare a new version of the original bill of lading and send it to CargoSmart.
From My CargoSmart Center:
Choose a Carrier
Enter the Bill of Lading Number, or Choose 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 Original'
Select
Request Change in
the Actions Available column
Enter your own personal contact information
Select the Reason for submitting this change
Enter your remarks regarding the change
Select
Request Change button
The document will change its status to Change Requested
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 may perform multiple change requests on the same version of an original
bill of lading.
The Print or the
Request Reprint
actions will be removed after you have submitted a change
request.
You should select the Refresh button
to refresh the Bill of Lading Internet Processing screen after you have
performed an action.
After you have verified the contents of a draft Bill of Lading, you may accept the draft bill of lading and instruct the carrier to prepare an original bill of lading.
From My CargoSmart Center:
Choose a Carrier
Enter the Bill of Lading Number, or Choose 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 Original'
Select
Request Reprint in the Actions Available column
Enter your own personal contact information
Select from the Reason pull down menu the main reason of requesting the reprint
Enter the reason for reprint in the Remark text box
Select
Request Reprint button
The document will change its status to Reprint Requested
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 if you need to contact the carrier directly via e-mail.
You can only perform the Request Reprint
action once for the same version of an original bill
of lading.
You should select the Refresh button
to refresh the Bill of Lading Internet Processing screen after you have
performed an action.