| Consignment details are entered in the middle right area of the description of goods. |
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| The lower sections are available per package line for additional information and dimensions. |
Package line
The central area of data entry in the goods description is the package line.
All other fields, buttons, details and areas refer to the selected package line.
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| Related basic data |
| Topics in the order |
Types of lines
Filled lines have different meanings depending on how they were entered. There are
- Container lines,
- Package lines,
- Text lines.
Fields in the seafreight goods description
A package line contains the following fields:
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| Level | Shows the level in which the goods description line was entered. Three levels are available.
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| Text | Activate the checkbox to create a text line (up to 100 characters). Text lines only consist of one long field.
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| Seal | Enter up to 3 digits in the field Seal no. This field is also located on the Container button, which displays the recorded seal numbers of the detail area. Vice versa, the numbers from the container button are displayed in the goods description if the seal numbers have been entered on the Container button. The Seal no. field is only active for container packaging codes.
These fields are non-editable for breakbulk packaging codes.
Service order: | ||
| Marks | Enter the container number or a package code. A plausability check is performed for container numbers:
→ You can either have the program correct the check digit or insert the shippers-own checkmark.
Display container format: Container number from the service order: Marks: | ||
| Quantity | Enter the number of packages. The addition of the packages in the dimensions area (one or more lines) is checked against the number in the package line.
Number of containers:
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| PC | Enter the packaging code. The packaging codes recorded in the basic data are represented by their customary codes. They also contain the Dakosy, BHT or UN packaging codes and ISO codes. | ||
| Code | Access to the commodity codes recorded in the basic data. | ||
| Contents | Content description. Free text field. You can record recurring texts as text modules. | ||
| kg/lbs | Displays whether the weight is entered in kg or lbs. | ||
| Gross weight | For the quay request/port order and the B/L, enter the weight in the Gross weight field. Warning:
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| Net weight | Entry of the net weight. | ||
| Charge. weight | In Oceanfreight, the field Chargeable Weight is not available by default in the package line of the goods description Seafreight. The value in the Chargeable Weight field is displayed with 3 decimal places.
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| Volume | Entry of the volume (cbm, cuft).
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Entry examples
Example 1: record data on level 1 and use button level down
All containers and contents are entered on level 1.
Select the contents and move them to level 2.
- Select lines via CTRL and mouse key.
- Click button Level down or press CTRL + →
Example 2: copy recorded data via the context menu
Copy containers and contents of level 2 and insert them at a different position in level 2.
- Select container lines and sub levels via CTRL and mouse key.
- Press ALT + K or select the context menu entry Copy line to copy.
The copied lines are automatically added at the end of the goods description.
The field Container number is deliberately empty and must be filled again.
Attention!
Dakosy requires the entry of the individual weight in the quay request for cargo items over 1,000 kg.
Please ensure that you are using the correct goods description version before sending.
Column width in the goods description
Marks | Entry of the marks or the container number (for FCL). Attention: Depending on the port link or EDIFACT transmission, the field is limited to a certain number of characters.
Please note that the width of this field for the form print is defined in the form generator on creation of the form for the selected font. | ||||||||||
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Contents | Content column Attention: Depending on the port link or EDIFACT transmission, the field is limited to a certain number of characters.
Please note that the width of this field for the form print is defined in the form generator on creation of the form for the selected font. |
Warning about column width in the goods description
Every user can individually adjust the number of characters for the Marks and Contents columns.
Please note that characters exceeding the maximum number of characters allowed by the port systems will be truncated.
Fields with too many characters are highlighted in red.
Lines with more characters will be truncated when being sent/printed.
You can print the forms to check whether they have the correct column width/font/number of characters.
This setting can be found in basic data ADMIN → EMPLOYEES → Options tab → sub tab Port link/desc. of goods.