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Drayage - Track by MBOL and Shipment Details

This article describes updates to the Drayage Shipment Details & the new tracking functionality related to using only the MBOL to track

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Written by Shipwell TMS Support
Updated this week

What’s new?

Tracking updates

Users can now initiate container tracking using ONLY the Master Bill Of Lading (MBOL). This identifier is often available earlier than the container ID, which was required for tracking in prior Drayage versions. This recent update now allows users to enter only the MBOL during creation or post shipment creation to initiate tracking on the container associated to the MBOL. Users can still leverage the container ID for tracking.

How it works:

  • During Shipment Creation or post shipment creation, users can enter the MBOL into the required field.

  • Shipwell will recognize the MBOL and will use that identifier to initiate a tracking request.

  • Tracking then works to “locate” details on the MBOL. Locating container details can take up to an hour. Once the container is located, we will parse the container data and display this information immediately.

  • At this time, one drayage shipment supports single container tracking. If there are multiple containers on a single MBOL we will provide the details from the first container on the MBOL provided. Multi-container tracking will be available in a future release.

1. Improved Visibility of Key Shipment Milestones

Users can now quickly track key shipment milestones at the top of the shipment details page. These fields are editable by the end users and a tooltip hover ensures understanding of each field and what it represents. These fields are populated by our tracking partner.

Note: We use specific criteria, including recent performance and historical estimate accuracy, to decide which estimate is used to populate the ETA for the container. As a result, there may be instances where the estimate comes from the terminal rather than the vessel. This could lead to discrepancies between our estimates and what customers see with direct ocean liner data displayed on their websites.

  • Origin ETD - Estimated departure date from the origin location

  • Origin ATD - Actual departure date from the origin location

  • Port ETA - Estimated arrival date to the destination port

  • Port ATA - Actual arrival date to the destination port

  • Port LFD - Last Free Day before storage fees apply at the destination port

  • Loaded on Rail - Date the container was loaded onto a rail carrier

  • Final Terminal - Arrival date at the final rail terminal

  • Rail LFD - Last Free Day before storage fees apply at the rail terminal
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2. Enhanced Layout and Organization

Users will see new and updated layouts and fields (including new tooltips) in some sections of the Drayage details page:

  1. Container Details - This is a new section that provides key dates related to the container associated to the shipment.

    1. Origin Gated Out Empty - Date the empty container left the facility for pick up

    2. Origin In-Gate Full - Date the full container was returned to the facility

    3. Destination Gate Out Full - Date the full container left the destination facility

    4. Destination Gate Out Empty - Date the empty container was returned to the destination facility

    5. Release Date - Date the container was released and available for pick up

  2. Customs - There is an update to the “Customs Hold Resolve Date” field, it is now called “Customs Hold Release Date” to align with industry terms.

  3. Rail - There is an update to the “Final Terminal” field, it is now called “Final Rail Terminal” to provide clarity.
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