New Air Tracking Milestones: Manifested (MAN) and Received from Flight (RCF)
Goal
The primary goal of this update is to increase visibility and accuracy in air cargo tracking by integrating two critical checkpoints provided by Airlines : Manifested (MAN) and Received from Flight (RCF). By mapping these events as distinct milestones, users gain a more granular view of when cargo is legally processed for flight and when it is physically handed over at the destination or routing airport. This ensures better coordination with handling agents and more precise status reporting in the tracking grid.
Overview of New Milestones
Manifested (MAN): This milestone confirms that the cargo has been officially assigned to a specific flight and listed on the flight manifest. It serves as a legal and operational confirmation that the airline has processed the goods and they are ready for boarding.
Received from Flight (RCF): Similar to the "Discharge" milestone in ocean freight, RCF indicates that cargo has been physically unloaded from the aircraft. This formalizes the arrival and the start of the handover process to handling agents or forwarders.
How to Use
How to Use
The new Milestones will apply for each Air Transport Order at the Airport Stops - Air Routing stop (Transits) are excluded.
Automatic Status Updates: The system now automatically processes Airline events to populate the Manifested and Received from Flight milestones within your Transport Order (TO) when Air Visibility is in use - Otherwise it can be done manually or by API
Milestone Sequence: These updates are reflected in the stop-level activities for the Airport of Departure and Airport of Arrival. The updated air tracking flow is as follows:
Detailed Stop Data: Each new milestone includes both Scheduled and Actual date/time stamps, providing a clear comparison between planned operations and real-time execution.
To finish a Transport Order these Milestones will not be considered - similar like the Airport Milestones as well.
Key Benefits
Customs Readiness: Use the "Manifested" timestamp to verify that legal declarations are in sync with airline processing.
Improved Handover Timing: Use "Received from Flight" to alert local transport partners exactly when cargo is available at the terminal for pick-up.
Enhanced Reporting: Gain a complete audit trail of the physical and administrative movement of air shipments across all transit points.
Enhanced Precision for Air Cut-Off Times: Date & Time Integration
Goal
In air freight, the synchronization between physical cargo arrival and documentation completion is critical. To prevent shipments from being "rolled" to later flights or requiring expensive rebooking's, we have upgraded the Cargo Cut-Off and Document Cut-Off fields from a date-only format to a precise Date-and-Time format.
What´s Changing?
What´s Changing?
UI & Grid Updates: The fields within the Flight Information section of the SO/TO now include a time picker (hh:mm). Additionally, the columns in your shipment overview grids have been updated to reflect these specific timestamps (in UTC).
Existing time stamps will be set to midnight when the Order gets saved the next time.
Why It Matters
Missing a cut-off by even a few minutes can lead to:
Cargo being rolled: Shipments left behind for the next available flight.
Increased Costs: Fees associated with rebooking and terminal storage.
Documentation Lags: Physical cargo arriving at the terminal without the digital "green light" from customs or the airline.
Technical Notice: API & Event Notifications
If you consume these fields via API or receive event notifications, please update your logic to accommodate the transition from a simple string date to a full ISO 8601 timestamp.
Former Format (Date Only):
"documentCutOff": "2026-04-14"
New Format (Date & Time):
"documentCutOff": "2026-04-15T07:26:10.837Z"
Ensure your internal systems and integrations are prepared to parse the new date-time string to avoid processing errors.
How to Use
How to Use
Open the Flight Information section on any Sales Order (SO) or Transport Order (TO).
Input the required date for Cargo or Document Cut-Off.
Enter the specific time (hh:mm) provided by the airline.
View these precise times directly in your tracking grid to monitor upcoming deadlines at a glance.
HBL Validation Enhancement for Ocean Shipments
Goal
Improve flexibility in Ocean shipment handling by allowing multiple House Bills of Lading (HBLs) for shipments with identical shipper, consignee, and notify party information.
This change supports operational scenarios such as buyers consolidation, multiple suppliers, and shipments managed by different freight forwarders.
What Changed
What Changed
Previously, it has been validated based on the unique combination of: Shipper, Consignee, Notify Party.
If these values matched (including none values), the system required the same HBL number - This restriction has been removed.
How to Use
How to Use
Creating or Updating Ocean Shipments
Users can now:
Create or maintain shipments with identical shipper/consignee/notify party information
Enter different HBL numbers without validation conflicts
Applying HBL Takeover to Multiple MOs
When multiple Material Orders are available:
Select the relevant MOs
Use the new checkbox option
Apply the HBL takeover to all selected MOs simultaneously
Improvements
Clean up of Air Port of Orig." and "Air Port of Destination" in the Milestone Settings are they are not reflecting Milestone activates
Improvements of missing data in the Rate Zone Master Data Upload file - downloaded from Rate Zones