Container Stuffing and Exceptions

As the goods for the specific shipment are assembled and loaded into the relevant containers at the warehouse, responsible office staff creates all the necessary documentation including the containers stuffing information through the Cargoo platform. Thus, through Cargoo’s Container Stuffing functionality, the shipment owner or booking agent, creates and submits to the receiver (buyer) the container load plan - the information on the distribution of the goods loaded into each container as per specific criteria (expiry date, production date, size, etc.), while the receiver (buyer) has the opportunity to confirm, reject or edit the declaration of the distribution. At the same time, this allows the shipment parties to meet the requirements for customs documentation, packing lists and other vital records. 

Create Container Load Plan

To enter the container stuffing details and create container load plan, the given shipment must be in a confirmed status, containers must be available, and all the shipment items must be included.

To access the Container Stuffing functionality: 

1. Under Main Menu, click Shipments->Shipments. 
2. Find your confirmed shipment on the shipment list and click on it.  

    3. Next to Parties tab, click Stuffing.

    4. Click Create Container Load Plan.

The page will display the following subsections: 

• All shipment items - at the left part of the page
• Container types - at the right part of the page
• Drop area (in the middle), where the actual stuffing is declared. 

To start the creation of the container load plan

1. At the right part of the page, select the required container. 
2. From the left part of the page, drag and drop the required shipment items to the drop area in the middle.

    3. Optionally fill in the container Seal Number and Tracker Number. 

    4. Adjust the number of packages, gross weight, net weight and volume (if required)

You can duplicate the dropped item by clicking the “Copy Stuffing Item” icon in the drop area (see Figure 6 above). 

You can easily remove the dropped item from the current container by clicking on the “delete” icon in the drop area (see Figure above, next to “Copy Stuffing Item” icon).

Components Toggle

For certain cargo items, a shipper will have to declare “components” for individual items that are often referred to as BOMs (Bill of materials). For example, if the item in the order and the shipment is “T-shirts” – 10,000 cartons and the shipper must declare, the quantity of sizes separately, then he/she most probably will activate the components toggle and declare each size and the quantity separately.  

Thus, to declare separate components:

1. In the dropping area, under the selected items, activate the Components toggle.
2. Click Add Component.

You can add as many components as required. They are also by default editable unless they are finalized. You can remove any of them by clicking the “X” button next to each component. 

At any time, you can save the container load plan as draft and come back to it later, by clicking the “Save as Draft” icon at the left part of the Stuffing tab. 

Custom Attributes

The shipment owner may request additional information to be entered for each item in the container stuffing which must be entered on item or if components exist, on component level. 

Data to be entered are as follows: 

• LOT Number
• Best Before Date
• Production Date

Once all the containers are stuffed, “Finalize Container Load Plan” button will appear at the left part of the Stuffing tab. 

1. Click on it, to submit it to the verification of the receiver (buyer) party.