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Cartage Documents

Generate and send a Carrier Confirmation, Bill of Lading, or Rate Quote Sheet built specifically for Cartage shipments.

 What this does

Cartage shipments now have their own Carrier Confirmation, Bill of Lading (BOL), and Rate Quote Sheet, documents built specifically for Cartage loads, instead of borrowing paperwork from another shipment type.

  • Your carrier gets a confirmation with the right shipment details for the cartage move, ready to sign the same way it works for every other shipment type.
  • The BOL and Rate Quote Sheet reflect your shipment's actual pickup, delivery, and commodity details.
  • Everything generates automatically from the shipment record, no manual changes needed.

 User Guide

Before you start, what you need first

  • These documents are available on every Cartage shipment automatically, including consolidated shipments,  there's nothing to turn on.
  • You can customize the wording of each document for your organization from LSP > Content Templates ("Carrier Confirmation Cartage," "EMAIL Cartage BOL," "EMAIL Cartage Rate Quote Sheet").

Note:  If your shipment has separate Pickup and Delivery legs

When you associate a Cartage shipment's stops to Pickup, Linehaul, and Delivery legs, each leg's Bill of Lading shows the Linehaul carrier's name by default. If you want each leg's document to show that leg's own carrier instead, edit your organization's copy of the BOL template (LSP > Content Templates > "EMAIL Cartage BOL") and replace the [LINEHAUL_CARRIER_NAME] tag with [CARRIER_NAME].

How to generate and send the Carrier Confirmation

Where to go: Shipment Details > Documents dropdown (or Send Message).

  • Documents > Carrier Confirmation,  opens the document with your carrier, load, and commodity details already filled in.
  • Send Message > Attachments > check Carrier Confirmation Cartage > send to your carrier.
  • If your shipment has more than one leg (for example, Pickup + Linehaul + Delivery), you'll see a separate Carrier Confirmation for each leg, such as "Carrier Confirmation - Linehaul Leg."

How to generate and send the Bill of Lading

Where to go: Shipment Details > Documents dropdown.

  • Documents > Bill of Lading,  for multi-leg shipments you'll see House, Pickup Leg, Linehaul Leg, and Delivery Leg versions.
  • Also available to attach from Send Message.

How to generate and send the Rate Quote Sheet

Where to go: Shipment Details > Documents dropdown.

  • Documents > Quote Sheet ,  opens the Cartage rate quote with your shipment's charges.
  • Selectable from Send Message as Cartage Rate Quote Sheet.

Tips & best practices

  • A Cartage Carrier Confirmation can't be sent to a customer, shipper, or consignee, the system blocks this automatically to protect carrier pay information from reaching the wrong recipient.
  • If your organization requires carrier compliance checks, a Carrier Confirmation won't send until the assigned carrier is compliant.