Freight

Freight

You make changes to freight items through the Properties dialog box.

This will change based on:

  • The type of freight equipment
  • If the freight contains hazardous goods
  • If the freight has environmental requirements (most commonly temperature)

Bellow you can see the properties for containerized freight.

Below you can see the properties for non-containerized freight.

Notably this includes the PIECES field which indicates how manly identical pieces of freight are part of the consignment.

 If a field in the freight properties does not apply or you do not have the value, leave if blank.
You can use the properties dialog box to change the type of freight equipment that is being used.

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