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The Sea Waybill skill extracts data from sea waybills. A sea waybill is a document issued by a marine carrier and lists the goods being shipped, together with the details of the sender, the recipient, and the carrier. It accompanies the conveyed goods and constitutes a contract between the carrier and the shipper. However, it is not a document of title to the goods. The Sea Waybill skill is a preview skill. It has been trained on a limited set of documents and is designed to help you quickly get started with processing seaway bills. For production use, you may need to uptrain the skill with your own document samples.

Supported Languages

  • English

Extracted Fields

Shipper

FieldDescription
Tax IDThe shipper’s international tax identification number.
NameThe shipper’s name.
AddressThe shipper’s address.
StreetThe shipper’s detailed address.
CityThe shipper’s detailed address.
State or ProvinceThe shipper’s detailed address.
Postal CodeThe shipper’s detailed address.
CountryThe shipper’s detailed address.

Consignee

FieldDescription
Tax IDThe consignee’s international tax identification number.
NameThe consignee’s name.
AddressThe consignee’s address.
StreetThe consignee’s detailed address.
CityThe consignee’s detailed address.
State or ProvinceThe consignee’s detailed address.
Postal CodeThe consignee’s detailed address.
CountryThe consignee’s detailed address.

Notify Party

FieldDescription
Tax IDThe international tax identification number of the company to be notified of the arrival of the cargo.
NameThe name of the company to be notified of the arrival of the cargo.
AddressThe address of the company to be notified of the arrival of the cargo.
StreetThe detailed address of the company to be notified of the arrival of the cargo.
CityThe detailed address of the company to be notified of the arrival of the cargo.
State or ProvinceThe detailed address of the company to be notified of the arrival of the cargo.
Postal CodeThe detailed address of the company to be notified of the arrival of the cargo.
CountryThe detailed address of the company to be notified of the arrival of the cargo.

Shipment Information

FieldDescription
Also Notify PartyA second party that is notified of goods coming forward for delivery.
CarrierThe carrier’s name.
Waybill NumberThe sea waybill number.
SCACThe Standard Carrier Alpha Code.
ICO Number (repeating field)The number of the ICO certificate of origin.
Vessel NameThe name of the vessel engaged to carry the goods.
Voyage NumberThe number of the voyage carrying the goods.
Port of LoadingThe port where the goods are to be loaded.
Port of DischargeThe port where the goods are to be discharged.
Pre-carried byInformation about the previous carrier (if any).
Place of ReceiptThe place of receipt of the goods.
Place of DeliveryThe place of delivery of the goods.
Bill of Lading NumberThe number of the bill of lading accompanying the goods.
Booking NumberThe booking number.
ReferenceA reference to the accompanying documents in the customers’ databases.
Origin of GoodsThe country where the goods were manufactured.

Line Items (Repeating Group)

FieldDescription
Marks and NumbersThe numbers of the shipping containers used for the goods.
QuantityThe number of pieces.
Quantity UoMThe unit of measurement used for the goods (bulk, bags, palettes, etc.).
DescriptionA description of the goods.
Gross Weight (kg)The gross weight of the goods in kilograms.
Gross Weight (lb)The gross weight of the goods in pounds.
Volume (m3)The volume of the goods in cubic meters.
Volume (ft3)The volume of the goods in cubic feet.

Containers (Repeating Group)

FieldDescription
Container NumberThe unique number of the container.
Seal NumberThe unique number of the container seal.
Container TypeThe type or size of the container (for example, 20-foot, 40-foot, or 20GP).
QuantityThe number of packages loaded into the container.
Quantity UoMThe type of packages loaded into the container.
Net Weight (kg)The net weight of the container in kilograms.
Gross Weight (kg)The gross weight of the container in kilograms.
Gross Weight (lb)The gross weight of the container in pounds.
Volume (m3)The volume of the container in cubic meters.
Volume (ft3)The volume of the container in cubic feet.

Totals

FieldDescription
Total Number of ContainersThe total number of containers.
Total QuantityThe total number of pieces.
Total Quantity UoMThe unit of measurement used for the goods (bulk, bags, palettes, etc.).
Total Weight (kg)The total weight of the goods in kilograms.
Total Net Weight (kg)The total net weight of the goods in kilograms.
Total Volume (m3)The total volume of the goods in cubic meters.

Freight & Charges

FieldDescription
Total PrepaidThe total amount of prepaid charges.
Currency (Prepaid)The currency of the prepaid charges.
Total CollectThe amount payable upon receipt.
Currency (Collect)The currency of the amount payable upon receipt.

Document Details

FieldDescription
Place of Issue of WaybillThe place of issue of the sea waybill.
Shipped on Board DateThe date of loading the cargo.
Date of WaybillThe date of the sea waybill.

Key Fields

  • Shipper/Name
  • Waybill Number
  • SCAC
  • Vessel Name
  • Port of loading
  • Bill of Lading Number
  • Date of Waybill

Validation Rules

To fill in a field with its calculated value, click the suggestion button in the value region of the field and select one of the suggestions from the drop-down list.
RuleDescription
Process weight, volume, and quantity fieldsNormalizes fields value, taking into account the typical format and order of magnitude used for sea cargo.
Process ChargesParses and cleans up currency values found in freight and charges fields, using contextual data from the document (like countries involved in the shipment).
Check total gross and net weightChecks if the value in the Totals/Total Net Weight (kg) field is less than the values in the Totals/Total Weight (kg) field. If not, displays an error.
Copy Quantity UoMIf the Totals/Total Quantity UoM field is empty and only one type of packaging is used throughout the document, copies the values from the Line Items/Quantity UoM or Containers/Quantity UoM fields. Suggests a value for empty Quantity UoM fields in the Line Items and Containers tables based on the Total/Total Quantity UoM field.
Check net weight totalChecks if the value in the Totals/Total Net Weight (kg) field equals the sum of the values in the Containers/Net Weight (kg) fields. If the values are not equal, or some of the fields are missing, suggests filling in the fields with their calculated values.
Check quantity totalChecks if the value in the Totals/Total Quantity field equals the sum of the values in the Containers/Quantity fields. If the values are not equal, or some of the fields are missing, suggests filling in the fields with their calculated values.
Check weight totalChecks if the value in the Totals/Total Weight (kg) field equals the sum of the values in the Containers/Gross Weight (kg) fields. If the values are not equal, or some of the fields are missing, suggests filling in the fields with their calculated values.
Check non-metric volume (Line Items table)Checks volume entries in metric units (m³) and imperial units (ft³) for line items, and suggests corrections when needed.
Check non-metric weightChecks Gross Weight (kg) and Gross Weight (lb) fields to ensure they are consistent with each other.
Check non-metric weight (Line Items table)Checks theGross Weight (kg) and Gross Weight (lb) fields to ensure they are consistent with each other.
Disambiguate DatesNormalizes date text to date value. Ambiguous dates are assumed to be in European (date-month-year) format, as is the case on the majority of transport documents.
Check volume totalChecks if the value in the Totals/Total Volume (m3) field equals the sum of the values in the Containers/Volume (m3) fields. If the values are not equal, or some of the fields are missing, suggests filling in the fields with their calculated values.
Check container totalChecks if the value in the Totals/Total Number of Containers field equals the number of entries in the Containers table. If the values are not equal suggests filling in the Totals/Total Number of Containers field with its calculated value.
Check quantity total (Line Items table)Checks if the value in the Totals/Total Quantity field equals the sum of the values in the Line Items/Quantity fields. If the values are not equal, or some of the fields are missing, suggests filling in the fields with their calculated values.
Check weight total (Line Items table)Checks if the value in the Totals/Total Weight (kg) field equals the sum of the values in the Line Items/Gross Weight (kg) fields. If the values are not equal, or some of the fields are missing, suggests filling in the fields with their calculated values.
Check volume total (Line Items table)Checks if the value in the Totals/Total Volume (m3) field equals the sum of the values in the Line Items/Volume (m3) fields. If the values are not equal, or some of the fields are missing, suggests filling in the fields with their calculated values.