When making a booking in RailX we ask for the following information
Vessel
What we ask for | Why we need it | Where you can find it |
Vessel Name | This is so we can find your Vessel and manage any potential delays | You should know this from your shipping line and this is often on the Bill of Laden document (BOL) |
Vessel Arrival Date | This is so we can track your Vessel's ETA and manage any potential delays | You should know this from your shipping line and this is often on the Bill of Laden document (BOL) |
Port of Arrival |
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Free Time |
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Port of Restitution |
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Container
What we ask for | Why we need it | Where you can find it |
Container Number | We need to uniquely identifier your containers | You will know this from your customer / shipping line |
Container Size | It is important we know the size so we can allocate the correct rail service(s) | You will know this from your customer / shipping line |
Container Weight | It is important we know the weight so we can allocate the correct rail service(s) and final mile provider. It also has a big impact on your carbon emissions | You will know this from your customer / shipping line |
Container PIN | We need the Container PIN to release that container for movement. Not to be confused with the release badge. | You will know this from your customer / shipping line |
Hazardous Goods? | We need to understand if the container is hazardous as it (can) affect the price, and rail service or final mile provider we allocate | You will know this from your customer / shipping line |
Tipper required? | We need to understand if the container needs a tipper as this may affect the rail service or final mile provider we allocate | You will know this from your customer / shipping line |
Final Mile
What we ask for | Why we need it | Where you can find it |
Delivery Address | We need to know where the containers will be delivered. Currently we are limiting this to one delivery address per booking so if you have multiple delivery addresses, these would need to be created as separate jobs | You will know this from your customer |
Delivery Date time | For each Container we will need to know the preferred delivery date/time so we can deliver your container appropriately | You will know this from your customer |