We now support bulk uploading of multiple Booking or Bill or Lading numbers via CSV, and you can upload augmentation data together in the same flow. Cheers to faster and easier creation of containers!

What's New:

1. Bulk containers creation through Bill of Lading (BL) or Booking (BKG) numbers: Simply drag and drop your CSV containing Bill of Lading and/or Booking numbers for bulk creation of containers through our web app
2. Enhanced augmentation data upload: Correct any invalid augmentation data when you create new containers in bulk, either through Bulk Container upload or Bulk BL/BKG upload

Uploading Bulk BL/BKG Numbers with Custom Data:

• Drag and drop or click to select your CSV file containing the BL/BKG Numbers that you wish to upload.
• You will be prompted to choose between “Container Number” and “Bill of Lading or Booking Number”. Select the “Bill of Lading or Booking Number” option.

• You will be prompted to map the columns of your CSV file to the fields you have on Portcast. Once you have mapped the columns, click on the “Add Bill of Lading” button on the bottom left.

Bill of Lading and Carrier Number are mandatory columns that must be matched. All other custom field(s) columns are optional. If your CSV contains does not contain any augmentation data, you do not need to map the empty column.

• Portcast will retrieve the containers under all valid BL/BKG number and create the containers on the platform. If there are any errors in fetching the BL/BKG number, the error status will be consolidated in the Error CSV file which can be downloaded at the end of the flow.

• If you upload a CSV containing augmentation data, Portcast will validate and duplicate your augmentation data into all containers retrieved under the BL/BKG. You can add or edit custom fields input in the container details page after uploading it.

• If your augmentation data contains an unexpected type (e.g. expected type is “Number” but you uploaded “String” data), you can to edit the augmentation data on the web app or choose to ignore all errors.

  

• If you choose to ignore all errors, the erroneous augmentation data will not be added to your containers.

Uploading Bulk Containers Numbers with Custom Data:

• Drag and drop or click to select your CSV file containing the Containers Numbers that you wish to upload.
• You will be prompted to choose between “Container Number” and “Bill of Lading or Booking Number”. Select the “Container Number” option.