Pando offers three levels of visibility for EXIM operations:
- Stage
- Milestone
- Event
Stage | Milestone | Event | Description |
| Source Haulage and Handling | Vendor Confirmation At Source | DO release | A Delivery Order is defined as a document issued by a shipper to the vendor. The vendor will be in charge of carrying out the haulage of the order. |
| Vendor Accepted | When the request for shipment is accepted by the vendor and the responsibility for transporting the same is accepted by them.
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| Vehicle Assigment at Source | When the vendor accepts the assignment and assigns a Vehicle for the same. The type of Vehicle that the vendor has to assign is agreed upon in prior and will have to be uploaded to the Vehicle Master and can be picked up from the dropdown when creating a shipment. | ||
| Container Stuffed | Empty Container Pick up | Empty container pickup is when a driver picks up a container from the yard to be dropped off at the shipper's location for loading. | |
| Vehicle Reached | When the vehicle has arrived from the yard to the shipper's location for commencing loading. | ||
| Container Stuffing | When the Container is being filled with the material and being readied for handoff to the broker. | ||
| Customs Filing | When the container has been handed off to the Customs broker for carrying out customs compliance check before dispatch | ||
| Container Sealing | Post completion of customs formalities, the container is sealed and readied for transport to the port. | ||
| Dispatch from Source | Cargo Dispatched | The cargo has now been dispatched from the Shipper's location to the port | |
| Container Dispatched | The sealed container has now been dispatched from the Shipper's location to the port | ||
| HBL/HAWB Issued | HAWB Issued | House Airway Bill is a legal document that mentions details about the goods that are being shipped by an international air courier with information on shipment, what does it contain, specification of the goods, etc. | |
| HBL Issued | A house bill of lading (HBL) is a document issued by a freight forwarder to a shipper to acknowledge receipt of their items for shipment. In other words, it's a receipt for the goods. | ||
| RR Issued | Railway Receipt (RR) is a document issued by the Railline when goods meant for transportation are handed over by the consigner to the rail carrier. This varies from country to country based on the type of rail carrier. | ||
| Delivered at Destination | Delivered at Destination | The sealed container has now been dispatched from the Shipper's location to the port from where the cargo will be shipped. | |
| Source FF Checkpoint | CFS Stuffing | CFS Container storage | CFS stands for Container Freight Station and refers to a warehouse where cargo that belongs to various exporters or importers is consolidated or deconsolidated before being exported or imported. |
| CFS Container stuffing - LCL case | In this stage, the container is in the process of being filled with all materials that have been brought together under LCL. All LCL shipments bound to the same destination are consolidated under a single container before they can be loaded onto the ocean liner. | ||
| Draft MBL Issued | Draft MBL/SI issue | A draft of the Master Bill of Lading (MBL) is shared by the by the shipping line to the shipper/vendor. This covers the relationship between the Shipping line and the vendor during the Ocean leg. | |
| Draft AWB Issued | Draft AWB issue | A draft of the Airway Bill (AWB) is provided by the airline to the shipper/vendor. This document accompanies goods shipped by an international air courier to provide information about the shipment & allow it's tracking. It covers the relationship between the airline and the vendor during Air leg. | |
| Customs clearance at Source | Export Customs Filed | Filed and Customs Cleared - POL | The custom formalities have been filed and received at the Port of Loading. |
| Customs Payment Completed | Payment of duties for customs clearance at the port of Loading have been completed. | ||
| Line Haulage | Shipment Plan | Vessel/ Airline schedule finalised | The schedule of the vessel or airline have been finalized and the shipment is ready for its ocean/air leg. |
| Port of loading departure | Vessel Sailed | The vessel carrying the shipment has sailed | |
| Flight Departed | The flight carrying the shipment has departed | ||
| MBL issued | The draft MBL which was provided by the liner will be approved and issued to the shipper/vendor by the shipping liner. | ||
| AWB Issued | The draft AWB which was provided by the airline will be approved and issued to the vendor/shipper. | ||
| Shipment Document Transfer to Consignee | The document carrying all completed customs formalities and bill of lading is transferred to the consignee. | ||
| CAN to Destination Notifying Party | A notification informing the container's imminent arrival at the destination port is sent to all parties specified in the Bill of lading. This is usually the shipper, the vendor (Freight Forwarder and the drayage partners), and the consignee. The information for the same is received from the ocean liner or the airliner through an API call to Pando. | ||
| Port of Destination Arrival | Vessel Reached | When the vessel has reached the destination port. | |
| Flight Arrival at Destination Port | When the flight has arrived the destination airport. | ||
| Customs Clearance At Destination | Import Customs Filed | Filed and Customs Cleared - POD | The custom formalities have been filed for at the port of destination. |
| Customs Payment Completed | Payment of duties for customs clearance at the port of destination have been completed. | ||
| Import Customs Cleared | Clearance Arrived at Destination | Customs clearance at the port of destination have been received. | |
| DO transfer | Delivery order transfer from Shipping liner to drayage partner. | ||
| Destination Haulage and Handling | Vendor Confirmation At Destination | Vendor Accepted | When the vendor accepts the request for shipment from the port of destination. |
| Vehicle Assigned | When the assigns a Vehicle for the drayage services. The type of Vehicle that the vendor has to assign is agreed upon in prior and will have to be uploaded to the Vehicle Master and can be picked up from the dropdown when creating a shipment. | ||
| Discharged from POD | Dispatched at POD | When the shipment exits the port of destination and is handled by the drayage partner who will take care of its final leg. | |
| Reached Transit WH | Reached Transit WH | When the shipment has reached a warehouse or hub in transit to the destination | |
| Delivered at transit/wh or destination | Delivered at transit/wh or destination | When the shipment has been delivered at the transit hub or the destination. | |
| Container Destuffing at Destination | Container Destuffing | When the filled Container is being unloaded at the destination. | |
| Empty container return | When the emptied container has been handed over to the drayage partner and has returned. | ||
| Destination Transit WH Checkpoint | Destuffing at Transit WH | Destuffing at Transit WH | When the filled Container is being unloaded at a checkpoint or warehouse in transit. |
| Vendor Confirmation At Transit WH | Vendor Accepted at Transit WH | When the vendor assumes responsibility of the shipment from the transit warehouse. | |
| Vehicle Assigment at Transit WH | When the vendor assigns a vehicle for picking up the shipment from the transit warehouse. | ||
| Dispatched from Transit WH | Dispatched at | When the shipment exits the transit warehouse and is now handled by the vendor partner who will take care of its final leg. For this event the timestamp is captured as there is no destuffing of the container. | |
| Delivered at Destination | Reached Destination | When the vehicle carrying the shipment has arrived at the destination. | |
| Delivered at Destination | When the shipment has been delivered at the destination. | ||
| Container Destuffing at Destination | Container Destuffing | When the container has been destuffed/unloaded at the destination | |
| Empty container return | When the emptied container has been handed over to the drayage partner and has returned. | ||