OOCL Customers Can Now Delegate The Uploading of Shipment Documents To Any Supply Chain Partner through “My OOCL Center”.
“Non-Shipment Party Document Upload” is a new Shipment Folder feature now available at My OOCL Center (MOC), designed to support the collaboration between OOCL customers and their supply chain partners.
To ensure a shipment can be smoothly arranged for loading with all the necessary documents such as Shipping Instruction (SI), export and import permits, and dangerous goods (DG) related certificates etc, OOCL facilitates the process by identifying which shipment party (i.e. the Shipper, the Booking Party, the Freight Forwarder or the Consignee) is responsible for providing which document, and sends a notification to that party for uploading to the Shipment Folder.
With the latest “Non Shipment Party Document Upload” feature, our customers can simply relay the email notification from OOCL to any of their supply chain partner. Through a one-time and simplified registration process, the appointed party can upload the document and our customers will receive an alert to enable transparency.
Here is an example of this new feature in action.
A USA Importer (Consignee) has a Sourcing Office in Shenzhen (Shipper), who is responsible for sourcing finished goods from suppliers (Manufacturers) in China. The Importer appoints a 3PL (Booking Party/Forwarder) to handle their logistics arrangement including booking with carriers. The Shipper has an agreement with each of their Manufacturer that, when the order is of a full container load (FCL), the Manufacturer would help prepare the Shipping Instruction, and to send it to the carrier with the 3PL on copy.
As a My OOCL Center User, the 3PL as the Booking Party will receive a SI submission request email after a booking is placed. The 3PL relays this email to the Manufacturer for uploading the SI for the booking.
The Manufacturer then clicks on the “Non-Shipment Party Upload Link”, and will be prompted to input their email address.
If the Manufacturer has never registered with MOC using the email address, a simple registration screen will appear for the company name and phone number input. This is a one-time registration. Once the account is activated, the same email can be used for subsequent uploads.
After the log-in, the Manufacturer then searches for the Shipment Folder by the Booking Number as appeared on the email from the 3PL.
The Manufacturer makes reference to the email from the 3PL and uploads the needed document by clicking the corresponding “Upload” icon.
Once the uploading is completed, a receipt will be sent to the Manufacturer and the shipment parties.
This “Non Shipment Party Document Upload” feature is a collaboration solution for OOCL customers and their supply chain partners. Through MOC Shipment Folder, OOCL customers have complete visibility of all documents that are shared with OOCL for the ease of storage and retrieval.
Please contact our local Customer Service Teams to find out more about “My OOCL Center”.
