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BoxTop is the fully-integrated solution to shipping software – specially designed to help you improve business effectiveness, save time, reduce cost and increase profit.

BoxTop gives you choices – whether you’d like to start by converting a successful quotation into a job, or by preparing all information before printing any documentation or just going straight to the bill of lading screen for fast data capture – it’s your choice.

BoxTop delivers the minute by minute management tools you need to improve control of increasing quantities of information – wherever it happens to be in your business.

BoxTop co-ordinates data from all sources – storing and sharing it across your organisation’s network – From desk to destination.

Ocean freight job processing can be complicated at the best of times but BoxTop makes it easy, no matter which way you want to prepare your job.

Export Features

  • Variety of screens so you can choose which way you want to record job details
  • Quickly create templates for those time-consuming repeat consignments
  • BoxTop comes pre-installed with around 48,000 cities and ports linked to UNLocodes* (The United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations) saving time and improving accuracy
  • Simple, easy to navigate, screens to produce all types of bills of lading – inland, master, house, liner, etc., booking requests, standard shipping notes, booking confirmation, shipping instructions, dock receipts, certificates of shipment, etc.
  • Logical address management features help users get the correct information quickly
  • Container management features, integrated container load planning tools and loading lists available
  • Whether you are dealing with FCL or LCL consignments, BoxTop makes it easy to get the results you want
  • Ranking screen lets you easily analyse a range of consignment data, including TEU statistics
  • Logical rate management features allow you to store and retrieve rates for use in the preparation of quoting and job costing
  • Arrange multiple pickups on any job and automatically notify your warehouse in advance
  • Warehouse details automatically links to jobs so data is only ever input once
  • Designed to cope with complicated “letter of credit” consignments, allowing you to add more data than any other system and you can preview all drafts before final printing
  • You can email any document created in BoxTop as a portable document format (PDF), this is probably the world’s most popular format, it’s secure, convenient and easily accessible
  • Using BoxTrax you can provide tracking information to your customers so they can keep up to date with consignment progress, from pickup to final delivery

Import Features

  • Ability to record pre-alert information as a pre-job for advance visibility of consignments, on arrival simply convert to a job
  • Vessel Manager screen groups all consignments on same vessel so multiple updates can be made once, adjusting arrival times and ports, shipping line rates of exchange
  • Job progress screen allows you to take control and prioritise your work so nothing gets left to chance
  • Milestone management ensures key events in the life of the job aren’t missed allowing you to keep your promises and keep your customers happy
  • Import break-bulk utility helps speed up processing and allows for apportioning of costs across associated house jobs
  • Arrival Notices, Clearance Instructions, Release Instructions and Delivery Instructions can all be previewed on screen, printed or emailed directly from BoxTop