Sea Waybill - Document Skill

Extract data from sea waybills — shipper, consignee, carrier, vessel, ports, and cargo details — for ocean freight where a bill of lading is not used.

The Sea Waybill skill extracts data from sea waybills — the documents marine carriers issue to list the goods being shipped along with sender, recipient, and carrier details. The sea waybill accompanies the conveyed goods and serves as a contract between carrier and shipper, but it is not a document of title (unlike a bill of lading).

The Sea Waybill skill is a preview skill. It has been trained on a limited set of documents and is designed to help you quickly get started with processing seaway bills. For production use, you may need to uptrain the skill with your own document samples.

Supported Languages

• English

Extracted Fields

Shipper

Field	Description
Tax ID	The shipper’s international tax identification number.
Name	The shipper’s name.
Address	The shipper’s address.
Street	The shipper’s detailed address.
City	The shipper’s detailed address.
State or Province	The shipper’s detailed address.
Postal Code	The shipper’s detailed address.
Country	The shipper’s detailed address.

Consignee

Field	Description
Tax ID	The consignee’s international tax identification number.
Name	The consignee’s name.
Address	The consignee’s address.
Street	The consignee’s detailed address.
City	The consignee’s detailed address.
State or Province	The consignee’s detailed address.
Postal Code	The consignee’s detailed address.
Country	The consignee’s detailed address.

Notify Party

Field	Description
Tax ID	The international tax identification number of the company to be notified of the arrival of the cargo.
Name	The name of the company to be notified of the arrival of the cargo.
Address	The address of the company to be notified of the arrival of the cargo.
Street	The detailed address of the company to be notified of the arrival of the cargo.
City	The detailed address of the company to be notified of the arrival of the cargo.
State or Province	The detailed address of the company to be notified of the arrival of the cargo.
Postal Code	The detailed address of the company to be notified of the arrival of the cargo.
Country	The detailed address of the company to be notified of the arrival of the cargo.

Shipment Information

Field	Description
Also Notify Party	A second party that is notified of goods coming forward for delivery.
Carrier	The carrier’s name.
Waybill Number	The sea waybill number.
SCAC	The Standard Carrier Alpha Code.
ICO Number (repeating field)	The number of the ICO certificate of origin.
Vessel Name	The name of the vessel engaged to carry the goods.
Voyage Number	The number of the voyage carrying the goods.
Port of Loading	The port where the goods are to be loaded.
Port of Discharge	The port where the goods are to be discharged.
Pre-carried by	Information about the previous carrier (if any).
Place of Receipt	The place of receipt of the goods.
Place of Delivery	The place of delivery of the goods.
Bill of Lading Number	The number of the bill of lading accompanying the goods.
Booking Number	The booking number.
Reference	A reference to the accompanying documents in the customers’ databases.
Origin of Goods	The country where the goods were manufactured.

Line Items (Repeating Group)

Field	Description
Marks and Numbers	The numbers of the shipping containers used for the goods.
Quantity	The number of pieces.
Quantity UoM	The unit of measurement used for the goods (bulk, bags, palettes, etc.).
Description	A description of the goods.
Gross Weight (kg)	The gross weight of the goods in kilograms.
Gross Weight (lb)	The gross weight of the goods in pounds.
Volume (m3)	The volume of the goods in cubic meters.
Volume (ft3)	The volume of the goods in cubic feet.

Containers (Repeating Group)

Field	Description
Container Number	The unique number of the container.
Seal Number	The unique number of the container seal.
Container Type	The type or size of the container (for example, 20-foot, 40-foot, or 20GP).
Quantity	The number of packages loaded into the container.
Quantity UoM	The type of packages loaded into the container.
Net Weight (kg)	The net weight of the container in kilograms.
Gross Weight (kg)	The gross weight of the container in kilograms.
Gross Weight (lb)	The gross weight of the container in pounds.
Volume (m3)	The volume of the container in cubic meters.
Volume (ft3)	The volume of the container in cubic feet.

Totals

Field	Description
Total Number of Containers	The total number of containers.
Total Quantity	The total number of pieces.
Total Quantity UoM	The unit of measurement used for the goods (bulk, bags, palettes, etc.).
Total Weight (kg)	The total weight of the goods in kilograms.
Total Net Weight (kg)	The total net weight of the goods in kilograms.
Total Volume (m3)	The total volume of the goods in cubic meters.

Freight & Charges

Field	Description
Total Prepaid	The total amount of prepaid charges.
Currency (Prepaid)	The currency of the prepaid charges.
Total Collect	The amount payable upon receipt.
Currency (Collect)	The currency of the amount payable upon receipt.

Document Details

Field	Description
Place of Issue of Waybill	The place of issue of the sea waybill.
Shipped on Board Date	The date of loading the cargo.
Date of Waybill	The date of the sea waybill.

Key Fields

• Shipper/Name
• Waybill Number
• SCAC
• Vessel Name
• Port of loading
• Bill of Lading Number
• Date of Waybill

Validation Rules

To fill in a field with its calculated value, click the suggestion button in the value region of the field and select one of the suggestions from the drop-down list.

Rule	Description
Process weight, volume, and quantity fields	Normalizes fields value, taking into account the typical format and order of magnitude used for sea cargo.
Process Charges	Parses and cleans up currency values found in freight and charges fields, using contextual data from the document (like countries involved in the shipment).
Check total gross and net weight	Checks if the value in the Totals/Total Net Weight (kg) field is less than the values in the Totals/Total Weight (kg) field. If not, displays an error.
Copy Quantity UoM	If the Totals/Total Quantity UoM field is empty and only one type of packaging is used throughout the document, copies the values from the Line Items/Quantity UoM or Containers/Quantity UoM fields. Suggests a value for empty Quantity UoM fields in the Line Items and Containers tables based on the Total/Total Quantity UoM field.
Check net weight total	Checks if the value in the Totals/Total Net Weight (kg) field equals the sum of the values in the Containers/Net Weight (kg) fields. If the values are not equal, or some of the fields are missing, suggests filling in the fields with their calculated values.
Check quantity total	Checks if the value in the Totals/Total Quantity field equals the sum of the values in the Containers/Quantity fields. If the values are not equal, or some of the fields are missing, suggests filling in the fields with their calculated values.
Check weight total	Checks if the value in the Totals/Total Weight (kg) field equals the sum of the values in the Containers/Gross Weight (kg) fields. If the values are not equal, or some of the fields are missing, suggests filling in the fields with their calculated values.
Check non-metric volume (Line Items table)	Checks volume entries in metric units (m³) and imperial units (ft³) for line items, and suggests corrections when needed.
Check non-metric weight	Checks Gross Weight (kg) and Gross Weight (lb) fields to ensure they are consistent with each other.
Check non-metric weight (Line Items table)	Checks theGross Weight (kg) and Gross Weight (lb) fields to ensure they are consistent with each other.
Disambiguate Dates	Normalizes date text to date value. Ambiguous dates are assumed to be in European (date-month-year) format, as is the case on the majority of transport documents.
Check volume total	Checks if the value in the Totals/Total Volume (m3) field equals the sum of the values in the Containers/Volume (m3) fields. If the values are not equal, or some of the fields are missing, suggests filling in the fields with their calculated values.
Check container total	Checks if the value in the Totals/Total Number of Containers field equals the number of entries in the Containers table. If the values are not equal suggests filling in the Totals/Total Number of Containers field with its calculated value.
Check quantity total (Line Items table)	Checks if the value in the Totals/Total Quantity field equals the sum of the values in the Line Items/Quantity fields. If the values are not equal, or some of the fields are missing, suggests filling in the fields with their calculated values.
Check weight total (Line Items table)	Checks if the value in the Totals/Total Weight (kg) field equals the sum of the values in the Line Items/Gross Weight (kg) fields. If the values are not equal, or some of the fields are missing, suggests filling in the fields with their calculated values.
Check volume total (Line Items table)	Checks if the value in the Totals/Total Volume (m3) field equals the sum of the values in the Line Items/Volume (m3) fields. If the values are not equal, or some of the fields are missing, suggests filling in the fields with their calculated values.