Expedient is integrated with Lloyds DCN or 1-Stop Vessel Arrivals Information. A site can only have 1 active Vessel Arrivals data source, either Lloyds DCN OR 1-Stop.
Please Note: Lloyds DCN Unpacks can be used in conjunction with 1-Stop Arrivals.
Once the Vessel information is loaded into Expedient it performs the following:
Vessels Masterfile:
- Updates the Vessel with the latest Voyage ID and ETA Dates for most of the Australian Ports (see data provider for further information)
- Expedient updates the first port and estimated first port of arrival date and time based on the earliest date from the Vessel Information.
- Expedient updates all relevant arrival ports and estimated port of arrival date and times based on the latest date from the Vessel Information. (ETA Discharge, ETA Destination and ATA Destination)
- Expedient updates the Vessel Arrival Date and Time and Vessel Storage Dates (only applicable for 1-Stop Data). The container storage and available dates are updated if they are null or are the same as the job storage and available dates (viewed from Job Details Tab)
Import Consol/Job Registration:
- After fields Discharge Port and Destination Port, populate the ETA Disc and ETA Dest date and time fields in the Consol Registration Screen based off the Vessel Arrivals Masterfile for each corresponding port.
- After fields Discharge Port, Destination Port and First Port, populate the ETA Disc / ETA Dest date and time fields, First Arrival Date and time fields and Actual Arrival Destination Date and Time fields in the Job Registration Screen based off the Vessel Arrivals Masterfile.
- Expedient creates a ‘CETA’ Consol event or an ‘ATAC’ Consol Event and ‘ATA’ Job Event when the Actual Arrival Destination Date and Time is provided.
Overnight Ships Arrival Process
- Updates all Import Sea Freight Jobs and Consols’ First Arrival Date and Time in the Job Registration and Consol Registration based off the First Port match from the Vessels Masterfile
- Updates all Import Sea Freight Jobs and Consols’ Discharge Date and Time in the Job Registration and Consol Registration based off the Discharge Port match from the Vessels Masterfile
- Updates all Import Sea Freight Jobs and Consols’ Destination Date and Time in the Job Registration and Consol Registration based off the Discharge Port equaling the destination port
- Updates all import Sea Freight Jobs First Port and Estimated First Port Date and Time if the value in the Job Registration does not match 1-Stop. (this may occur during auto registration that occurs weeks prior to 1-Stop having the complete vessel arrival ports and dates)
If the vessel does not exist in your Vessel Masterfile the updates will not take place. Lloyds and 1-Stop updates are matched on the Lloyds Number so a vessel with the same Lloyds Number must exist in your Vessel Masterfile.
Please Note: The above process will not update any ETA Dates against the Vessel Masterfile/Import Consol and Job Registration if a user has corrected an ETA Date for a particular port against the Vessel in the Vessels Masterfile (see below)
In the below example the user helens has changed the ETA information. The corrected date will now be used in the Consol and Job Registration Screens and will continue to use this date instead of the 1-Stop date if the corrected date is different to the 1-Stop ETA Date.
Users can also manually add a new Port and Estimated Arrival Departure Dates to a Vessel in the Vessels Masterfile (if 1-Stop has not reported it (i.e. Adelaide). This new port and date will then be used in the above Ships Process. (see below date for AUFRE which has been added manually)
Please Note: When the Actual Arrival Date and Time of a vessel is received from 1-Stop, Expedient then updates all jobs on that Vessel with an ATA Event (Actual Date/Time of Arrival). An ‘ATAC’ Consol event is created.
1-Stop Automatic User Reports
There are 3 separate reports that are generated nightly.
- Full Vessel Schedule Listing that is received from 1-Stop
- Consol Updates Report – lists all Consols that have been updated as a result of process the Vessels Schedule File (Forwarding Module only)
- Job Updates Report – lists all Jobs that have been updated as a result of process the Vessels Schedule File
To add or remove users receiving the above reports via email go to Users Options.