Loading Authorization - Agent (FFN & LAA)

This operation is used to indicate the freight forwarding company in charge of claiming and clearing the goods.

This operation is mandatory to authorize the freight forwarder to consult the data.

This operation may be optional if an EDI exchange has already indicated the freight forwarder concerned on the bill of lading.

This operation may be optional if the shipping agent company which created the scheduled manifest, it holds freight forwarding roles on the CCS. In this way, when a shipping agent creates a Bill of Lading, it is automatically assigned to the utilization agent company that created it.

To indicate a freight forwarder on the goods concerned, go to the bill of lading details screen. Click on “Loading operations” menu in the Export section:

In the list, identify the correct scheduled manifest. Click on the manifest identification code:

In the BLs section, click on BL number:

In the detail of the BL, click on the LAA (Loading Authorization Agent) status on the right of the screen:

A modal will open, click on Accept/Cancel LAA button:

Select the correct Freight forwarder, you can add a comment and click on Accept button:

The request is processed immediately. The freight forwarder has immediate access to the bill of lading and can begin customs clearance.

The LAA (Loading Authorization - Agent) status on the right screen changed from grey to green.

To assign all the Bill of Lading (BL) entries in your manifest to a freight forwarder, repeat the action for each BL. After returning to your manifest page, you can check the state of each BL in the seventh column labeled "FFN (Freight forwarder naming) / LAA (Loading authorization agent)." The state will be indicated as either "Yes" or "No" to reflect whether each BL has been assigned to a freight forwarder.