TradeLens gives you the ability to view events for each transport equipment in your shipment and consignment.
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There are several ways you can navigate the TradeLens Shipment Manager interface to find your transport equipment events so that you can see the latest information on the status of your cargo, down to the level of each container.
How to find events from the Consignment
From the home page, go across to the right side of the screen, where your Consignments number is displayed beside your Shipments number. Click the number of total active Consignments. This brings you to your Consignments page, showing all your active consignments currently in TradeLens.
To view all of your consignments, active and completed, use the left-hand menu Consignment button.
Scroll down to the consignment that you want to inspect. Click the Containers button option in the bottom right. This brings you to the page for that consignment.
Scroll down to the equipment number for the container you want to inspect. Click the Events option button. This brings you to the Events page for that container where you can view Current progress, the transport plan, and other options.
How to find events associated with the Transport Equipment
From the home page, go to the Search bar. Using the drop-down menu on the left side of the search window, select Equipment number. Then in the search window, enter the equipment number for the container you want to inspect. Click Search. This will bring you to the search results page showing the consignment that the equipment number is associated with.
In the search results, click the Containers button option in the bottom right of the consignment card. This brings you to the page for that consignment.
Scroll down to the equipment number for the container you want to inspect. Click the Events option button. This brings you to the Events page for that container where you can view Current progress, the transport plan, and other options.
How to find events from the Shipment
From the home page, select Shipments from the main menu on the left. This brings you to your Shipments page, showing all active shipments on TradeLens. Scroll down to the shipment you want to inspect.
Click the Consignments button option at the bottom right. This brings you to the Consignments tab of that shipment, showing all consignments for that shipment. Scroll down to the consignments you want to inspect.
Click the Equipment number for the container you want to inspect. This brings you to the Events and Additional Information page for that container.
Click the Events tab. This brings you to the Events page for that container where you can view Current Progress, the Transport Plan, and other options.
If you want to learn more about the way TradeLens views are displayed, please visit: How to read the TradeLens views
