How to fill in the Freightos FCL and LCL templates

How to fill in the Freightos FCL and LCL templates

Effectively handling your ocean freight templates is key to maintaining smooth logistics and precise quoting. The Tariff Manager on WebCargo Ocean offers a detailed solution for this, enabling you to upload and manage both FCL and LCL templates seamlessly. In this article, we'll guide you through the process of filling in these templates within the Tariff Manager, ensuring that you can upload, review, and update your content efficiently and accurately.


Read this article to learn about where to find these templates.

How to fill in the FCL template

Pre-carriage and On-carriage

The Pre-carriage and On-carriage tabs will allow you to upload linehauls that are applicable to the mainleg. Please note that applying linehauls to the mainleg can only be done by using the Freightos template. 


Important: In order to connect Pre-carriage or On-carriage rates to the Mainleg rates, some conditions need to be met: the type of container, the commodity and the validity must match between Mainleg and Pre-carriage or On-carriage, and the connection between Origin and Destination must be valid as well. Additionally, if the Pre-carriage or On-carriage rates have a specific contract, only the Mainleg rates with the same contract can be linked.

If a contract is not specified, linehauls are linkable to any mainleg (even outside the file). If the contract is specified as "file" in the Linehauls, then these linehauls are only linkable with the mainlegs within the file.

Common charges

The Common Charges functionality allows you to apply surcharges across multiple countries and services with just one row. Given that many surcharges are relevant to all services within a file, this feature lets you insert a Charge that automatically applies to all rates included.

Click on the Common Charges tab where you can add Charges for each Origin-Destination (O-D) pair and carrier. The system will then automatically apply the defined charges to the appropriate services based on matched conditions with Mainleg rates, such as validity dates, commodity, carrier, container type, and country O/D pairs. 

Common Charges can also be applied to mainleg rates with specific contracts, in this case defining a contract on the Common Charges tab will be applied to rates under the Mainleg tab which also have the same contract specified. 

When a charge is already defined in the Mainleg tab, this will take precedence over the common charge. In the example below, the BAF charge defined in the Mainleg tab will be prioritised over the BAF charge created in the Common Charges tab. 


Units of measure (UOM)

The Freightos template allows you to easily upload different Units of measure (UOM) for each different surcharge. In addition to the standard Per container, the units supported are Per percentage, Per TEU and Flat. 


Additionally, you can find more information under the Instructions tab or contact our support team if you have any questions. 

How to fill in the LCL template

Units of measure (UOM)

For LCL files, different Units of measure are also supported when uploading rates:

  • W/M (Weight/Measure) - default UOM

  • CBM (per cubic meter) - main and charges

  • TON (per 1000 kilograms)

  • MAX between TON or CBM - only for main Freight

  • Per Unit (per box or per pallet)

  • Per percentage - no currency; requires calculation base - based on main freight

  • FLAT (flat per shipment)

All the current UOM will be calculated with a volume ratio of 1cbm:1000kgs.



Common Charges 

For LCL files, Common Charges will work in the same way as for FCL files. 



If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact our support team.

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