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Booking

Are you looking for a hassle-free container-booking process?
Hapag-Lloyd’s booking solution is here for you! Our online tool simplifies the entire process, ensuring high data quality for all your booking needs. With just a few clicks, you can easily enter contract and cargo data, select the best routing and equipment, and manage all your standard container bookings in one convenient location.

Simply submit your booking with a tap of your finger to start processing. Plus, our intuitive interface allows for quick and easy booking amendments, so you can make changes on the go. With real-time updates on available container space and fast booking confirmations, you don’t have to worry about cancellations.
Streamline your container-shipping booking with Hapag-Lloyd today!

Your Benefits

Guided Use

Easy and intuitive data entry with just a few clicks for faster and simplified shipment booking

Increased Transparancy

Real-time updates on available routings mean fewer cancellations.

Easy Updates

A clear and simple booking amendment form for effortless cancellation and update requests, streamlines the container-booking process

Latest Updates

In the chart below , we've outlined the distinctions between the former Classic Web Booking and Booking BETA to provide clarity on the advantages and the current capabilities of our new solution.

Experience the future of shipping with Booking BETA - streamlined, secure, and designed to empower smarter decisions for your shipping!

This is Hapag-Lloyd Booking

With our web solution, can easily book your shipment and keep an overview of all bookings. These are the functionalities at a glance:

 

Make a Booking (Classic Booking Solution)

Create a new booking with our guided wizard navigation in our classic Booking solution in just a few steps to completion.
 

My Bookings (Classic Booking Solution)

Find all your recent bookings with Hapag-Lloyd in the 'My Bookings' section. They are categorized as follows:

  • List of non-completed booking requests: Here, you can find all booking requests that have not been completed or submitted to Hapag-Lloyd, yet. You have the option to complete and submit as required or create a new booking on its basis.
  • List of submitted booking requests: Here, you can see all booking requests that have been completed and submitted to Hapag-Lloyd. You also have the option to copy a booking to quickly start a new booking based on the same data.
  • List of confirmed bookings: Here, you can see all booking requests that have already been confirmed by Hapag-Lloyd. You also have the option to copy a booking to quickly start a new booking based on the same data.

Template List (Classic Booking Solution)

Use the 'Template List' for repetitive bookings, taking advantage of tailor-made template. On the Template list page, you will find all templates you have created that can be used for a new booking based on same data.

For further information, please refer to the User Guide for booking.

Booking Amendment*

Booking amendment needed? Submit the required information quickly and simply using the clear and easy-to-fill-in Booking Amendment web form to send a cancellation or update request.It's even faster using the Hapag-Lloyd Navigator: Save yourself the hassle of keying in the booking number by accessing Booking Amendment using the Navigator, where the booking number is already prefilled in the form. Have a look and try the new version of our Booking Amendment feature now and get excited about future improvements.

* Currently, the service is available in the following countries: Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Columbia, Congo, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Repubalic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA**, Venezuela, Vietnam.

** Not applicable for Long Beach, US. Please send the amendment requests via email as usual.
 

How do I amend a booking?

Please have a look at our User Guide for Booking (Classic Booking Solution), where you will find clear step-by-step instructions on how to amend your booking.
 

Key Features

  • Less typing: Your data is prefilled based on the Hapag-Lloyd quotation number
  • Start now – complete later: Your input is saved as a draft when you leave and you can complete your booking at any time later.
  • Faster booking confirmation: Data Verification prior to submission supports higher data quality which leads to a faster booking confirmation.
  • Various container types: Easily book reefer, Out of Gauge and hazardous cargo with all necessary data.
  • Instant Booking Number: Receive your booking number upon submission of your booking request.
  • Complete transparency: Have an overview of all bookings status’ throughout your organization with the booking list.
     

How to use the Booking web solution?

  1. Register for our Online Business and go to the booking web solution.
  2. Insert your data in each tab of the tool.
  3. Click on 'Submit' on the Review & Complete tab to finalize your booking
  4. Optionally, you can add further services to your existing booking.
     

Additional Services for your Shipment

You can complete your bookings with one of the additional services below:

Shipping Guarantee

Protect your shipment from any rollovers with just a few clicks and get your cargo shipped on time.

Additional Freetime

Purchase container-detention time for your shipments after placing a booking in addition to the free-time tariffs.

Quick Cargo Insurance

Get online access to our high-class cargo insurance for selected countries and feel at ease knowing that your cargo is insured against most risks during its journey with us.  

Frequently Asked Questions (Classic Booking Solution)

Booking Data and Access

There is no need to retype frequently used data when making a new booking. Our Web Booking product offers a template as well as a booking copy function for your convenience.

You can access the Booking Amendment web form in two ways:

Using our web page.

Using the Hapag-Lloyd Navigator.  

The Booking Amendment feature can be accessed from your usual login and no special access is required. Currently, the service is available in the following countries: Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Columbia, Congo, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA*, Venezuela, Vietnam.
* Not applicable for Long Beach, USA. Please send the amendment requests via email as usual.

Submitting and Managing Amendments

To ensure swift confirmation, bookings can only be placed with a valid quotation or contract number matching the shipment details.

We automatically verify your booking data before submission. This way, we ensure that we have all information we need to send you a booking confirmation as quickly as possible.

With our Booking tool, you can also book reefer containers, out-of-gauge, and dangerous cargo.

Yes, after entering the correct booking number, you can select the “Cancel booking” radio button
within the form, select the appropriate cancellation reason from the drop-down
list, check the email address (change if not correct), and click the submit
button. For more information, please refer to the User Guide.  

You can upload as many documents as you want, up to a total limit of 3 MB for all documents per amendment request.

No worries, we have you covered. Your entries are saved whenever you advance to the next screen in our wizard. We also save your data as a draft when you leave the session before being able to finish your web booking.

Making Bookings and Amendments

Click the Booking Amendment in the menu. Enter the correct booking number, select the
“Amendment” radio button, and select the appropriate change request reason from
the drop-down list. Check the email address and change if not correct, then
click submit. For more information, please refer to the User Guide.

Note: The booking number will automatically be pre-entered into the booking number field if you access the web form the Navigator.  

You will receive a case number, which you can use as your reference.  

Yes, you can submit up to 10 amendment types per request.  

No, this is not possible at the moment.  

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