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One shipment record from booking to delivery, with documents generated, read and checked against each other, and customs filed through your broker.

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Product example

Shipment S-0187

Brightmoor Paper MillsAt sea

Savannah (USSAV) to Rotterdam (NLRTM)Corvane Meridian 214ECFR Rotterdam

CVMU 4182036CVMU 4182191CVMU 4205574CVMU 4210328Check digits valid
  1. Booking confirmedOct 7
  2. Loaded at the mill, Port WentworthOct 13
  3. Gate in, Garden City TerminalOct 14
  4. Loaded on vesselOct 16
  5. Departed SavannahOct 17
  6. At seaOct 22Position 3 h old
  7. Arrival, RotterdamOct 29Estimated
  8. DischargedOct 30Estimated
Sample data

The shipment

  • One shipment recordParties, routing, cargo, Incoterms, milestones, costs, charges and documents on one record from quote to invoice, with profit per job.
  • Move in from spreadsheetsImport your shipment spreadsheets as CSV or Excel on day one.
  • Ocean and air bookingBook ocean through the main booking network and carriers’ own booking connections, and air through the online air marketplaces.
  • Shipping documents from the recordBills of lading, air waybills, commercial invoices, packing lists, arrival notices and rate confirmations, generated from the shipment.
LS-0187

Brightmoor Paper Mills

4 × 40′ HC, Savannah to Rotterdam

B/L matched with the carrier

Shipment
S-0187
Vessel
Corvane Meridian 214E
Containers
4, check digits valid
Bill of lading
Matched with the carrier

Milestones

  • Gate in, Garden City TerminalOct 14
  • Loaded on Corvane MeridianOct 16
  • Departed SavannahOct 17
  • At sea, position 3 h oldOct 22
  • Due in RotterdamOct 29

Documents

  • Documents read and cross-checkedAI compares parties, goods, HS codes, weights, seals, ports and prices across the B/L, invoice, packing list, ISF, certificates and contract.
  • Check digitsContainer numbers, vessel IMO numbers and IBANs are checked as they’re read.
  • Duplicate documentsThe same document used twice is caught.
  • Every field citedEach extracted field links back to where it appears in the source document.
  • Bill of lading check at uploadThe bill is looked up with the carrier and matched to the containers, the vessel and the shipped-on-board date.

Documents

S-01871 flag fixed
  • Booking confirmationCorvane ShippingOct 7ClearParties and routing match the quote
  • Commercial invoiceBrightmoor Paper MillsOct 14ClearGoods, value and HS 4810.13 match the contract
  • Packing listBrightmoor Paper MillsOct 14FlagContainer CVMU 4205571 fails its check digit. The bill of lading shows CVMU 4205574. Fixed by Marcus Bell, Oct 15.
  • VGMBrightmoor Paper MillsOct 14ClearWeights agree with the invoice and packing list: 4 × 21,400 kg
  • Bill of ladingCorvane ShippingOct 17ClearMatched with the carrier’s record: containers, vessel and sailing date agree

Customs

  • Importer onboarding for brokersEach Form 5106 detail is tested against sources the importer doesn’t control, with an e-signed power of attorney and screening of officers and suppliers.
  • Entry-ready filingsA cross-checked entry package goes to your broker’s existing filing system, and release status comes back to the shipment.
  • Refund bank changes heldA new refund account or refund designee is treated as a bank change and held until a callback.
  • Partner brokersForwarders without a broker license are connected to a partner broker.
Customs entryLarkspur Home Goods LLCReleased

BHLU 7021181 and BHLU 7023414, Ningbo to Norfolk. Tidewater Customs Brokerage, partner broker.

Importer onboarding

5 of 5 details checked against sources the importer doesn’t control

  • Legal nameState business registryClear
  • EINFormat and registry recordClear
  • Mailing and physical addressNot a virtual office or mail dropClear
  • PhoneLandline on the company’s own websiteClear
  • EmailCompany domain, registered 2018Clear

Power of attorney e-signed Sep 12 by Rachel Kim, director

HTS 9403.60.8081

Wooden furniture, other

Confidence 91%

Alternate 9403.60.8093

Signed off by Tidewater Customs Brokerage, Oct 19

  1. ISF filedSep 26
  2. Documents cross-checkedOct 18Invoice, packing list, B/L and ISF agree on value, weight and supplier
  3. Entry package sent to the broker’s filing systemOct 19, 8:10 AM
  4. Cargo releasedOct 21, 2:20 PM
  5. Entry summary dueOct 31

Refund account on file since Sep 12, ending 2290. A change waits for a callback.

In transit

  • Tracking that drafts the updateMilestones from your tracking provider land on the shipment, customer updates are drafted by AI, and exceptions are flagged.
  • Demurrage and detentionLast-free-day warnings before charges start, and accrued detention billed instead of absorbed.
  • Re-scored on anomaliesAn unusual route or a consignee change after booking re-scores the parties.
  • Cargo release on checksA release waits until the party asking is checked, payment is in and nothing has changed since booking.
  • Overseas agentsAgent quotes, profit shares, statements and netting, multi-currency invoices, per-agent credit limits and agent checks.
  • Claim packetsA claim file assembled from the shipment’s documents, photos and milestones.
  • Per-shipment cargo coverCargo cover offered per shipment, only to checked parties.
  • EDIX12 204, 214, 210 and 990, and EDIFACT IFTMIN and IFTSTA, through an EDI provider.
  • Carrier-vetting connectorsBring your own carrier-vetting and load-board accounts, and Laneseal combines them into one explained score per carrier.

Checked here.

  • Freight is bookedShipper, consignee and notify party are checked before the booking goes out.
  • Documents arriveThe bill of lading is matched with the carrier, and every document is checked against the others.
  • Cargo is releasedRelease waits until the party asking is checked, payment is in and nothing has changed since booking.
How the checks work

What it replaces.

Published list prices checked in October 2026.

  • Forwarding and tracking$75 to $150 a user a month, or up to $19.95 a shipment. Tracking from $15 a month, plus charges per container.What it can’t see: Who is on either side of the container.
  • Document storage$10 to $70 per 1,000 pages read. One vendor asks a yearly minimum of $18,000.What it can’t see: Whether the bill of lading, invoice and packing list agree with each other.
Compare the whole stack

A few things
worth knowing.

Clear answers, including the limits.

Is Laneseal a full forwarding system?

No. It keeps one record per shipment from quote to invoice, with booking, documents, customs and tracking attached. A firm that runs a full forwarding system can connect it and keep the checks.

Does Laneseal file customs entries?

It prepares a cross-checked entry package and sends it to your broker’s existing filing system, then brings the release status back to the shipment.

Can it check a bill of lading?

It looks the bill up with the carrier and compares the containers, the vessel and the sailing date. House bills aren’t in carrier systems and some carriers refuse outside checks, so the record says when a match wasn’t possible.

Next: Get paid. Pay the right account.

Invoices from the work you did, bills matched to what you quoted, and no payment to changed bank details until someone calls back.

One record. Every step checked.

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