Whats Cargo Manifest?

Manifest generally refers to a customs document in which all the items loaded and
passengers in plane or ship are listed for official and administrative purposes. Below are
various types of shipping manifest, definitions and meanings.
Definition and meaning
Cargo manifest is one of the most common international exportation documents used
logistic firms and pet moving agents organizing the shipping of goods and live animals.
So the cargo manifest is a document that must be prepared for each merchandise that
will be sent overseas on a plane, ship, lorry, train. It does not concern the shipping of
excess baggage and hand luggage.
Cargo manifest summarizes all bills of lading prepared by the shipper for a particular
cargo.
It should contain the following information:
Owner / Operator

Marks of nationality and registration

Flight NO.

Port of Lading
Port of Unloading

Date
Consolidator

De-consolidator
Air waybill type

No. of pieces
Weight

No. of HAWBs
Shipper name and address

Consignee name and address

Nature of goods
A cargo manifest must be prepared for all sea, air, rail, and other land transportation of
pets and other cargo. It should include the cargo's consigner and consignee, as well
as listing all details of all goods such as: breed, gender, weight, quantity, age, value,
dimensions, origin and destination.
Types of cargo manifest
Basically, there are two types of manifest, namely, passenger manifest and cargo
manifest.
Cargo manifest
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Cargo list or shipping manifest is a type of manifest that contains a summary of all bills
of lading which a carrier or its representative issued for a specific shipment. Cargo
manifest is also known as a shipping manifest. The document will list the details of the
goods loaded as cargo. Details like number, destination, origin and value of the products
put in a ship or aeroplane are contained in a cargo manifest. Cargo manifests are of
various types.
As you already known, there are different means of shipping furniture from one
destination to another or from one country to another. Various means of transportation
are air, sea, land and railway transport. Cargo manifest is prepared for each of these
types of transportation means.
Air cargo manifest
As the name already tells you, air freight manifest is a type of manifest containing all the
goods including passengers loads and commercial goods put in an aeroplane before it
takes off. Each of the loads is tag for easy identification. On landing, the airline
management will use the air cargo list to ensure that all the goods are available for
collection by the passengers. The custom official also verifies it to ensure that all goods
carried by the aeroplane are allowed inside the country or to ensure that there is no
contraband goods in the aeroplane.
What information does cargo manifest contain?
As mentioned above, cargo manifest contains useful information about the cargo being
moved. Here are some pieces of information normally contained in a cargo manifest:
the types of good loaded on truck, ship, train or aeroplane

the quantity of the goods

the consignor (the person delivering the cargo over or the person that commits
merchandise)
the consignee (the person that receives merchandise or the receiver of the goods)
destination where the goods are delivered

value of the goods

number of goods

name of the vessel

departure destination

any other information required by the customs authorities

Uses of cargo manifest
Cargo manifest is very useful not just to the management of the transport to Australia
but also the custom authorities of both the departure destination and delivery
destination. With the manifest the custom authorities will obtain detail information about
the types of goods brought into a country as well as their number. It will also help them
to checkmate the importation of contraband goods. The management of the removal

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company themselves can use it for accounting purpose or for record purposes. It helps
the consignor to ensure that goods are delivered to the right person.