# Managed Shipment Lifecycles

Written by [Bonita Fowlersmith](https://help.shippabo.com/authors/1290282)

Updated at July 27th, 2024

## Shipment Lifecycle Overview

Every shipment has a lifecycle that is detailed in the Shippabo platform. This ensures visibility and predictability by allowing users to know where in the shipping process a shipment is.

In short, the lifecycles of a shipment are as follows:

- Planning
- Request
- Proposal
  - Expired
- Pending
- Booked
- Transiting
  - Arriving
  - Arriving Inland
- Delivered
- Completed

For those interested, this guide provides a little more detail on each step of the lifecycle.

Lifecycle indicators can be found in individual shipments in the “Overview” page, beneath the Shipment Timeline.

If a shipment is cancelled at any point during the shipping process, it will be marked as **Cancelled**.

### Shipment Lifecycle: Planning

Shipments in the **Planning** phase of the lifecycle will have a shipment "file" created within the platform.

This is where a shipment will have an ID number assigned to it.

Full container shipments will end with a **C**  
LCL / loose freight shipments will end with a **P**  
Air shipments will end with an **A**

### Shipment Lifecycle: Request

When a shipment moves into the **Request** phase, that means our Operations Team is working with the Shippabo origin team to find the best possible option based on POL / POD and the cargo-ready date.

### Shipment Lifecycle: Proposal

When a shipment is moved into **Proposal** that means our origin team has found a viable rate along with tentative sailing dates.

When your shipment has moved into this phase, a quote will be sent to you for your review and approval.

Please note that quotes are valid for until the end of the current GRI period. If a quote is not approved within that timeframe the shipment is moved into the **Expired** phase.

### Shipment Lifecycle: Pending

Your shipments will move into the **Pending** phase after you've accepted a quote.

Once accepted, our origin team will confirm space and work on securing a shipping order and booking.

### Shipment Lifecycle: Booked

Once a shipment is **Booked**, that means that a shipping order has been confirmed and a carrier has been booked.

Sailing dates can be found in the shipment's history within the Shippabo platform, as well as on the **Shipments** page.

### Shipment Lifecycle: Transiting

Once a shipment has departed it will enter into the following lifecycles:

- **Transiting** indicates the shipment has departed.
- **Arriving** indicates a shipment's ETA has occurred.
- **Arriving Inland** is for shipments that have rail transit and the ETA to the rail location has occurred.

### Shipment Lifecycle: Delivered

Once delivery of a shipment has been confirmed it will be marked as **Delivered**.

### Shipment Lifecycle: Completed

After a shipment is delivered and the invoice is sent out, the shipment will be marked as **Completed**.