Shipments is where you keep loads of waste that cross a border, with the Annex VII form that travels with each one.
What a shipment is
A shipment is one load of waste crossing a border. Both directions sit in one list:
Going out: waste you are sending from the UK to another country.
Coming in: waste arriving with you from another country, on somebody else's Annex VII.
Only green list waste going for recovery, or waste going to a laboratory for analysis, can move on an Annex VII. Anything else needs full notification and consent from the regulators before it moves, which LoadSnap does not handle.
Starting a shipment
Go to Shipments and click Create shipment.
Choose which way it is going: Going out or Coming in.
Fill in the route: the country it leaves, any countries it passes through, and the country it arrives in.
Add the date it leaves and any notes, then save.
The Annex VII itself is filled in next, on the shipment.
Filling in the Annex VII
Open the shipment. Each part of the form has its own section:
Arranged by: who arranges the shipment.
Came from: the producer of the waste.
Goes to: the consignee and the recovery facility or laboratory.
Carried by: each carrier on the journey, in order.
The waste: what it is, with its Basel Annex IX, OECD, EC list of wastes and national codes, and the recovery operation.
The loads behind it: the collections or receipts that make up the shipment.
While anything required is missing, the Waiting on column says how many boxes are still to fill in. When nothing is missing, click Book it.
Following it through
A shipment moves forward one stage at a time. Going out: Draft, Booked, Left the country, Arrived, Recovered. Coming in: Draft, On its way, In transit, Landed, Dealt with.
Draft: still being filled in.
Booked / On its way: the form is complete.
Left the country / In transit: the load has set off.
Arrived / Landed: the consignee has signed for it.
Recovered / Dealt with: the facility has recovered or analysed it.
The Waiting on column tells you who you are waiting for at each stage, for example "The consignee to sign for it". Stages only go forward, because each one is something that has already happened. If a shipment was entered wrongly, cancel it and start the right one.
Finding shipments
Filter, then Progress, picks Needs you, On its way or Finished.
Search finds a shipment by its reference, who it is with, or the producer.
Download Annex VII gives you the form as a PDF to print and send with the load.
Related: Collections. Receipts. Documents.