Due to the high levels of regulation surrounding the transport of Dangerous Goods (DG's), MachShip will require that permission to consign DG's is provided at a Company, Carrier Account, Company Carrier Account and also the User level. This will provide a user with maximum flexibility but is also an extra level of assurance that only those who are supposed to have access can consign DG's. 

Below you will find the steps which need to be completed to allow a company to consign Dangerous Goods. 

1. Enable Dangerous Goods on the Company

1. Navigate to the Edit Companies page.

Go to Admin and View Companies to go to View Companies screen.

2. Select the applicable company.

Search for the company you wish to assign the DG permission to, select the cog on the right and the Edit Company option. 

3. Set the Dangerous Goods Flag.

On the Edit Companies screen under the Company Customisation Options section, you will find the Enable Dangerous Goods option.

By toggling the option to YES it will enable DG's on the account. By enabling DG's, by law, you are required to provide a 24/7 emergency contact number. This number will be used to populate all the legal documents to ensure compliance. The Emergency Contact Number must be at least 8 characters long. 

4. Save the Company.

2. Enable Dangerous Goods on the Carrier Account

MachShip has verified with each of the carriers we are integrated with, what they require to enable the consigning of dangerous goods. The list of carriers can be found at the following link.

To provide permission to consign DG's on one of your accounts you will need to set the flag on the Carrier Account. 

1. Navigate to the Edit Carrier Account page.

Select Admin and Carrier Accounts. 

2. Select the Applicable Account.

Using either the Company or Carrier filters or alternatively via the search bar find and select the desired account. 

Select the cog on the right-hand side and the option Edit Carrier Account.

3. Set the Dangerous Goods Flag.

If the carrier and your company have been enabled for Dangerous Goods then the Enable Dangerous Goods flag will appear on the carrier account as shown below. Set this to be YES.

4. Save the account.

3. Enable Dangerous Goods on the Company Carrier Account

The validation to allow for consigning of Dangerous Goods will be to allow permission against the Company Carrier Account. 

1. Navigate to the Edit Company Carrier Account page.

Select Admin and Company Carrier Accounts. 

2. Select the Applicable Account.

Using either the Company, Carrier or the Carrier Account filters or alternatively via the search bar find and select the desired Company Carrier Account. 

Select the cog on the right-hand side and the option Edit Company Carrier Account.

3. Set the Dangerous Goods Flag.

If the Carrier, the Carrier Account and the Company have been enabled for Dangerous Goods then the Enable Dangerous Goods flag will appear on the company carrier account as shown below. Set this to be YES.

4. Save the account.

4. Enable Dangerous Goods the user

Users will need separate permission in order to consign Dangerous Goods. There are three main despatch based roles which will be used in MachShip and these are:

• Admin
• Despatch
• Operations - No Prices

As a default, the Admin and the Operations - No Prices roles have the permission to consign dangerous goods but the Despatch role does not. This provides some flexibility to users of MachShip to ensure that they can induct their team members before allowing for DG consigning. 

As the MachShip team understands that despatch users will need to consign DG's there has been the additional role called Despatch - DG which has been added.

To add this role to a user you must:

1. Navigate to the View Users page.

This is done via Admin and View Users.

2. Select the Applicable Account.

Search for the user via the Company filter or the search bar. 

Select the cog and Edit User.

3. Assign the role.

The roles in Machship which have access to consign DG's are:

• Admin
• Despatch with DG's
• Operations - No Prices. 

At least one of these roles need to be assigned to the user for them to be able to consign DG's. 

Assign the role by selecting from the drop-down on the right.

Once selected click the plus and the role will be added.

When the role is assigned it will appear as below.

4. Save the User.

5. Apply Dangerous Goods Surcharge (if required)

Due to the extra compliance which surrounds the transport of Dangerous Goods, there are certain surcharges which transport providers will apply to these movements. 

To set up a DG surcharge you need to:

1. Navigate to the Create Surcharge Page.

Select Admin and Other Options.

On the right-hand side under Advanced section, select Surcharges.

2. Create the Surcharge.

Select create surcharge through either:

The Create Surcharge button.

Or via the Create Surcharge tab in the top right-hand corner. 

To create a surcharge please follow the instructions at the following link. To assign this as DG only select the below customisations. 

The Only Apply Surcharge to DG.

Select the Automatic flag.