Private Requirement Brief · No Quote, Mode or Acceptance Confirmed
Draught DeskSEA-FREIGHT REQUIREMENT STUDIO
00Desk
ENGLISH-FIRSTBuyer-side specification
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00DeskRequirement sheet
SFM / REQUIREMENT SHEET / 00

Specify the requirement before comparing the response.

Draught Desk separates the facts your business knows from preferences still under consideration and operating questions only a future provider can answer.

Build private brief↗Compare questions, not promises →
Browser session only · No upload, submission or provider matching
Procurement colleagues reviewing a blank sea-freight requirement sheet
BUYER SIDERequirement definition
01 / CERTAINTY RAIL

Three registers. No invented certainty.

Known cargo facts separated from blank question cards
01

Buyer-known

Facts already held by your business: cargo description, unit count, origin and destination notes.

02

Under consideration

Preferences you are still comparing, including shared or dedicated space.

03

Provider confirmation

Operating, document and handling decisions that stay unanswered here.

Two colleagues separating recorded facts from unanswered cards
02 / LCL + FCL

Compare the questions each space model creates.

This desk does not recommend a mode. It helps you carry comparable questions into a later procurement conversation.

Palletised commercial cargo at a generic consolidation bay
SHARED / LCL QUESTIONS

What should be confirmed about consolidation and exposure?

  • How will separation from other cargo be handled?
  • Which handoff and document milestones apply?
  • Which handling observations should the provider review?
?NO MODE RECOMMENDATION
Clean empty container interior for a space review
DEDICATED / FCL QUESTIONS

What should be confirmed about dedicated space and control?

  • Who evaluates space allocation and equipment choice?
  • Which loading and securing responsibilities apply?
  • Which access constraints need operating review?
Open the question comparison ↗
Abstract top-view cargo-space planning exercise
03 / SPACE REQUIREMENTS

Bring known dimensions. Leave allocation to the operating party.

Record the dimensions and weight already held by your business—or mark them unknown. The tool does not calculate CBM, utilisation, container count or equipment.

Record
Buyer-known unit count, dimensions and weight
Describe
Orientation, protrusion and access observations
Confirm later
Space allocation, equipment and operating method
Review the space sheet →
Empty container interior showing floor and access opening
04 / HANDLING EXPOSURE

Turn observations into provider questions—not safety conclusions.

01Separation from other cargo
02Keep-upright preference
03Pressure exposure
04Protrusion or irregular form
05Origin access constraints
06Destination unloading constraints
Warehouse staff observing cargo separation and pressure exposure
Neutral container-door condition and seal-area view
Warehouse coordinator reviewing access unknowns on an unreadable tablet
Open the exposure review ↗
05 / DOCUMENT STATUS

Record status. Ask what applies.

Examples are prompts only. A future provider or adviser must confirm which commercial, shipping, customs or permit information applies.

Blank commercial cargo papers arranged for rate-request preparation
AVAILABLEBEING PREPAREDUNKNOWNASK PROVIDER
Procurement and warehouse colleagues reviewing blank status cards
Review document-status prompts →
Blank requirement sheets beside abstract cargo blocks
06 / PRIVATE BRIEF

Carry one comparable requirement brief into your own provider search.

  1. 01Buyer-known facts
  2. 02Preferences under consideration
  3. 03Questions to confirm

The result is not a quote, booking, declaration, instruction or acceptance.

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