Shipping Agents

The Shipping Agents table is a standard feature in Dynamics 365 Business Central used to define which company will handle the transportation of a sales, purchase, or transfer order. The Transport Management application also uses this table to assign a shipping agent company to a Transport Order.

Extended Functionality

To support transport billing and cost monitoring functionalities, the Shipping Agents table has been extended with a new field that links the Shipping Agent code to a Vendor No. Only Shipping Agents with a defined Vendor No. can support transport landed costs creation. Additionally, only vendors set as Transport Companies can be linked to a Shipping Agent.

Important Notes

• Shipping Agents can be renamed. When renamed, all related records are updated.
• Shipping Agents can also be deleted, even if they’re used in some documents. This won’t affect the existing documents.