Releases, pickups and returns

    Releases and returns sent from the deal, not retyped in an email

    The release and the return instruction are built from the deal and its containers. The depot and the customer each get the email meant for them, and everyone sees what was sent and when.

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    Krak Stack: releases list with bookings, expiries and pickup progress

    What you can do

    Releases from the deal

    One release per type and condition, with the containers booked so they cannot be promised twice.

    Several releases in one email

    Group the releases for the same depot into a single email, with every send kept in the history.

    Stock or supplier release

    Release from your depots or from a supplier. A supplier release on a lease creates the purchase and its draft purchase invoice.

    Supplier release PDF read

    The container numbers are taken from the supplier's PDF, not retyped by hand.

    Expiry and extension

    Each release has an expiry date. Extend it in one click when the customer needs more time.

    Dormant bookings released each night

    Releases past their expiry free the containers that were booked and never picked up, and operators are notified.

    Pickups and drop-offs at the gate

    Record them one by one or in batch, from the office or from the phone at the depot gate.

    Returns with progress

    Announced containers show as dropping off until the depot confirms. On a gate-buy, the return is shared between the lease and the sale.

    Cancel units with fees

    Cancel containers on a release with the cancellation fees, and the credit note is created with them.

    How it works

    01

    Release sent to the depot

    Built from the deal, emailed to the depot and the customer, containers booked.

    02

    Pickup recorded at the gate

    One tap on the phone or a line confirmed from the depot report.

    03

    Drop-off on the return closes the stay

    The drop-off date ends the per diem count and frees the container.

    In practice

    Example

    A lease for twenty 20 ft containers starts in Hamburg. From the lease, you create a release for the Hamburg depot, from your stock, with the quantity per type and grade and an expiry date 14 days later. The release number follows the lease number. You send it to the depot by email with its PDF, and the depot hands the boxes over to the haulier presenting the reference. Each pickup recorded on the release, from the office or from a phone at the gate, starts the rental days of that container. When the lease ends, a return tells the return depot which containers to expect, and each drop-off ends the rental.

    In detail

    • From stock or from a supplier. A release from stock only offers containers available at that depot, of the deal's type and grade, and not booked elsewhere. A release from a supplier is used when you buy boxes still at the supplier's depot: the containers are created in Krak Stack at pickup.
    • Statuses. Draft (commits nothing), Sent, Pickup (partly picked up), Finalized (whole quantity picked up), Expired or Canceled. Only a download or an email sends a release; viewing the PDF does not.
    • One email for a group. One line per type and grade creates linked releases that the depot receives in a single email.
    • Expiry. A release expires on its date; an expired release accepts no pickup until you extend it.
    • Returns. A return lists the containers expected at a depot, can request photos, and closes itself when every announced container has arrived.
    • Quick moves. Quick Pickup and Quick Drop Off record movements for containers chosen directly, as long as each is on an open release or return.
    • Mistakes undone cleanly. Cancelling a pickup restores the container and the deal to their previous state.

    Connected to the rest

    Container stock

    Bookings and movements update the inventory.

    Leasing and per diem

    Pickups start the free days, drop-offs end them.

    Trading

    Releases and gate-buys move the deal forward.

    All features

    Everything Krak Stack does, grouped by area.

    Common questions

    Yes. Cancelling a pickup restores the container and its booking as they were before.

    The release, return and invoice contacts are set on each organization, so the right people are suggested every time.

    Yes. The release PDF carries your company details and the containers released, ready for the depot gate.

    No. Pickup and drop-off dates cannot be in the future, and a drop-off dated before its pickup needs an explicit confirmation.

    No. The total of releases cannot exceed the active quantity of the deal.

    A release created from a deal reuses the deal number (lease LSGAB202600012 gives RELAB202600012), with a letter for the next ones.

    Read the guides

    Learn more: Guide: release orders, EIR, gate-in and gate-out

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    The release and the return instruction are built from the deal and its containers. The depot and the customer each get the email meant for them, and everyone sees what was sent and when.

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