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How to Duplicate a Shipment

This article walks you through duplicating an existing shipment. Duplicating is useful for recurring lanes, repeat customers, or when you need to build several similar loads quickly without re-entering common details.

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Written by Rocco Pascente

đŸŽ„ Video walkthrough: watch this step on YouTube. A short recorded demo of exactly these steps.

1. Open the shipment

Open the shipment you want to duplicate.

2. Open the more options menu

Click the"..."button at the top right of the shipment, to the left of the Go to polt.ai driver app button. Select Duplicate. The Duplicate shipment dialog opens.

3. Choose how many duplicates to create

In the Duplicates # field, enter the number of copies you want to create. Defaults to 1.

4. Choose which details to copy over

Under Duplicate options, check the sections you want carried over to each duplicate. By default, most are checked:

  • Freight details

  • Commodity

  • Freight requirements

  • Stops

  • Carrier

  • Vehicle & ELD

  • Mileage & line haul

  • Customer fuel surcharges

  • Carrier fuel surcharges

  • Reference numbers

  • Instructions

Unchecked by default (you'll need to toggle these on if you want them):

  • Customer accessorial charges

  • Carrier accessorial charges

Note: Accessorials are off by default because they are usually load-specific. Carrying them over to a duplicate would inflate the rate on the new shipment incorrectly. Only check these if you know the same accessorials apply.

5. Choose how to handle shipment details

Under Shipment details, choose one:

  • Modify shipment details — you'll be walked through each duplicate to manually adjust details (dates, reference numbers, etc.) before saving

  • Keep details unchanged — all duplicates are saved exactly as configured, with no further input

Tip: If you're creating duplicates for different pickup dates, choose Modify shipment details so you can update each one's dates as you go.

6. Create the duplicates

Click Next to proceed. If you chose Modify shipment details, you'll be walked through each duplicate. If you chose Keep details unchanged, the duplicates are saved immediately.

The new shipments appear on the Shipments dashboard with Open status.

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