Unishippers Shipping

Aptean Ship performs rating, tendering, tracking, and pickup requests for Unishippers’ domestic shipments to the United States (excluding AK and HI). International shipments are not supported. Aptean Ship also prints the straight BOL and package/pallet labels when a shipment is processed.

Supported Options

  • Handling Fee
  • Liftgate Pickup/Delivery
  • Inside Pickup/Delivery
  • Limited Access Pickup/Delivery
  • Notify Before Delivery: If you will map this field to a fixed value of ‘Selected” or a source interface field, map the “Call Before Delivery” field under Shipment Options in Customize Interface.
  • Protection From Cold
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Consolidation

Options To Be Supported

  • Insurance
  • Email BOL

Supported Billing Types

  • Prepaid (Sender)
Note

You should define the 3PL under Setup > Maintain > 3PL and set it up as the default billing option for your Unishippers account if needed.

  • Recipient: The Recipient account number must be specified in the Recipient section.

Shipping

To ship with Unishippers, select the carrier in the Transportation section of the Shipment Editor. Then, choose your Unishippers account from the Account field.

Rating

When the shipment information has been entered in Aptean Ship, click Rate Shipment to retrieve the prices and services of all your contracted carriers in the Rate Quotes section.

General Notes

  • If you have a negotiated contract with a carrier that Unishippers also supports
    as a 3PL, your contract rates are used. However, Unishippers will provide you
    with alternative quotes that you can select.
  • Unishippers only supports the Straight BOL. (VICS is not supported.)
  • Shipments to Alaska and Hawaii are not supported.