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Online Freight Payment System

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TypeCommercial Circular
Topicfreight

Summary

System shall show collection details like Amount Accrued, Amount Confirmed, Amount

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Online Freight Payment System 
 
User Manual 
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USER MANUAL FOR RAILWAYS  
ONLINE FREIGHT PAYMENT SYSTEM 
IMPLEMENTATION IN FOIS APPLICATION 
 
Disclaimer:The User Manual is only to be used for general purpose and for reporting in 
FOIS/TMS Application and is not authorised by Railway Board. In case of any conflict, or 
policy issues, the concerned Rate Circulars along with related instructions issued by Railway 
Board/ Competent Authorities from time to time shall take precedence. 
 
Based on the instructions issued by Railway Board to facilitate the Freight Customers to 
make payment of their Railway dues through Online Payment System via FBD Portal, the 
following new screens/changes have been made in FOIS/TMS Application and FOIS/TMS 
Zonal Queries Application for implementation of these instructions: 
A. Confirmation of Outstanding Amount 
A new screen in FOIS/TMS is designed to confirm / approve the freight outstanding amount. 
The amount thus confirmed by the Railway user shall be visible at FBD portal for customers 
to payment. 
The screen in TMS may be accessed as follows: - 
TMS Main Menu → Charges → Confirmation of Outstanding Amount 
 
Once the RR is generated, its outstanding amount with invoice details shall be visible in the 
screen. Railway user shall verify the outstanding amount and adjust the amount, if required. 
If the user ensures that the outstanding amount is correct, he may confirm the amount. It

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shall be mandatory to confirm the amount before RR collection irrespective of the payment 
mode. 
 
User shall select the invoice by pressing Shift and Space key together. More than one invoice 
may be selected to confirm the freight details. User may confirm the outstanding amounts 
of the selected invoices by using F2 key/ “Mark for Confirm” button on the screen. Then, 
System shall ask the user to re-verify the details and accept captcha to confirm the 
deliberation of user.

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A color indicator is given to identify the confirmed and pending outstanding amount against 
each invoice. Amount confirmation is mandatory before RR collection. Once the amount is 
confirmed, the same cannot be adjusted. so, the user has to be very sure to confirm the 
outstanding amount. After the confirmation of the amount, the same shall be visible on FBD 
portal for the customer, who has to pay the freight. 
 
The Confirmation screen may also be accessed from List of Forwarding Notes, Demurrage 
and Wharfage Screens to confirm Freight, Demurrage and Wharfage charges respectively. It 
is mandatory to confirm all the charges including the Freight/Demurrage/Wharfage/Local 
Charge amount before collection.

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Freight Amount can be confirmed through the Confirm Amount Menu provided in the RR 
Generation Screen and List of Forwarding Note Screen. 
RR Generation Screen 
 
List of Forwarding Note Screen 
 
Demurrage Amount can be confirmed through the Confirm Amount Menu provided in the 
Demurrage Collection/Detention Screen and Demurrage Collection Screen for collection 
against Customer Screen.

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Demurrage Collection/Detention Screen 
 
Demurrage Collection Screen (Monthly Collection against Customer) 
 
Wharfage Amount can be confirmed through the Confirm Amount Menu provided in the 
Wharfage Collection Screen.

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Wharfage Collection Screen 
 
B. Adjustment of Demurrage/Wharfage Amount 
Demurrage/Wharfage Charges accrued by the System shall be included in the Balance 
Sheet automatically. Any modification required in the amount may be reported through 
Adjustment screen. The same message shall be displayed on Demurrage/Wharfage screen. 
For Adjustment, a new screen is designed to adjust Demurrage and Wharfage amount. The 
adjustment menu

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