Online timeslot booking

Warehouse timeslot booking,
done online.

Give carriers and customers a self-service portal to book delivery and collection slots. Set your capacity, spread arrivals across the day and stop running your dock from a phone and a spreadsheet.

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Bookings logged
Live · Dock schedule
BKG-4829 Slot booked 09:14
DCK-12 Bay 12 confirmed 09:13
RMD-3380 Reminder sent 09:12
ARR-2290 Carrier arrived 09:10
CHK-1187 Checked in on slot 09:09
AUD-1188 Booking logged 09:08
BKG-4830 Slot booked 09:06
CAP-77 Capacity updated 09:05
BKG-4829 Slot booked 09:14
DCK-12 Bay 12 confirmed 09:13
RMD-3380 Reminder sent 09:12
ARR-2290 Carrier arrived 09:10
CHK-1187 Checked in on slot 09:09
AUD-1188 Booking logged 09:08
BKG-4830 Slot booked 09:06
CAP-77 Capacity updated 09:05

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The scheduling problem

Phones, emails and spreadsheets
do not scale.

Booking deliveries by phone and email might hold together at low volume. As arrivals grow, double-bookings, no-shows and peak-hour pile-ups turn your dock into a daily scramble.

01

Everyone arrives at once

Without a way to spread arrivals, trucks bank up and the yard gridlocks at peak times.

02

Double-bookings and clashes

A shared spreadsheet has no guardrails, so two trucks land on the same slot.

03

No-shows go unnoticed

A missed booking wastes a bay and a crew, with no record and no warning.

04

Your team is on the phone

Staff spend the day taking and rescheduling bookings instead of working the dock.

05

No single source of truth

Nobody sees the real schedule until someone gets around to updating the sheet.

How online booking works

From request to arrival,
self-served.

A booking workflow that runs itself, so your team manages the exceptions instead of every slot.

  1. 01

    You set capacity

    Define bays, slot lengths and how many arrivals each window can take.

  2. 02

    Carrier opens the portal

    Delivery and collection partners book online, on any device.

  3. 03

    They pick an open slot

    Only available windows show, so there are no clashes or overbooking.

  4. 04

    Booking confirmed instantly

    A confirmation and reference go out automatically.

  5. 05

    Reminders sent

    Automated reminders go out ahead of the slot to cut no-shows.

  6. 06

    Driver checks in

    Self-service check-in on arrival by booking reference or vehicle registration.

  7. 07

    Everything logged

    A complete record of every booking, change and arrival.

Booking, under control

Capacity-aware booking, end to end.

The controls you need to keep arrivals smooth, whatever the volume.

01

Self-service slot booking

Carriers book delivery and collection windows online, any time of day.

02

Capacity controls

Cap arrivals per slot and per bay so no window is ever overloaded.

03

Confirmations and reminders

Automatic confirmations and reminders go out for every booking.

04

Carrier self-service

Partners manage their own bookings, freeing your team from the phone.

05

Live schedule visibility

See the day's bookings, capacity and arrivals in real time.

06

Booking audit trail

Every booking and change recorded for reporting and disputes.

Fits your systems

Plugs into your stack. No double entry.

Online bookings flow into the systems you already run, so your schedule, warehouse and transport data stay aligned without anyone re-keying it.

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Booking questions

Common questions

Everything you need to know about FreightReserve. Still curious? Talk to us.

What is online timeslot booking?
A self-service portal where carriers and customers book delivery or collection windows, instead of arranging them by phone, email or spreadsheet.
Can I control how many trucks arrive per slot?
Yes. Set capacity per slot and per bay, and only available windows are offered, so arrivals stay spread across the day.
Does it reduce no-shows?
Yes. Automatic confirmations and reminders go out for every booking, which cuts missed slots and wasted bays.
Can carriers book themselves?
Yes. Delivery and collection partners book and manage their own slots online on any device, freeing your team from the phone.
Does it work for both deliveries and collections?
Yes. Inbound deliveries and outbound collections are both booked through the same portal.
Will it fit our existing systems?
Yes. Bookings sync with CargoWise, WMS, TMS and customer portals through a secure REST API.
Can we run multiple sites?
Yes. Each site can have its own bays, capacity and rules, with a single view across them all.
How do we get started?
Book a demo and we will set up a booking workflow around your bays and volumes. We respond within one business day.
Get started

Let's get your dock
booking online.

Tell us how arrivals are scheduled today and we will show you a self-service booking workflow built around your bays and capacity.

  • Spread arrivals across the day
  • Stop double-bookings and clashes
  • Cut no-shows with reminders
  • Free your team from the phone
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