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+# Contract seed driver
+
+Creates freight contracts across every flow variant by driving the freight API
+over HTTP end-to-end — from DRAFT through **both signatures** (customer sign +
+staff counter-sign). It stops right after the staff counter-sign; no clearance
+or booking steps are run.
+
+## What it builds
+
+20 real flows (movement × kind × customs × freight), each created twice → **40
+contracts** on `all`.
+
+| Movement | Kind | Customs | Freight | Count |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| intercity (DOMESTIC) | one-time / general | without only¹ | bulk / container | 4 |
+| import (IMPORT) | one-time / general | with / without | bulk / container | 8 |
+| export (EXPORT) | one-time / general | with / without | bulk / container | 8 |
+
+¹ intercity + customs is not a real combo — DOMESTIC has no clearance gate, so
+the customs flag is ignored. Those four are skipped, leaving 20 (16 working + 4
+`with-customs + bulk`).
+
+The four `with-customs + bulk` flows are still built here: the known break is
+downstream in clearance (customs output docs are container-only), which this
+script does not reach, so all 20 reach a signed state.
+
+## Terminal status after both signatures (by dimension)
+
+- DOMESTIC one-time → `FULLY_EXECUTED`
+- any GENERAL, and DOMESTIC general → `CONTRACT_ACTIVE`
+- IMPORT/EXPORT one-time (customs or self-clearance) → `AWAITING_CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS`
+  (fully signed; clearance not driven)
+
+## Setup
+
+```bash
+cd apps/edr-freight-api/py
+python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+cp .env.example .env      # then fill it in
+```
+
+Fill `.env`: customer + admin IAM credentials (admin should be a **super_admin**),
+`OTP_PHONE`, and the Postgres connection (used only to read the sign-OTP).
+
+## Run
+
+```bash
+python create_contracts.py                 # all 20 flows
+python create_contracts.py intercity       # only DOMESTIC flows (4)
+python create_contracts.py import          # only IMPORT flows (8)
+python create_contracts.py import export   # IMPORT + EXPORT (16)
+```
+
+Filters are by movement: `intercity`, `import`, `export` (pass one or many);
+no arg or `all` runs everything.
+
+## How auth + OTP work
+
+- **Login**: `POST /api/auth/login` with `{ email, password }` returns a JWT
+  (`token`), sent as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`. MFA accounts are not
+  supported — the script errors out clearly if MFA is required.
+- **Actors**: the customer token does create/submit/customer-sign; the admin
+  token does staff-accept/approve/generate/counter-sign.
+- **Sign OTP**: customer sign needs a fresh 6-digit OTP. The script calls
+  `POST /api/otp/send { phone }`, reads the plaintext code from
+  `<schema>.otp_verifications` in Postgres, then signs within the 5-minute TTL.
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Seed freight contracts across every flow variant, driven end-to-end over HTTP.
+
+For each flow the script logs in, creates a DRAFT contract, and pushes it through
+the lifecycle up to and INCLUDING both signatures (customer sign + staff
+counter-sign). It STOPS after the staff counter-sign — no clearance, no booking.
+
+Flow dimensions (3 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 24 combos, but only the 20 real ones are built):
+  movement : intercity(DOMESTIC) | import(IMPORT) | export(EXPORT)
+  kind     : one-time(ONE_TIME)  | general(GENERAL)
+  customs  : without | with        (customsClearingEnabled)
+  freight  : bulk(BULK) | container(CONTAINER)
+
+intercity + customs is dropped (DOMESTIC ignores customs → no real combo), which
+removes 4 dead combos and leaves 20 flows (16 working + 4 customs+bulk whose
+break is downstream in clearance). Each is created twice → 40 contracts on `all`.
+
+CLI (filter by movement, pass one or many):
+    python create_contracts.py                 # all 20 flows
+    python create_contracts.py all             # all 20 flows
+    python create_contracts.py intercity       # only DOMESTIC flows
+    python create_contracts.py import          # only IMPORT flows
+    python create_contracts.py import export   # IMPORT + EXPORT flows
+
+Config comes from .env (see .env.example). Requires: requests, psycopg,
+python-dotenv (see requirements.txt).
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import base64
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import psycopg
+import requests
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+HERE = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+load_dotenv(HERE / ".env")
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Config
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+API_URL = os.getenv("FREIGHT_API_URL", "http://localhost:3001/api").rstrip("/")
+
+CUSTOMER_EMAIL = os.getenv("CUSTOMER_EMAIL", "")
+CUSTOMER_PASSWORD = os.getenv("CUSTOMER_PASSWORD", "")
+ADMIN_EMAIL = os.getenv("ADMIN_EMAIL", "")
+ADMIN_PASSWORD = os.getenv("ADMIN_PASSWORD", "")
+
+# Phone the sign-OTP is sent to and read back from Postgres. Resolved at runtime
+# from the customer's own IAM profile (GET /api/me → phoneNumber). OTP_PHONE is an
+# optional override / fallback used only when the customer has no phone on file.
+# The sign endpoint keys the OTP purely on this number, so it just has to be the
+# same value for "send" and "read".
+OTP_PHONE = os.getenv("OTP_PHONE", "")
+OTP_PHONE_FALLBACK = os.getenv("OTP_PHONE_FALLBACK", "251900000000")
+
+# DB connection used ONLY to read the plaintext sign-OTP from freight.otp_verifications.
+DB_HOST = os.getenv("DB_HOST", "localhost")
+DB_PORT = os.getenv("DB_PORT", "5432")
+DB_NAME = os.getenv("DB_NAME", "edr_dev")
+DB_USER = os.getenv("DB_USER", "postgres")
+DB_PASSWORD = os.getenv("DB_PASSWORD", "")
+DB_SCHEMA = os.getenv("DB_SCHEMA", "freight")
+
+WAAFI = HERE / "waafi.jpeg"
+
+VALIDITY_DAYS = int(os.getenv("VALIDITY_DAYS", "365"))
+CONTRACTS_PER_FLOW = int(os.getenv("CONTRACTS_PER_FLOW", "2"))
+REQUEST_TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv("REQUEST_TIMEOUT", "60"))
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Flow matrix — the 20 real flows
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Flow:
+    movement: str          # intercity | import | export
+    trade_direction: str   # DOMESTIC | IMPORT | EXPORT
+    kind: str              # ONE_TIME | GENERAL
+    customs: bool          # customsClearingEnabled
+    freight: str           # BULK | CONTAINER
+
+    @property
+    def label(self) -> str:
+        return (
+            f"{self.movement}+{'general' if self.kind == 'GENERAL' else 'one-time'}"
+            f"+{'with' if self.customs else 'no'}-customs"
+            f"+{self.freight.lower()}"
+        )
+
+
+def build_flow_matrix() -> list[Flow]:
+    movements = [
+        ("intercity", "DOMESTIC"),
+        ("import", "IMPORT"),
+        ("export", "EXPORT"),
+    ]
+    kinds = ["ONE_TIME", "GENERAL"]
+    freights = ["BULK", "CONTAINER"]
+
+    flows: list[Flow] = []
+    for movement, direction in movements:
+        # DOMESTIC ignores customs (no clearance gate) → customs=True is not a
+        # real combo. Only build without-customs for intercity.
+        customs_options = [False] if direction == "DOMESTIC" else [False, True]
+        for kind in kinds:
+            for customs in customs_options:
+                for freight in freights:
+                    flows.append(Flow(movement, direction, kind, customs, freight))
+    return flows
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# HTTP client
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+class ApiError(RuntimeError):
+    def __init__(self, method: str, path: str, resp: requests.Response):
+        body = resp.text
+        try:
+            body = resp.json()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        super().__init__(f"{method} {path} -> {resp.status_code}: {body}")
+        self.status_code = resp.status_code
+
+
+class Client:
+    """Thin wrapper that carries a bearer token."""
+
+    def __init__(self, name: str, token: str | None = None):
+        self.name = name
+        self.token = token
+
+    def _headers(self, extra: dict[str, str] | None = None) -> dict[str, str]:
+        h: dict[str, str] = {}
+        if self.token:
+            h["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {self.token}"
+        if extra:
+            h.update(extra)
+        return h
+
+    def get(self, path: str, params: dict | None = None) -> Any:
+        r = requests.get(
+            f"{API_URL}{path}",
+            headers=self._headers(),
+            params=params,
+            timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
+        )
+        if not r.ok:
+            raise ApiError("GET", path, r)
+        return r.json() if r.content else None
+
+    def post_json(self, path: str, body: dict | None = None) -> Any:
+        r = requests.post(
+            f"{API_URL}{path}",
+            headers=self._headers({"Content-Type": "application/json"}),
+            json=body or {},
+            timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
+        )
+        if not r.ok:
+            raise ApiError("POST", path, r)
+        return r.json() if r.content else None
+
+    def post_multipart(
+        self, path: str, data: dict[str, str], files: list[tuple] | None = None
+    ) -> Any:
+        r = requests.post(
+            f"{API_URL}{path}",
+            headers=self._headers(),  # requests sets multipart Content-Type
+            data=data,
+            files=files or [],
+            timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
+        )
+        if not r.ok:
+            raise ApiError("POST", path, r)
+        return r.json() if r.content else None
+
+
+def login(email: str, password: str, who: str) -> Client:
+    r = requests.post(
+        f"{API_URL}/auth/login",
+        json={"email": email, "password": password},
+        timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
+    )
+    if not r.ok:
+        raise ApiError("POST", "/auth/login", r)
+    payload = r.json()
+    if payload.get("mfaRequired"):
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f"{who} login requires MFA — this script cannot complete an MFA login. "
+            "Disable MFA for the seed account or supply a non-MFA account."
+        )
+    token = payload.get("token")
+    if not token:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"{who} login returned no token: {payload}")
+    return Client(who, token)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# OTP — send + read from Postgres
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def resolve_otp_phone(customer: Client) -> str:
+    """Phone the sign-OTP is sent to. Prefer the customer's own IAM profile phone
+    (GET /api/me → phoneNumber); fall back to OTP_PHONE, then OTP_PHONE_FALLBACK.
+    The value only has to be consistent between send + DB read."""
+    phone = ""
+    try:
+        me = customer.get("/me") or {}
+        phone = (me.get("phoneNumber") or "").strip()
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    phone = phone or OTP_PHONE or OTP_PHONE_FALLBACK
+    if not phone:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            "Could not resolve an OTP phone (customer has none, and neither "
+            "OTP_PHONE nor OTP_PHONE_FALLBACK is set)."
+        )
+    return phone
+
+
+def send_otp(customer: Client, phone: str) -> None:
+    # POST /api/otp/send is @Public — no token needed, but sending one is harmless.
+    customer.post_json("/otp/send", {"phone": phone})
+
+
+def read_otp_from_db(phone: str) -> str:
+    """Read the freshest plaintext OTP for `phone` from freight.otp_verifications."""
+    dsn = (
+        f"host={DB_HOST} port={DB_PORT} dbname={DB_NAME} "
+        f"user={DB_USER} password={DB_PASSWORD}"
+    )
+    with psycopg.connect(dsn) as conn:
+        with conn.cursor() as cur:
+            cur.execute(
+                f'SELECT otp FROM "{DB_SCHEMA}".otp_verifications '
+                "WHERE phone = %s ORDER BY updated_at DESC LIMIT 1",
+                (phone,),
+            )
+            row = cur.fetchone()
+    if not row:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"No OTP row found for phone {phone} in {DB_SCHEMA}.otp_verifications")
+    return str(row[0])
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Reference-data lookups (yards / service types / cargo types)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+@dataclass
+class RefData:
+    yards: list[dict] = field(default_factory=list)
+    service_types: list[dict] = field(default_factory=list)
+    cargo_types: list[dict] = field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+def _as_items(resp: Any) -> list[dict]:
+    if isinstance(resp, list):
+        return resp
+    if isinstance(resp, dict):
+        return resp.get("items") or resp.get("data") or []
+    return []
+
+
+def load_ref_data(client: Client) -> RefData:
+    ref = RefData(
+        yards=_as_items(client.get("/yards")),
+        service_types=_as_items(client.get("/service-types")),
+        cargo_types=_as_items(client.get("/cargo-types")),
+    )
+    if len(ref.yards) < 2:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Need >=2 yards, got {len(ref.yards)}. Seed yards first.")
+    if not ref.service_types:
+        raise RuntimeError("No service types found. Seed service types first.")
+    if not ref.cargo_types:
+        raise RuntimeError("No cargo types found. Seed cargo types first.")
+    return ref
+
+
+def pick_service_type(ref: RefData, wants_customs: bool) -> str:
+    """Prefer a service type whose includesCustoms matches the flow's customs need."""
+    for st in ref.service_types:
+        if bool(st.get("includesCustoms")) == wants_customs:
+            return st["id"]
+    # Fall back to any — customsClearingEnabled on the contract still drives the flow.
+    return ref.service_types[0]["id"]
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Contract payload builder
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def build_create_payload(flow: Flow, ref: RefData, idx: int) -> dict[str, str]:
+    """Return multipart form fields. Booleans as 'true'/'false' strings; nested
+    arrays as JSON strings (implicit conversion is off in the API)."""
+    import json
+
+    origin = ref.yards[0]["id"]
+    destination = ref.yards[1]["id"]
+    service_type_id = pick_service_type(ref, flow.customs)
+
+    # Cargo scope: CONTAINER -> >=1 size row; BULK -> exactly one cargo-type row.
+    if flow.freight == "CONTAINER":
+        cargo_scope = [{"containerSize": "20ft"}]
+        if flow.kind == "GENERAL":
+            cargo_scope[0]["quantityCap"] = 10
+    else:  # BULK
+        cargo_scope = [{"cargoTypeId": ref.cargo_types[0]["id"]}]
+        if flow.kind == "GENERAL":
+            cargo_scope[0]["quantityCap"] = 1000
+
+    # Routes: ONE_TIME -> exactly 1; GENERAL -> 1..N (one is fine).
+    routes = [{"originYardId": origin, "destinationYardId": destination, "sortOrder": 0}]
+
+    fields: dict[str, str] = {
+        "contractKind": flow.kind,
+        "tradeDirection": flow.trade_direction,
+        "freightType": flow.freight,
+        "serviceTypeId": service_type_id,
+        "paymentCurrency": "ETB",
+        "customsClearingEnabled": "true" if flow.customs else "false",
+        "contractType": "SPOT",
+        "cargoScope": json.dumps(cargo_scope),
+        "routes": json.dumps(routes),
+    }
+    if flow.customs:
+        fields["customsClearingAgent"] = "Seed Agent"
+    return fields
+
+
+def signature_b64() -> str:
+    return base64.b64encode(WAAFI.read_bytes()).decode()
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Lifecycle driver — create → submit → accept → approve → generate → sign x2
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def waafi_file_tuple(field_name: str) -> tuple:
+    return (field_name, (WAAFI.name, WAAFI.read_bytes(), "image/jpeg"))
+
+
+def drive_flow(
+    flow: Flow, idx: int, customer: Client, admin: Client, ref: RefData, otp_phone: str
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    result: dict[str, Any] = {"flow": flow.label, "n": idx, "status": None}
+
+    # S1 — create (customer, multipart, waafi attached as intake doc)
+    fields = build_create_payload(flow, ref, idx)
+    contract = customer.post_multipart(
+        "/contracts", data=fields, files=[waafi_file_tuple("intake_document")]
+    )
+    cid = contract["id"]
+    result["contractId"] = cid
+    result["reference"] = contract.get("reference")
+
+    # S2 — submit (customer). May go to PRICE_CHANGED_PENDING_CONFIRM → confirm.
+    contract = customer.post_json(f"/contracts/{cid}/submit")
+    if (contract or {}).get("status") == "PRICE_CHANGED_PENDING_CONFIRM":
+        contract = customer.post_json(f"/contracts/{cid}/confirm-submit")
+
+    # S3 — staff accept (admin) → PENDING_APPROVAL + approval chain
+    admin.post_json(f"/contracts/{cid}/staff/accept", {"validityDays": VALIDITY_DAYS})
+
+    # S4 — approve every pending step IN ORDER with its exact requiredRole (admin)
+    approve_all_steps(admin, cid)
+
+    # S5 — generate contract document (admin) → CONTRACT_READY
+    admin.post_json(f"/contracts/{cid}/contract/generate")
+
+    # S6 — customer sign (needs OTP) → SIGNED_CUSTOMER
+    send_otp(customer, otp_phone)
+    time.sleep(1.0)  # let the OTP row land
+    otp = read_otp_from_db(otp_phone)
+    customer.post_json(
+        f"/contracts/{cid}/contract/sign",
+        {
+            "role": "CUSTOMER",
+            "signatureImageBase64": signature_b64(),
+            "signerDisplayName": "Seed Customer",
+            "consentText": "I agree.",
+            "otp": otp,
+            "otpPhone": otp_phone,
+        },
+    )
+
+    # S7 — staff counter-sign (admin) → FULLY_EXECUTED / CONTRACT_ACTIVE /
+    #       AWAITING_CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS depending on dimension. STOP HERE.
+    signed = admin.post_json(
+        f"/contracts/{cid}/contract/sign",
+        {
+            "role": "STAFF",
+            "signatureImageBase64": signature_b64(),
+            "signerDisplayName": "Seed Staff",
+            "consentText": "Countersigned.",
+        },
+    )
+    result["status"] = (signed or {}).get("status")
+    return result
+
+
+def approve_all_steps(admin: Client, cid: str) -> None:
+    """Read the contract, approve each PENDING approval step in order. Superadmin
+    can approve any role, but the endpoint still checks step.requiredRole == body,
+    so we echo the step's own requiredRole back."""
+    guard = 0
+    while True:
+        guard += 1
+        if guard > 12:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Approval loop exceeded 12 iterations for {cid}")
+        contract = admin.get(f"/contracts/{cid}")
+        steps = contract.get("approvalSteps") or []
+        pending = [s for s in steps if s.get("status") == "PENDING"]
+        if not pending:
+            return
+        # findNextPendingApprovalStep orders by sequence; sort the same way.
+        pending.sort(key=lambda s: s.get("sequence", s.get("sortOrder", 0)))
+        step = pending[0]
+        admin.post_json(
+            f"/contracts/{cid}/approval-steps/{step['id']}/approve",
+            {"requiredRole": step["requiredRole"]},
+        )
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Main
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+VALID_FILTERS = {"all", "intercity", "import", "export"}
+
+
+def parse_filters(argv: list[str]) -> set[str]:
+    args = [a.lower() for a in argv[1:]]
+    if not args or "all" in args:
+        return {"intercity", "import", "export"}
+    unknown = set(args) - VALID_FILTERS
+    if unknown:
+        raise SystemExit(
+            f"Unknown filter(s): {', '.join(sorted(unknown))}. "
+            f"Valid: {', '.join(sorted(VALID_FILTERS))}"
+        )
+    return set(args)
+
+
+def require_config() -> None:
+    missing = [
+        name
+        for name, val in [
+            ("CUSTOMER_EMAIL", CUSTOMER_EMAIL),
+            ("CUSTOMER_PASSWORD", CUSTOMER_PASSWORD),
+            ("ADMIN_EMAIL", ADMIN_EMAIL),
+            ("ADMIN_PASSWORD", ADMIN_PASSWORD),
+        ]
+        if not val
+    ]
+    if missing:
+        raise SystemExit(f"Missing required .env keys: {', '.join(missing)}")
+    if not WAAFI.exists():
+        raise SystemExit(f"Missing signature/upload image: {WAAFI}")
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    require_config()
+    wanted = parse_filters(sys.argv)
+
+    flows = [f for f in build_flow_matrix() if f.movement in wanted]
+    total = len(flows) * CONTRACTS_PER_FLOW
+    print(f"API      : {API_URL}")
+    print(f"Filters  : {', '.join(sorted(wanted))}")
+    print(f"Flows    : {len(flows)}  x {CONTRACTS_PER_FLOW} = {total} contracts\n")
+
+    print("Logging in...")
+    customer = login(CUSTOMER_EMAIL, CUSTOMER_PASSWORD, "customer")
+    admin = login(ADMIN_EMAIL, ADMIN_PASSWORD, "admin")
+
+    otp_phone = resolve_otp_phone(customer)
+    print(f"OTP phone: {otp_phone}")
+
+    print("Loading reference data...")
+    ref = load_ref_data(admin)
+
+    results: list[dict] = []
+    for flow in flows:
+        for n in range(1, CONTRACTS_PER_FLOW + 1):
+            tag = f"[{flow.label} #{n}]"
+            try:
+                res = drive_flow(flow, n, customer, admin, ref, otp_phone)
+                print(f"  OK   {tag} {res['reference']} -> {res['status']}")
+                results.append(res)
+            except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — report and continue
+                print(f"  FAIL {tag} {exc}")
+                results.append({"flow": flow.label, "n": n, "error": str(exc)})
+
+    ok = [r for r in results if not r.get("error")]
+    bad = [r for r in results if r.get("error")]
+    print(f"\nDone. {len(ok)} created, {len(bad)} failed, {total} attempted.")
+    if bad:
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
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+requests>=2.31
+psycopg[binary]>=3.1
+python-dotenv>=1.0
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diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/1950000000000-AddWindowCloseHour.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/1950000000000-AddWindowCloseHour.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ff9bdc12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/1950000000000-AddWindowCloseHour.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from "typeorm";
+
+/**
+ * Add the daily booking-desk close hour.
+ *
+ * The import booking window used to reopen only within the same EAT calendar day
+ * as its close; a cycle whose reopen crossed midnight died at CLOSED_FOR_DAY with
+ * capacity still free. The window now runs a daily office range [openHour,
+ * closeHour): a not-yet-full train pauses at closeHour and resumes the next
+ * morning at openHour, every day until it fills or departs. openHour === closeHour
+ * means a 24-hour desk.
+ *
+ * `window_close_hour` on the global-rules singleton is the live config; the
+ * matching `rule_window_close_hour` snapshot on each schedule freezes it at
+ * creation so the batch board keeps drawing the window the customer was shown.
+ * Both default/backfill to 17:00 (5 PM), the previous implicit office close.
+ */
+export class AddWindowCloseHour1950000000000 implements MigrationInterface {
+  name = "AddWindowCloseHour1950000000000";
+
+  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    await queryRunner.query(`
+      ALTER TABLE freight.train_scheduling_global_rules
+        ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS window_close_hour integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 17;
+    `);
+
+    await queryRunner.query(`
+      ALTER TABLE freight.train_schedules
+        ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS rule_window_close_hour integer;
+    `);
+
+    // Backfill the snapshot from the global-rules singleton so pre-existing
+    // schedules keep projecting reopen cycles.
+    await queryRunner.query(`
+      UPDATE freight.train_schedules ts
+      SET rule_window_close_hour = COALESCE(ts.rule_window_close_hour, r.window_close_hour)
+      FROM freight.train_scheduling_global_rules r
+      WHERE ts.rule_window_close_hour IS NULL;
+    `);
+  }
+
+  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    await queryRunner.query(`
+      ALTER TABLE freight.train_schedules
+        DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS rule_window_close_hour;
+    `);
+    await queryRunner.query(`
+      ALTER TABLE freight.train_scheduling_global_rules
+        DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS window_close_hour;
+    `);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/clearance.util.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/clearance.util.spec.ts
index a7bd13c28..ac21b2dce 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/clearance.util.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/clearance.util.spec.ts
@@ -42,8 +42,13 @@ describe('clearance.util — clearanceOutputSettingCode', () => {
     expect(clearanceOutputSettingCode('IMPORT', 'CONTAINER', false)).toBeNull();
   });
 
-  it('returns null for bulk (no container output set) and domestic', () => {
-    expect(clearanceOutputSettingCode('IMPORT', 'BULK', true)).toBeNull();
+  it('resolves bulk output sets (mirrors container) and returns null for domestic', () => {
+    expect(clearanceOutputSettingCode('IMPORT', 'BULK', true)).toBe(
+      'clearance_output_import_bulk',
+    );
+    expect(clearanceOutputSettingCode('EXPORT', 'BULK', true)).toBe(
+      'clearance_output_export_bulk',
+    );
     expect(clearanceOutputSettingCode('DOMESTIC', 'CONTAINER', true)).toBeNull();
   });
 });
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/clearance.util.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/clearance.util.ts
index 2e2865d8b..6d7b86c8f 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/clearance.util.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/clearance.util.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export function clearanceSettingCode(
   return `clearance_${op}_${freight}_${customs}`;
 }
 
-/** The GL-output (customs output) setting code; only container customs sets exist. */
+/** The GL-output (customs output) setting code, keyed on op + freight. */
 export function clearanceOutputSettingCode(
   tradeDirection: string,
   freightType: string,
@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ export function clearanceOutputSettingCode(
   if (!includesCustoms) return null;
   const op = operationFor(tradeDirection);
   if (!op) return null;
-  // Only container customs output sets are seeded for this phase.
-  if (freightFor(freightType) !== 'container') return null;
-  return `clearance_output_${op}_container`;
+  const freight = freightFor(freightType);
+  return `clearance_output_${op}_${freight}`;
 }
 
 /** Convenience: resolve both codes for a loaded booking (with its serviceType). */
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-clearance.util.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-clearance.util.ts
index 9b108ce75..bc1b4ad49 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-clearance.util.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-clearance.util.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export function contractClearanceSettingCode(
   return `contract_clearance_${op}_${freight}`;
 }
 
-/** The GL-output (customs output) setting code; only container customs sets exist. */
+/** The GL-output (customs output) setting code, keyed on op + freight. */
 export function contractClearanceOutputSettingCode(
   tradeDirection: string,
   freightType: string,
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ export function contractClearanceOutputSettingCode(
   if (!includesCustoms) return null;
   const op = operationFor(tradeDirection);
   if (!op) return null;
-  if (freightFor(freightType) !== 'container') return null;
-  return `contract_clearance_output_${op}_container`;
+  const freight = freightFor(freightType);
+  return `contract_clearance_output_${op}_${freight}`;
 }
 
 /** Convenience: resolve both codes for a loaded contract. */
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/gl-operations.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/gl-operations.service.ts
index e639f0867..72e2d14d9 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/gl-operations.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/gl-operations.service.ts
@@ -244,9 +244,10 @@ export class GlOperationsService {
   }
 
   /**
-   * T1 transit-document lifecycle state for an import shipment booking. Wagon
-   * allocation opens the upload window; train departure locks it; train arrival
-   * lets GL Ethiopia close (accept) the T1 set.
+   * T1 transit-document lifecycle state for an import shipment booking. The
+   * gate pass (secured on the train schedule after wagon allocation) opens the
+   * upload window; train departure locks it; train arrival lets GL Ethiopia
+   * close (accept) the T1 set.
    */
   async t1State(bookingId: string): Promise<Freight.ClearanceT1State> {
     const train = await this.trainState(bookingId);
@@ -269,7 +270,8 @@ export class GlOperationsService {
   }
 
   /**
-   * GL Djibouti uploads T1 transport documents (multi-file) after wagon allocation.
+   * GL Djibouti uploads T1 transport documents (multi-file) once the gate pass
+   * is secured on the train schedule (which itself follows wagon allocation).
    * Replaces the previous batch; locked once the train departs or T1 is closed.
    */
   async uploadT1Documents(
@@ -287,6 +289,12 @@ export class GlOperationsService {
         'Wagons must be allocated before T1 transport documents can be uploaded.',
       );
     }
+    const gatepass = await this.gatepassForBooking(bookingId);
+    if (!gatepass.granted) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'Secure the Djibouti gate pass on the train schedule before uploading T1 transport documents.',
+      );
+    }
     if (state.closed) {
       throw new BadRequestException('T1 has been closed by GL Ethiopia — documents are final.');
     }
@@ -303,7 +311,8 @@ export class GlOperationsService {
   /**
    * Close (accept) the T1/transport document set.
    * Import: GL Ethiopia closes once the train has arrived (T1 files required).
-   * Export: GL Djibouti closes after the gate pass (transport document required).
+   * Export: GL Djibouti closes once the train arrives at Djibouti (transport
+   * document required).
    */
   async closeT1(
     bookingId: string,
@@ -337,10 +346,9 @@ export class GlOperationsService {
           'The transport document must be uploaded before T1 can be closed.',
         );
       }
-      const gatepass = await this.gatepassForBooking(bookingId);
-      if (!gatepass.granted) {
+      if (!state.trainArrivedAt) {
         throw new BadRequestException(
-          'Secure the Djibouti gate pass on the train schedule before closing T1.',
+          'The train has not arrived at Djibouti yet — T1 can be closed only after arrival.',
         );
       }
       // Export bookings seeded before T1_CLOSED joined the catalog lack the row.
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-schedules/entities/train-schedule.entity.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-schedules/entities/train-schedule.entity.ts
index 0cc07dacc..f82d9696d 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-schedules/entities/train-schedule.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-schedules/entities/train-schedule.entity.ts
@@ -120,9 +120,17 @@ export class TrainSchedule extends BaseEntity {
   @Column({ name: 'rule_window_open_hour', type: 'int', nullable: true })
   ruleWindowOpenHour?: number | null;
 
+  /** EAT hour the daily booking desk shuts (equals open hour for a 24h desk). */
+  @Column({ name: 'rule_window_close_hour', type: 'int', nullable: true })
+  ruleWindowCloseHour?: number | null;
+
   @Column({ name: 'rule_window_duration_hours', type: 'numeric', precision: 6, scale: 4, nullable: true })
   ruleWindowDurationHours?: number | null;
 
+  /**
+   * Frozen reopen gap = doc-review + payment minutes at creation. The board
+   * projects each next cycle at close + this delay, then snaps it into office hours.
+   */
   @Column({ name: 'rule_reopen_delay_minutes', type: 'int', nullable: true })
   ruleReopenDelayMinutes?: number | null;
 
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/batch-window.util.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/batch-window.util.spec.ts
index 764589b73..4e1770dfb 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/batch-window.util.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/batch-window.util.spec.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   BATCH_WINDOW_START_HOURS,
   listConfigBookingWindows,
   groupBookingsIntoBoardWindows,
+  computeImportWindowTimes,
   type BoardWindowConfig,
 } from './batch-window.util';
 
@@ -54,11 +55,145 @@ describe('batch-window.util', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('computeImportWindowTimes — first-window open respects office hours', () => {
+  // Departs Mon 06 Jul 08:00 EAT (05:00 UTC). Lead 3 days → anchor 03 Jul 08:00
+  // EAT (05:00 UTC). Bounded desk 08:00–17:00, 15h window.
+  const departure = new Date('2026-07-06T05:00:00.000Z');
+  const bounded = {
+    importWindowLeadDays: 3,
+    windowOpenHour: 8,
+    windowCloseHour: 17,
+    windowDurationHours: 15,
+  };
+
+  it('opens at the morning anchor when now is before the lead window', () => {
+    // Now = 02 Jul 06:00 EAT (before the 03 Jul anchor).
+    const now = new Date('2026-07-02T03:00:00.000Z');
+    const { windowOpensAt } = computeImportWindowTimes(departure, bounded, now);
+    // Anchor: 03 Jul 08:00 EAT = 05:00 UTC.
+    expect(windowOpensAt.toISOString()).toBe('2026-07-03T05:00:00.000Z');
+  });
+
+  it('opens NOW when inside the lead window and inside office hours (past the anchor)', () => {
+    // Now = 05 Jul 12:00 EAT (09:00 UTC): inside lead days, inside 08:00–17:00,
+    // anchor already passed → open immediately.
+    const now = new Date('2026-07-05T09:00:00.000Z');
+    const { windowOpensAt } = computeImportWindowTimes(departure, bounded, now);
+    expect(windowOpensAt.toISOString()).toBe('2026-07-05T09:00:00.000Z');
+  });
+
+  it('waits for next morning when now is after the desk closes', () => {
+    // Departs 06 Jul 14:00 EAT (11:00 UTC) so next-morning open sits before departure.
+    // Now = 05 Jul 18:00 EAT (15:00 UTC): after 17:00 close → open 06 Jul 08:00 EAT.
+    const lateDeparture = new Date('2026-07-06T11:00:00.000Z');
+    const now = new Date('2026-07-05T15:00:00.000Z');
+    const { windowOpensAt } = computeImportWindowTimes(lateDeparture, bounded, now);
+    // 06 Jul 08:00 EAT = 05:00 UTC.
+    expect(windowOpensAt.toISOString()).toBe('2026-07-06T05:00:00.000Z');
+  });
+
+  it('opens this morning when now is before the desk opens on a lead day', () => {
+    // Now = 05 Jul 06:00 EAT (03:00 UTC): inside lead days but before 08:00 → 08:00 today.
+    const now = new Date('2026-07-05T03:00:00.000Z');
+    const { windowOpensAt } = computeImportWindowTimes(departure, bounded, now);
+    expect(windowOpensAt.toISOString()).toBe('2026-07-05T05:00:00.000Z');
+  });
+
+  it('24-hour desk opens NOW at any hour, day or night, once inside the lead window', () => {
+    // Round-the-clock desk (open === close). Now = 05 Jul 03:00 EAT (00:00 UTC),
+    // deep night, past the anchor → open immediately.
+    const roundClock = { ...bounded, windowOpenHour: 8, windowCloseHour: 8 };
+    const now = new Date('2026-07-05T00:00:00.000Z');
+    const { windowOpensAt } = computeImportWindowTimes(departure, roundClock, now);
+    expect(windowOpensAt.toISOString()).toBe('2026-07-05T00:00:00.000Z');
+  });
+
+  it('caps the close at departure', () => {
+    // Opens now (05 Jul 12:00 EAT); a 24h duration would close 06 Jul 12:00 EAT,
+    // past the 06 Jul 08:00 departure → clamped to departure.
+    const now = new Date('2026-07-05T09:00:00.000Z');
+    const { windowClosesAt } = computeImportWindowTimes(
+      departure,
+      { ...bounded, windowDurationHours: 24 },
+      now,
+    );
+    expect(windowClosesAt.toISOString()).toBe(departure.toISOString());
+  });
+
+  describe('overnight desk (open > close, wraps past midnight)', () => {
+    // Desk open 08:00, closes 05:00 next morning — open across midnight.
+    const overnight = { ...bounded, windowOpenHour: 8, windowCloseHour: 5 };
+
+    it('opens NOW at 00:00 (deep night is INSIDE the overnight window)', () => {
+      // Now = 05 Jul 00:00 EAT (04 Jul 21:00 UTC): after midnight, before 05:00 →
+      // inside the overnight desk → open immediately. This is the reported bug.
+      const now = new Date('2026-07-04T21:00:00.000Z');
+      const { windowOpensAt } = computeImportWindowTimes(departure, overnight, now);
+      expect(windowOpensAt.toISOString()).toBe('2026-07-04T21:00:00.000Z');
+    });
+
+    it('opens NOW at 22:00 (evening is INSIDE the overnight window)', () => {
+      // Now = 05 Jul 22:00 EAT (19:00 UTC): after 08:00 open → inside → open now.
+      const now = new Date('2026-07-05T19:00:00.000Z');
+      const { windowOpensAt } = computeImportWindowTimes(departure, overnight, now);
+      expect(windowOpensAt.toISOString()).toBe('2026-07-05T19:00:00.000Z');
+    });
+
+    it('waits to 08:00 when now is in the daytime gap [05:00, 08:00)', () => {
+      // Now = 05 Jul 06:00 EAT (03:00 UTC): desk shut (gap) → open 08:00 today.
+      const now = new Date('2026-07-05T03:00:00.000Z');
+      const { windowOpensAt } = computeImportWindowTimes(departure, overnight, now);
+      // 05 Jul 08:00 EAT = 05:00 UTC.
+      expect(windowOpensAt.toISOString()).toBe('2026-07-05T05:00:00.000Z');
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('computeImportWindowTimes — overnight desk (open > close, wraps midnight)', () => {
+  // Overnight desk 08:00 → 07:00 next morning: open across [08:00, 24:00) and
+  // [00:00, 07:00). Only the daytime gap [07:00, 08:00) is shut.
+  const overnight = {
+    importWindowLeadDays: 3,
+    windowOpenHour: 8,
+    windowCloseHour: 7,
+    windowDurationHours: 6,
+  };
+
+  it('opens NOW in the evening side of the window (after open hour)', () => {
+    // Departs 06 Jul 10:00 EAT (07:00 UTC). Now = 05 Jul 20:00 EAT (17:00 UTC):
+    // ≥ 08:00 → desk open → open immediately.
+    const departure = new Date('2026-07-06T07:00:00.000Z');
+    const now = new Date('2026-07-05T17:00:00.000Z');
+    const { windowOpensAt } = computeImportWindowTimes(departure, overnight, now);
+    expect(windowOpensAt.toISOString()).toBe('2026-07-05T17:00:00.000Z');
+  });
+
+  it('opens NOW after midnight (before close hour)', () => {
+    // Departs 06 Jul 10:00 EAT (07:00 UTC). Now = 06 Jul 02:00 EAT (05 Jul 23:00
+    // UTC): < 07:00 → still inside the overnight window → open immediately.
+    const departure = new Date('2026-07-06T07:00:00.000Z');
+    const now = new Date('2026-07-05T23:00:00.000Z');
+    const { windowOpensAt } = computeImportWindowTimes(departure, overnight, now);
+    expect(windowOpensAt.toISOString()).toBe('2026-07-05T23:00:00.000Z');
+  });
+
+  it('waits until open hour in the daytime gap [close, open)', () => {
+    // Departs 06 Jul 10:00 EAT (07:00 UTC). Now = 05 Jul 07:30 EAT (04:30 UTC):
+    // in the shut daytime gap → opens 05 Jul 08:00 EAT (05:00 UTC).
+    const departure = new Date('2026-07-06T07:00:00.000Z');
+    const now = new Date('2026-07-05T04:30:00.000Z');
+    const { windowOpensAt } = computeImportWindowTimes(departure, overnight, now);
+    expect(windowOpensAt.toISOString()).toBe('2026-07-05T05:00:00.000Z');
+  });
+});
+
 describe('batch-window board windows (config-driven booking cycles)', () => {
-  // Default rules: open 08:00 EAT, 3 days before departure, 3h long, reopen 90m later.
+  // Default rules: open 08:00 EAT, desk shuts 17:00, 3 days before departure,
+  // 3h long, reopen 90m later.
   const cfg: BoardWindowConfig = {
     importWindowLeadDays: 3,
     windowOpenHour: 8,
+    windowCloseHour: 17,
     windowDurationHours: 3,
     reopenDelayMinutes: 90,
     exportBookingLeadHours: 24,
@@ -76,14 +211,43 @@ describe('batch-window board windows (config-driven booking cycles)', () => {
     expect(windows[0].end.toISOString()).toBe('2026-06-05T08:00:00.000Z');
   });
 
-  it('import: reopens reopenDelayMinutes after close, same booking day', () => {
+  it('import: reopens reopenDelayMinutes after close while inside office hours', () => {
     const departure = new Date('2026-06-08T11:00:00.000Z');
     const windows = listConfigBookingWindows('IMPORT', departure, cfg);
-    // cycle 1: 08:00–11:00; reopen +90m → cycle 2 opens 12:30 EAT
+    // cycle 1: 08:00–11:00; reopen +90m → cycle 2 opens 12:30 EAT, same day
     expect(windows.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
     expect(windows[1].start.toISOString()).toBe('2026-06-05T09:30:00.000Z'); // 12:30 EAT
-    // all cycles stay on the same EAT booking day
-    expect(windows.every((w) => w.date === '2026-06-05')).toBe(true);
+    expect(windows[1].date).toBe('2026-06-05');
+  });
+
+  it('import: pauses at close hour and resumes next morning at open hour', () => {
+    const departure = new Date('2026-06-08T11:00:00.000Z');
+    const windows = listConfigBookingWindows('IMPORT', departure, cfg);
+    // Day 05 Jun: 08:00, 12:30, 17:00-clamped… the cycle whose reopen lands
+    // at/after 17:00 EAT rolls to 06 Jun 08:00 EAT (05:00 UTC).
+    const day6First = windows.find((w) => w.date === '2026-06-06');
+    expect(day6First).toBeDefined();
+    expect(day6First!.start.toISOString()).toBe('2026-06-06T05:00:00.000Z'); // 08:00 EAT
+    // Cycles span the office days between the window day and departure.
+    const days = new Set(windows.map((w) => w.date));
+    expect(days.has('2026-06-05')).toBe(true);
+    expect(days.has('2026-06-06')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('import: 24-hour desk (open hour === close hour) never breaks for the day', () => {
+    const roundClock: BoardWindowConfig = { ...cfg, windowOpenHour: 8, windowCloseHour: 8 };
+    const departure = new Date('2026-06-08T11:00:00.000Z');
+    const windows = listConfigBookingWindows('IMPORT', departure, roundClock);
+    // Reopen chains straight through midnight: an overnight cycle exists.
+    const crossesNight = windows.some(
+      (w, i) => i > 0 && windows[i - 1].date !== w.date,
+    );
+    expect(crossesNight).toBe(true);
+    // Cycles run continuously from the window day up to departure — the last one
+    // reaches departure, proving the runaway cap did not truncate the projection.
+    expect(windows[windows.length - 1].end.getTime()).toBe(departure.getTime());
+    // Spans the full lead (window day 05 Jun → departure 08 Jun).
+    expect(new Set(windows.map((w) => w.date)).size).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3);
   });
 
   it('export: single FCFS window exportBookingLeadHours before departure', () => {
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/batch-window.util.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/batch-window.util.ts
index b30b3f454..dfbcfcb6d 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/batch-window.util.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/batch-window.util.ts
@@ -137,33 +137,145 @@ export function shiftEatDay(day: string, deltaDays: number): string {
   ).padStart(2, '0')}`;
 }
 
+/**
+ * The daily office window `[openHour, closeHour)` in EAT: after `closeHour` the
+ * booking desk is shut and reopens `openHour` the next morning. `openHour ===
+ * closeHour` means a 24-hour desk that never breaks for the day.
+ */
+export interface OfficeHours {
+  windowOpenHour: number;
+  windowCloseHour: number;
+}
+
+/** True when the desk runs round the clock (open hour equals close hour). */
+export function isRoundTheClock(hours: OfficeHours): boolean {
+  return hours.windowOpenHour === hours.windowCloseHour;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Where the NEXT booking cycle opens after a cycle closes at `closedAt`, given a
+ * not-yet-full train and a daily office window. `earliestNextOpen` is the raw
+ * ready time (close + doc-review + payment); the desk honours it only while
+ * inside office hours:
+ *
+ *  • round-the-clock desk        → opens at `earliestNextOpen` (no day break)
+ *  • ready time before closeHour → opens at `earliestNextOpen`, same day
+ *  • ready time at/after closeHour → desk shut; opens next morning at openHour
+ *
+ * Returns `null` when the next open would fall on/after `departure` — the train
+ * leaves before another cycle could run, so the window is done.
+ *
+ * The desk may run within one EAT day (`closeHour > openHour`), round the clock
+ * (`openHour === closeHour`), or overnight across midnight (`openHour >
+ * closeHour`, e.g. 08:00 → 07:00). `officeHoursOpen` handles all three.
+ */
+/**
+ * The EAT instant a booking cycle would open if it became ready at `readyAt`,
+ * honouring the daily office window but WITHOUT any departure bound:
+ *
+ *  • round-the-clock desk        → opens at `readyAt` (no day break)
+ *  • ready before openHour       → opens at openHour that EAT morning
+ *  • ready inside office hours    → opens at `readyAt`
+ *  • ready at/after closeHour     → opens at openHour the next morning
+ *
+ * `nextCycleOpensAt` layers the "before departure" gate on top of this; the first
+ * import window uses it directly and lets its own departure cap apply.
+ */
+export function officeHoursOpen(readyAt: Date, hours: OfficeHours): Date {
+  if (isRoundTheClock(hours)) {
+    return readyAt;
+  }
+  const { hour, minute } = eatParts(readyAt);
+  const readyMinutes = hour * 60 + minute;
+  const openMinutes = hours.windowOpenHour * 60;
+  const closeMinutes = hours.windowCloseHour * 60;
+
+  if (hours.windowOpenHour > hours.windowCloseHour) {
+    // Overnight desk, e.g. open 08:00 → close 07:00 next morning. The desk is
+    // open across midnight: [openHour, 24:00) on this EAT day and [00:00,
+    // closeHour) on the next. Only the daytime gap [closeHour, openHour) is shut.
+    if (readyMinutes >= openMinutes || readyMinutes < closeMinutes) {
+      // Inside the overnight window (either side of midnight) → open when ready.
+      return readyAt;
+    }
+    // In the daytime gap → the desk opens again at openHour this EAT morning.
+    return eatDayToUtc(eatDay(readyAt), hours.windowOpenHour);
+  }
+
+  if (readyMinutes < openMinutes) {
+    // Ready before the desk opens on its own EAT calendar day → open this morning.
+    return eatDayToUtc(eatDay(readyAt), hours.windowOpenHour);
+  }
+  if (readyMinutes < closeMinutes) {
+    // Inside office hours → open as soon as ready.
+    return readyAt;
+  }
+  // Desk shut for the day → open tomorrow morning.
+  return eatDayToUtc(shiftEatDay(eatDay(readyAt), 1), hours.windowOpenHour);
+}
+
+export function nextCycleOpensAt(
+  earliestNextOpen: Date,
+  hours: OfficeHours,
+  departure: Date,
+): Date | null {
+  const opensAt = officeHoursOpen(earliestNextOpen, hours);
+  return opensAt.getTime() < departure.getTime() ? opensAt : null;
+}
+
 export interface InitialWindowTimes {
   windowOpensAt: Date;
   windowClosesAt: Date;
 }
 
 /**
- * Import booking-day window: opens at `windowOpenHour` EAT on departure-day minus
- * `importWindowLeadDays`, for `windowDurationHours`. A schedule created after its
- * computed window has fully passed gets a same-day window starting now instead,
- * capped at departure.
+ * Import booking-day window. The natural anchor is `windowOpenHour` EAT on
+ * departure-day minus `importWindowLeadDays`. When `now` is at/before that anchor
+ * (we're still before the lead window) the window opens at the anchor — the normal
+ * morning wait.
+ *
+ * Once `now` is PAST the anchor we're already inside the lead window, so the desk's
+ * office hours decide the open the same way a reopen cycle does (via
+ * `nextCycleOpensAt`):
+ *
+ *  • 24-hour desk (open === close)     → opens at `now`, any hour, day or night
+ *  • `now` inside [openHour, closeHour) → opens at `now` (desk is open right now)
+ *  • `now` before openHour that EAT day → opens at openHour that morning
+ *  • `now` at/after closeHour            → desk shut; opens openHour next morning
+ *
+ * `windowDurationHours` extends from that open, capped at departure.
  */
 export function computeImportWindowTimes(
   departure: Date,
   cfg: {
     importWindowLeadDays: number;
     windowOpenHour: number;
+    windowCloseHour: number;
     windowDurationHours: number;
   },
   now: Date,
 ): InitialWindowTimes {
   const windowDay = shiftEatDay(eatDay(departure), -cfg.importWindowLeadDays);
-  let opensAt = eatDayToUtc(windowDay, cfg.windowOpenHour);
-  let closesAt = new Date(opensAt.getTime() + cfg.windowDurationHours * 3_600_000);
-  if (closesAt.getTime() <= now.getTime()) {
-    opensAt = now;
-    closesAt = new Date(now.getTime() + cfg.windowDurationHours * 3_600_000);
+  const anchor = eatDayToUtc(windowDay, cfg.windowOpenHour);
+
+  let opensAt: Date;
+  if (now.getTime() <= anchor.getTime()) {
+    // Before the lead window → normal morning wait at the anchor.
+    opensAt = anchor;
+  } else {
+    // Inside the lead window → the office-hours rule decides the open, exactly as a
+    // reopen cycle does: open now if the desk is open now (or round-the-clock),
+    // else at the next open hour. We use the same primitive as reopen cycles but
+    // WITHOUT its `< departure` null-gate — when the next open lands on/after
+    // departure the shared cap below clamps the (zero-length) window to departure,
+    // which is truthful, rather than masking it as "open now".
+    opensAt = officeHoursOpen(now, {
+      windowOpenHour: cfg.windowOpenHour,
+      windowCloseHour: cfg.windowCloseHour,
+    });
   }
+
+  let closesAt = new Date(opensAt.getTime() + cfg.windowDurationHours * 3_600_000);
   if (closesAt.getTime() > departure.getTime()) {
     closesAt = departure;
   }
@@ -269,7 +381,10 @@ export interface BoardWindow extends BatchWindow {
 export interface BoardWindowConfig {
   importWindowLeadDays: number;
   windowOpenHour: number;
+  /** EAT hour the daily booking desk shuts; equals windowOpenHour for a 24h desk. */
+  windowCloseHour: number;
   windowDurationHours: number;
+  /** Gap between a cycle's close and its reopen (doc review + payment minutes). */
   reopenDelayMinutes: number;
   exportBookingLeadHours: number;
 }
@@ -328,25 +443,34 @@ export function listConfigBookingWindows(
 
   const windows: BoardWindow[] = [];
   const durationMs = cfg.windowDurationHours * 3_600_000;
+  // Post-close gap before the next cycle opens (doc review + payment), subject
+  // to office hours below.
   const reopenMs = cfg.reopenDelayMinutes * 60_000;
+  const officeHours: OfficeHours = {
+    windowOpenHour: cfg.windowOpenHour,
+    windowCloseHour: cfg.windowCloseHour,
+  };
   const windowDay = shiftEatDay(eatDay(departure), -cfg.importWindowLeadDays);
 
-  let opensAt = anchorOpensAt ?? eatDayToUtc(windowDay, cfg.windowOpenHour);
-  // Reopen stays on the same EAT booking day and before departure; cap at 12 cycles.
-  for (let cycle = 0; cycle < 12; cycle += 1) {
+  let opensAt: Date | null = anchorOpensAt ?? eatDayToUtc(windowDay, cfg.windowOpenHour);
+  // The loop terminates naturally: every cycle advances opensAt by at least
+  // (duration + reopen) > 0, and nextCycleOpensAt returns null once opensAt would
+  // reach departure. maxCycles is a derived runaway backstop sized to the real
+  // span (first open → departure) over the smallest possible advance, so a
+  // legitimate config is never silently truncated — only a pathological
+  // zero-length one would hit it.
+  const spanMs = departure.getTime() - opensAt.getTime();
+  const minAdvanceMs = Math.max(durationMs + reopenMs, 60_000);
+  const maxCycles = Math.ceil(spanMs / minAdvanceMs) + 2;
+  for (let cycle = 0; cycle < maxCycles; cycle += 1) {
     if (opensAt.getTime() >= departure.getTime()) break;
     let closesAt = new Date(opensAt.getTime() + durationMs);
     if (closesAt.getTime() > departure.getTime()) closesAt = departure;
     windows.push(boardWindowFromInterval(opensAt, closesAt));
 
-    const nextOpensAt = new Date(closesAt.getTime() + reopenMs);
-    if (
-      nextOpensAt.getTime() >= departure.getTime() ||
-      eatDay(nextOpensAt) !== eatDay(opensAt)
-    ) {
-      break;
-    }
-    opensAt = nextOpensAt;
+    const earliestNextOpen = new Date(closesAt.getTime() + reopenMs);
+    opensAt = nextCycleOpensAt(earliestNextOpen, officeHours, departure);
+    if (opensAt == null) break;
   }
 
   // Degenerate config (no window before departure) — surface a single window
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-batch.service.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-batch.service.spec.ts
index f112d16d7..4282e045a 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-batch.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-batch.service.spec.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ describe('BookingBatchService — PAID reconcile', () => {
         importWindowLeadDays: 3,
         exportBookingLeadHours: 24,
         windowOpenHour: 8,
+        windowCloseHour: 17,
         windowDurationHours: 3,
         docReviewMinutes: 30,
         paymentWindowMinutes: 60,
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-batch.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-batch.service.ts
index 0b239990b..e6af6c4a0 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-batch.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-batch.service.ts
@@ -736,6 +736,7 @@ export class BookingBatchService implements OnModuleInit {
     };
     const windowCfg = {
       windowOpenHour: num(s.ruleWindowOpenHour, liveCfg.windowOpenHour),
+      windowCloseHour: num(s.ruleWindowCloseHour, liveCfg.windowCloseHour),
       windowDurationHours: num(
         s.ruleWindowDurationHours,
         liveCfg.windowDurationHours,
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-window.config.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-window.config.ts
index c694eed11..25d569171 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-window.config.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-window.config.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,14 @@ export interface BookingWindowConfig {
   importWindowLeadDays: number;
   /** Hours before departure an export booking becomes acceptable (FCFS). */
   exportBookingLeadHours: number;
-  /** Local (Africa/Addis_Ababa) hour at which the import window opens. */
+  /** Local (Africa/Addis_Ababa) hour at which the import window opens each day. */
   windowOpenHour: number;
+  /**
+   * Local (Africa/Addis_Ababa) hour the booking desk shuts for the day: once a
+   * cycle's reopen would fall at/after this hour, the window pauses and resumes
+   * next morning at windowOpenHour. Equal to windowOpenHour ⇒ 24-hour desk.
+   */
+  windowCloseHour: number;
   windowDurationHours: number;
   /** Max staff document-review time after the window closes. */
   docReviewMinutes: number;
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-window.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-window.service.ts
index da235c562..449c67219 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-window.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-window.service.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import { TrainSchedule } from '../train-schedules/entities/train-schedule.entity
 import { TrainSchedulesRepository } from '../train-schedules/train-schedules.repository';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../notifications/notifications.service';
 import { BookingBatchService } from './booking-batch.service';
-import { TrainSchedulingService } from './train-scheduling.service';
+import { TrainSchedulingService, effectiveWindowConfig } from './train-scheduling.service';
 import { BATCH_TIMEZONE } from './booking-batch.constants';
-import { eatDay } from './batch-window.util';
+import { eatDay, nextCycleOpensAt, type OfficeHours } from './batch-window.util';
 import { type BookingWindowConfig } from './booking-window.config';
 
 /**
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export class BookingWindowService implements OnModuleInit {
     this.ticking = true;
     try {
       const now = new Date();
-      const cfg = await this.trainSchedulingService.getWindowConfig();
+      const liveCfg = await this.trainSchedulingService.getWindowConfig();
 
       const active = (
         await this.trainSchedulesRepository.findAll({
@@ -64,12 +64,22 @@ export class BookingWindowService implements OnModuleInit {
           ],
         })
       ).filter(
-        (s) => s.windowPhase != null && s.windowPhase !== 'DONE' && s.windowPhase !== 'CLOSED_FOR_DAY',
+        // CLOSED_FOR_DAY is legacy (the daily desk now reopens via PRE_WINDOW):
+        // still pick those rows up so advanceImport can revive them next morning.
+        (s) => s.windowPhase != null && s.windowPhase !== 'DONE',
       );
 
       for (const schedule of active) {
         try {
-          await this.advanceSchedule(schedule, cfg, now);
+          // Each train runs under its OWN frozen rule snapshot, not the live global
+          // config — a later global-rules edit must not retro-change the window an
+          // existing train already advertised, and the reopen cycles must match the
+          // board (which is drawn from the same snapshot).
+          await this.advanceSchedule(
+            schedule,
+            effectiveWindowConfig(schedule, liveCfg),
+            now,
+          );
         } catch (err) {
           this.logger.error(
             `Window transition failed for schedule ${schedule.id}: ${(err as Error).message}`,
@@ -100,7 +110,7 @@ export class BookingWindowService implements OnModuleInit {
       return schedule;
     }
     const now = new Date();
-    const cfg = await this.trainSchedulingService.getWindowConfig();
+    const liveCfg = await this.trainSchedulingService.getWindowConfig();
     // Stamp the whole route-day group so one staff action releases every train
     // sharing this booking day's pool.
     const group = (
@@ -121,7 +131,7 @@ export class BookingWindowService implements OnModuleInit {
         .getRepository(TrainSchedule)
         .update(s.id, { docReviewCompletedAt: now });
       s.docReviewCompletedAt = now;
-      await this.advanceSchedule(s, cfg, now);
+      await this.advanceSchedule(s, effectiveWindowConfig(s, liveCfg), now);
     }
     const fresh = await this.trainSchedulesRepository.findById(scheduleId);
     return fresh ?? schedule;
@@ -185,6 +195,14 @@ export class BookingWindowService implements OnModuleInit {
   ): Promise<boolean> {
     const { windowPhase, windowOpensAt, windowClosesAt } = schedule;
 
+    // Legacy rows parked at CLOSED_FOR_DAY predate the daily-desk reopen: revive
+    // them through the same not-full conclude path so they resume next morning
+    // (or finalize as DONE if no cycle fits before departure).
+    if (windowPhase === 'CLOSED_FOR_DAY') {
+      await this.concludeCycle(schedule, cfg, now);
+      return true;
+    }
+
     if (windowPhase === 'PRE_WINDOW' && windowOpensAt && now >= windowOpensAt) {
       await this.setPhase(schedule, {
         windowPhase: 'OPEN',
@@ -268,34 +286,46 @@ export class BookingWindowService implements OnModuleInit {
       return;
     }
 
-    const closesAt = schedule.windowClosesAt ?? now;
-    const reopenAt = new Date(closesAt.getTime() + cfg.reopenDelayMinutes * 60_000);
-    const nextOpensAt = reopenAt > now ? reopenAt : now;
-    let nextClosesAt = new Date(nextOpensAt.getTime() + cfg.windowDurationHours * 3_600_000);
+    // Doc review + payment have already run, so the desk is ready to reopen NOW —
+    // office hours decide whether that is this afternoon or tomorrow morning. Past
+    // the last cycle before departure, nextCycleOpensAt returns null and we finish.
+    const officeHours: OfficeHours = {
+      windowOpenHour: cfg.windowOpenHour,
+      windowCloseHour: cfg.windowCloseHour,
+    };
+    const nextOpensAt = nextCycleOpensAt(
+      now,
+      officeHours,
+      schedule.scheduledDepartureDate,
+    );
+    if (nextOpensAt == null) {
+      await this.setPhase(schedule, { windowPhase: 'DONE' });
+      this.logger.log(
+        `Schedule ${schedule.id} not full but no cycle fits before departure — window done`,
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
+    let nextClosesAt = new Date(
+      nextOpensAt.getTime() + cfg.windowDurationHours * 3_600_000,
+    );
     if (nextClosesAt > schedule.scheduledDepartureDate) {
       nextClosesAt = schedule.scheduledDepartureDate;
     }
-
-    const sameBookingDay = eatDay(nextOpensAt) === eatDay(closesAt);
-    const beforeDeparture = nextOpensAt < schedule.scheduledDepartureDate;
-    if (sameBookingDay && beforeDeparture) {
-      await this.setPhase(schedule, {
-        windowPhase: 'PRE_WINDOW',
-        windowOpensAt: nextOpensAt,
-        windowClosesAt: nextClosesAt,
-        docReviewCompletedAt: null,
-        docReviewEndsAt: null,
-        paymentPhaseEndsAt: null,
-      });
-      this.logger.log(
-        `Schedule ${schedule.id} not full — window reopens at ${nextOpensAt.toISOString()}`,
-      );
-    } else {
-      await this.setPhase(schedule, { windowPhase: 'CLOSED_FOR_DAY' });
-      this.logger.log(
-        `Booking day over for schedule ${schedule.id} — remaining capacity is staff-managed`,
-      );
-    }
+    // Stays PRE_WINDOW (not CLOSED_FOR_DAY): the tick reopens it at nextOpensAt,
+    // whether that is later today or next morning after the office-hours break.
+    await this.setPhase(schedule, {
+      windowPhase: 'PRE_WINDOW',
+      windowOpensAt: nextOpensAt,
+      windowClosesAt: nextClosesAt,
+      docReviewCompletedAt: null,
+      docReviewEndsAt: null,
+      paymentPhaseEndsAt: null,
+    });
+    const sameDay = eatDay(nextOpensAt) === eatDay(now);
+    this.logger.log(
+      `Schedule ${schedule.id} not full — window reopens ${sameDay ? 'today' : 'next booking day'} at ${nextOpensAt.toISOString()}`,
+    );
   }
 
   private async tryAutoFinalize(scheduleId: string): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/dto/update-schedule-date.dto.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/dto/update-schedule-date.dto.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4792f7d3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/dto/update-schedule-date.dto.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { ApiProperty } from '@nestjs/swagger';
+import { IsISO8601 } from 'class-validator';
+
+/**
+ * Reschedule a train's departure date (staff action on the ops board). Only
+ * allowed before the booking window opens; the new date must still leave room
+ * for the booking lead window before departure.
+ */
+export class UpdateScheduleDateDto {
+  @ApiProperty({
+    example: '2026-07-20T05:00:00.000Z',
+    description: 'New scheduled departure date/time (ISO 8601)',
+  })
+  @IsISO8601()
+  scheduleDate!: string;
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/dto/update-schedule-window-rule.dto.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/dto/update-schedule-window-rule.dto.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9232de29e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/dto/update-schedule-window-rule.dto.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { ApiPropertyOptional } from '@nestjs/swagger';
+import { Type } from 'class-transformer';
+import { IsInt, IsNumber, IsOptional, Max, Min } from 'class-validator';
+
+/**
+ * Per-schedule booking-window rule override (staff action on the ops board).
+ * Every field is optional — only the ones sent are changed; the rest keep the
+ * schedule's existing snapshot. Mirrors the window fields of the global rules DTO.
+ */
+export class UpdateScheduleWindowRuleDto {
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({ example: 8, description: 'Local EAT hour the booking desk opens each day' })
+  @IsOptional()
+  @Type(() => Number)
+  @IsInt()
+  @Min(0)
+  @Max(23)
+  windowOpenHour?: number;
+
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({
+    example: 17,
+    description:
+      'Local EAT hour the booking desk shuts each day; a not-yet-full window resumes next morning at windowOpenHour. Equal to windowOpenHour = 24-hour desk',
+  })
+  @IsOptional()
+  @Type(() => Number)
+  @IsInt()
+  @Min(0)
+  @Max(23)
+  windowCloseHour?: number;
+
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({ example: 3, description: 'How long each booking cycle stays open, in hours' })
+  @IsOptional()
+  @Type(() => Number)
+  @IsNumber()
+  @Min(0.0166)
+  @Max(12)
+  windowDurationHours?: number;
+
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({ example: 30, description: 'Max staff document-review minutes after the window closes' })
+  @IsOptional()
+  @Type(() => Number)
+  @IsInt()
+  @Min(0)
+  docReviewMinutes?: number;
+
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({ example: 60, description: 'Customer payment window minutes' })
+  @IsOptional()
+  @Type(() => Number)
+  @IsInt()
+  @Min(1)
+  paymentWindowMinutes?: number;
+
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({
+    example: 3,
+    description: 'Days before departure the booking window starts (re-derives the window start)',
+  })
+  @IsOptional()
+  @Type(() => Number)
+  @IsInt()
+  @Min(0)
+  importWindowLeadDays?: number;
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/dto/update-train-scheduling-global-rules.dto.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/dto/update-train-scheduling-global-rules.dto.ts
index 2e82feb6a..0e252240b 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/dto/update-train-scheduling-global-rules.dto.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/dto/update-train-scheduling-global-rules.dto.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export class UpdateTrainSchedulingGlobalRulesDto {
   @Min(1)
   exportBookingLeadHours?: number;
 
-  @ApiPropertyOptional({ example: 8, description: 'Local EAT hour the import window opens' })
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({ example: 8, description: 'Local EAT hour the import window opens each day' })
   @IsOptional()
   @Type(() => Number)
   @IsInt()
@@ -60,6 +60,18 @@ export class UpdateTrainSchedulingGlobalRulesDto {
   @Max(23)
   windowOpenHour?: number;
 
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({
+    example: 17,
+    description:
+      'Local EAT hour the booking desk shuts each day; a not-yet-full window resumes next morning at windowOpenHour. Equal to windowOpenHour = 24-hour desk',
+  })
+  @IsOptional()
+  @Type(() => Number)
+  @IsInt()
+  @Min(0)
+  @Max(23)
+  windowCloseHour?: number;
+
   // Stored in hours. The UI enters this in minutes/hours/days and converts to
   // hours before sending, so the floor is 1 minute (0.0166h) — not 15 min.
   @ApiPropertyOptional({ example: 3 })
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/entities/train-scheduling-global-rules.entity.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/entities/train-scheduling-global-rules.entity.ts
index 1a67bb791..ffa42fd7e 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/entities/train-scheduling-global-rules.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/entities/train-scheduling-global-rules.entity.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ export class TrainSchedulingGlobalRules extends BaseEntity {
   @Column({ name: 'window_open_hour', type: 'int', default: 8 })
   windowOpenHour!: number;
 
+  /**
+   * Local (Africa/Addis_Ababa) hour the booking desk shuts each day. A not-yet-full
+   * train whose next cycle would reopen at/after this hour pauses until the next
+   * morning's windowOpenHour. Set equal to windowOpenHour for a 24-hour desk.
+   */
+  @Column({ name: 'window_close_hour', type: 'int', default: 17 })
+  windowCloseHour!: number;
+
   // Stored in hours; 4 decimals so sub-minute UI durations (4 min = 0.0667h)
   // are exact. See WidenWindowDurationHoursPrecision migration.
   @Column({
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/train-scheduling.controller.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/train-scheduling.controller.ts
index 773e4738a..fb5ab66d5 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/train-scheduling.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/train-scheduling.controller.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ import { BookableSchedulesQueryDto } from "./dto/bookable-schedules-query.dto";
 import { AvailableDaysQueryDto } from "./dto/available-days-query.dto";
 import { AvailableDaysForCargoQueryDto } from "./dto/available-days-for-cargo-query.dto";
 import { UpdateTrainSchedulingGlobalRulesDto } from "./dto/update-train-scheduling-global-rules.dto";
+import { UpdateScheduleWindowRuleDto } from "./dto/update-schedule-window-rule.dto";
+import { UpdateScheduleDateDto } from "./dto/update-schedule-date.dto";
 import { TrainSchedulingService } from "./train-scheduling.service";
 import { BookingBatchService } from "./booking-batch.service";
 import { BookingWindowService } from "./booking-window.service";
@@ -370,6 +372,19 @@ export class TrainSchedulingController {
     return this.trainSchedulingService.updateImportLoadingStatus(id, dto);
   }
 
+  @Patch("schedules/:id/loading-status")
+  @TrainSchedulingManage()
+  @ApiOperation({
+    summary:
+      "Mark bookings loaded/unloaded on this schedule (any direction, pre-dispatch only)",
+  })
+  setBookingLoadingStatus(
+    @Param("id", ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body() dto: UpdateImportLoadingStatusDto,
+  ) {
+    return this.trainSchedulingService.setBookingLoadingStatus(id, dto);
+  }
+
   @Post("schedules/:id/pin-wagons")
   @TrainSchedulingManage()
   @ApiOperation({ summary: "Pin physical wagons to train set slots" })
@@ -438,6 +453,19 @@ export class TrainSchedulingController {
     return this.trainSchedulingService.confirmImportLoadedOnTrain(id, dto);
   }
 
+  @Post("schedules/:id/confirm-loading")
+  @TrainSchedulingManage()
+  @ApiOperation({
+    summary:
+      "Confirm cargo loaded on the train (any direction; unblocks import-Djibouti dispatch)",
+  })
+  confirmScheduleLoading(
+    @Param("id", ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body() dto: ImportDjiboutiActionDto,
+  ) {
+    return this.trainSchedulingService.confirmScheduleLoading(id, dto);
+  }
+
   @Post("schedules/:id/import-djibouti/depart")
   @TrainSchedulingManage()
   @ApiOperation({ summary: "Depart loaded import train from Djibouti" })
@@ -519,6 +547,34 @@ export class TrainSchedulingController {
     return this.trainSchedulingService.getContainerTrainScheduleById(id);
   }
 
+  @Patch("schedules/:id/window-rule")
+  @TrainSchedulingManage()
+  @ApiOperation({
+    summary:
+      "Override the booking-window rule for one schedule (open/close hour, duration, doc-review, payment, lead days) — only before the window opens",
+  })
+  async updateScheduleWindowRule(
+    @Param("id", ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body() dto: UpdateScheduleWindowRuleDto,
+  ) {
+    await this.trainSchedulingService.updateScheduleWindowRule(id, dto);
+    return this.trainSchedulingService.getContainerTrainScheduleById(id);
+  }
+
+  @Patch("schedules/:id/schedule-date")
+  @TrainSchedulingManage()
+  @ApiOperation({
+    summary:
+      "Reschedule a train's departure date — only before the booking window opens, and only if the new date still leaves room for the booking lead window",
+  })
+  async updateScheduleDate(
+    @Param("id", ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body() dto: UpdateScheduleDateDto,
+  ) {
+    await this.trainSchedulingService.updateScheduleDate(id, dto);
+    return this.trainSchedulingService.getContainerTrainScheduleById(id);
+  }
+
   @Post("schedules/:id/doc-review-complete")
   @TrainSchedulingManage()
   @ApiOperation({
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/train-scheduling.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/train-scheduling.service.ts
index bf93cf391..22dec2a37 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/train-scheduling.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/train-scheduling.service.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ import {
   UploadImportDjiboutiDocumentDto,
 } from './dto/import-djibouti-operation.dto';
 import { UpdateTrainSchedulingGlobalRulesDto } from './dto/update-train-scheduling-global-rules.dto';
+import { UpdateScheduleWindowRuleDto } from './dto/update-schedule-window-rule.dto';
+import { UpdateScheduleDateDto } from './dto/update-schedule-date.dto';
 import { type BookingWindowConfig } from './booking-window.config';
 import {
   buildCappedWagonPlan,
@@ -124,6 +126,66 @@ import {
 
 const SCHEDULABLE_BOOKING_STATUSES = ['PAID'] as const;
 
+/**
+ * The booking-window rule fields frozen onto a train schedule at creation (and
+ * refreshed by restampPendingWindows for not-yet-open schedules). The board draws
+ * its display cycles from this snapshot, so a later global-rules edit never redraws
+ * an already-open schedule's windows. The reopen gap is derived here — doc review +
+ * payment — because that is the real delay between a cycle closing and reopening.
+ */
+function windowRuleSnapshot(cfg: BookingWindowConfig) {
+  return {
+    ruleWindowOpenHour: cfg.windowOpenHour,
+    ruleWindowCloseHour: cfg.windowCloseHour,
+    ruleWindowDurationHours: cfg.windowDurationHours,
+    ruleReopenDelayMinutes: cfg.docReviewMinutes + cfg.paymentWindowMinutes,
+    ruleImportWindowLeadDays: cfg.importWindowLeadDays,
+    ruleExportBookingLeadHours: cfg.exportBookingLeadHours,
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * The booking-window config a specific schedule runs under: its frozen rule
+ * snapshot (open/close hour, duration, lead, reopen gap) overlaid on the live
+ * config, with the live config filling any snapshot field a legacy row lacks.
+ *
+ * The window SHAPE (hours, duration, lead, reopen gap) comes from the snapshot so
+ * the runtime cycle engine matches exactly what the board drew and the customer
+ * saw — a later global-rule edit must not retro-change an existing train. The
+ * doc-review / payment split is an internal process timing (not part of the
+ * window the customer sees) and is not stored split in the snapshot, so it always
+ * takes the live values; their sum is only used as a fallback reopen gap when the
+ * row predates `ruleReopenDelayMinutes`.
+ */
+export function effectiveWindowConfig(
+  schedule: {
+    ruleWindowOpenHour?: number | null;
+    ruleWindowCloseHour?: number | null;
+    ruleWindowDurationHours?: number | null;
+    ruleReopenDelayMinutes?: number | null;
+    ruleImportWindowLeadDays?: number | null;
+    ruleExportBookingLeadHours?: number | null;
+  },
+  liveCfg: BookingWindowConfig,
+): BookingWindowConfig {
+  return {
+    importWindowLeadDays:
+      schedule.ruleImportWindowLeadDays ?? liveCfg.importWindowLeadDays,
+    exportBookingLeadHours:
+      schedule.ruleExportBookingLeadHours ?? liveCfg.exportBookingLeadHours,
+    windowOpenHour: schedule.ruleWindowOpenHour ?? liveCfg.windowOpenHour,
+    windowCloseHour: schedule.ruleWindowCloseHour ?? liveCfg.windowCloseHour,
+    windowDurationHours:
+      schedule.ruleWindowDurationHours != null
+        ? Number(schedule.ruleWindowDurationHours)
+        : liveCfg.windowDurationHours,
+    docReviewMinutes: liveCfg.docReviewMinutes,
+    paymentWindowMinutes: liveCfg.paymentWindowMinutes,
+    reopenDelayMinutes:
+      schedule.ruleReopenDelayMinutes ?? liveCfg.reopenDelayMinutes,
+  };
+}
+
 export type BookingWagonAllocationStatus =
   | 'NOT_ATTEMPTED'
   | 'ASSIGNED'
@@ -269,18 +331,27 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
     if (dto.importWindowLeadDays != null) row.importWindowLeadDays = dto.importWindowLeadDays;
     if (dto.exportBookingLeadHours != null) row.exportBookingLeadHours = dto.exportBookingLeadHours;
     if (dto.windowOpenHour != null) row.windowOpenHour = dto.windowOpenHour;
+    if (dto.windowCloseHour != null) row.windowCloseHour = dto.windowCloseHour;
     if (dto.windowDurationHours != null) row.windowDurationHours = dto.windowDurationHours;
     if (dto.docReviewMinutes != null) row.docReviewMinutes = dto.docReviewMinutes;
     if (dto.paymentWindowMinutes != null) row.paymentWindowMinutes = dto.paymentWindowMinutes;
     if (dto.reopenDelayMinutes != null) row.reopenDelayMinutes = dto.reopenDelayMinutes;
 
+    // The booking desk supports three shapes: a same-day range
+    // (closeHour > openHour), a 24-hour desk (openHour === closeHour), and an
+    // overnight range that wraps past midnight (openHour > closeHour, e.g.
+    // 08:00 → 07:00). officeHoursOpen handles all three, so no ordering guard.
+
     // Fields that change the STAMPED open/close times of a schedule. docReview/
     // payment/reopen are read live by the cron each tick, so they need no
     // re-stamp; only the four below feed computeImport/ExportWindowTimes.
     const windowTimingChanged =
       dto.importWindowLeadDays != null ||
       dto.windowOpenHour != null ||
+      dto.windowCloseHour != null ||
       dto.windowDurationHours != null ||
+      dto.docReviewMinutes != null ||
+      dto.paymentWindowMinutes != null ||
       dto.exportBookingLeadHours != null;
 
     const saved = await this.dataSource
@@ -298,6 +369,156 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
     return saved;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Override the booking-window rule for ONE schedule (staff action on the ops
+   * board). Only the fields provided are changed; the rest keep the schedule's
+   * existing snapshot (falling back to the live global config for legacy rows).
+   * The window must not have opened yet — an OPEN/past schedule stays frozen so
+   * customers keep the times they were shown. windowOpensAt/ClosesAt are
+   * re-derived from the merged rule, and the snapshot is updated so the board
+   * draws the new cycles.
+   */
+  async updateScheduleWindowRule(
+    id: string,
+    dto: UpdateScheduleWindowRuleDto,
+  ): Promise<TrainSchedule> {
+    const schedule = await this.trainSchedulesRepository.findById(id);
+    if (!schedule) {
+      throw new NotFoundException(`Train schedule ${id} not found`);
+    }
+    if (schedule.windowPhase !== 'PRE_WINDOW') {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'Booking window settings can only be changed before the window opens ' +
+          `(this schedule is "${schedule.windowPhase ?? 'not window-managed'}").`,
+      );
+    }
+    const now = new Date();
+    if (!schedule.scheduledDepartureDate || schedule.scheduledDepartureDate <= now) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'This schedule has already departed or has no departure date.',
+      );
+    }
+
+    // Merge the override onto the schedule's current effective rule (its snapshot,
+    // or the live config where a legacy row has no snapshot).
+    const liveCfg = await this.getWindowConfig();
+    const merged: BookingWindowConfig = {
+      importWindowLeadDays:
+        dto.importWindowLeadDays ??
+        schedule.ruleImportWindowLeadDays ??
+        liveCfg.importWindowLeadDays,
+      exportBookingLeadHours:
+        schedule.ruleExportBookingLeadHours ?? liveCfg.exportBookingLeadHours,
+      windowOpenHour:
+        dto.windowOpenHour ?? schedule.ruleWindowOpenHour ?? liveCfg.windowOpenHour,
+      windowCloseHour:
+        dto.windowCloseHour ?? schedule.ruleWindowCloseHour ?? liveCfg.windowCloseHour,
+      windowDurationHours:
+        dto.windowDurationHours ??
+        (schedule.ruleWindowDurationHours != null
+          ? Number(schedule.ruleWindowDurationHours)
+          : liveCfg.windowDurationHours),
+      // The reopen gap is doc review + payment; keep the config values unless the
+      // override changes them, so the derived snapshot delay stays consistent.
+      docReviewMinutes: dto.docReviewMinutes ?? liveCfg.docReviewMinutes,
+      paymentWindowMinutes: dto.paymentWindowMinutes ?? liveCfg.paymentWindowMinutes,
+      reopenDelayMinutes: liveCfg.reopenDelayMinutes,
+    };
+
+    // Same-day, 24-hour, and overnight (openHour > closeHour) desks are all valid
+    // — officeHoursOpen resolves each, so no close-vs-open ordering guard here.
+
+    const times =
+      schedule.direction === 'EXPORT'
+        ? computeExportWindowTimes(schedule.scheduledDepartureDate, merged)
+        : computeImportWindowTimes(schedule.scheduledDepartureDate, merged, now);
+
+    await this.dataSource.getRepository(TrainSchedule).update(id, {
+      windowOpensAt: times.windowOpensAt,
+      windowClosesAt: times.windowClosesAt,
+      ...windowRuleSnapshot(merged),
+    });
+    this.logger.log(
+      `Booking-window rule overridden for schedule ${id} — reopens ${times.windowOpensAt.toISOString()}`,
+    );
+
+    const fresh = await this.trainSchedulesRepository.findById(id);
+    return fresh ?? schedule;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Reschedule ONE train's departure date (staff action on the ops board). Only
+   * allowed while the booking window has not opened yet — an OPEN/past schedule
+   * stays frozen so customers keep the times they were shown. The new date must
+   * still leave room for the booking lead window before departure (same floor as
+   * schedule creation); INTERCITY/DOMESTIC uses the import lead. The window
+   * open/close times are re-derived from the schedule's existing rule snapshot.
+   */
+  async updateScheduleDate(
+    id: string,
+    dto: UpdateScheduleDateDto,
+  ): Promise<TrainSchedule> {
+    const schedule = await this.trainSchedulesRepository.findById(id);
+    if (!schedule) {
+      throw new NotFoundException(`Train schedule ${id} not found`);
+    }
+    if (schedule.windowPhase !== 'PRE_WINDOW') {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'The departure date can only be changed before the booking window opens ' +
+          `(this schedule is "${schedule.windowPhase ?? 'not window-managed'}").`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    const now = new Date();
+    const departure = new Date(dto.scheduleDate);
+    if (Number.isNaN(departure.getTime())) {
+      throw new BadRequestException('Invalid departure date.');
+    }
+
+    // Staff cannot schedule inside the lead window — there must be room for a
+    // booking window before departure. IMPORT/DOMESTIC lead is in whole EAT days;
+    // EXPORT lead is in hours. Mirrors the create-schedule check.
+    const windowCfg = await this.getWindowConfig();
+    const earliest = earliestSchedulableDeparture(
+      schedule.direction,
+      windowCfg,
+      now,
+    );
+    if (departure.getTime() < earliest.getTime()) {
+      const detail =
+        schedule.direction === 'EXPORT'
+          ? `at least ${windowCfg.exportBookingLeadHours} hour(s) ahead`
+          : `at least ${windowCfg.importWindowLeadDays} day(s) ahead`;
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        `Departure ${departure.toISOString()} is inside the booking lead window; ` +
+          `${schedule.direction === 'EXPORT' ? 'export' : 'import'} trains must be scheduled ${detail} ` +
+          `(earliest ${earliest.toISOString()}).`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    // Re-derive the window from the schedule's own rule snapshot (falling back to
+    // the live config where a legacy row has no snapshot) against the new date.
+    const merged = effectiveWindowConfig(schedule, windowCfg);
+
+    const times =
+      schedule.direction === 'EXPORT'
+        ? computeExportWindowTimes(departure, merged)
+        : computeImportWindowTimes(departure, merged, now);
+
+    await this.dataSource.getRepository(TrainSchedule).update(id, {
+      scheduledDepartureDate: departure,
+      windowOpensAt: times.windowOpensAt,
+      windowClosesAt: times.windowClosesAt,
+    });
+    this.logger.log(
+      `Departure date changed for schedule ${id} → ${departure.toISOString()} ` +
+        `(window reopens ${times.windowOpensAt.toISOString()})`,
+    );
+
+    const fresh = await this.trainSchedulesRepository.findById(id);
+    return fresh ?? schedule;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Re-derive windowOpensAt/windowClosesAt for schedules whose booking window has
    * not opened yet (windowPhase === 'PRE_WINDOW', still Draft/Scheduled, departure
@@ -329,11 +550,7 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
       await repo.update(s.id, {
         windowOpensAt: times.windowOpensAt,
         windowClosesAt: times.windowClosesAt,
-        ruleWindowOpenHour: cfg.windowOpenHour,
-        ruleWindowDurationHours: cfg.windowDurationHours,
-        ruleReopenDelayMinutes: cfg.reopenDelayMinutes,
-        ruleImportWindowLeadDays: cfg.importWindowLeadDays,
-        ruleExportBookingLeadHours: cfg.exportBookingLeadHours,
+        ...windowRuleSnapshot(cfg),
       });
       restamped += 1;
     }
@@ -359,6 +576,7 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
       importWindowLeadDays: num(row?.importWindowLeadDays, 3),
       exportBookingLeadHours: num(row?.exportBookingLeadHours, 24),
       windowOpenHour: num(row?.windowOpenHour, 8),
+      windowCloseHour: num(row?.windowCloseHour, 17),
       windowDurationHours: num(row?.windowDurationHours, 3),
       docReviewMinutes: num(row?.docReviewMinutes, 30),
       paymentWindowMinutes: num(row?.paymentWindowMinutes, 60),
@@ -503,13 +721,7 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
       // only re-derives NOT-YET-OPEN schedules (see restampPendingWindows); an
       // already-open schedule keeps this snapshot, and the batch board draws its
       // windows from it rather than the live config.
-      const ruleSnapshot = {
-        ruleWindowOpenHour: windowCfg.windowOpenHour,
-        ruleWindowDurationHours: windowCfg.windowDurationHours,
-        ruleReopenDelayMinutes: windowCfg.reopenDelayMinutes,
-        ruleImportWindowLeadDays: windowCfg.importWindowLeadDays,
-        ruleExportBookingLeadHours: windowCfg.exportBookingLeadHours,
-      };
+      const ruleSnapshot = windowRuleSnapshot(windowCfg);
       const windowFields =
         direction === 'EXPORT'
           ? {
@@ -593,11 +805,49 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
     const setLocomotives = this.locomotivesOfTrainSet(schedule.trainSet);
     const limitLoco = minLocomotiveLimits(setLocomotives) ?? undefined;
     const limits = await this.resolveTrainLimitConfig(previewDto, limitLoco);
+
+    // Callers that add bookings without hand-picking container slots (the
+    // workspace "Add from pool" button, re-adding a removed booking) send no
+    // containerPlacements. Auto-fill them the same way the batch engine does:
+    // preview the wagon plan first, then lay containers into the plan's slots.
+    // Without this the placement validator rejects container bookings outright
+    // ("Container placements are required for container bookings").
+    let containerPlacements = dto.containerPlacements;
+    if (!containerPlacements?.length) {
+      const preview = await this.validateBookingsForScheduling(
+        previewDto,
+        freightType ?? null,
+        dto.forceAssign,
+        [],
+        false,
+        limits,
+        scheduleId,
+      );
+      const containerBookings = preview.bookings.filter(
+        (b) => b.freightType === 'CONTAINER',
+      );
+      if (containerBookings.length) {
+        const units = expandBookingContainerUnits(containerBookings);
+        const slots = getContainerSlotSequenceNos(preview.wagonPlan);
+        const generated = autoFillPlacements(units, slots);
+        const missing = findMissingContainerNumberIssues(units, generated);
+        if (missing.length) {
+          throw new BadRequestException({
+            message: `Booking validation failed: ${missing
+              .map((m) => m.issue)
+              .join('; ')}`,
+            violations: missing.map((m) => m.issue),
+          });
+        }
+        containerPlacements = generated;
+      }
+    }
+
     const validation = await this.validateBookingsForScheduling(
       previewDto,
       freightType ?? null,
       dto.forceAssign,
-      dto.containerPlacements,
+      containerPlacements,
       true,
       limits,
       scheduleId,
@@ -693,7 +943,7 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
         savedWagons,
         wagonPlan,
         bookings,
-        dto.containerPlacements ?? [],
+        containerPlacements ?? [],
       );
 
       for (const booking of bookings) {
@@ -809,32 +1059,34 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
   }
 
   private async runWarehouseArrivalAutomation(scheduleId: string) {
-    const [schedule]: Array<{
-      originCountry: string | null;
-      destinationCountry: string | null;
-      destinationCode: string | null;
-      destinationName: string | null;
-    }> = await this.dataSource.query(
-      `SELECT oy.country AS "originCountry",
-              dy.country AS "destinationCountry",
-              dy.code AS "destinationCode",
-              dy.name AS "destinationName"
-         FROM freight.train_schedules ts
-         LEFT JOIN freight.yards oy ON oy.id = ts.origin_station_id
-         LEFT JOIN freight.yards dy ON dy.id = ts.destination_station_id
-        WHERE ts.id = $1 AND ts.deleted_at IS NULL
-        LIMIT 1`,
-      [scheduleId],
-    );
-
-    if (!schedule) return { status: 'SKIPPED', reason: 'Train schedule not found' };
-
-    const direction = deriveTradeDirection(
-      { country: schedule.originCountry },
-      { country: schedule.destinationCountry },
-    );
-
+    // Runs after the arrival transaction has committed — must never throw, or a
+    // successfully arrived train reports a 500 and looks stuck to the operator.
+    let direction: string | undefined;
     try {
+      const [schedule]: Array<{
+        originCountry: string | null;
+        destinationCountry: string | null;
+        destinationCode: string | null;
+        destinationName: string | null;
+      }> = await this.dataSource.query(
+        `SELECT oy.country AS "originCountry",
+                dy.country AS "destinationCountry",
+                dy.code AS "destinationCode",
+                dy.label AS "destinationName"
+           FROM freight.train_schedules ts
+           LEFT JOIN freight.yards oy ON oy.id = ts.origin_station_id
+           LEFT JOIN freight.yards dy ON dy.id = ts.destination_station_id
+          WHERE ts.id = $1 AND ts.deleted_at IS NULL
+          LIMIT 1`,
+        [scheduleId],
+      );
+
+      if (!schedule) return { status: 'SKIPPED', reason: 'Train schedule not found' };
+
+      direction = deriveTradeDirection(
+        { country: schedule.originCountry },
+        { country: schedule.destinationCountry },
+      );
       if (direction === 'IMPORT') {
         return {
           direction,
@@ -957,6 +1209,50 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
     return this.getImportLoadingBookings(scheduleId);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Flip loaded/unloaded on the schedule↔booking link from the workspace, for any
+   * direction (import/export/domestic). Distinct from unassign: the booking stays
+   * on its wagon; this only records whether cargo is physically loaded. Allowed
+   * only before dispatch — once the train is DISPATCHED/ARRIVED the on-arrival
+   * warehouse automation owns unload, so staff can no longer hand-edit the flag.
+   */
+  async setBookingLoadingStatus(scheduleId: string, dto: UpdateImportLoadingStatusDto) {
+    const schedule = await this.trainSchedulesRepository.findById(scheduleId);
+    if (!schedule) {
+      throw new NotFoundException(`Train schedule ${scheduleId} not found`);
+    }
+    if (!['DRAFT', 'SCHEDULED'].includes(schedule.status)) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        `Loading status can only be changed before dispatch (schedule is ${schedule.status})`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    const [scheduleBookings, allocations] = await Promise.all([
+      this.trainScheduleBookingsRepository.findByScheduleId(scheduleId),
+      this.wagonBookingAllocationsRepository.findByScheduleId(scheduleId),
+    ]);
+    const scheduledIds = new Set(scheduleBookings.map((sb) => sb.bookingId));
+    const allocatedIds = new Set(allocations.map((a) => a.bookingId));
+
+    // Only bookings that are on this train AND pinned to a wagon can be loaded —
+    // no direction/payment filter, staff load whatever is physically on the set.
+    const invalid = dto.bookingIds.filter(
+      (id) => !scheduledIds.has(id) || !allocatedIds.has(id),
+    );
+    if (invalid.length) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        `Not allocated to a wagon on this schedule: ${invalid.join(', ')}`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    await this.trainScheduleBookingsRepository.updateLoadingStatusMany(
+      scheduleId,
+      dto.bookingIds,
+      dto.loadingStatus,
+    );
+    return this.getTrainScheduleById(scheduleId);
+  }
+
   async pinWagons(scheduleId: string, dto: PinWagonsDto) {
     const schedule = await this.trainSchedulesRepository.findByIdWithFullGraph(scheduleId);
     if (!schedule) {
@@ -1239,6 +1535,36 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
     return this.getImportDjiboutiOperation(schedule.id);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Confirm cargo is loaded on the train from the workspace, for any direction.
+   * For import-from-Djibouti trains this stamps the ImportDjiboutiOperation's
+   * loadedOnTrainAt (the flag dispatch checks) — gatepass must already be granted.
+   * For every other schedule there is no departure loading gate, so this is a
+   * success no-op and simply returns the current detail.
+   */
+  async confirmScheduleLoading(scheduleId: string, dto: ImportDjiboutiActionDto = {}) {
+    const schedule = await this.trainSchedulesRepository.findByIdWithFullGraph(scheduleId);
+    if (!schedule) {
+      throw new NotFoundException(`Train schedule ${scheduleId} not found`);
+    }
+    // Import-Djibouti trains gate dispatch on the operation's loadedOnTrainAt.
+    if (this.isImportDjiboutiSchedule(schedule)) {
+      await this.confirmImportLoadedOnTrain(scheduleId, dto);
+    }
+    // Confirming loading also marks every wagon-assigned booking LOADED, so the
+    // per-booking loading flag and the dispatch gate agree (otherwise the
+    // dispatch pre-check keeps reporting these bookings as unloaded).
+    const wagonAssignedIds = await this.getWagonAssignedBookingIds(scheduleId);
+    if (wagonAssignedIds.size) {
+      await this.trainScheduleBookingsRepository.updateLoadingStatusMany(
+        scheduleId,
+        [...wagonAssignedIds],
+        LoadingStatus.Loaded,
+      );
+    }
+    return this.getTrainScheduleById(scheduleId);
+  }
+
   async departImportFromDjibouti(scheduleId: string, dto: ImportDjiboutiActionDto = {}) {
     const schedule = await this.getImportDjiboutiSchedule(scheduleId);
     const operation = await this.getOrCreateImportDjiboutiOperation(scheduleId);
@@ -3647,9 +3973,25 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
   private async mapScheduleDetail(
     schedule: import('../train-schedules/entities/train-schedule.entity').TrainSchedule,
   ) {
-    const allocationIds = (schedule.trainSet?.wagons ?? [])
-      .flatMap((w) => w.allocations ?? [])
-      .map((a) => a.id);
+    const allocations = (schedule.trainSet?.wagons ?? []).flatMap(
+      (w) => w.allocations ?? [],
+    );
+    const allocationIds = allocations.map((a) => a.id);
+    const allocatedBookingIds = new Set(allocations.map((a) => a.bookingId));
+
+    // Import-from-Djibouti trains can only dispatch once loading is confirmed
+    // (loadedOnTrainAt on the operation). Other directions have no departure
+    // loading gate, so the workspace shows the confirm button as already done.
+    const requiresLoadingConfirmation = this.isImportDjiboutiSchedule(schedule);
+    let loadingConfirmed = !requiresLoadingConfirmation;
+    if (requiresLoadingConfirmation) {
+      const op = await this.dataSource
+        .getRepository(ImportDjiboutiOperation)
+        .findOne({ where: { trainScheduleId: schedule.id } });
+      loadingConfirmed = Boolean(op?.loadedOnTrainAt);
+    }
+
+    const windowCfg = await this.getWindowConfig();
 
     const [containerItems, bulkLoads] = await Promise.all([
       allocationIds.length
@@ -3682,6 +4024,8 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
       freightType: this.resolveScheduleFreightType(schedule),
       trainNumber: schedule.trainNumber ?? null,
       direction: schedule.direction ?? null,
+      requiresLoadingConfirmation,
+      loadingConfirmed,
       // Booking-window phase + phase deadlines drive the countdown timers in the
       // operations workspace (display only — the window engine enforces them).
       windowPhase: schedule.windowPhase ?? null,
@@ -3697,6 +4041,22 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
       paymentPhaseEndsAt: schedule.paymentPhaseEndsAt
         ? schedule.paymentPhaseEndsAt.toISOString()
         : null,
+      // Per-schedule booking-window rule snapshot — powers the "Booking window
+      // settings" editor on the ops board (prefill + save one schedule's
+      // override). docReview/payment are not snapshotted per schedule (only their
+      // sum, as reopenDelayMinutes), so the editor prefills them from live config.
+      windowRule: {
+        windowOpenHour: schedule.ruleWindowOpenHour ?? null,
+        windowCloseHour: schedule.ruleWindowCloseHour ?? null,
+        windowDurationHours:
+          schedule.ruleWindowDurationHours != null
+            ? Number(schedule.ruleWindowDurationHours)
+            : null,
+        reopenDelayMinutes: schedule.ruleReopenDelayMinutes ?? null,
+        importWindowLeadDays: schedule.ruleImportWindowLeadDays ?? null,
+        docReviewMinutes: windowCfg.docReviewMinutes,
+        paymentWindowMinutes: windowCfg.paymentWindowMinutes,
+      },
       route: schedule.route
         ? { id: schedule.route.id, name: formatRouteLabel(schedule.route) }
         : null,
@@ -3790,6 +4150,11 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
           status: sb.booking?.status ?? null,
           schedulingStatus: sb.booking?.schedulingStatus ?? null,
           freightType: sb.booking?.freightType ?? null,
+          // Loaded/unloaded is tracked on the schedule↔booking link, not the
+          // booking itself — staff flip it per booking in the workspace before
+          // dispatch. Defaults UNLOADED for links written before the column.
+          loadingStatus: sb.loadingStatus ?? LoadingStatus.Unloaded,
+          wagonAssigned: allocatedBookingIds.has(sb.booking?.id ?? sb.bookingId),
         })) ?? [],
     };
   }
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/seed/file-upload-settings.seeder.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/seed/file-upload-settings.seeder.ts
index 3466e6653..e5e3bb139 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/seed/file-upload-settings.seeder.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/seed/file-upload-settings.seeder.ts
@@ -350,6 +350,20 @@ const CLEARANCE_DOCUMENT_SETTINGS: OnboardingDocumentSetting[] = [
     entity: CLEARANCE_ENTITY,
     fields: EXPORT_CONTAINER_OUTPUT_FIELDS,
   },
+  // Bulk output sets mirror the container output docs so customs+bulk bookings
+  // can finalize (previously bulk had no output set and got stuck at finalize).
+  {
+    code: "clearance_output_import_bulk",
+    label: "Customs output documents (import bulk)",
+    entity: CLEARANCE_ENTITY,
+    fields: IMPORT_CONTAINER_OUTPUT_FIELDS,
+  },
+  {
+    code: "clearance_output_export_bulk",
+    label: "Customs output documents (export bulk)",
+    entity: CLEARANCE_ENTITY,
+    fields: EXPORT_CONTAINER_OUTPUT_FIELDS,
+  },
 ];
 
 // ── Contract pre-booking clearance settings (Path B) ────────────────────────
@@ -398,6 +412,20 @@ const CONTRACT_CLEARANCE_SETTINGS: OnboardingDocumentSetting[] = [
     entity: CONTRACT_CLEARANCE_ENTITY,
     fields: EXPORT_CONTAINER_OUTPUT_FIELDS,
   },
+  // Bulk output sets mirror the container output docs so customs+bulk contracts
+  // can finalize (previously bulk had no output set and got stuck at finalize).
+  {
+    code: "contract_clearance_output_import_bulk",
+    label: "Contract customs output documents (import bulk)",
+    entity: CONTRACT_CLEARANCE_ENTITY,
+    fields: IMPORT_CONTAINER_OUTPUT_FIELDS,
+  },
+  {
+    code: "contract_clearance_output_export_bulk",
+    label: "Contract customs output documents (export bulk)",
+    entity: CONTRACT_CLEARANCE_ENTITY,
+    fields: EXPORT_CONTAINER_OUTPUT_FIELDS,
+  },
 ];
 
 // ── Path A self-clearance settings (no EDR customs service) ──────────────────
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ExportClearanceStepper.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ExportClearanceStepper.tsx
index b13e38961..db6e79430 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ExportClearanceStepper.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ExportClearanceStepper.tsx
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ import { bookingsService } from "@/services/bookings.service";
 /**
  * Export customs flow, ordered per the stakeholder process:
  * customer docs → RO (DJ) → declaration (ET, auto-releases) → create booking (ET)
- * → payment + wagons → transport document (ET) → train to Djibouti → gate pass (DJ)
- * → accept T1 (DJ) → final invoice (DJ) + customer slip + GL confirm.
+ * → payment + wagons → transport document / T1 (ET) → train to Djibouti
+ * → accept T1 (DJ, one button after arrival) → gate pass (DJ)
+ * → final invoice (DJ) + customer slip + GL confirm.
  */
 export function computeExportActiveStep(
   clearance: ClearanceViewLike,
@@ -77,8 +78,8 @@ export function computeExportActiveStep(
   }
   if (!isBookingMilestoneDone(bookingMilestones, "EXPORT_TRANSPORT_ISSUED")) return 5;
   if (!clearance.train?.arrivedAt) return 6;
-  if (!clearance.gatepassGranted) return 7;
-  if (!clearance.t1Closed) return 8;
+  if (!clearance.t1Closed) return 7;
+  if (!clearance.gatepassGranted) return 8;
   if (clearance.finalInvoice?.status !== "PAID") return 9;
   return 10;
 }
@@ -395,17 +396,9 @@ export function ExportClearanceStepper({
             </Stack>
           </Stepper.Step>
 
-          <Stepper.Step
-            label="Gate pass"
-            description="Secured on the train schedule after arrival"
-            icon={clearance.gatepassGranted ? <CheckCircle2 size={14} /> : <Truck size={14} />}
-          >
-            <GatepassStep clearance={clearance} />
-          </Stepper.Step>
-
           <Stepper.Step
             label="Accept T1"
-            description="GL Djibouti closes the transport document"
+            description="GL Djibouti closes once the train arrives"
             icon={clearance.t1Closed ? <CheckCircle2 size={14} /> : <PackageCheck size={14} />}
           >
             <AcceptT1Step
@@ -420,6 +413,14 @@ export function ExportClearanceStepper({
             />
           </Stepper.Step>
 
+          <Stepper.Step
+            label="Gate pass"
+            description="Secured on the train schedule after arrival"
+            icon={clearance.gatepassGranted ? <CheckCircle2 size={14} /> : <Truck size={14} />}
+          >
+            <GatepassStep clearance={clearance} />
+          </Stepper.Step>
+
           <Stepper.Step
             label="Final invoice & payment"
             description="GL Djibouti invoices after offload; customer pays"
@@ -554,6 +555,7 @@ function AcceptT1Step({
 }) {
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
   const files = exportTransitFilesFromWorkflow(workflowFiles);
+  const arrived = Boolean(clearance.train?.arrivedAt);
 
   return (
     <Stack gap="sm">
@@ -582,9 +584,9 @@ function AcceptT1Step({
             pendingLabel={
               !transportIssued
                 ? "Waiting for the transport document."
-                : clearance.gatepassGranted
-                  ? "Gate pass granted — GL Djibouti accepts (closes) the T1."
-                  : "Available after the gate pass is granted."
+                : arrived
+                  ? "Train arrived — GL Djibouti accepts (closes) the T1."
+                  : "Available once the train arrives at Djibouti."
             }
             doneLabel=""
           />
@@ -592,7 +594,7 @@ function AcceptT1Step({
             <Button
               color="edr-green"
               loading={loading}
-              disabled={!transportIssued || !clearance.gatepassGranted}
+              disabled={!transportIssued || !arrived}
               leftSection={<PackageCheck size={16} />}
               onClick={async () => {
                 setLoading(true);
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlClearanceUploadModal.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlClearanceUploadModal.tsx
index 07eae83da..87a8993ee 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlClearanceUploadModal.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlClearanceUploadModal.tsx
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export function GlClearanceUploadModal({
           />
         ) : (
           <DateInput
-            label="Vessel departure date (optional)"
+            label="Vessel arrival date (optional)"
             value={vesselDate}
             onChange={(v) => setVesselDate(v ? new Date(v) : null)}
             size="sm"
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/PhasedClearanceActionPanel.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/PhasedClearanceActionPanel.tsx
index d0b7f2c87..6852590cd 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/PhasedClearanceActionPanel.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/PhasedClearanceActionPanel.tsx
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ function computeImportActiveStep(
   clearance: ClearanceViewLike,
   bookingCreated: boolean,
   bookingMilestones: MilestoneRow[],
+  t1Uploaded: boolean,
 ): number {
   if (!isMilestoneDone(clearance.milestones, "DOCUMENTS_APPROVED")) return 0;
   if (!isMilestoneDone(clearance.milestones, "DECLARED")) return 1;
@@ -119,16 +120,17 @@ function computeImportActiveStep(
   if (!isMilestoneDone(clearance.milestones, "DO_COLLECTED")) return 6;
   if (!bookingCreated) return 7;
   if (!clearance.gatepassGranted) return 8;
-  if (!clearance.t1?.closed) return 9;
-  if (!isBookingMilestoneDone(bookingMilestones, "RISK_ASSIGNED")) return 10;
+  if (!t1Uploaded && !clearance.t1?.closed) return 9;
+  if (!clearance.t1?.closed) return 10;
+  if (!isBookingMilestoneDone(bookingMilestones, "RISK_ASSIGNED")) return 11;
   // Additional duty round is optional — resolved once skipped or paid.
   const secondDutyResolved =
     clearance.secondDuty?.skipped ||
     clearance.secondDuty?.paid ||
     isBookingMilestoneDone(bookingMilestones, "SECOND_DUTY_PAID");
-  if (!secondDutyResolved) return 11;
-  if (!clearance.importReleaseGranted) return 12;
-  return 13;
+  if (!secondDutyResolved) return 12;
+  if (!clearance.importReleaseGranted) return 13;
+  return 14;
 }
 
 function t1FilesFromWorkflow(
@@ -226,12 +228,18 @@ export function PhasedClearanceActionPanel({
   // The booking that carries the post-booking steps (gate pass, risk, duty, release).
   const actionBookingId =
     clearance.t1?.bookingId ?? clearance.linkedBookingId ?? bookingId ?? null;
+  const t1Uploaded = t1FilesFromWorkflow(workflowFiles).length > 0;
   const activeStep = useMemo(
     () =>
       isImport
-        ? computeImportActiveStep(clearance, effectiveBookingCreated, bookingMilestones)
+        ? computeImportActiveStep(
+            clearance,
+            effectiveBookingCreated,
+            bookingMilestones,
+            t1Uploaded,
+          )
         : 0,
-    [clearance, isImport, effectiveBookingCreated, bookingMilestones],
+    [clearance, isImport, effectiveBookingCreated, bookingMilestones, t1Uploaded],
   );
 
   if (isImport) {
@@ -544,22 +552,45 @@ export function PhasedClearanceActionPanel({
 
             <Stepper.Step
               label="T1 transport documents"
-              description="GL Djibouti uploads after wagon allocation; GL Ethiopia closes on arrival"
+              description="GL Djibouti uploads after the gate pass is secured"
               icon={
-                clearance.t1?.closed ? <CheckCircle2 size={14} /> : <Truck size={14} />
+                t1Uploaded || clearance.t1?.closed ? (
+                  <CheckCircle2 size={14} />
+                ) : (
+                  <Truck size={14} />
+                )
               }
             >
-              <ImportT1Section
+              <ImportT1UploadStep
                 t1={clearance.t1 ?? null}
+                gatepassGranted={Boolean(clearance.gatepassGranted)}
                 workflowFiles={workflowFiles}
                 canDjAct={showDj && canDj}
-                canEtAct={showEt && canEt}
                 onChanged={onChanged}
                 onViewFile={onViewFile}
                 onDownloadFile={onDownloadFile}
               />
             </Stepper.Step>
 
+            <Stepper.Step
+              label="Close T1"
+              description="GL Ethiopia closes once the train arrives"
+              icon={
+                clearance.t1?.closed ? (
+                  <CheckCircle2 size={14} />
+                ) : (
+                  <PackageCheck size={14} />
+                )
+              }
+            >
+              <ImportT1CloseStep
+                t1={clearance.t1 ?? null}
+                t1Uploaded={t1Uploaded}
+                canEtAct={showEt && canEt}
+                onChanged={onChanged}
+              />
+            </Stepper.Step>
+
             <Stepper.Step
               label="Customs risk"
               description="GL Ethiopia assigns Green / Yellow / Red"
@@ -645,26 +676,29 @@ export function PhasedClearanceActionPanel({
   );
 }
 
-function ImportT1Section({
+/**
+ * GL Djibouti uploads the T1 transport documents (multi-file) once the gate
+ * pass is secured on the train schedule; locked on departure or T1 close.
+ */
+function ImportT1UploadStep({
   t1,
+  gatepassGranted,
   workflowFiles = [],
   canDjAct,
-  canEtAct,
   onChanged,
   onViewFile,
   onDownloadFile,
 }: {
   t1: Freight.ClearanceT1State | null;
+  gatepassGranted: boolean;
   workflowFiles?: Freight.ClearanceWorkflowFile[];
   canDjAct: boolean;
-  canEtAct: boolean;
   onChanged?: () => void;
   onViewFile?: (file: { name: string; url: string }) => void;
   onDownloadFile?: (file: { id: string; name: string }) => void;
 }) {
   const [files, setFiles] = useState<File[]>([]);
   const [uploading, setUploading] = useState(false);
-  const [closing, setClosing] = useState(false);
 
   const uploaded = t1FilesFromWorkflow(workflowFiles);
   const replaceMode = uploaded.length > 0;
@@ -680,8 +714,8 @@ function ImportT1Section({
   }
 
   const departed = Boolean(t1.trainDepartedAt);
-  const arrived = Boolean(t1.trainArrivedAt);
-  const canUpload = canDjAct && t1.wagonAllocated && !departed && !t1.closed;
+  const canUpload =
+    canDjAct && t1.wagonAllocated && gatepassGranted && !departed && !t1.closed;
 
   return (
     <Stack gap="sm">
@@ -707,7 +741,7 @@ function ImportT1Section({
         <StepStatus
           done
           pendingLabel=""
-          doneLabel="T1 accepted and closed by GL Ethiopia — documents are final."
+          doneLabel="T1 documents are final — closed by GL Ethiopia."
         />
       ) : !t1.wagonAllocated ? (
         <StepStatus
@@ -715,6 +749,12 @@ function ImportT1Section({
           pendingLabel="Waiting for operations to allocate wagons."
           doneLabel=""
         />
+      ) : !gatepassGranted ? (
+        <StepStatus
+          done={false}
+          pendingLabel="Waiting for the gate pass to be secured on the train schedule."
+          doneLabel=""
+        />
       ) : departed ? (
         <Alert color="orange" variant="light" icon={<AlertTriangle size={16} />}>
           The train has departed — T1 documents are locked and can no longer be changed.
@@ -725,6 +765,8 @@ function ImportT1Section({
           pendingLabel="Waiting for GL Djibouti to upload T1 transport documents."
           doneLabel=""
         />
+      ) : uploaded.length > 0 && !canUpload ? (
+        <StepStatus done pendingLabel="" doneLabel="T1 documents uploaded." />
       ) : null}
 
       {canUpload ? (
@@ -771,40 +813,103 @@ function ImportT1Section({
           </Button>
         </>
       ) : null}
+    </Stack>
+  );
+}
 
-      {canEtAct && !t1.closed ? (
-        arrived ? (
-          <Stack gap="xs">
-            <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">
-              The train has arrived — review the T1 documents and close (accept) them.
-            </Text>
-            <Button
-              color="edr-green"
-              loading={closing}
-              disabled={uploaded.length === 0}
-              leftSection={<PackageCheck size={16} />}
-              onClick={async () => {
-                setClosing(true);
-                try {
-                  await contractsService.closeT1(t1.bookingId);
-                  toast.success("T1 closed");
-                  onChanged?.();
-                } catch (e) {
-                  toast.error(e instanceof Error ? e.message : "Failed");
-                } finally {
-                  setClosing(false);
-                }
-              }}
-            >
-              Accept &amp; close T1
-            </Button>
-          </Stack>
-        ) : departed ? (
-          <Alert color="blue" variant="light" icon={<Clock size={16} />}>
-            Train en route — T1 can be closed once it arrives in Ethiopia.
-          </Alert>
-        ) : null
-      ) : null}
+/**
+ * GL Ethiopia closes (accepts) the T1 set with one click once the train has
+ * arrived. Separate step from the GL Djibouti upload.
+ */
+function ImportT1CloseStep({
+  t1,
+  t1Uploaded,
+  canEtAct,
+  onChanged,
+}: {
+  t1: Freight.ClearanceT1State | null;
+  t1Uploaded: boolean;
+  canEtAct: boolean;
+  onChanged?: () => void;
+}) {
+  const [closing, setClosing] = useState(false);
+
+  if (!t1) {
+    return (
+      <StepStatus
+        done={false}
+        pendingLabel="Available once the shipment booking is created."
+        doneLabel=""
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (t1.closed) {
+    return (
+      <StepStatus
+        done
+        pendingLabel=""
+        doneLabel={`T1 accepted and closed by GL Ethiopia${
+          t1.closedAt ? ` · ${new Date(t1.closedAt).toLocaleString()}` : ""
+        }`}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (!t1Uploaded) {
+    return (
+      <StepStatus
+        done={false}
+        pendingLabel="Waiting for GL Djibouti to upload T1 transport documents."
+        doneLabel=""
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (!t1.trainArrivedAt) {
+    return (
+      <Alert color="blue" variant="light" icon={<Clock size={16} />}>
+        {t1.trainDepartedAt
+          ? "Train en route — T1 can be closed once it arrives in Ethiopia."
+          : "T1 can be closed once the train arrives in Ethiopia."}
+      </Alert>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (!canEtAct) {
+    return (
+      <StepStatus
+        done={false}
+        pendingLabel="Train arrived — waiting for GL Ethiopia to close the T1."
+        doneLabel=""
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Stack gap="xs">
+      <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">
+        The train has arrived — review the T1 documents and close (accept) them.
+      </Text>
+      <Button
+        color="edr-green"
+        loading={closing}
+        leftSection={<PackageCheck size={16} />}
+        onClick={async () => {
+          setClosing(true);
+          try {
+            await contractsService.closeT1(t1.bookingId);
+            toast.success("T1 closed");
+            onChanged?.();
+          } catch (e) {
+            toast.error(e instanceof Error ? e.message : "Failed");
+          } finally {
+            setClosing(false);
+          }
+        }}
+      >
+        Accept &amp; close T1
+      </Button>
     </Stack>
   );
 }
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/trainScheduling/BookingWindowSettingsModal.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/trainScheduling/BookingWindowSettingsModal.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e32dcf45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/trainScheduling/BookingWindowSettingsModal.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,404 @@
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import {
+  Alert,
+  Badge,
+  Box,
+  Button,
+  Divider,
+  Group,
+  Loader,
+  Modal,
+  NumberInput,
+  Select,
+  Stack,
+  Switch,
+  Text,
+  ThemeIcon,
+} from "@mantine/core";
+import { isAxiosError } from "axios";
+import { Clock, Info, Moon, Sun } from "lucide-react";
+import { useMutation, useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+
+import DurationField from "@/components/trainScheduling/DurationField";
+import { api } from "@/services/api";
+import { useToast } from "@/hooks/use-toast";
+import type { UpdateScheduleWindowRulePayload } from "@/types/trainScheduling";
+
+/** Fallbacks matching the API's global-rules defaults (used when a field is null). */
+const DEFAULTS = {
+  windowOpenHour: 8,
+  windowCloseHour: 17,
+  windowDurationHours: 3,
+  docReviewMinutes: 30,
+  paymentWindowMinutes: 60,
+  importWindowLeadDays: 3,
+};
+
+/** 12-hour label for an EAT hour 0–23, e.g. 8 → "8:00 AM", 17 → "5:00 PM". */
+function hourLabel(hour: number): string {
+  const period = hour < 12 ? "AM" : "PM";
+  const h12 = hour % 12 === 0 ? 12 : hour % 12;
+  return `${h12}:00 ${period}`;
+}
+
+const HOUR_OPTIONS = Array.from({ length: 24 }, (_, h) => ({
+  value: String(h),
+  label: `${hourLabel(h)}  ·  ${String(h).padStart(2, "0")}:00`,
+}));
+
+interface FormState {
+  windowOpenHour: number;
+  windowCloseHour: number;
+  windowDurationHours: number | "";
+  docReviewMinutes: number | "";
+  paymentWindowMinutes: number | "";
+  importWindowLeadDays: number | "";
+}
+
+function parseError(error: unknown, fallback: string): string {
+  if (isAxiosError(error)) {
+    const message = error.response?.data?.message;
+    if (Array.isArray(message)) return message.join(", ");
+    if (typeof message === "string") return message;
+  }
+  return fallback;
+}
+
+export interface BookingWindowSettingsModalProps {
+  scheduleId: string | null;
+  opened: boolean;
+  onClose: () => void;
+  /** Called after a successful save (e.g. to refetch a list). */
+  onSaved?: () => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Per-schedule booking-window settings editor. Prefills from the schedule's own
+ * rule snapshot, lets staff tune the daily desk hours / durations for just that
+ * train, and saves an override. Only editable before the window opens.
+ */
+export default function BookingWindowSettingsModal({
+  scheduleId,
+  opened,
+  onClose,
+  onSaved,
+}: BookingWindowSettingsModalProps) {
+  const { toast } = useToast();
+
+  const detailQuery = useQuery({
+    ...api.trainScheduling.scheduleDetail.queryOptions({
+      input: { id: scheduleId ?? "" },
+    }),
+    enabled: opened && Boolean(scheduleId),
+  });
+  const schedule = detailQuery.data;
+
+  const save = useMutation(
+    api.trainScheduling.updateScheduleWindowRule.mutationOptions(),
+  );
+
+  const [form, setForm] = useState<FormState | null>(null);
+
+  // Seed the form from the schedule's snapshot once it loads (or when reopened).
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!opened || !schedule) return;
+    const r = schedule.windowRule;
+    setForm({
+      windowOpenHour: r?.windowOpenHour ?? DEFAULTS.windowOpenHour,
+      windowCloseHour: r?.windowCloseHour ?? DEFAULTS.windowCloseHour,
+      windowDurationHours: r?.windowDurationHours ?? DEFAULTS.windowDurationHours,
+      docReviewMinutes: r?.docReviewMinutes ?? DEFAULTS.docReviewMinutes,
+      paymentWindowMinutes:
+        r?.paymentWindowMinutes ?? DEFAULTS.paymentWindowMinutes,
+      importWindowLeadDays:
+        r?.importWindowLeadDays ?? DEFAULTS.importWindowLeadDays,
+    });
+  }, [opened, schedule]);
+
+  const isExport = schedule?.direction === "EXPORT";
+  const canEdit = schedule?.windowPhase === "PRE_WINDOW";
+  const is24h =
+    form != null && form.windowOpenHour === form.windowCloseHour;
+  // Close < open is a valid OVERNIGHT desk (e.g. 08:00 → 07:00 next morning),
+  // not an error — the engine wraps it across midnight.
+  const isOvernight =
+    form != null && form.windowCloseHour < form.windowOpenHour;
+
+  const reopenSummary = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!form) return "";
+    const doc = Number(form.docReviewMinutes) || 0;
+    const pay = Number(form.paymentWindowMinutes) || 0;
+    const total = doc + pay;
+    const h = Math.floor(total / 60);
+    const m = total % 60;
+    const parts = [h ? `${h}h` : "", m ? `${m}m` : ""].filter(Boolean);
+    return parts.length ? parts.join(" ") : "0m";
+  }, [form]);
+
+  const handleSave = async () => {
+    if (!scheduleId || !form) return;
+    // Numeric fields must hold real values.
+    const duration = Number(form.windowDurationHours);
+    const doc = Number(form.docReviewMinutes);
+    const pay = Number(form.paymentWindowMinutes);
+    const lead = Number(form.importWindowLeadDays);
+    if (
+      form.windowDurationHours === "" ||
+      form.docReviewMinutes === "" ||
+      form.paymentWindowMinutes === "" ||
+      form.importWindowLeadDays === "" ||
+      !Number.isFinite(duration) ||
+      !Number.isFinite(doc) ||
+      !Number.isFinite(pay) ||
+      !Number.isFinite(lead)
+    ) {
+      toast({
+        title: "Fill every field before saving",
+        variant: "destructive",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+    const payload: UpdateScheduleWindowRulePayload = {
+      windowOpenHour: form.windowOpenHour,
+      windowCloseHour: form.windowCloseHour,
+      windowDurationHours: duration,
+      docReviewMinutes: doc,
+      paymentWindowMinutes: pay,
+      importWindowLeadDays: lead,
+    };
+
+    try {
+      await save.mutateAsync({ id: scheduleId, payload });
+      toast({ title: "Booking window settings updated" });
+      onSaved?.();
+      onClose();
+    } catch (err) {
+      toast({
+        title: "Update failed",
+        description: parseError(err, "Could not update booking window"),
+        variant: "destructive",
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      opened={opened}
+      onClose={onClose}
+      centered
+      radius="lg"
+      size="lg"
+      title={
+        <Group gap="sm">
+          <ThemeIcon variant="light" color="edr-green" radius="md" size={34}>
+            <Clock size={18} />
+          </ThemeIcon>
+          <Box>
+            <Text fw={600} lh={1.2}>
+              Booking window settings
+            </Text>
+            <Text size="xs" c="dimmed" lh={1.2}>
+              {schedule?.route?.name ?? "This schedule only"}
+            </Text>
+          </Box>
+        </Group>
+      }
+    >
+      {detailQuery.isLoading || !form ? (
+        <Group justify="center" py="xl">
+          <Loader size="sm" />
+        </Group>
+      ) : !canEdit ? (
+        <Alert
+          variant="light"
+          color="yellow"
+          icon={<Info size={16} />}
+          title="Window already open"
+        >
+          Booking window settings can only be changed before the window opens.
+          This schedule is currently{" "}
+          <b>{String(schedule?.windowPhase ?? "not window-managed")}</b>.
+        </Alert>
+      ) : (
+        <Stack gap="lg">
+          {isExport ? (
+            <Alert variant="light" color="blue" icon={<Info size={16} />}>
+              Export schedules use a single FCFS lead window — the daily desk
+              hours below don't apply, only the lead time does.
+            </Alert>
+          ) : null}
+
+          {/* ── Daily desk hours ─────────────────────────────────────────── */}
+          <Box>
+            <Group justify="space-between" align="center" mb={6}>
+              <Text size="sm" fw={600}>
+                Daily desk hours (EAT)
+              </Text>
+              {is24h ? (
+                <Badge
+                  variant="light"
+                  color="grape"
+                  leftSection={<Moon size={12} />}
+                >
+                  24-hour desk
+                </Badge>
+              ) : (
+                <Badge
+                  variant="light"
+                  color="edr-green"
+                  leftSection={<Sun size={12} />}
+                >
+                  {hourLabel(form.windowOpenHour)} – {hourLabel(form.windowCloseHour)}
+                </Badge>
+              )}
+            </Group>
+            <Group grow align="flex-start">
+              <Select
+                label="Opens"
+                data={HOUR_OPTIONS}
+                value={String(form.windowOpenHour)}
+                onChange={(v) =>
+                  v != null &&
+                  setForm((f) => f && { ...f, windowOpenHour: Number(v) })
+                }
+                allowDeselect={false}
+                comboboxProps={{ withinPortal: true }}
+                disabled={isExport}
+              />
+              <Select
+                label="Closes"
+                data={HOUR_OPTIONS}
+                value={String(form.windowCloseHour)}
+                onChange={(v) =>
+                  v != null &&
+                  setForm((f) => f && { ...f, windowCloseHour: Number(v) })
+                }
+                allowDeselect={false}
+                comboboxProps={{ withinPortal: true }}
+                disabled={isExport}
+              />
+            </Group>
+            {isOvernight && !is24h ? (
+              <Text size="xs" c="dimmed" mt={4}>
+                Overnight desk — opens {form.windowOpenHour}:00 and runs past
+                midnight, closing {form.windowCloseHour}:00 the next morning.
+              </Text>
+            ) : null}
+            <Switch
+              mt="sm"
+              size="sm"
+              color="grape"
+              label="Run 24 hours a day (never pause overnight)"
+              checked={is24h}
+              disabled={isExport}
+              onChange={(e) => {
+                const checked = e.currentTarget.checked;
+                setForm((f) => {
+                  if (!f) return f;
+                  // On → close == open (24h desk). Off → restore a normal ~9h
+                  // day, always kept ≥ open hour so it never lands invalid.
+                  const close = checked
+                    ? f.windowOpenHour
+                    : Math.min(23, f.windowOpenHour + 9);
+                  return { ...f, windowCloseHour: close };
+                });
+              }}
+            />
+            {!isExport ? (
+              <Text size="xs" c="dimmed" mt={6}>
+                A not-yet-full train pauses at the close hour and resumes the next
+                morning at the open hour, every day until it fills or departs.
+              </Text>
+            ) : null}
+          </Box>
+
+          <Divider />
+
+          {/* ── Cycle timing ─────────────────────────────────────────────── */}
+          <Box>
+            <Text size="sm" fw={600} mb={6}>
+              Cycle timing
+            </Text>
+            <Stack gap="sm">
+              <DurationField
+                label="Window duration"
+                description="How long each booking cycle stays open before it closes for review"
+                value={form.windowDurationHours}
+                nativeUnit="hours"
+                onChange={(v) =>
+                  setForm((f) => f && { ...f, windowDurationHours: v })
+                }
+                min={0.0166}
+                disabled={isExport}
+              />
+              <Group grow align="flex-start">
+                <DurationField
+                  label="Document review"
+                  description="Staff time to accept documents after the window closes"
+                  value={form.docReviewMinutes}
+                  nativeUnit="minutes"
+                  onChange={(v) =>
+                    setForm((f) => f && { ...f, docReviewMinutes: v })
+                  }
+                  min={0}
+                  disabled={isExport}
+                />
+                <DurationField
+                  label="Payment window"
+                  description="Time a selected customer has to pay"
+                  value={form.paymentWindowMinutes}
+                  nativeUnit="minutes"
+                  onChange={(v) =>
+                    setForm((f) => f && { ...f, paymentWindowMinutes: v })
+                  }
+                  min={1}
+                  disabled={isExport}
+                />
+              </Group>
+              {!isExport ? (
+                <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
+                  Reopen gap after each cycle = document review + payment ={" "}
+                  <b>{reopenSummary}</b>.
+                </Text>
+              ) : null}
+            </Stack>
+          </Box>
+
+          <Divider />
+
+          {/* ── Lead time ────────────────────────────────────────────────── */}
+          <NumberInput
+            label={isExport ? "Booking lead (days)" : "Window lead (days)"}
+            description={
+              isExport
+                ? "How many days before departure export booking opens"
+                : "How many days before departure the booking window starts"
+            }
+            value={form.importWindowLeadDays}
+            onChange={(v) =>
+              setForm(
+                (f) =>
+                  f && {
+                    ...f,
+                    importWindowLeadDays: v === "" ? "" : Number(v),
+                  },
+              )
+            }
+            min={0}
+            clampBehavior="none"
+            allowDecimal={false}
+          />
+
+          <Group justify="flex-end" mt="xs">
+            <Button variant="default" onClick={onClose} disabled={save.isPending}>
+              Cancel
+            </Button>
+            <Button onClick={handleSave} loading={save.isPending}>
+              Save settings
+            </Button>
+          </Group>
+        </Stack>
+      )}
+    </Modal>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/trainScheduling/EditScheduleDateModal.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/trainScheduling/EditScheduleDateModal.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ea7dfc5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/trainScheduling/EditScheduleDateModal.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import {
+  Alert,
+  Box,
+  Button,
+  Group,
+  Modal,
+  Stack,
+  Text,
+  TextInput,
+  ThemeIcon,
+} from "@mantine/core";
+import { isAxiosError } from "axios";
+import { CalendarClock, Info } from "lucide-react";
+import { useMutation } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+
+import { api } from "@/services/api";
+import { useToast } from "@/hooks/use-toast";
+
+function parseError(error: unknown, fallback: string): string {
+  if (isAxiosError(error)) {
+    const message = error.response?.data?.message;
+    if (Array.isArray(message)) return message.join(", ");
+    if (typeof message === "string") return message;
+  }
+  return fallback;
+}
+
+/** ISO → the `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm` value a datetime-local input expects (local time). */
+function toLocalInputValue(iso: string | null | undefined): string {
+  if (!iso) return "";
+  const date = new Date(iso);
+  if (Number.isNaN(date.getTime())) return "";
+  const pad = (n: number) => String(n).padStart(2, "0");
+  return (
+    `${date.getFullYear()}-${pad(date.getMonth() + 1)}-${pad(date.getDate())}` +
+    `T${pad(date.getHours())}:${pad(date.getMinutes())}`
+  );
+}
+
+export interface EditScheduleDateModalProps {
+  scheduleId: string | null;
+  currentDate: string | null;
+  routeName?: string | null;
+  opened: boolean;
+  onClose: () => void;
+  /** Called after a successful save (e.g. to refetch a list). */
+  onSaved?: () => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reschedule a train's departure date. Only shown for schedules whose booking
+ * window has not opened yet; the API rejects a date inside the booking lead
+ * window (import/intercity lead in days, export in hours).
+ */
+export default function EditScheduleDateModal({
+  scheduleId,
+  currentDate,
+  routeName,
+  opened,
+  onClose,
+  onSaved,
+}: EditScheduleDateModalProps) {
+  const { toast } = useToast();
+  const save = useMutation(
+    api.trainScheduling.updateScheduleDate.mutationOptions(),
+  );
+
+  const [value, setValue] = useState("");
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (opened) setValue(toLocalInputValue(currentDate));
+  }, [opened, currentDate]);
+
+  const handleSave = async () => {
+    if (!scheduleId || !value) {
+      toast({ title: "Pick a departure date", variant: "destructive" });
+      return;
+    }
+    try {
+      await save.mutateAsync({
+        id: scheduleId,
+        scheduleDate: new Date(value).toISOString(),
+      });
+      toast({ title: "Departure date updated" });
+      onSaved?.();
+      onClose();
+    } catch (err) {
+      toast({
+        title: "Update failed",
+        description: parseError(err, "Could not update departure date"),
+        variant: "destructive",
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      opened={opened}
+      onClose={onClose}
+      centered
+      radius="lg"
+      title={
+        <Group gap="sm">
+          <ThemeIcon variant="light" color="edr-green" radius="md" size={34}>
+            <CalendarClock size={18} />
+          </ThemeIcon>
+          <Box>
+            <Text fw={600} lh={1.2}>
+              Edit departure date
+            </Text>
+            <Text size="xs" c="dimmed" lh={1.2}>
+              {routeName ?? "This schedule only"}
+            </Text>
+          </Box>
+        </Group>
+      }
+    >
+      <Stack gap="md">
+        <Alert variant="light" color="blue" icon={<Info size={16} />}>
+          The date can only be changed before the booking window opens, and must
+          still leave room for the booking lead window before departure.
+        </Alert>
+        <TextInput
+          label="Departure date"
+          type="datetime-local"
+          value={value}
+          onChange={(e) => setValue(e.currentTarget.value)}
+        />
+        <Group justify="flex-end" mt="xs">
+          <Button variant="default" onClick={onClose} disabled={save.isPending}>
+            Cancel
+          </Button>
+          <Button onClick={handleSave} loading={save.isPending}>
+            Save
+          </Button>
+        </Group>
+      </Stack>
+    </Modal>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/trainScheduling/ScheduleWorkspacePanel.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/trainScheduling/ScheduleWorkspacePanel.tsx
index 2a7689582..6a6ba09d9 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/trainScheduling/ScheduleWorkspacePanel.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/trainScheduling/ScheduleWorkspacePanel.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import {
   CheckCircle2,
   Inbox,
   PackageCheck,
-  Repeat,
+  PackageX,
+  // Repeat, // used by the hidden Move (reassign) button
   Train,
   Weight,
   X,
@@ -152,6 +153,12 @@ export function ScheduleWorkspacePanel({
   // ── Mutations (reuse the existing endpoints) ───────────────────────────────
   const assign = useMutation(api.trainScheduling.assignBookings.mutationOptions());
   const unassign = useMutation(api.trainScheduling.unassignBooking.mutationOptions());
+  const setLoading = useMutation(
+    api.trainScheduling.setLoadingStatus.mutationOptions(),
+  );
+  const confirmLoading = useMutation(
+    api.trainScheduling.confirmLoading.mutationOptions(),
+  );
   const moveSchedule = useMutation(
     api.trainScheduling.moveBookingSchedule.mutationOptions(),
   );
@@ -237,6 +244,50 @@ export function ScheduleWorkspacePanel({
       );
   };
 
+  const toggleLoaded = (
+    bookingId: string,
+    ref: string,
+    next: "LOADED" | "UNLOADED",
+  ) => {
+    setLoading
+      .mutateAsync({ id: schedule.id, bookingIds: [bookingId], loadingStatus: next })
+      .then(() => {
+        toast({
+          title:
+            next === "LOADED"
+              ? `${ref} marked loaded`
+              : `${ref} marked unloaded`,
+        });
+        onChanged();
+      })
+      .catch((error) =>
+        toast({
+          title: "Could not update loading status",
+          description: apiErrorMessage(error, "Please try again."),
+          variant: "destructive",
+        }),
+      );
+  };
+
+  const doConfirmLoading = () => {
+    confirmLoading
+      .mutateAsync({ id: schedule.id })
+      .then(() => {
+        toast({ title: "Loading confirmed", description: "The train is cleared to dispatch." });
+        onChanged();
+      })
+      .catch((error) =>
+        toast({
+          title: "Could not confirm loading",
+          description: apiErrorMessage(
+            error,
+            "Grant the Djibouti gatepass first, then confirm loading.",
+          ),
+          variant: "destructive",
+        }),
+      );
+  };
+
   const doMove = () => {
     if (!moveBookingId || !moveTarget) return;
     moveSchedule
@@ -268,7 +319,7 @@ export function ScheduleWorkspacePanel({
             <div>
               <Text fw={700}>Allocation workspace</Text>
               <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
-                Manually add ready-to-pay bookings, remove, or reassign them
+                Manually add paid, unassigned bookings, remove, or reassign them
               </Text>
             </div>
           </Group>
@@ -347,17 +398,65 @@ export function ScheduleWorkspacePanel({
           </Text>
         ) : null}
 
+        {/* Loading confirmation — required before dispatch for import-Djibouti
+            trains; shown for every direction so staff have one place to confirm. */}
+        {canManage ? (
+          <Group
+            gap={10}
+            p="sm"
+            wrap="nowrap"
+            align="center"
+            justify="space-between"
+            style={{
+              borderRadius: 10,
+              background: schedule.loadingConfirmed
+                ? "var(--mantine-color-edr-green-0)"
+                : "var(--mantine-color-yellow-0)",
+              border: `1px solid ${
+                schedule.loadingConfirmed
+                  ? "var(--mantine-color-edr-green-2)"
+                  : "var(--mantine-color-yellow-3)"
+              }`,
+            }}
+          >
+            <Group gap={8} wrap="nowrap" align="center" style={{ minWidth: 0 }}>
+              {schedule.loadingConfirmed ? (
+                <CheckCircle2 size={18} color="var(--mantine-color-edr-green-7)" />
+              ) : (
+                <PackageCheck size={18} color="#B7791F" />
+              )}
+              <Text size="sm" fw={600}>
+                {schedule.loadingConfirmed
+                  ? "Loading confirmed — cleared to dispatch"
+                  : "Confirm loading before dispatching this train"}
+              </Text>
+            </Group>
+            {!schedule.loadingConfirmed ? (
+              <Button
+                size="compact-sm"
+                color="edr-green"
+                radius="md"
+                leftSection={<CheckCircle2 size={14} />}
+                loading={confirmLoading.isPending}
+                onClick={doConfirmLoading}
+              >
+                Confirm loading
+              </Button>
+            ) : null}
+          </Group>
+        ) : null}
+
         {/* Two-panel board */}
         <Group align="stretch" gap="lg" grow wrap="wrap">
           {/* Pool */}
           <PanelColumn
-            title="Ready to pay"
-            hint="Accepted · this route & day"
+            title="Paid · unassigned"
+            hint="Paid · this route & day · not on a train"
             count={pool.length}
             accent="#F2A516"
             loading={poolQuery.isLoading}
             emptyIcon={Inbox}
-            emptyText="No ready-to-pay bookings waiting for this train."
+            emptyText="No paid, unassigned bookings waiting for this train."
           >
             {pool.map((b) => (
               <BookingCard
@@ -402,9 +501,53 @@ export function ScheduleWorkspacePanel({
                 customer={b.customer}
                 weightTons={b.weightTons}
                 status={b.status}
+                loadingStatus={b.wagonAssigned ? b.loadingStatus ?? "UNLOADED" : undefined}
                 right={
                   canManage ? (
                     <Group gap={6} wrap="nowrap" justify="flex-end">
+                      {b.wagonAssigned ? (
+                        <Tooltip
+                          label={
+                            (b.loadingStatus ?? "UNLOADED") === "LOADED"
+                              ? "Mark cargo unloaded from wagon"
+                              : "Mark cargo loaded onto wagon"
+                          }
+                          withArrow
+                        >
+                          <Button
+                            size="compact-sm"
+                            variant={
+                              (b.loadingStatus ?? "UNLOADED") === "LOADED"
+                                ? "light"
+                                : "filled"
+                            }
+                            color="edr-green"
+                            radius="md"
+                            leftSection={
+                              (b.loadingStatus ?? "UNLOADED") === "LOADED" ? (
+                                <PackageX size={13} />
+                              ) : (
+                                <PackageCheck size={13} />
+                              )
+                            }
+                            loading={setLoading.isPending}
+                            onClick={() =>
+                              toggleLoaded(
+                                b.id,
+                                b.reference ?? b.id.slice(0, 8),
+                                (b.loadingStatus ?? "UNLOADED") === "LOADED"
+                                  ? "UNLOADED"
+                                  : "LOADED",
+                              )
+                            }
+                          >
+                            {(b.loadingStatus ?? "UNLOADED") === "LOADED"
+                              ? "Unload"
+                              : "Load"}
+                          </Button>
+                        </Tooltip>
+                      ) : null}
+                      {/* Reassign-to-another-train — hidden for now.
                       <Tooltip label="Reassign to another train" withArrow>
                         <Button
                           size="compact-sm"
@@ -420,6 +563,7 @@ export function ScheduleWorkspacePanel({
                           Move
                         </Button>
                       </Tooltip>
+                      */}
                       <Tooltip label="Remove from this train" withArrow>
                         <Button
                           size="compact-sm"
@@ -565,12 +709,14 @@ function BookingCard({
   customer,
   weightTons,
   status,
+  loadingStatus,
   right,
 }: {
   reference: string;
   customer?: string | null;
   weightTons?: number | null;
   status?: string | null;
+  loadingStatus?: "LOADED" | "UNLOADED";
   right?: React.ReactNode;
 }) {
   return (
@@ -596,6 +742,16 @@ function BookingCard({
               {reference}
             </Text>
             {status ? <BookingStatusBadge status={status} /> : null}
+            {loadingStatus ? (
+              <Badge
+                size="sm"
+                radius="sm"
+                variant={loadingStatus === "LOADED" ? "filled" : "light"}
+                color={loadingStatus === "LOADED" ? "edr-green" : "gray"}
+              >
+                {loadingStatus === "LOADED" ? "Loaded" : "Unloaded"}
+              </Badge>
+            ) : null}
           </Group>
           <Group gap={10} align="center" wrap="nowrap">
             <Text size="xs" c="dimmed" truncate>
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/constants/URLS.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/constants/URLS.ts
index 8112b4299..fbfd2f998 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/constants/URLS.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/constants/URLS.ts
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ export const URL_CONSTANTS = {
       `/train-scheduling/schedules/${id}/assign-unassigned-booking`,
     BOOKING_WINDOW: (id: string) =>
       `/train-scheduling/schedules/${id}/booking-window`,
+    WINDOW_RULE: (id: string) =>
+      `/train-scheduling/schedules/${id}/window-rule`,
+    SCHEDULE_DATE: (id: string) =>
+      `/train-scheduling/schedules/${id}/schedule-date`,
     CONTRACT_BOOKING_WINDOWS: (contractId: string) =>
       `/train-scheduling/contracts/${contractId}/booking-windows`,
     MARK_BOOKING_PAID: (bookingId: string) =>
@@ -324,6 +328,10 @@ export const URL_CONSTANTS = {
       `/train-scheduling/schedules/${id}/import-loading-bookings`,
     IMPORT_LOADING_STATUS: (id: string) =>
       `/train-scheduling/schedules/${id}/import-loading-status`,
+    LOADING_STATUS: (id: string) =>
+      `/train-scheduling/schedules/${id}/loading-status`,
+    CONFIRM_LOADING: (id: string) =>
+      `/train-scheduling/schedules/${id}/confirm-loading`,
     IMPORT_DJIBOUTI: (id: string) =>
       `/train-scheduling/schedules/${id}/import-djibouti`,
     IMPORT_DJIBOUTI_DOCUMENTS: (id: string) =>
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/trainScheduling/TrainScheduleV2DetailPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/trainScheduling/TrainScheduleV2DetailPage.tsx
index 958049a63..249130e61 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/trainScheduling/TrainScheduleV2DetailPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/trainScheduling/TrainScheduleV2DetailPage.tsx
@@ -1,25 +1,28 @@
 import {
+  Alert,
   Badge,
   Box,
   Button,
   Checkbox,
   Group,
+  List,
   Loader,
+  Modal,
   Paper,
   RingProgress,
   Stack,
   Tabs,
   Text,
-  Textarea,
-  TextInput,
   ThemeIcon,
   Title,
 } from "@mantine/core";
 import { isAxiosError } from "axios";
 import {
+  AlertTriangle,
   ArrowLeft,
   CalendarClock,
   CheckCircle2,
+  Clock,
   Container as ContainerIcon,
   Eye,
   FileText,
@@ -45,9 +48,10 @@ import {
 } from "@/components/trainScheduling/containerPlacement.util";
 import { ContainerPlacementGrid } from "@/components/trainScheduling/ContainerPlacementGrid";
 import { FleetAvailabilitySummary } from "@/components/trainScheduling/FleetAvailabilitySummary";
-import { ImportLoadingConfirmationPanel } from "@/components/trainScheduling/ImportLoadingConfirmationPanel";
+// import { ImportLoadingConfirmationPanel } from "@/components/trainScheduling/ImportLoadingConfirmationPanel";
 import { RescheduleTrainDialog } from "@/components/trainScheduling/RescheduleTrainDialog";
-import { ScheduleBatchPanel } from "@/components/trainScheduling/ScheduleBatchPanel";
+import BookingWindowSettingsModal from "@/components/trainScheduling/BookingWindowSettingsModal";
+// import { ScheduleBatchPanel } from "@/components/trainScheduling/ScheduleBatchPanel";
 import { ScheduleBookingsStep } from "@/components/trainScheduling/ScheduleBookingsStep";
 import { ScheduleWorkspacePanel } from "@/components/trainScheduling/ScheduleWorkspacePanel";
 import { FreightTypeBadge } from "@/components/trainScheduling/ScheduleStatusBadge";
@@ -95,10 +99,12 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
   const [previewResult, setPreviewResult] = useState<TrainSchedulePreviewResponse | null>(null);
   const [containerPlacements, setContainerPlacements] = useState<ContainerPlacement[]>([]);
   const [maintenanceOpen, setMaintenanceOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [windowSettingsOpen, setWindowSettingsOpen] = useState(false);
   const [gatepassSecuredAt, setGatepassSecuredAt] = useState("");
   const [gatepassReference, setGatepassReference] = useState("");
   const [gatepassFileUrl, setGatepassFileUrl] = useState("");
   const [gatepassNotes, setGatepassNotes] = useState("");
+  const [dispatchConfirmOpen, setDispatchConfirmOpen] = useState(false);
   const autoPreviewedRef = useRef(false);
 
   const detailQuery = useQuery(
@@ -125,6 +131,7 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
     queryFn: () => trainSchedulingService.getImportDjiboutiOperation(scheduleId as string),
     enabled: Boolean(scheduleId && gatepassApplies),
   });
+  const gatepassSecured = gatepassQuery.data?.gatepassStatus === "SECURED";
   const secureGatepass = useMutation({
     mutationFn: () =>
       trainSchedulingService.grantImportDjiboutiGatepass(scheduleId as string, {
@@ -146,12 +153,14 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
     },
   });
 
-  const importLoadingQuery = useQuery(
-    api.trainScheduling.importLoadingBookings.queryOptions({
-      input: { id: scheduleId ?? "" },
-      enabled: Boolean(scheduleId && schedule?.direction === "IMPORT"),
-    }),
-  );
+  // Superseded by the Workspace tab Load/Unload toggle — see commented
+  // "Import loading confirmation" card below.
+  // const importLoadingQuery = useQuery(
+  //   api.trainScheduling.importLoadingBookings.queryOptions({
+  //     input: { id: scheduleId ?? "" },
+  //     enabled: Boolean(scheduleId && schedule?.direction === "IMPORT"),
+  //   }),
+  // );
 
   const eligibleFilters = useMemo(
     () =>
@@ -358,6 +367,22 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
   const canEditBookings = ["DRAFT", "SCHEDULED"].includes(schedule.status);
   const canFinalize = schedule.status === "DRAFT" && (schedule.bookings?.length ?? 0) > 0;
   const canDispatch = schedule.status === "SCHEDULED";
+
+  // Dispatch readiness: bookings with no wagon, and wagon-loaded bookings whose
+  // cargo staff never marked loaded. Both are warnings, not blockers — staff can
+  // still dispatch after confirming.
+  const dispatchBookings = schedule.bookings ?? [];
+  const unassignedCount = dispatchBookings.filter((b) => !b.wagonAssigned).length;
+  const unloadedCount = dispatchBookings.filter(
+    (b) => b.wagonAssigned && (b.loadingStatus ?? "UNLOADED") !== "LOADED",
+  ).length;
+  // Import-Djibouti trains are HARD-blocked from dispatch until loading is
+  // confirmed in the workspace — surface it as a blocker, not just a warning.
+  const loadingBlocksDispatch =
+    schedule.requiresLoadingConfirmation === true &&
+    schedule.loadingConfirmed !== true;
+  const hasDispatchWarnings = unassignedCount > 0 || unloadedCount > 0;
+
   const finalizeStep = hasContainerStep ? 3 : 2;
   const canModifyBookings = canEditBookings && !["DISPATCHED", "ARRIVED"].includes(schedule.status);
   const canPrintMarshalling =
@@ -396,6 +421,24 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
     }
   };
 
+  const runDispatch = async () => {
+    setDispatchConfirmOpen(false);
+    try {
+      await dispatch.mutateAsync(scheduleId);
+      await openMarshallingDocument({
+        title: "Train dispatched",
+        successDescription: "Marshalling document generated for the dispatched train.",
+        errorTitle: "Train dispatched, but document could not open",
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      toast({
+        title: "Dispatch failed",
+        description: parseError(err, "Could not dispatch"),
+        variant: "destructive",
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
   const handleAssign = async () => {
     if (!allSelectedIds.length) return;
 
@@ -777,22 +820,7 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
               radius="md"
               leftSection={<Send size={18} />}
               loading={dispatch.isPending}
-              onClick={async () => {
-                try {
-                  await dispatch.mutateAsync(scheduleId);
-                  await openMarshallingDocument({
-                    title: "Train dispatched",
-                    successDescription: "Marshalling document generated for the dispatched train.",
-                    errorTitle: "Train dispatched, but document could not open",
-                  });
-                } catch (err) {
-                  toast({
-                    title: "Dispatch failed",
-                    description: parseError(err, "Could not dispatch"),
-                    variant: "destructive",
-                  });
-                }
-              }}
+              onClick={() => setDispatchConfirmOpen(true)}
             >
               Dispatch train
             </Button>
@@ -886,6 +914,18 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
                   Track train
                 </Button>
               ) : null}
+              {schedule.windowPhase === "PRE_WINDOW" ? (
+                <Button
+                  variant="light"
+                  color="edr-green"
+                  radius="lg"
+                  size="sm"
+                  leftSection={<Clock size={16} />}
+                  onClick={() => setWindowSettingsOpen(true)}
+                >
+                  Window settings
+                </Button>
+              ) : null}
               {["DRAFT", "SCHEDULED"].includes(schedule.status) ? (
                 <Button
                   variant="default"
@@ -896,6 +936,31 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
                   Reschedule train
                 </Button>
               ) : null}
+              {gatepassApplies ? (
+                gatepassSecured ? (
+                  <Button
+                    variant="light"
+                    color="edr-green"
+                    radius="lg"
+                    size="sm"
+                    leftSection={<CheckCircle2 size={16} />}
+                    disabled
+                  >
+                    Gate pass secured
+                  </Button>
+                ) : (
+                  <Button
+                    color="edr-green"
+                    radius="lg"
+                    size="sm"
+                    leftSection={<FileText size={16} />}
+                    loading={secureGatepass.isPending}
+                    onClick={() => secureGatepass.mutate()}
+                  >
+                    Secure gate pass
+                  </Button>
+                )
+              ) : null}
             </Group>
           </Group>
 
@@ -963,6 +1028,9 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
         ]}
       />
 
+      {/* Import loading confirmation — superseded by the per-booking Load/Unload
+          toggle in the Workspace tab (works for all directions). Kept commented
+          in case the import-only confirmation flow is needed again.
       {schedule?.direction === "IMPORT" ? (
         <Paper radius="xl" p="lg" withBorder>
           <Stack gap="md">
@@ -979,83 +1047,7 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
           </Stack>
         </Paper>
       ) : null}
-
-      {gatepassApplies ? (
-        <Paper radius="xl" p="lg" withBorder>
-          <Stack gap="md">
-            <Group justify="space-between" align="flex-start" wrap="wrap">
-              <Group gap="md" align="flex-start" wrap="nowrap">
-                <ThemeIcon
-                  size={44}
-                  radius="md"
-                  variant="light"
-                  color={gatepassQuery.data?.gatepassStatus === "SECURED" ? "edr-green" : "orange"}
-                >
-                  <FileText size={22} />
-                </ThemeIcon>
-                <Stack gap={4}>
-                  <Group gap="sm">
-                    <Title order={4} fw={700}>
-                      Djibouti Port gate pass
-                    </Title>
-                    <Badge
-                      color={gatepassQuery.data?.gatepassStatus === "SECURED" ? "green" : "orange"}
-                      variant="light"
-                    >
-                      {gatepassQuery.data?.gatepassStatus ?? "NOT_SECURED"}
-                    </Badge>
-                  </Group>
-                  <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">
-                    {schedule.direction === "IMPORT"
-                      ? "Secure before dispatch from Djibouti."
-                      : "Secure after dispatch before Djibouti Port entry / unloading."}
-                  </Text>
-                </Stack>
-              </Group>
-              {gatepassQuery.isLoading ? <Loader size="sm" /> : null}
-            </Group>
-
-            <Group align="flex-end" grow>
-              <TextInput
-                label="Secured date"
-                type="datetime-local"
-                value={gatepassSecuredAt}
-                onChange={(event) => setGatepassSecuredAt(event.currentTarget.value)}
-              />
-              <TextInput
-                label="Document reference"
-                placeholder="Optional"
-                value={gatepassReference}
-                onChange={(event) => setGatepassReference(event.currentTarget.value)}
-              />
-              <TextInput
-                label="Document URL"
-                placeholder="Optional upload/link"
-                value={gatepassFileUrl}
-                onChange={(event) => setGatepassFileUrl(event.currentTarget.value)}
-              />
-            </Group>
-            <Textarea
-              label="Notes"
-              placeholder="Optional"
-              autosize
-              minRows={2}
-              value={gatepassNotes}
-              onChange={(event) => setGatepassNotes(event.currentTarget.value)}
-            />
-            <Group justify="flex-end">
-              <Button
-                color="edr-green"
-                leftSection={<CheckCircle2 size={16} />}
-                loading={secureGatepass.isPending}
-                onClick={() => secureGatepass.mutate()}
-              >
-                Save as Secured
-              </Button>
-            </Group>
-          </Stack>
-        </Paper>
-      ) : null}
+      */}
 
       <Tabs defaultValue="workflow" radius="md" color="edr-green" keepMounted={false}>
         <Tabs.List mb="md">
@@ -1126,7 +1118,7 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
         </Stack>
       </Paper>
 
-            <ScheduleBatchPanel schedule={schedule} />
+            {/* <ScheduleBatchPanel schedule={schedule} /> */}
           </Stack>
         </Tabs.Panel>
 
@@ -1150,6 +1142,109 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
           onComplete={() => void detailQuery.refetch()}
         />
       ) : null}
+
+      <BookingWindowSettingsModal
+        scheduleId={scheduleId ?? null}
+        opened={windowSettingsOpen}
+        onClose={() => setWindowSettingsOpen(false)}
+        onSaved={() => void detailQuery.refetch()}
+      />
+
+      <Modal
+        opened={dispatchConfirmOpen}
+        onClose={() => setDispatchConfirmOpen(false)}
+        centered
+        radius="lg"
+        title={
+          <Group gap={8}>
+            <Send size={18} />
+            <Text fw={700}>Dispatch this train?</Text>
+          </Group>
+        }
+      >
+        <Stack gap="md">
+          <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">
+            Dispatch locks the composition and begins rail movement. This cannot be
+            undone.
+          </Text>
+
+          {loadingBlocksDispatch ? (
+            <Alert
+              color="red"
+              variant="light"
+              radius="md"
+              icon={<AlertTriangle size={18} />}
+              title="Loading not confirmed"
+            >
+              This import train cannot depart until loading is confirmed. Use{" "}
+              <Text span fw={700}>
+                Confirm loading
+              </Text>{" "}
+              in the Workspace tab first.
+            </Alert>
+          ) : null}
+
+          {hasDispatchWarnings ? (
+            <Alert
+              color="orange"
+              variant="light"
+              radius="md"
+              icon={<AlertTriangle size={18} />}
+              title="Some bookings are not fully ready"
+            >
+              <List size="sm" spacing={4}>
+                {unassignedCount > 0 ? (
+                  <List.Item>
+                    <Text span fw={700}>
+                      {unassignedCount}
+                    </Text>{" "}
+                    booking{unassignedCount === 1 ? "" : "s"} not assigned to a wagon
+                  </List.Item>
+                ) : null}
+                {unloadedCount > 0 ? (
+                  <List.Item>
+                    <Text span fw={700}>
+                      {unloadedCount}
+                    </Text>{" "}
+                    wagon-assigned booking{unloadedCount === 1 ? "" : "s"} still marked
+                    unloaded
+                  </List.Item>
+                ) : null}
+              </List>
+              <Text size="xs" c="dimmed" mt={6}>
+                You can still dispatch — confirm to proceed.
+              </Text>
+            </Alert>
+          ) : (
+            <Alert
+              color="edr-green"
+              variant="light"
+              radius="md"
+              icon={<CheckCircle2 size={18} />}
+            >
+              All bookings are assigned to a wagon and marked loaded.
+            </Alert>
+          )}
+
+          <Group justify="flex-end" gap="sm">
+            <Button
+              variant="default"
+              onClick={() => setDispatchConfirmOpen(false)}
+            >
+              Cancel
+            </Button>
+            <Button
+              color="edr-green"
+              leftSection={<Send size={16} />}
+              loading={dispatch.isPending}
+              disabled={loadingBlocksDispatch}
+              onClick={() => void runDispatch()}
+            >
+              {hasDispatchWarnings ? "Dispatch anyway" : "Dispatch train"}
+            </Button>
+          </Group>
+        </Stack>
+      </Modal>
     </PageContainer>
   );
 }
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/trainScheduling/TrainScheduleV2ListPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/trainScheduling/TrainScheduleV2ListPage.tsx
index ff2c2b433..bc5b7dcb1 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/trainScheduling/TrainScheduleV2ListPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/trainScheduling/TrainScheduleV2ListPage.tsx
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ import {
   ArrowRight,
   Ban,
   CalendarClock,
+  Clock,
   Eye,
   MoreHorizontal,
   Navigation,
+  Pencil,
   Send,
   Train,
   Weight,
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ import { KpiStrip, PageContainer, PageHeader } from "@/components/page";
 import RuleEngineListFooter from "@/components/ruleEngine/RuleEngineListFooter";
 import { ruleEngineTable } from "@/components/ruleEngine/ruleEngineStyles";
 import { FreightTypeBadge } from "@/components/trainScheduling/ScheduleStatusBadge";
+import BookingWindowSettingsModal from "@/components/trainScheduling/BookingWindowSettingsModal";
+import EditScheduleDateModal from "@/components/trainScheduling/EditScheduleDateModal";
 import {
   locomotiveOption,
   showScheduleWarnings,
@@ -86,6 +90,9 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2ListPage() {
   const [statusFilter, setStatusFilter] = useState("ALL");
   const [freightFilter, setFreightFilter] = useState("ALL");
   const [createOpen, setCreateOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [windowSettingsId, setWindowSettingsId] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [editDateSchedule, setEditDateSchedule] =
+    useState<TrainScheduleListItem | null>(null);
   const [routeId, setRouteId] = useState("");
   const [scheduleDate, setScheduleDate] = useState("");
   const [locomotiveIds, setLocomotiveIds] = useState<string[]>([]);
@@ -315,6 +322,22 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2ListPage() {
                       Track
                     </Menu.Item>
                   ) : null}
+                  {["DRAFT", "SCHEDULED"].includes(schedule.status) ? (
+                    <Menu.Item
+                      leftSection={<Pencil size={15} />}
+                      onClick={() => setEditDateSchedule(schedule)}
+                    >
+                      Edit departure date
+                    </Menu.Item>
+                  ) : null}
+                  {["DRAFT", "SCHEDULED"].includes(schedule.status) ? (
+                    <Menu.Item
+                      leftSection={<Clock size={15} />}
+                      onClick={() => setWindowSettingsId(schedule.id)}
+                    >
+                      Booking window settings
+                    </Menu.Item>
+                  ) : null}
                   {["DRAFT", "SCHEDULED"].includes(schedule.status) ? (
                     <Menu.Item
                       color="red"
@@ -583,6 +606,22 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2ListPage() {
           </Group>
         </Stack>
       </Modal>
+
+      <BookingWindowSettingsModal
+        scheduleId={windowSettingsId}
+        opened={windowSettingsId != null}
+        onClose={() => setWindowSettingsId(null)}
+        onSaved={() => void schedulesQuery.refetch()}
+      />
+
+      <EditScheduleDateModal
+        scheduleId={editDateSchedule?.id ?? null}
+        currentDate={editDateSchedule?.scheduleDate ?? null}
+        routeName={editDateSchedule?.routeName ?? null}
+        opened={editDateSchedule != null}
+        onClose={() => setEditDateSchedule(null)}
+        onSaved={() => void schedulesQuery.refetch()}
+      />
     </PageContainer>
   );
 }
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/trainScheduling/TrainSchedulingGlobalRulesPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/trainScheduling/TrainSchedulingGlobalRulesPage.tsx
index 4cccd35b4..c71235640 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/trainScheduling/TrainSchedulingGlobalRulesPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/trainScheduling/TrainSchedulingGlobalRulesPage.tsx
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export default function TrainSchedulingGlobalRulesPage() {
       "importWindowLeadDays",
       "exportBookingLeadHours",
       "windowOpenHour",
+      "windowCloseHour",
       "windowDurationHours",
       "docReviewMinutes",
       "paymentWindowMinutes",
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ export default function TrainSchedulingGlobalRulesPage() {
           />
           <NumberInput
             label="Window open hour (EAT)"
-            description="Local hour the import window opens on its booking day (e.g. 8 = 08:00)"
+            description="Local hour the booking desk opens each day (e.g. 8 = 08:00)"
             value={form.windowOpenHour ?? ""}
             onChange={(value) =>
               setForm((current) => ({ ...current, windowOpenHour: value }))
@@ -207,6 +208,19 @@ export default function TrainSchedulingGlobalRulesPage() {
             max={23}
             disabled={loading}
           />
+          <NumberInput
+            label="Window close hour (EAT)"
+            description="Local hour the booking desk shuts each day; a not-yet-full window resumes next morning at the open hour. Set equal to the open hour for a 24-hour desk."
+            value={form.windowCloseHour ?? ""}
+            onChange={(value) =>
+              setForm((current) => ({ ...current, windowCloseHour: value }))
+            }
+            clampBehavior="none"
+            allowDecimal
+            min={0}
+            max={23}
+            disabled={loading}
+          />
           <DurationField
             label="Window duration"
             description="How long the import booking window stays open"
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/api.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/api.ts
index 7c6746ec7..919c97d63 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/api.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/api.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import type {
   TrainScheduleDetail,
   TrainScheduleFilters,
   TrainScheduleListItem,
+  UpdateScheduleWindowRulePayload,
   TrainSchedulePreviewPayload,
   TrainSchedulePreviewResponse,
   TrainTrackResponse,
@@ -438,6 +439,30 @@ export const api = {
       () => TRAIN_SCHEDULING_INVALIDATIONS,
     ),
 
+    updateScheduleWindowRule: endpoint<
+      { id: string; payload: UpdateScheduleWindowRulePayload },
+      TrainScheduleDetail
+    >(
+      "train-scheduling",
+      "update-schedule-window-rule",
+      ({ id, payload }) =>
+        trainSchedulingService.updateScheduleWindowRule(id, payload),
+      undefined,
+      () => TRAIN_SCHEDULING_INVALIDATIONS,
+    ),
+
+    updateScheduleDate: endpoint<
+      { id: string; scheduleDate: string },
+      TrainScheduleDetail
+    >(
+      "train-scheduling",
+      "update-schedule-date",
+      ({ id, scheduleDate }) =>
+        trainSchedulingService.updateScheduleDate(id, scheduleDate),
+      undefined,
+      () => TRAIN_SCHEDULING_INVALIDATIONS,
+    ),
+
     markBookingPaid: endpoint<string, void>(
       "train-scheduling",
       "mark-booking-paid",
@@ -521,6 +546,26 @@ export const api = {
       () => TRAIN_SCHEDULING_INVALIDATIONS,
     ),
 
+    setLoadingStatus: endpoint<
+      { id: string; bookingIds: string[]; loadingStatus: LoadingStatus },
+      TrainScheduleDetail
+    >(
+      "train-scheduling",
+      "set-loading-status",
+      ({ id, bookingIds, loadingStatus }) =>
+        trainSchedulingService.setLoadingStatus(id, { bookingIds, loadingStatus }),
+      undefined,
+      () => TRAIN_SCHEDULING_INVALIDATIONS,
+    ),
+
+    confirmLoading: endpoint<{ id: string }, TrainScheduleDetail>(
+      "train-scheduling",
+      "confirm-loading",
+      ({ id }) => trainSchedulingService.confirmLoading(id),
+      undefined,
+      () => TRAIN_SCHEDULING_INVALIDATIONS,
+    ),
+
     pinWagons: endpoint<
       { id: string; payload: PinWagonsPayload },
       TrainScheduleDetail
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/trainScheduling.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/trainScheduling.service.ts
index aa178d4b7..8c969b06d 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/trainScheduling.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/trainScheduling.service.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import type {
   RecordCheckpointPayload,
   StaffBookingWindow,
   TrainScheduleDetail,
+  UpdateScheduleWindowRulePayload,
   TrainScheduleFilters,
   TrainScheduleListItem,
   TrainSchedulePreviewPayload,
@@ -210,6 +211,28 @@ export const trainSchedulingService = {
     return unwrap(response.data);
   },
 
+  updateScheduleWindowRule: async (
+    scheduleId: string,
+    payload: UpdateScheduleWindowRulePayload,
+  ): Promise<TrainScheduleDetail> => {
+    const response = await client.patch<TrainScheduleDetail>(
+      URL_CONSTANTS.TRAIN_SCHEDULING.WINDOW_RULE(scheduleId),
+      payload,
+    );
+    return unwrap(response.data);
+  },
+
+  updateScheduleDate: async (
+    scheduleId: string,
+    scheduleDate: string,
+  ): Promise<TrainScheduleDetail> => {
+    const response = await client.patch<TrainScheduleDetail>(
+      URL_CONSTANTS.TRAIN_SCHEDULING.SCHEDULE_DATE(scheduleId),
+      { scheduleDate },
+    );
+    return unwrap(response.data);
+  },
+
   markBookingPaid: async (bookingId: string): Promise<void> => {
     await client.post(
       URL_CONSTANTS.TRAIN_SCHEDULING.MARK_BOOKING_PAID(bookingId),
@@ -335,6 +358,27 @@ export const trainSchedulingService = {
     return unwrap(response.data);
   },
 
+  setLoadingStatus: async (
+    scheduleId: string,
+    payload: { bookingIds: string[]; loadingStatus: LoadingStatus },
+  ): Promise<TrainScheduleDetail> => {
+    const response = await client.patch<TrainScheduleDetail>(
+      URL_CONSTANTS.TRAIN_SCHEDULING.LOADING_STATUS(scheduleId),
+      payload,
+    );
+    return unwrap(response.data);
+  },
+
+  confirmLoading: async (
+    scheduleId: string,
+  ): Promise<TrainScheduleDetail> => {
+    const response = await client.post<TrainScheduleDetail>(
+      URL_CONSTANTS.TRAIN_SCHEDULING.CONFIRM_LOADING(scheduleId),
+      {},
+    );
+    return unwrap(response.data);
+  },
+
   getImportDjiboutiOperation: async (
     scheduleId: string,
   ): Promise<ImportDjiboutiOperation> => {
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/types/trainScheduling.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/types/trainScheduling.ts
index d629311ee..4807d00fb 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/types/trainScheduling.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/types/trainScheduling.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ export interface TrainSchedulingGlobalRules {
   importWindowLeadDays: number;
   exportBookingLeadHours: number;
   windowOpenHour: number;
+  windowCloseHour: number;
   windowDurationHours: number;
   docReviewMinutes: number;
   paymentWindowMinutes: number;
@@ -399,6 +400,28 @@ export interface TrainScheduleWagonAllocation {
   } | null;
 }
 
+/** Per-schedule booking-window rule snapshot (null fields fall back to global config). */
+export interface ScheduleWindowRule {
+  windowOpenHour: number | null;
+  windowCloseHour: number | null;
+  windowDurationHours: number | null;
+  reopenDelayMinutes: number | null;
+  importWindowLeadDays: number | null;
+  /** Live global values (not snapshotted per schedule) — editor prefill baseline. */
+  docReviewMinutes: number;
+  paymentWindowMinutes: number;
+}
+
+/** Editable window-rule override for one schedule; every field optional. */
+export interface UpdateScheduleWindowRulePayload {
+  windowOpenHour?: number;
+  windowCloseHour?: number;
+  windowDurationHours?: number;
+  docReviewMinutes?: number;
+  paymentWindowMinutes?: number;
+  importWindowLeadDays?: number;
+}
+
 export interface TrainScheduleDetail {
   id: string;
   status: TrainScheduleStatus | string;
@@ -406,11 +429,17 @@ export interface TrainScheduleDetail {
   freightType?: FreightType | null;
   trainNumber?: string | null;
   direction?: string | null;
+  /** True when this schedule needs loading confirmed before dispatch (import-Djibouti). */
+  requiresLoadingConfirmation?: boolean;
+  /** True when loading is already confirmed (or not required for this direction). */
+  loadingConfirmed?: boolean;
   windowPhase?: BookingWindowPhase | string | null;
   windowOpensAt?: string | null;
   windowClosesAt?: string | null;
   docReviewEndsAt?: string | null;
   paymentPhaseEndsAt?: string | null;
+  /** Booking-window rule snapshot — prefills the per-schedule settings editor. */
+  windowRule?: ScheduleWindowRule | null;
   route?: {
     id: string;
     name: string;
@@ -479,6 +508,8 @@ export interface TrainScheduleDetail {
     status: string | null;
     schedulingStatus?: SchedulingStatus | null;
     freightType?: FreightType | string | null;
+    loadingStatus?: "LOADED" | "UNLOADED";
+    wagonAssigned?: boolean;
   }>;
   warnings?: string[];
 }
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/App.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/App.tsx
index 02be21620..7567c485d 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/App.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   Layers,
   Loader2,
   MapPin,
+  Package,
   Receipt,
   Settings,
 } from "lucide-react";
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import InvoiceDetailPage from "./pages/billing/InvoiceDetailPage";
 import InvoicesList from "./pages/billing/InvoicesList";
 import BookingContractPage from "./pages/bookings/BookingContractPage";
 import BookingDetailPage from "./pages/bookings/BookingDetailPage";
+import BookingsListPage from "./pages/bookings/BookingsListPage";
 import EditBookingPage from "./pages/bookings/EditBookingPage";
 import ContractClearanceFlow from "./pages/contracts/ContractClearanceFlow";
 import ContractDetailPage from "./pages/contracts/ContractDetailPage";
@@ -184,6 +186,11 @@ const sidebarItems: SidebarItem[] = [
     href: "/contracts",
     icon: <Layers size={18} />,
   },
+  {
+    label: "Bookings",
+    href: "/bookings",
+    icon: <Package size={18} />,
+  },
   {
     label: "Tracking",
     href: "/tracking",
@@ -255,12 +262,9 @@ const App = () => {
             }
           >
             <Route path="/portal" element={<MyPortalPage />} />
-            {/* Bookings live under contracts now — the standalone list is gone.
-                Legacy /bookings* entry points redirect into the contract flow. */}
-            <Route
-              path="/bookings"
-              element={<Navigate to="/contracts" replace />}
-            />
+            {/* Bookings are created against a contract, but the full list is
+                browsable here. New-booking entry still routes via a contract. */}
+            <Route path="/bookings" element={<BookingsListPage />} />
             <Route
               path="/bookings/new"
               element={<Navigate to="/contracts/new" replace />}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/BookingsListPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/BookingsListPage.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a7643377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/BookingsListPage.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,953 @@
+import { useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { Link, useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
+import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import {
+  ActionIcon,
+  Box,
+  Button,
+  Card,
+  Group,
+  Menu,
+  Paper,
+  Select,
+  SimpleGrid,
+  Stack,
+  Text,
+  TextInput,
+  ThemeIcon,
+  Title,
+} from "@mantine/core";
+import type { LucideIcon } from "lucide-react";
+import {
+  ArrowRight,
+  CheckCircle2,
+  FileEdit,
+  LayoutList,
+  MoreVertical,
+  Package,
+  Plus,
+  Search,
+  Train,
+  Wallet,
+  X,
+} from "lucide-react";
+
+import { ShipmentTrackingModal } from "./tracking/ShipmentTrackingModal";
+import { PayNowButton } from "./payments/PayNowButton";
+import { BookingActionButton } from "./clearance/BookingActionButton";
+import { bookingHasInlineAction } from "./clearance/bookingNextAction";
+import {
+  BookingTypeBadge,
+  CargoModeCell,
+  PaymentBadge,
+  SchedulingCell,
+} from "./booking-display";
+
+import { api } from "@/services/api";
+import type { BookingListFilter } from "@/services/bookings.service";
+import { STATUS_CONFIG } from "@/pages/MyPortalPage/constants";
+import type { Freight } from "@edr/types";
+import {
+  DataTable,
+  DataTableFooter,
+  type ColumnDef,
+  usePagination,
+} from "@edr/ui-common";
+
+// Bookings that have left (or are leaving) the yard can be tracked live.
+const TRACKABLE_STATUSES = new Set([
+  "PAID",
+  "IN_TRANSIT",
+  "COMPLETED",
+  "DELIVERED",
+]);
+
+// ── Status filter options (grouped by lifecycle) ──────────────────────────────
+
+const STATUS_FILTERS = [
+  {
+    key: "all",
+    label: "All bookings",
+    statuses: undefined as string | undefined,
+  },
+  {
+    key: "active",
+    label: "In progress",
+    statuses:
+      "SUBMITTED,CHANGES_REQUESTED,PENDING_APPROVAL,APPROVED_PENDING_SIGNATURE,APPROVED,CONTRACT_READY,SIGNED_CUSTOMER,FULLY_EXECUTED,PENDING_CONSOLIDATION,CONSOLIDATED",
+  },
+  { key: "draft", label: "Drafts", statuses: "DRAFT" },
+  {
+    key: "payment",
+    label: "Awaiting payment",
+    statuses:
+      "SELECTED_FOR_BATCH,PNR_GENERATED,PAYMENT_VERIFICATION_IN_PROGRESS,EXPIRED",
+  },
+  { key: "transit", label: "In transit", statuses: "PAID,IN_TRANSIT" },
+  { key: "done", label: "Completed", statuses: "COMPLETED,DELIVERED" },
+  {
+    key: "closed",
+    label: "Cancelled / rejected",
+    statuses: "CANCELLED,REJECTED",
+  },
+] as const;
+
+type StatusFilterKey = (typeof STATUS_FILTERS)[number]["key"];
+
+const SELECT_DATA = STATUS_FILTERS.map((f) => ({
+  value: f.key,
+  label: f.label,
+}));
+
+// Sort options — server-side ordering on the booking list.
+const SORT_OPTIONS = [
+  { value: "createdAt:DESC", label: "Newest first" },
+  { value: "createdAt:ASC", label: "Oldest first" },
+  { value: "scheduledDate:ASC", label: "Ship date ↑" },
+  { value: "scheduledDate:DESC", label: "Ship date ↓" },
+  { value: "reference:ASC", label: "Reference A–Z" },
+  { value: "reference:DESC", label: "Reference Z–A" },
+] as const;
+
+// ── Summary stat cards (clickable lifecycle filters) ──────────────────────────
+
+const STAT_CARDS: Array<{
+  key: StatusFilterKey;
+  label: string;
+  icon: LucideIcon;
+  iconBg: string;
+  iconColor: string;
+}> = [
+  {
+    key: "all",
+    label: "All bookings",
+    icon: LayoutList,
+    iconBg: "#ECF6F1",
+    iconColor: "#0A8A5F",
+  },
+  {
+    key: "active",
+    label: "In progress",
+    icon: Package,
+    iconBg: "#FDF3E0",
+    iconColor: "#C77F09",
+  },
+  {
+    key: "payment",
+    label: "Awaiting payment",
+    icon: Wallet,
+    iconBg: "#FEF6E6",
+    iconColor: "#F2A516",
+  },
+  {
+    key: "draft",
+    label: "Drafts",
+    icon: FileEdit,
+    iconBg: "#F1F4F7",
+    iconColor: "#475569",
+  },
+  {
+    key: "done",
+    label: "Completed",
+    icon: CheckCircle2,
+    iconBg: "#ECF6F1",
+    iconColor: "#0A8A5F",
+  },
+];
+
+// ── Status badge (reuses the shared portal status config) ─────────────────────
+
+function StatusBadge({ status }: { status: string }) {
+  const cfg = STATUS_CONFIG[status];
+  const label = cfg?.badgeLabel ?? status.replace(/_/g, " ");
+  const bg = cfg ? `var(--mantine-color-${cfg.badgeBg}-0, #F1F4F7)` : "#F1F4F7";
+  const text = cfg
+    ? `var(--mantine-color-${cfg.badgeText}-7, #475569)`
+    : "#475569";
+  const dot = cfg
+    ? `var(--mantine-color-${cfg.badgeDot}-6, #94A3B8)`
+    : "#94A3B8";
+  return (
+    <Group
+      gap={6}
+      align="center"
+      wrap="nowrap"
+      style={{
+        display: "inline-flex",
+        borderRadius: 999,
+        backgroundColor: bg,
+        padding: "5px 11px",
+      }}
+    >
+      <Box
+        style={{
+          width: 6,
+          height: 6,
+          borderRadius: "50%",
+          backgroundColor: dot,
+          flexShrink: 0,
+        }}
+      />
+      <Text fz={11} fw={700} style={{ color: text, whiteSpace: "nowrap" }}>
+        {label}
+      </Text>
+    </Group>
+  );
+}
+
+// ── Context-sensitive action button ───────────────────────────────────────────
+
+function PrimaryAction({
+  booking,
+  onNavigate,
+}: {
+  booking: Freight.IBooking;
+  onNavigate: (path: string) => void;
+}) {
+  const { status, id } = booking;
+  const go = () => onNavigate(`/bookings/${id}`);
+  // A general contract is payable as soon as it's FULLY_EXECUTED (signed); a
+  // one-time booking only after it's SELECTED_FOR_BATCH.
+  const isGeneralContract = booking.bookingType === "GENERAL_CONTRACT";
+  if (status === "DRAFT") {
+    return (
+      <Button
+        size="xs"
+        radius="md"
+        fw={700}
+        fz={13}
+        rightSection={<ArrowRight size={14} />}
+        style={{
+          backgroundColor: "var(--mantine-color-edr-ink-0)",
+          color: "#fff",
+        }}
+        onClick={go}
+      >
+        Continue
+      </Button>
+    );
+  }
+  // CHANGES_REQUESTED + clearance/operation steps are handled in place by a
+  // modal (update & resubmit, upload clearance docs, schedule & proceed).
+  if (bookingHasInlineAction(booking)) {
+    return <BookingActionButton booking={booking} size="xs" />;
+  }
+  const payableStatus = isGeneralContract
+    ? "FULLY_EXECUTED"
+    : "SELECTED_FOR_BATCH";
+  if (status === payableStatus && booking.paymentStatus !== "PAID") {
+    return <PayNowButton booking={booking} />;
+  }
+  return (
+    <Button
+      size="xs"
+      radius="md"
+      variant="default"
+      fw={600}
+      fz={13}
+      onClick={go}
+    >
+      View
+    </Button>
+  );
+}
+
+function ColHeader({ label }: { label: string }) {
+  return (
+    <Text
+      fz={11}
+      fw={700}
+      c="edr-muted"
+      style={{
+        letterSpacing: "0.6px",
+        textTransform: "uppercase",
+        whiteSpace: "nowrap",
+      }}
+    >
+      {label}
+    </Text>
+  );
+}
+
+const hMeta = { headerClassName: "bg-[#F4F7FA]" };
+
+function fmtDate(iso?: string | null): string {
+  if (!iso) return "";
+  const d = new Date(iso);
+  return Number.isNaN(d.getTime())
+    ? ""
+    : d.toLocaleDateString(undefined, {
+        year: "numeric",
+        month: "short",
+        day: "numeric",
+      });
+}
+
+// ── Main component ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+// Lightweight count query for a single lifecycle filter (reads only `total`).
+function useStatusCount(statuses: string | undefined): number | undefined {
+  const { data } = useQuery(
+    api.bookings.list.queryOptions({
+      input: { statuses, page: 1, pageSize: 1 },
+      staleTime: 30_000,
+    }),
+  );
+  return data?.meta?.total;
+}
+
+function StatCard({
+  card,
+  active,
+  count,
+  onSelect,
+}: {
+  card: (typeof STAT_CARDS)[number];
+  active: boolean;
+  count: number | undefined;
+  onSelect: () => void;
+}) {
+  const Icon = card.icon;
+  return (
+    <Paper
+      role="button"
+      tabIndex={0}
+      onClick={onSelect}
+      onKeyDown={(e) => {
+        if (e.key === "Enter" || e.key === " ") {
+          e.preventDefault();
+          onSelect();
+        }
+      }}
+      p="md"
+      radius="lg"
+      withBorder
+      style={{
+        cursor: "pointer",
+        transition: "box-shadow 140ms ease, border-color 140ms ease",
+        borderColor: active ? "#F2A516" : "var(--mantine-color-edr-border-0)",
+        boxShadow: active ? "0 0 0 1px #F2A516" : "none",
+      }}
+    >
+      <Group gap={12} wrap="nowrap" align="center">
+        <Box
+          style={{
+            width: 42,
+            height: 42,
+            borderRadius: 11,
+            flexShrink: 0,
+            display: "flex",
+            alignItems: "center",
+            justifyContent: "center",
+            backgroundColor: card.iconBg,
+            color: card.iconColor,
+          }}
+        >
+          <Icon size={20} strokeWidth={2} />
+        </Box>
+        <Box style={{ minWidth: 0 }}>
+          <Text fz={24} fw={800} lh={1.05} c="edr-text">
+            {count ?? "—"}
+          </Text>
+          <Text fz={12} fw={600} c="edr-muted" truncate>
+            {card.label}
+          </Text>
+        </Box>
+      </Group>
+    </Paper>
+  );
+}
+
+export default function BookingsListPage() {
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const { pagination, setPagination } = usePagination({ pageSize: 10 });
+  const [statusFilter, setStatusFilter] = useState<StatusFilterKey>("all");
+  const [query, setQuery] = useState("");
+  const [typeFilter, setTypeFilter] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [freightFilter, setFreightFilter] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [sort, setSort] = useState<string>("createdAt:DESC");
+  const [createdFrom, setCreatedFrom] = useState<string>("");
+  const [createdTo, setCreatedTo] = useState<string>("");
+  const [trackingBooking, setTrackingBooking] =
+    useState<Freight.IBooking | null>(null);
+
+  const statuses = STATUS_FILTERS.find((t) => t.key === statusFilter)?.statuses;
+  const [sortBy, sortOrder] = sort.split(":") as [string, "ASC" | "DESC"];
+
+  const resetPage = () =>
+    setPagination({ pageIndex: 0, pageSize: pagination.pageSize });
+
+  const selectFilter = (key: StatusFilterKey) => {
+    setStatusFilter(key);
+    resetPage();
+  };
+
+  const hasExtraFilters =
+    !!typeFilter || !!freightFilter || !!createdFrom || !!createdTo;
+  const clearExtraFilters = () => {
+    setTypeFilter(null);
+    setFreightFilter(null);
+    setCreatedFrom("");
+    setCreatedTo("");
+    resetPage();
+  };
+
+  const filter: BookingListFilter = useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      statuses,
+      bookingType: typeFilter ?? undefined,
+      freightType: freightFilter ?? undefined,
+      createdFrom: createdFrom || undefined,
+      // include the whole selected end day
+      createdTo: createdTo ? `${createdTo}T23:59:59.999Z` : undefined,
+      page: pagination.pageIndex + 1,
+      pageSize: pagination.pageSize,
+      sortBy,
+      sortOrder,
+    }),
+    [
+      statuses,
+      typeFilter,
+      freightFilter,
+      createdFrom,
+      createdTo,
+      pagination.pageIndex,
+      pagination.pageSize,
+      sortBy,
+      sortOrder,
+    ],
+  );
+
+  const { data, isLoading, isError } = useQuery(
+    api.bookings.list.queryOptions({ input: filter }),
+  );
+
+  // Per-card lifecycle counts (one cheap query each, total-only).
+  const allCount = useStatusCount(undefined);
+  const activeCount = useStatusCount(
+    STATUS_FILTERS.find((f) => f.key === "active")!.statuses,
+  );
+  const paymentCount = useStatusCount(
+    STATUS_FILTERS.find((f) => f.key === "payment")!.statuses,
+  );
+  const draftCount = useStatusCount(
+    STATUS_FILTERS.find((f) => f.key === "draft")!.statuses,
+  );
+  const doneCount = useStatusCount(
+    STATUS_FILTERS.find((f) => f.key === "done")!.statuses,
+  );
+  const cardCounts: Record<StatusFilterKey, number | undefined> = {
+    all: allCount,
+    active: activeCount,
+    payment: paymentCount,
+    draft: draftCount,
+    done: doneCount,
+    transit: undefined,
+    closed: undefined,
+  };
+
+  const allItems = data?.items ?? [];
+  const total = data?.meta?.total ?? allItems.length;
+
+  // Server handles status + pagination; reference search is applied on the page
+  // (matches booking reference, contract reference, and route yards).
+  const rows = useMemo(() => {
+    const q = query.trim().toLowerCase();
+    if (!q) return allItems;
+    return allItems.filter((b) =>
+      [
+        b.reference,
+        b.contractReference,
+        b.originYard?.label,
+        b.destinationYard?.label,
+      ]
+        .filter(Boolean)
+        .some((v) => String(v).toLowerCase().includes(q)),
+    );
+  }, [allItems, query]);
+
+  const pageCount = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(total / pagination.pageSize));
+  const dataTableStatus = isLoading ? "loading" : isError ? "error" : "success";
+  const showEmpty = !isLoading && !isError && rows.length === 0;
+
+  const columns: ColumnDef<Freight.IBooking>[] = [
+    {
+      id: "booking",
+      size: 244,
+      meta: hMeta,
+      header: () => <ColHeader label="Booking" />,
+      cell: ({ row }) => {
+        const b = row.original;
+        const cargoLabel =
+          b.freightType === "BULK" ? "Bulk cargo" : "Container";
+        return (
+          <Group gap={12} wrap="nowrap" align="center">
+            <Box
+              style={{
+                width: 36,
+                height: 36,
+                borderRadius: 9,
+                flexShrink: 0,
+                backgroundColor: "var(--mantine-color-edr-soft-0)",
+                display: "flex",
+                alignItems: "center",
+                justifyContent: "center",
+              }}
+            >
+              <Package
+                size={18}
+                color="var(--mantine-color-edr-green-7)"
+                strokeWidth={2}
+              />
+            </Box>
+            <Box style={{ minWidth: 0 }}>
+              <Text fz={14} fw={700} c="edr-text" truncate>
+                {b.reference}
+              </Text>
+              <Text fz={12} c="edr-muted">
+                {cargoLabel}
+              </Text>
+            </Box>
+          </Group>
+        );
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      id: "contract",
+      size: 150,
+      meta: hMeta,
+      header: () => <ColHeader label="Contract" />,
+      cell: ({ row }) => {
+        const ref = row.original.contractReference;
+        const cid = row.original.contractId;
+        if (!ref) {
+          return (
+            <Text fz={13} c="edr-muted">
+              —
+            </Text>
+          );
+        }
+        return (
+          <Text
+            fz={13}
+            fw={600}
+            c={cid ? "edr-green" : "edr-text"}
+            style={{ whiteSpace: "nowrap", cursor: cid ? "pointer" : "default" }}
+            onClick={
+              cid
+                ? (e) => {
+                    e.stopPropagation();
+                    navigate(`/contracts/${cid}`);
+                  }
+                : undefined
+            }
+          >
+            {ref}
+          </Text>
+        );
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      id: "type",
+      size: 150,
+      meta: hMeta,
+      header: () => <ColHeader label="Type" />,
+      cell: ({ row }) => <BookingTypeBadge booking={row.original} />,
+    },
+    {
+      id: "cargo",
+      size: 168,
+      meta: hMeta,
+      header: () => <ColHeader label="Cargo" />,
+      cell: ({ row }) => <CargoModeCell booking={row.original} />,
+    },
+    {
+      id: "route",
+      size: 196,
+      meta: hMeta,
+      header: () => <ColHeader label="Route" />,
+      cell: ({ row }) => {
+        const b = row.original;
+        const origin = b.originYard?.label ?? b.originYard?.code ?? "—";
+        const dest = b.destinationYard?.label ?? b.destinationYard?.code ?? "—";
+        const sub = fmtDate(b.scheduledDate ?? b.createdAt);
+        return (
+          <Box>
+            <Text fz={13} fw={600} c="edr-text">
+              {origin} → {dest}
+            </Text>
+            {sub && (
+              <Text fz={12} c="edr-muted">
+                {sub}
+              </Text>
+            )}
+          </Box>
+        );
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      id: "payment",
+      size: 130,
+      meta: hMeta,
+      header: () => <ColHeader label="Payment" />,
+      cell: ({ row }) => <PaymentBadge status={row.original.paymentStatus} />,
+    },
+    {
+      id: "scheduling",
+      size: 140,
+      meta: hMeta,
+      header: () => <ColHeader label="Train" />,
+      cell: ({ row }) => <SchedulingCell booking={row.original} />,
+    },
+    {
+      id: "status",
+      size: 190,
+      meta: hMeta,
+      header: () => <ColHeader label="Status" />,
+      cell: ({ row }) => <StatusBadge status={row.original.status} />,
+    },
+    {
+      id: "amount",
+      size: 140,
+      meta: hMeta,
+      header: () => <ColHeader label="Amount" />,
+      cell: ({ row }) => {
+        const b = row.original as Freight.IBooking & {
+          totalAmount?: number;
+          amount?: number;
+        };
+        const amount = b.totalAmount ?? b.amount ?? null;
+        if (!amount) {
+          return (
+            <Text fz={14} fw={700} style={{ color: "#94A3B8" }}>
+              —
+            </Text>
+          );
+        }
+        return (
+          <Text fz={14} fw={700} c="edr-text">
+            ETB {amount.toLocaleString()}
+          </Text>
+        );
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      id: "actions",
+      meta: hMeta,
+      header: () => null,
+      cell: ({ row }) => {
+        const booking = row.original;
+        const trackable = TRACKABLE_STATUSES.has(booking.status);
+        return (
+          <Group
+            justify="flex-end"
+            gap={8}
+            wrap="nowrap"
+            onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+          >
+            {trackable && (
+              <Button
+                size="xs"
+                radius="md"
+                variant="light"
+                color="edr-green"
+                fw={700}
+                fz={13}
+                leftSection={<Train size={14} />}
+                onClick={() => setTrackingBooking(booking)}
+              >
+                Track
+              </Button>
+            )}
+            <PrimaryAction booking={booking} onNavigate={navigate} />
+            <Menu position="bottom-end" withinPortal shadow="md" radius="md">
+              <Menu.Target>
+                <ActionIcon
+                  variant="transparent"
+                  size={30}
+                  radius="md"
+                  aria-label="More options"
+                >
+                  <MoreVertical size={16} color="#9AA8B5" />
+                </ActionIcon>
+              </Menu.Target>
+              <Menu.Dropdown>
+                <Menu.Item onClick={() => navigate(`/bookings/${booking.id}`)}>
+                  View details
+                </Menu.Item>
+                {trackable && (
+                  <Menu.Item
+                    leftSection={<Train size={15} />}
+                    onClick={() => setTrackingBooking(booking)}
+                  >
+                    Track shipment
+                  </Menu.Item>
+                )}
+              </Menu.Dropdown>
+            </Menu>
+          </Group>
+        );
+      },
+    },
+  ];
+
+  return (
+    <Box style={{ padding: "28px 32px 32px" }}>
+      <Stack gap="lg">
+        {/* ── Page header ─────────────────────────────────────────────── */}
+        <Group justify="space-between" align="flex-end" wrap="wrap" gap="md">
+          <Box>
+            <Group gap={10} align="center">
+              <Title
+                order={1}
+                fw={800}
+                fz={26}
+                style={{ letterSpacing: "-0.01em" }}
+              >
+                Bookings
+              </Title>
+            </Group>
+            <Text size="sm" c="edr-muted" mt={4}>
+              Track every cargo booking — from draft to delivery.
+            </Text>
+          </Box>
+          <Button
+            component={Link}
+            to="/contracts"
+            color="edr-green"
+            radius="md"
+            leftSection={<Plus size={16} />}
+          >
+            New booking
+          </Button>
+        </Group>
+
+        {/* ── Summary stat cards ──────────────────────────────────────── */}
+        <SimpleGrid cols={{ base: 2, sm: 3, lg: 5 }} spacing="md">
+          {STAT_CARDS.map((card) => (
+            <StatCard
+              key={card.key}
+              card={card}
+              active={statusFilter === card.key}
+              count={cardCounts[card.key]}
+              onSelect={() => selectFilter(card.key)}
+            />
+          ))}
+        </SimpleGrid>
+
+        {/* ── Bookings table card ──────────────────────────────────────── */}
+        <Card p={0} style={{ overflow: "hidden" }}>
+          <Group
+            justify="space-between"
+            gap={12}
+            px={20}
+            py={14}
+            wrap="wrap"
+            style={{
+              borderBottom: "1px solid var(--mantine-color-edr-border-0)",
+            }}
+          >
+            <Group gap={10} wrap="wrap" style={{ flex: 1, minWidth: 260 }}>
+              <TextInput
+                placeholder="Search booking, contract, or route…"
+                leftSection={<Search size={16} />}
+                value={query}
+                onChange={(e) => setQuery(e.currentTarget.value)}
+                rightSection={
+                  query ? (
+                    <ActionIcon
+                      size="sm"
+                      variant="transparent"
+                      color="gray"
+                      onClick={() => setQuery("")}
+                    >
+                      <X size={14} />
+                    </ActionIcon>
+                  ) : null
+                }
+                radius="md"
+                style={{ flex: 1, minWidth: 200, maxWidth: 340 }}
+              />
+              <Select
+                data={SELECT_DATA}
+                value={statusFilter}
+                onChange={(value) =>
+                  selectFilter((value as StatusFilterKey) ?? "all")
+                }
+                allowDeselect={false}
+                radius="md"
+                checkIconPosition="right"
+                comboboxProps={{ withinPortal: true }}
+                style={{ width: 190 }}
+                aria-label="Filter by status"
+              />
+              <Select
+                placeholder="Any type"
+                data={[
+                  { value: "ONE_TIME", label: "One-time" },
+                  { value: "GENERAL_CONTRACT", label: "General contract" },
+                ]}
+                value={typeFilter}
+                onChange={(v) => {
+                  setTypeFilter(v);
+                  resetPage();
+                }}
+                clearable
+                radius="md"
+                comboboxProps={{ withinPortal: true }}
+                style={{ width: 170 }}
+                aria-label="Filter by booking type"
+              />
+              <Select
+                placeholder="Any cargo"
+                data={[
+                  { value: "CONTAINER", label: "Container" },
+                  { value: "BULK", label: "Bulk" },
+                ]}
+                value={freightFilter}
+                onChange={(v) => {
+                  setFreightFilter(v);
+                  resetPage();
+                }}
+                clearable
+                radius="md"
+                comboboxProps={{ withinPortal: true }}
+                style={{ width: 150 }}
+                aria-label="Filter by cargo type"
+              />
+              <Select
+                data={SORT_OPTIONS.map((o) => ({
+                  value: o.value,
+                  label: o.label,
+                }))}
+                value={sort}
+                onChange={(v) => {
+                  setSort(v ?? "createdAt:DESC");
+                  resetPage();
+                }}
+                allowDeselect={false}
+                radius="md"
+                comboboxProps={{ withinPortal: true }}
+                style={{ width: 160 }}
+                aria-label="Sort bookings"
+              />
+              <TextInput
+                type="date"
+                value={createdFrom}
+                onChange={(e) => {
+                  setCreatedFrom(e.currentTarget.value);
+                  resetPage();
+                }}
+                radius="md"
+                style={{ width: 150 }}
+                aria-label="Created from"
+                placeholder="From"
+              />
+              <TextInput
+                type="date"
+                value={createdTo}
+                onChange={(e) => {
+                  setCreatedTo(e.currentTarget.value);
+                  resetPage();
+                }}
+                radius="md"
+                style={{ width: 150 }}
+                aria-label="Created to"
+                placeholder="To"
+              />
+              {hasExtraFilters && (
+                <Button
+                  variant="subtle"
+                  color="gray"
+                  radius="md"
+                  size="sm"
+                  leftSection={<X size={14} />}
+                  onClick={clearExtraFilters}
+                >
+                  Clear
+                </Button>
+              )}
+            </Group>
+            <Text fz={12} c="edr-muted">
+              {total} booking{total !== 1 ? "s" : ""}
+            </Text>
+          </Group>
+
+          {showEmpty ? (
+            <Stack align="center" gap={4} px="lg" py={64} ta="center">
+              <ThemeIcon
+                size={56}
+                radius="lg"
+                color="edr-green"
+                variant="light"
+                mb="xs"
+              >
+                <Package size={28} />
+              </ThemeIcon>
+              <Text size="sm" fw={600} c="edr-text">
+                {query
+                  ? "No bookings match your search"
+                  : "No bookings here yet"}
+              </Text>
+              <Text size="xs" c="edr-muted" maw={320}>
+                {query
+                  ? "Try a different reference or clear the search."
+                  : "Bookings are created against a contract. Open a contract to book a shipment."}
+              </Text>
+              {!query && (
+                <Button
+                  component={Link}
+                  to="/contracts"
+                  size="sm"
+                  mt="md"
+                  variant="light"
+                  color="edr-green"
+                >
+                  Go to contracts
+                </Button>
+              )}
+            </Stack>
+          ) : (
+            <DataTable
+              columns={columns}
+              data={rows}
+              status={dataTableStatus}
+              onRowClick={(row) =>
+                navigate(`/bookings/${(row as Freight.IBooking).id}`)
+              }
+              pagination={{
+                pageIndex: pagination.pageIndex,
+                pageSize: pagination.pageSize,
+                pageCount,
+                totalCount: total,
+              }}
+              tableOptions={{
+                state: { pagination },
+                onPaginationChange: setPagination,
+                manualPagination: true,
+                pageCount,
+              }}
+              containerClassName="border-0 shadow-none rounded-none"
+              footer={DataTableFooter}
+            />
+          )}
+        </Card>
+      </Stack>
+
+      <ShipmentTrackingModal
+        opened={trackingBooking !== null}
+        onClose={() => setTrackingBooking(null)}
+        bookingId={trackingBooking?.id ?? ""}
+        bookingReference={trackingBooking?.reference ?? ""}
+        originLabel={
+          trackingBooking?.originYard?.label ??
+          trackingBooking?.originYard?.code
+        }
+        destinationLabel={
+          trackingBooking?.destinationYard?.label ??
+          trackingBooking?.destinationYard?.code
+        }
+      />
+    </Box>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/freight/index.ts b/packages/types/src/freight/index.ts
index 698266f67..ff7539e60 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/freight/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/freight/index.ts
@@ -414,6 +414,8 @@ export interface IBooking extends BaseEntity {
   customerId: string;
   /** The contract this booking was created under (Path A / Path B). */
   contractId?: string | null;
+  /** Human-readable reference of the parent contract, joined onto list rows. */
+  contractReference?: string | null;
   trainId?: string | null;
   status: BookingStatus;
   /** ONE_TIME for normal bookings; GENERAL_CONTRACT for umbrella contracts. */