diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/warehouses/warehouse-inventory.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/warehouses/warehouse-inventory.service.ts
index 7cd47f203..1355b7218 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/warehouses/warehouse-inventory.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/warehouses/warehouse-inventory.service.ts
@@ -1682,6 +1682,7 @@ export class WarehouseInventoryService {
     for (const pending of pendingNotifications) {
       void this.notifyOwnerInventoryReceived(pending.owner);
       void this.notifyTruckAssignmentNeeded(pending.booking, pending.bookingId);
+      if (dto.direction === 'EXPORT') void this.notifyCarriageAcceptanceReady(pending.bookingId);
     }
 
     return result;
@@ -2809,6 +2810,10 @@ export class WarehouseInventoryService {
       return saved.id;
     });
 
+    if (dto.bookingId && bookingDirection === 'EXPORT') {
+      void this.notifyCarriageAcceptanceReady(dto.bookingId);
+    }
+
     return this.findById(id);
   }
 
@@ -5978,6 +5983,36 @@ export class WarehouseInventoryService {
     return booking ?? {};
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tell the customer their export carriage acceptance sheet is ready to
+   * download from the portal. Export acceptance happens at the warehouse gate
+   * (see BookingsService.carriageAcceptanceSheet) — the sheet is generatable
+   * as soon as the cargo is received, no wagon allocation required, so this
+   * fires right after receive, not at marshalling.
+   */
+  private async notifyCarriageAcceptanceReady(bookingId: string): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      const [b]: Array<{ companyId: string | null; reference: string }> = await this.dataSource.query(
+        `SELECT company_id AS "companyId", reference FROM freight.bookings WHERE id = $1 AND deleted_at IS NULL`,
+        [bookingId],
+      );
+      if (!b?.companyId) return;
+      const body = `Your carriage acceptance sheet for booking ${b.reference} is ready to download from the portal.`;
+      await this.inbox.notify({
+        recipients: { companyId: b.companyId },
+        audience: NotificationAudience.PORTAL,
+        type: NotificationType.DOCUMENT_ACTION,
+        title: 'Carriage acceptance sheet ready',
+        body,
+        link: `/bookings/${bookingId}`,
+        data: { bookingId, reference: b.reference },
+      });
+      await sendCompanyChannels(this.dataSource, this.notifications, b.companyId, body);
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.logger.warn(`Carriage acceptance ready notify failed for ${bookingId}: ${(err as Error).message}`);
+    }
+  }
+
   private async notifyOwnerInventoryReceived(params: {
     phone?: string | null;
     ownerName?: string | null;