diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/contracts/contract-rate-schedule.builder.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/contracts/contract-rate-schedule.builder.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7b007617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/contracts/contract-rate-schedule.builder.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import { ContractRateScheduleBuilder } from './contract-rate-schedule.builder';
+import { Rate } from '../modules/rule-engine/entities/rate.entity';
+
+/** Minimal Rate factory for the builder unit tests. */
+function rate(partial: Partial<Rate>): Rate {
+  return {
+    trigger: 'ALWAYS',
+    appliesTo: 'CONTAINER',
+    tradeDirection: 'IMPORT',
+    rateType: 'CONTAINER_IMPORT',
+    currency: 'USD',
+    rateValue: 200,
+    rateUnit: 'PER_CONTAINER',
+    ...partial,
+  } as Rate;
+}
+
+describe('ContractRateScheduleBuilder', () => {
+  const LIVE: Rate[] = [
+    rate({
+      appliesTo: 'CONTAINER',
+      tradeDirection: 'IMPORT',
+      rateType: 'CONTAINER_IMPORT',
+      rateValue: 200,
+      rateUnit: 'PER_CONTAINER',
+      originYard: { label: 'Negad' } as never,
+      destinationYard: { label: 'Mojo Dry Port' } as never,
+      containerType: { label: '40ft GP' } as never,
+    }),
+    rate({
+      appliesTo: 'CONTAINER',
+      tradeDirection: 'EXPORT', // wrong direction — must be filtered out for import
+      rateType: 'CONTAINER_EXPORT',
+      rateValue: 819,
+      originYard: { label: 'GMP' } as never,
+      destinationYard: { label: 'SGTD' } as never,
+    }),
+    rate({
+      appliesTo: 'BULK', // wrong freight — filtered out for a container contract
+      tradeDirection: 'IMPORT',
+      rateType: 'BULK_IMPORT',
+      rateUnit: 'PER_WAGON',
+      rateValue: 100,
+    }),
+    rate({
+      appliesTo: 'FIRST_MILE',
+      trigger: 'ALWAYS',
+      tradeDirection: null,
+      rateUnit: 'PER_CONTAINER',
+      rateValue: 50,
+    }),
+    rate({
+      appliesTo: 'OTHER',
+      trigger: 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE',
+      tradeDirection: null,
+      rateType: 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE',
+      rateUnit: 'FLAT',
+      rateValue: 120,
+    }),
+  ];
+
+  const build = (dir: 'IMP' | 'EXP' | 'DOM', freight: 'CON' | 'BULK') => {
+    const service = { findLiveRatesDetailed: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(LIVE) };
+    return new ContractRateScheduleBuilder(service as never).build(dir, freight);
+  };
+
+  it('shows only import container lanes for an import container contract', async () => {
+    const s = await build('IMP', 'CON');
+    expect(s.freightLanes).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(s.freightLanes[0]).toMatchObject({
+      route: 'Negad → Mojo Dry Port',
+      cargo: '40ft GP',
+      currency: 'USD',
+      amount: '200',
+      unit: 'per container',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('always lists route-agnostic services and surcharges', async () => {
+    const s = await build('IMP', 'CON');
+    expect(s.additionalServices).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(s.additionalServices[0].route).toBe('First-mile pickup by truck');
+    expect(s.surcharges).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(s.surcharges[0].route).toBe('Customs clearance service');
+  });
+
+  it('excludes container lanes from a bulk contract', async () => {
+    const s = await build('IMP', 'BULK');
+    expect(s.freightLanes).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(s.freightLanes[0]).toMatchObject({ amount: '100', unit: 'per wagon' });
+  });
+
+  it('flags an empty schedule when nothing priced matches', async () => {
+    const service = { findLiveRatesDetailed: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]) };
+    const s = await new ContractRateScheduleBuilder(service as never).build('DOM', 'CON');
+    expect(s.isEmpty).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2360000000000-RefreshContractPricingArticles.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2360000000000-RefreshContractPricingArticles.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..566d0308e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2360000000000-RefreshContractPricingArticles.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from 'typeorm';
+
+import { CONTRACT_TEMPLATE_DEFAULTS } from '../seed/data/contract-template-defaults';
+
+/**
+ * Refresh the `pricing` article body of the six seeded contract templates to
+ * the live-rate-schedule wording. The per-lane figures (e.g. "USD 400 per
+ * wagon") are now rendered from the LIVE rate config instead of frozen prose,
+ * so any template whose pricing article still carries a hardcoded price token
+ * is rewritten to the current seed text.
+ *
+ * The guard `body ~ '(USD|ETB) [0-9]'` identifies the auto-seeded original
+ * prose (which always quoted a currency + figure) and matches neither an
+ * already-migrated body nor a hand-edited one that adopted the schedule
+ * wording — so admin edits are preserved. Idempotent: after the rewrite the
+ * price token is gone, so a re-run is a no-op. Fresh databases seed the new
+ * text directly (CreateContractTemplates imports the same seed), making this
+ * a targeted backfill for databases seeded before the seed changed.
+ */
+const HARDCODED_PRICE_TOKEN = '(USD|ETB) [0-9]';
+
+export class RefreshContractPricingArticles2360000000000
+  implements MigrationInterface
+{
+  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    for (const seed of CONTRACT_TEMPLATE_DEFAULTS) {
+      const pricing = seed.articles.find((a) => a.id === 'pricing');
+      if (!pricing) continue;
+
+      // Rewrite only the article whose id = 'pricing', in place, and only when
+      // its body still quotes a hardcoded currency figure. jsonb_agg keeps the
+      // rest of the article (id/title/order) and every other article intact.
+      await queryRunner.query(
+        `
+        UPDATE freight.contract_templates AS t
+        SET articles = (
+          SELECT jsonb_agg(
+            CASE
+              WHEN elem->>'id' = 'pricing'
+                THEN jsonb_set(elem, '{body}', to_jsonb($2::text), true)
+              ELSE elem
+            END
+            ORDER BY ord
+          )
+          FROM jsonb_array_elements(t.articles) WITH ORDINALITY AS a(elem, ord)
+        ),
+        updated_at = now()
+        WHERE t.code = $1
+          AND EXISTS (
+            SELECT 1
+            FROM jsonb_array_elements(t.articles) AS x
+            WHERE x->>'id' = 'pricing'
+              AND x->>'body' ~ $3
+          );
+        `,
+        [seed.code, pricing.body, HARDCODED_PRICE_TOKEN],
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Irreversible in practice — the original per-lane figures are not restored.
+   * A no-op down keeps the migration reversible-by-contract without
+   * resurrecting stale hardcoded prices.
+   */
+  public async down(): Promise<void> {
+    // intentionally empty
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-transition.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-transition.service.ts
index 690b66385..aacc68012 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-transition.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-transition.service.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export class BookingTransitionService {
     private readonly bookingsRepository: BookingsRepository,
     private readonly ruleEngineService: RuleEngineService,
     private readonly pricingService: BookingPricingService,
+    @Inject(forwardRef(() => BookingContractService))
     private readonly contractService: BookingContractService,
     private readonly filesService: FilesService,
     private readonly fileUploadSettingsService: FileUploadSettingsService,
@@ -1049,7 +1050,25 @@ export class BookingTransitionService {
       booking.tradeDirection === "EXPORT" &&
       !isRoadService(booking.serviceType);
     if (isExportTrain) {
-      await this.bookingBatchService.pickExportSchedule(scheduledBooking);
+      // With export split ON the booking no longer has to ride ONE train whole:
+      // the largest fitting part is offered and the leftover rebooks on the next
+      // train. So the day is only unbookable when NO export train that day has
+      // any room at all — reject on the day total, not on a single-train fit.
+      // With the flag off this stays the strict whole-booking gate.
+      if (process.env.FREIGHT_EXPORT_SPLIT === "true") {
+        const fitting = await this.bookingBatchService.fittingTrainsForDay(
+          scheduledBooking,
+          eatDay(date),
+          "EXPORT",
+        );
+        if (!fitting.length) {
+          throw new ConflictException(
+            "No export train on this day has space left — pick another shipment day.",
+          );
+        }
+      } else {
+        await this.bookingBatchService.pickExportSchedule(scheduledBooking);
+      }
     }
 
     await this.bookingsRepository.update(bookingId, {
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-booking.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-booking.service.ts
index 826bc33b0..8ef819eaf 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-booking.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-booking.service.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { validate20ftWeightPairing } from '../bookings/container-pairing.util';
 import { TrainSchedulingGlobalRules } from '../train-scheduling/entities/train-scheduling-global-rules.entity';
 import { TrainSchedulingService } from '../train-scheduling/train-scheduling.service';
 import { BookingBatchService } from '../train-scheduling/booking-batch.service';
+import { eatDay } from '../train-scheduling/batch-window.util';
 import { wagonsPerUnitForSize } from '../rule-engine/container-type.util';
 import { ContainerTypesService } from '../rule-engine/services/container-types.service';
 import { RuleEngineService } from '../rule-engine/rule-engine.service';
@@ -54,6 +55,18 @@ export interface CreateBookingUnderContractResult {
   warnings: string[];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Outstanding split remainder of a contract: what was booked in the first split
+ * booking's pre-split snapshot MINUS everything currently booked. Container
+ * contracts report per size; bulk reports one tonnage figure. `null` when the
+ * contract has no live split chain. Consumed by the remainder-placement engine
+ * to size the auto-created remainder booking.
+ */
+export type SplitOutstanding = {
+  bySize: Map<string, { total: number; outstanding: number }>;
+  bulk: { total: number; outstanding: number } | null;
+};
+
 /**
  * The single create path for shipment bookings under a contract.
  *
@@ -966,9 +979,11 @@ export class ContractBookingService {
    * (CANCELLED / REJECTED / EXPIRED) release their share. Null when the
    * contract has no live split booking.
    */
-  private async splitOutstanding(
-    contract: Contract,
-  ): Promise<{ bySize: Map<string, { total: number; outstanding: number }>; bulk: { total: number; outstanding: number } | null } | null> {
+  /**
+   * Public: the remainder-placement engine reads this to size the auto-created
+   * remainder booking. Returns `null` when there is no live split chain.
+   */
+  async splitOutstanding(contract: Contract): Promise<SplitOutstanding | null> {
     const first = await this.dataSource
       .getRepository(Booking)
       .createQueryBuilder('b')
@@ -1015,6 +1030,25 @@ export class ContractBookingService {
     const probe = await this.buildExportProbe(contract, route, dto, yards);
     const report = await this.bookingBatchService.exportSpaceReport(probe);
     if (report.scheduleId) return;
+
+    // With export split ON a booking no longer has to ride ONE train whole: the
+    // largest fitting part is offered and the leftover is rebooked on the next
+    // train. Rejecting on the single-train fit here would block exactly the
+    // bookings the split exists to serve — including the auto-created remainder,
+    // which by definition did not fit the train it was split off. Fall back to
+    // the day total: unbookable only when NO export train that day has room.
+    if (process.env.FREIGHT_EXPORT_SPLIT === 'true') {
+      const fitting = await this.bookingBatchService.fittingTrainsForDay(
+        probe,
+        eatDay(new Date(dto.scheduledDate)),
+        'EXPORT',
+      );
+      if (fitting.length > 0) return;
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'No export train on this day has space left — pick another shipment day.',
+      );
+    }
+
     throw new BadRequestException(
       report.fullMessage ?? 'Not enough train space for this day.',
     );
@@ -1636,6 +1670,8 @@ export class ContractBookingService {
       isGovernment: contract.isGovernment,
       shippingLineId: null,
       contractRouteId: route?.id ?? null,
+      originYardId: route?.originYardId ?? null,
+      destinationYardId: route?.destinationYardId ?? null,
       cargoTotalWeightVgm: this.resolveBulkTons(dto),
       firstMilePickupAddress: contract.firstMilePickupAddress ?? null,
       lastMileDeliveryAddress: contract.lastMileDeliveryAddress ?? null,
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/dto/create-rate.dto.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/dto/create-rate.dto.ts
index 5507692d9..41971bbf1 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/dto/create-rate.dto.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/dto/create-rate.dto.ts
@@ -74,9 +74,14 @@ export class CreateRateDto {
   @Transform(({ value }) => Number(value))
   rateValue!: number;
 
-  @ApiProperty({ enum: RATE_UNITS, description: 'Unit basis for the rate' })
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({
+    enum: RATE_UNITS,
+    description:
+      'Unit basis for the rate. Optional for shapes with a forced unit (overweight is always PER_TON — the admin form hides the field and omits it); required otherwise.',
+  })
+  @IsOptional()
   @IsIn([...RATE_UNITS])
-  rateUnit!: string;
+  rateUnit?: string;
 }
 
 export class SubmitRateForApprovalDto {
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/services/rates.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/services/rates.service.ts
index edd9ac9f0..488865f38 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/services/rates.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/services/rates.service.ts
@@ -68,15 +68,21 @@ export class RatesService {
   private resolveRateUnit(
     appliesTo: Rate['appliesTo'],
     trigger: Rate['trigger'],
-    requestedUnit: Rate['rateUnit'],
+    requestedUnit: Rate['rateUnit'] | undefined,
   ): Rate['rateUnit'] {
-    // Overweight is per-ton, full stop.
+    // Overweight is per-ton, full stop — the admin form hides the unit field
+    // for it and omits rateUnit from the payload entirely.
     if (trigger === 'OVERWEIGHT') return 'PER_TON';
 
-    if (!isRateUnitAllowed({ appliesTo, trigger, unit: requestedUnit })) {
-      const allowed = allowedRateUnits({ appliesTo, trigger }).join(', ');
+    const allowed = allowedRateUnits({ appliesTo, trigger });
+    if (!requestedUnit) {
       throw new BadRequestException(
-        `Rate unit "${requestedUnit}" is not valid for this rate. Allowed: ${allowed}.`,
+        `Pick a rate unit for this rate. Allowed: ${allowed.join(', ')}.`,
+      );
+    }
+    if (!isRateUnitAllowed({ appliesTo, trigger, unit: requestedUnit })) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        `Rate unit "${requestedUnit}" is not valid for this rate. Allowed: ${allowed.join(', ')}.`,
       );
     }
     return requestedUnit;
@@ -272,7 +278,11 @@ export class RatesService {
       tradeDirection,
       isBulk: this.resolvesToBulk(appliesTo, intercityKind),
     });
-    const rateUnit = this.resolveRateUnit(appliesTo, trigger, dto.rateUnit as Rate['rateUnit']);
+    const rateUnit = this.resolveRateUnit(
+      appliesTo,
+      trigger,
+      dto.rateUnit as Rate['rateUnit'] | undefined,
+    );
 
     await this.assertNoDuplicatePattern({
       rateType,
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 866885074..c06f0ee81 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
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ import { WagonType } from '../wagon-types/entities/wagon-type.entity';
 import { Wagon } from '../wagons/entities/wagon.entity';
 import { ClearanceMilestoneService } from '../contracts/clearance-milestone.service';
 import { BookingSplitService } from './booking-split.service';
+import { RemainderPlacementService } from './remainder-placement.service';
 import { BookingWindowGateway } from './booking-window.gateway';
 import {
   MAX_TEU_SLOTS_PER_WAGON,
@@ -317,9 +318,29 @@ export class BookingBatchService implements OnModuleInit {
 
     @Optional() private readonly milestoneService?: ClearanceMilestoneService,
     @Optional() private readonly splitService?: BookingSplitService,
+    @Optional()
+    @Inject(forwardRef(() => RemainderPlacementService))
+    private readonly remainderPlacement?: RemainderPlacementService,
 
   ) {}
 
+  /**
+   * Auto-place a paid booking's split remainder onto the next fitting train.
+   * Gated so it can ship dark: off unless FREIGHT_AUTO_REMAINDER=true.
+   */
+  private get autoRemainderEnabled(): boolean {
+    return process.env.FREIGHT_AUTO_REMAINDER === "true";
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Let EXPORT bookings split (offer the largest fitting part, leftover rebooks
+   * on the next train). Separate flag from auto-remainder: export touches the
+   * FCFS money path, so partial-offer can be enabled independently.
+   */
+  private get exportSplitEnabled(): boolean {
+    return process.env.FREIGHT_EXPORT_SPLIT === "true";
+  }
+
   /** On boot, reconcile OPEN route-days and re-arm settle timers. */
   async onModuleInit(): Promise<void> {
     const groups = await this.openRouteDayGroups();
@@ -496,6 +517,34 @@ export class BookingBatchService implements OnModuleInit {
     // to the offered part before it boards (remainder returns to the contract cap).
     if (this.splitService) {
       await this.splitService.applySplit(bookingId);
+
+      // The split only happens on payment (here) — so auto-placing the remainder
+      // also only happens once the customer has accepted+paid. Re-read to see if
+      // applySplit actually reduced this booking (an open offer existed); if so,
+      // auto-create + place the remainder booking on the next fitting train.
+      // applySplit committed its own transaction before returning, so this reads
+      // the reduced lines. Best-effort: a placement failure never blocks the
+      // paid booking from boarding — the remainder falls back to manual rebook.
+      if (this.autoRemainderEnabled && this.remainderPlacement) {
+        const split = await this.dataSource
+          .getRepository(Booking)
+          .findOne({ where: { id: bookingId } });
+        // Export remainders only auto-place when export split is on — otherwise
+        // an export booking never splits in the first place.
+        const directionOn =
+          split?.tradeDirection !== "EXPORT" || this.exportSplitEnabled;
+        if (split?.isSplit && directionOn) {
+          await this.remainderPlacement
+            .placeRemainder(split)
+            .catch((err) =>
+              this.logger.error(
+                `Auto-place remainder failed for ${split.reference}: ${
+                  err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
+                }`,
+              ),
+            );
+        }
+      }
     }
 
     const linked =
@@ -731,6 +780,76 @@ export class BookingBatchService implements OnModuleInit {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Trains that can carry a booking's leg on a given day, earliest departure
+   * first, each with the largest number of wagons it could still admit for the
+   * booking's wagon type. Direction-filtered: EXPORT bookings see export trains,
+   * IMPORT/DOMESTIC see non-export trains. Measures against the booking's FULL
+   * allowed wagon-type set ({@link dimsForAllowed}) so a train stocking a
+   * non-primary allowed type still counts. The remainder placer uses this to
+   * pick the next fitting train; the `free` wagon count is the best across the
+   * allowed types (a train fits under whichever allowed type gives most room).
+   */
+  async fittingTrainsForDay(
+    booking: Booking,
+    day: string,
+    direction: "IMPORT" | "EXPORT",
+  ): Promise<Array<{ scheduleId: string; departure: Date; freeWagons: number }>> {
+    const corridor = await this.trainSchedulesRepository.findAll({
+      where: [
+        { status: TrainScheduleStatusEnum.Draft },
+        { status: TrainScheduleStatusEnum.Scheduled },
+      ],
+    });
+    const candidates = corridor
+      .filter(
+        (s) =>
+          s.scheduledDepartureDate != null &&
+          eatDay(s.scheduledDepartureDate) === day &&
+          s.bookingWindowStatus !== "FULL" &&
+          (direction === "EXPORT"
+            ? s.direction === "EXPORT"
+            : s.direction !== "EXPORT"),
+      )
+      .sort(
+        (a, b) =>
+          a.scheduledDepartureDate!.getTime() -
+          b.scheduledDepartureDate!.getTime(),
+      );
+
+    const wagonDims = await this.loadWagonDims();
+    const dimsOptions = this.dimsForAllowed(booking, wagonDims);
+    const out: Array<{ scheduleId: string; departure: Date; freeWagons: number }> = [];
+
+    for (const candidate of candidates) {
+      const schedule = await this.trainSchedulesRepository.findByIdWithFullGraph(
+        candidate.id,
+      );
+      const locomotive = schedule?.trainSet?.locomotive;
+      if (!schedule || !locomotive) continue;
+      const limits = await this.capacityLimits(locomotive);
+      const budget = await this.remainingBudget(schedule, limits, wagonDims);
+      const leg = budget.legOf(booking.originYardId, booking.destinationYardId);
+      if (!leg) continue; // this train's route doesn't carry the booking's leg
+      const room = budget.remainingFor(leg);
+      // Best usable wagons across the allowed types — a train fits under
+      // whichever configured wagon type gives it the most room.
+      let freeWagons = 0;
+      for (const dims of dimsOptions) {
+        const w = this.bookableWithin(room, dims).wagons;
+        if (w > freeWagons) freeWagons = w;
+      }
+      if (freeWagons > 0) {
+        out.push({
+          scheduleId: schedule.id,
+          departure: schedule.scheduledDepartureDate!,
+          freeWagons,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+    return out;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Advisory free-wagon count for an IMPORT/DOMESTIC booking on a given day,
    * summed across every train on the booking's corridor that day. Unlike the
@@ -789,6 +908,58 @@ export class BookingBatchService implements OnModuleInit {
     return { freeWagons, need, trainsForDay };
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Export split: no single train carries the whole booking, so offer the
+   * largest fitting part on the export train with the most room for its leg.
+   * Returns true when an offer was opened (the caller must NOT then reserve —
+   * the offer already opened its own pay window), false when the booking fits
+   * whole somewhere (normal FCFS path) or no meaningful partial exists.
+   *
+   * Only the offer is written here: the booking is reduced to the offered part
+   * on payment (applySplit), and the leftover is auto-placed afterwards. So an
+   * unpaid export booking stays whole and the customer may still cancel it.
+   */
+  private async tryExportPartialOffer(booking: Booking): Promise<boolean> {
+    if (!this.splitService) return false;
+    const report = await this.exportSpaceReport(booking);
+    // A train fits it whole — nothing to split, take the normal path.
+    if (report.scheduleId) return false;
+    if (!report.bestAvailable || report.bestAvailable.wagons < 1) return false;
+
+    if (!booking.scheduledDate) return false;
+    const day = eatDay(new Date(booking.scheduledDate));
+    const fitting = await this.fittingTrainsForDay(booking, day, "EXPORT");
+    if (!fitting.length) return false;
+    // Most room first — the largest single part ships now, the smallest leftover
+    // is what has to find another train.
+    const target = [...fitting].sort((a, b) => b.freeWagons - a.freeWagons)[0];
+
+    const schedule = await this.trainSchedulesRepository.findByIdWithFullGraph(
+      target.scheduleId,
+    );
+    const locomotive = schedule?.trainSet?.locomotive;
+    if (!schedule || !locomotive) return false;
+    const wagonDims = await this.loadWagonDims();
+    const limits = await this.capacityLimits(locomotive);
+    const budget = await this.remainingBudget(schedule, limits, wagonDims);
+    const leg = budget.legOf(booking.originYardId, booking.destinationYardId);
+    if (!leg) return false;
+
+    const offered = await this.tryPartialOffer(
+      booking,
+      schedule.id,
+      budget.remainingFor(leg),
+      report.need,
+    );
+    if (!offered) return false;
+    this.logger.log(
+      `[EXPORT SPLIT] offered partial to ${booking.reference} on schedule ` +
+        `${schedule.id} — leftover rebooks on the next train once paid.`,
+    );
+    this.notifyBoardChanged(schedule.id, "batch_fill");
+    return true;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Accept an export booking into the FCFS flow. Solo bookings reserve immediately.
    * A consolidated booking reserves as a pair only once BOTH partners are ready
@@ -800,6 +971,15 @@ export class BookingBatchService implements OnModuleInit {
   async acceptExportBooking(booking: Booking): Promise<void> {
     const partnerId = booking.consolidationPartnerId ?? null;
     if (!partnerId) {
+      // Export split: when no single train carries the whole booking, offer the
+      // largest fitting part instead of failing the accept. The customer pays
+      // that part; on payment applySplit reduces this booking to it and the
+      // leftover is auto-placed as its own booking on the next train. Pairs are
+      // excluded (handled below) — a shared wagon is never split.
+      if (this.exportSplitEnabled && this.isSplitEligible(booking, false)) {
+        const offered = await this.tryExportPartialOffer(booking);
+        if (offered) return;
+      }
       const scheduleId = await this.pickExportSchedule(booking);
       await this.reserveOnExport([booking], scheduleId);
       return;
@@ -1852,15 +2032,23 @@ export class BookingBatchService implements OnModuleInit {
   }
 
   /**
-   * A lone commercial IMPORT booking on a GENERAL or ONE_TIME contract may be
-   * offered a partial (split-on-payment). Consolidated pairs never split (both-or-
-   * neither shared wagon) and government bookings never split (they preempt).
+   * A lone commercial booking on a GENERAL or ONE_TIME contract may be offered a
+   * partial (split-on-payment). Consolidated pairs never split (both-or-neither
+   * shared wagon) and government bookings never split (they preempt).
+   *
+   * IMPORT is always eligible. EXPORT is eligible only when export split is
+   * enabled: export historically rides one train whole, so splitting it changes
+   * the FCFS money path — each split part still rides ONE train whole, and the
+   * leftover becomes its own booking on the next train.
    */
   private isSplitEligible(booking: Booking, isPair: boolean): boolean {
+    const directionOk =
+      booking.tradeDirection === "IMPORT" ||
+      (booking.tradeDirection === "EXPORT" && this.exportSplitEnabled);
     return (
       !isPair &&
       !booking.isGovernment &&
-      booking.tradeDirection === "IMPORT" &&
+      directionOk &&
       (booking.contractKind === "GENERAL" || booking.contractKind === "ONE_TIME") &&
       this.splitService != null
     );
@@ -3174,6 +3362,40 @@ export class BookingBatchService implements OnModuleInit {
     };
   }
 
+  /**
+   * EVERY wagon-type dimension a booking may ride — its cargo/container type's
+   * full allowed (many-to-many) wagon-type list, not just the first like
+   * {@link dimsFor}. The remainder placer needs the whole set so a train that
+   * stocks a non-primary allowed type still counts as fitting: a container type
+   * mapped to both NW5 and (say) NW7 must be measured against whichever a given
+   * train actually has free. Deduped by wagon-type id; falls back to the single
+   * representative dims when no allowed type is configured.
+   */
+  private dimsForAllowed(booking: Booking, wagonDims: WagonDims): PerWagonDims[] {
+    const fallback =
+      booking.freightType === "BULK" ? wagonDims.bulk : wagonDims.container;
+    const ids =
+      booking.freightType === "BULK"
+        ? (booking.cargoType?.wagonTypes ?? []).map((wt) => wt.id)
+        : (booking.bookingContainers ?? [])
+            .flatMap((line) => line.containerType?.wagonTypes ?? [])
+            .map((wt) => wt.id);
+    const seen = new Set<string>();
+    const dims: PerWagonDims[] = [];
+    for (const id of ids) {
+      if (!id || seen.has(id)) continue;
+      seen.add(id);
+      const d = wagonDims.byWagonTypeId.get(id);
+      if (d) {
+        dims.push({
+          ...d,
+          capacityTons: d.capacityTons > 0 ? d.capacityTons : fallback.capacityTons,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+    return dims.length ? dims : [fallback];
+  }
+
   /**
    * Ordered stop yards of the schedule's route (origin → milestones →
    * destination); the legacy two-stop pseudo-route when milestones are absent.
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-notifier.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-notifier.service.ts
index 3d505e113..e17445b4d 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-notifier.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-notifier.service.ts
@@ -150,10 +150,18 @@ export class BookingNotifierService {
   ): Promise<void> {
     const payMinutes = Math.max(1, Math.round((deadline.getTime() - Date.now()) / 60_000));
     const eat = deadline.toLocaleString('en-GB', { timeZone: 'Africa/Addis_Ababa' });
+    const leftover = totalWagons - offeredWagons;
+    // With auto-placement on, the leftover is booked FOR the customer on another
+    // train (its own invoice) — telling them to rebook it themselves would be
+    // wrong. Without it, the leftover returns to the contract to rebook.
+    const leftoverCopy =
+      process.env.FREIGHT_AUTO_REMAINDER === 'true'
+        ? `The remaining ${leftover} will be booked for you on another train, with its own invoice. `
+        : `The remaining ${leftover} return${leftover === 1 ? 's' : ''} to your contract — book them yourself in a later window. `;
     const msg =
       `Only ${offeredWagons} of ${totalWagons} wagons fit the train for booking ${b.reference ?? b.id}. ` +
       `Pay within ${payMinutes} minute${payMinutes === 1 ? '' : 's'} to accept and ship ${offeredWagons} wagon${offeredWagons === 1 ? '' : 's'} now. ` +
-      `The remaining ${totalWagons - offeredWagons} return${totalWagons - offeredWagons === 1 ? 's' : ''} to your contract — book them yourself in a later window. ` +
+      leftoverCopy +
       `If you do not pay, the booking stays whole and you can rebook in the next window. Deadline: ${eat} EAT.`;
     await this.notifyContact(b, msg, 'PAY NOW (PARTIAL)');
     // HIGH: a split is a change to what the customer ordered AND a live payment
@@ -164,6 +172,23 @@ export class BookingNotifierService {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The wagons that did not fit the train the customer just paid for have been
+   * auto-booked as their own booking (`remainder`) — they ride another train and
+   * are billed separately. Sent instead of leaving the customer to rebook.
+   */
+  remainderPlaced(remainder: Booking, parentReference: string): void {
+    const msg =
+      `The wagons left over from booking ${parentReference} have been booked as ` +
+      `${remainder.reference ?? remainder.id} on another train. ` +
+      `It carries its own invoice — pay it to secure that slot.`;
+    void this.notifyContact(remainder, msg, 'REMAINDER BOOKED');
+    this.inApp(remainder, 'Leftover wagons booked', msg, {
+      type: NotificationType.INVOICE_ISSUED,
+      priority: NotificationPriority.HIGH,
+    });
+  }
+
   secured(b: Booking, reason: 'paid' | 'gov', scheduleId?: string | null): void {
     void (async () => {
       const label = await this.scheduleLabel(scheduleId ?? b.trainScheduleId);
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/remainder-placement.service.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/remainder-placement.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55cacaf03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/remainder-placement.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+import { RemainderPlacementService } from './remainder-placement.service';
+
+/**
+ * The remainder placer reconstructs the outstanding split remainder as a new
+ * booking. The delicate parts under test: bulk sizes from the outstanding tons;
+ * container recovers real numbers from the SOFT-DELETED units (never fabricates)
+ * and throws on a shortfall; and nothing is placed when there's no outstanding
+ * or no fitting train.
+ */
+describe('RemainderPlacementService', () => {
+  const DAY = '2026-07-20';
+
+  function make(opts: {
+    freightType: 'CONTAINER' | 'BULK';
+    contractKind?: 'ONE_TIME' | 'GENERAL';
+    outstanding: unknown;
+    createThrows?: Error;
+    deferredUnits?: Array<{
+      containerNumber: string;
+      vgmTons: number;
+      isHazardous?: boolean;
+      isReefer?: boolean;
+    }>;
+    fittingTrains?: Array<{ scheduleId: string }>;
+  }) {
+    const contract = {
+      id: 'c-1',
+      freightType: opts.freightType,
+      contractKind: opts.contractKind ?? 'ONE_TIME',
+    };
+    const contractsRepository = {
+      findByIdWithRelations: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(contract),
+    };
+    const createUnderContract = opts.createThrows
+      ? jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(opts.createThrows)
+      : jest
+          .fn()
+          .mockResolvedValue({ booking: { id: 'rem-1', reference: 'BKG-R' }, warnings: [] });
+    const contractBookingService = {
+      splitOutstanding: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(opts.outstanding),
+      createUnderContract,
+    };
+    const bookingBatchService = {
+      fittingTrainsForDay: jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockResolvedValue(opts.fittingTrains ?? [{ scheduleId: 's-2' }]),
+    };
+    // getRepository is only hit on the container path (recoverDeferredUnits).
+    const lineRepo = {
+      find: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([{ id: 'line-1' }]),
+    };
+    const unitRepo = {
+      find: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(opts.deferredUnits ?? []),
+    };
+    const dataSource = {
+      getRepository: jest.fn((entity: { name?: string }) => {
+        const n = entity?.name ?? '';
+        if (n.includes('Unit')) return unitRepo;
+        return lineRepo;
+      }),
+    };
+    const notifier = { remainderPlaced: jest.fn() };
+    const service = new RemainderPlacementService(
+      dataSource as never,
+      contractsRepository as never,
+      contractBookingService as never,
+      bookingBatchService as never,
+      notifier as never,
+    );
+    return {
+      service,
+      createUnderContract,
+      contractBookingService,
+      bookingBatchService,
+      notifier,
+    };
+  }
+
+  const splitBooking = {
+    id: 'bk-1',
+    reference: 'BKG-1',
+    contractId: 'c-1',
+    scheduledDate: new Date('2026-07-20T06:00:00Z'),
+    createdByUserId: 'u-1',
+  } as never;
+
+  it('sizes a BULK remainder from the outstanding tons', async () => {
+    const { service, createUnderContract } = make({
+      freightType: 'BULK',
+      outstanding: { bySize: new Map(), bulk: { total: 100, outstanding: 40 } },
+    });
+    const id = await service.placeRemainder(splitBooking);
+    expect(id).toBe('rem-1');
+    const dto = createUnderContract.mock.calls[0][1];
+    expect(dto.bulkLines).toEqual([{ cargoWeightTons: 40 }]);
+    expect(dto.scheduledDate).toBe(DAY);
+  });
+
+  it('rebuilds a CONTAINER remainder from the soft-deleted units', async () => {
+    const deferredUnits = [
+      { containerNumber: 'ABCD1234567', vgmTons: 12, isReefer: true },
+      { containerNumber: 'ABCD7654321', vgmTons: 10, isHazardous: true },
+    ];
+    const { service, createUnderContract } = make({
+      freightType: 'CONTAINER',
+      outstanding: {
+        bySize: new Map([['40ft', { total: 5, outstanding: 2 }]]),
+        bulk: null,
+      },
+      deferredUnits,
+    });
+    const id = await service.placeRemainder(splitBooking);
+    expect(id).toBe('rem-1');
+    const dto = createUnderContract.mock.calls[0][1];
+    expect(dto.containers).toHaveLength(1);
+    const line = dto.containers[0];
+    expect(line.containerSize).toBe('40ft');
+    expect(line.quantity).toBe(2);
+    expect(line.units.map((u: { containerNumber: string }) => u.containerNumber)).toEqual([
+      'ABCD1234567',
+      'ABCD7654321',
+    ]);
+    expect(line.reeferQuantity).toBe(1);
+    expect(line.hazardousQuantity).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('throws (→ no placement) when fewer units are recoverable than outstanding — never fabricates', async () => {
+    const { service, createUnderContract } = make({
+      freightType: 'CONTAINER',
+      outstanding: {
+        bySize: new Map([['40ft', { total: 5, outstanding: 3 }]]),
+        bulk: null,
+      },
+      deferredUnits: [{ containerNumber: 'ABCD1234567', vgmTons: 12 }], // only 1, need 3
+    });
+    const id = await service.placeRemainder(splitBooking);
+    expect(id).toBeNull();
+    expect(createUnderContract).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('is a no-op when there is no outstanding remainder', async () => {
+    const { service, createUnderContract } = make({
+      freightType: 'BULK',
+      outstanding: { bySize: new Map(), bulk: { total: 100, outstanding: 0 } },
+    });
+    const id = await service.placeRemainder(splitBooking);
+    expect(id).toBeNull();
+    expect(createUnderContract).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('tells the customer the leftover wagons were booked on another train', async () => {
+    const { service, notifier } = make({
+      freightType: 'BULK',
+      outstanding: { bySize: new Map(), bulk: { total: 100, outstanding: 40 } },
+    });
+    await service.placeRemainder(splitBooking);
+    expect(notifier.remainderPlaced).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ id: 'rem-1' }),
+      'BKG-1',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('never double-books the leftover when two payments land together', async () => {
+    const { service, createUnderContract } = make({
+      freightType: 'BULK',
+      outstanding: { bySize: new Map(), bulk: { total: 100, outstanding: 40 } },
+    });
+    // Both callers enter before either create commits.
+    await Promise.all([
+      service.placeRemainder(splitBooking),
+      service.placeRemainder(splitBooking),
+    ]);
+    expect(createUnderContract).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  // splitOutstanding subtracts a CONTRACT-WIDE booked total from ONE booking's
+  // snapshot — coherent only for ONE_TIME. On GENERAL that mixes scopes and
+  // either drops a real remainder or double-draws the cap, so we must not place.
+  it('never auto-places on a GENERAL contract (cap ledger mismatch)', async () => {
+    const { service, createUnderContract, contractBookingService } = make({
+      freightType: 'BULK',
+      contractKind: 'GENERAL',
+      outstanding: { bySize: new Map(), bulk: { total: 100, outstanding: 40 } },
+    });
+    const id = await service.placeRemainder(splitBooking);
+    expect(id).toBeNull();
+    expect(createUnderContract).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(contractBookingService.splitOutstanding).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  // The paid booking has already boarded — a create-gate rejection (e.g. the
+  // export whole-train gate) must leave the remainder rebookable, not escape.
+  it('swallows a create rejection and leaves the remainder for manual rebook', async () => {
+    const { service } = make({
+      freightType: 'BULK',
+      outstanding: { bySize: new Map(), bulk: { total: 100, outstanding: 40 } },
+      createThrows: new Error('Not enough train space for this day.'),
+    });
+    await expect(service.placeRemainder(splitBooking)).resolves.toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('is a no-op when the contract has no split chain', async () => {
+    const { service, createUnderContract } = make({
+      freightType: 'BULK',
+      outstanding: null,
+    });
+    const id = await service.placeRemainder(splitBooking);
+    expect(id).toBeNull();
+    expect(createUnderContract).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/remainder-placement.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/remainder-placement.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85b6d0878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/remainder-placement.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,342 @@
+import { Injectable, Logger, forwardRef, Inject } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { DataSource, IsNull, Not } from 'typeorm';
+
+import { Booking } from '../bookings/entities/booking.entity';
+import { BookingContainer } from '../bookings/entities/booking-container.entity';
+import { BookingContainerUnit } from '../bookings/entities/booking-container-unit.entity';
+import { Contract } from '../contracts/entities/contract.entity';
+import {
+  ContractBookingService,
+  SplitOutstanding,
+} from '../contracts/contract-booking.service';
+import { ContractsRepository } from '../contracts/contracts.repository';
+import {
+  CreateBookingUnderContractDto,
+  CreateContainerUnitDto,
+} from '../contracts/dto/create-booking-under-contract.dto';
+import { FREIGHT_PERMS } from '../../seed/freight-permissions.registry';
+import { BookingBatchService } from './booking-batch.service';
+import { BookingNotifierService } from './booking-notifier.service';
+import { eatDay } from './batch-window.util';
+
+/**
+ * Auto-creates and places the OUTSTANDING split remainder of a contract as a new
+ * booking, so the customer doesn't have to manually rebook the wagons that did
+ * not fit the train they just paid for.
+ *
+ * Fired (feature-flagged) right after `applySplit` runs on payment — i.e. only
+ * once the customer has actually accepted+paid the offered part. Before payment
+ * nothing is split: the booking stays whole and the customer may still edit or
+ * cancel it. See the split lifecycle in {@link BookingSplitService.applySplit}.
+ *
+ * IMPORT/DOMESTIC: the remainder booking is created with the next fitting
+ * shipment day set and then follows the normal windowed batch flow (train
+ * assigned at window close, paid in its own window). It is NOT force-reserved on
+ * a specific train — import is not FCFS.
+ *
+ * Container reconstruction is HYBRID: the remainder's quantities come from the
+ * split snapshot (`splitOutstanding`), but the actual container numbers / VGM /
+ * seals are read back from the units `applySplit` SOFT-DELETED off the parent
+ * (they survive as valid ISO records). We never `restore()` those rows — the new
+ * booking gets fresh rows — so the contract cap is never double-counted.
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class RemainderPlacementService {
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(RemainderPlacementService.name);
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly dataSource: DataSource,
+    private readonly contractsRepository: ContractsRepository,
+    @Inject(forwardRef(() => ContractBookingService))
+    private readonly contractBookingService: ContractBookingService,
+    @Inject(forwardRef(() => BookingBatchService))
+    private readonly bookingBatchService: BookingBatchService,
+    private readonly notifier: BookingNotifierService,
+  ) {}
+
+  /**
+   * Create + place the outstanding split remainder of the contract that owns
+   * `splitBooking`. No-op when there is no live remainder or no fitting day.
+   * Returns the created remainder booking id, or null when nothing was placed
+   * (residual falls back to the customer's manual rebook, as today).
+   */
+  async placeRemainder(splitBooking: Booking): Promise<string | null> {
+    if (!splitBooking.contractId) return null;
+    // Two payment webhooks for the same contract landing together would both see
+    // the remainder as unbooked (the placing create has not committed yet) and
+    // each create one — double-booking the leftover. Serialize per contract: the
+    // second caller returns immediately and the first one's create is what the
+    // (now smaller) outstanding reflects.
+    if (this.inFlight.has(splitBooking.contractId)) {
+      this.logger.debug(
+        `Remainder placement already running for contract ${splitBooking.contractId} — skipped.`,
+      );
+      return null;
+    }
+    this.inFlight.add(splitBooking.contractId);
+    try {
+      return await this.placeRemainderInner(splitBooking);
+    } finally {
+      this.inFlight.delete(splitBooking.contractId);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Contracts with a placement in flight — see {@link placeRemainder}. */
+  private readonly inFlight = new Set<string>();
+
+  private async placeRemainderInner(
+    splitBooking: Booking,
+  ): Promise<string | null> {
+    const contract = await this.contractsRepository.findByIdWithRelations(
+      splitBooking.contractId!,
+    );
+    if (!contract) return null;
+
+    // ONE_TIME only. `splitOutstanding` subtracts a CONTRACT-WIDE booked total
+    // from a SINGLE booking's pre-split snapshot, which is only coherent when
+    // the contract has exactly one live chain — that is the ONE_TIME invariant
+    // (enforced by hasSplitBooking → assertExactRemainder). On a GENERAL
+    // contract with other live bookings the subtraction mixes scopes: it either
+    // clamps to 0 and silently drops a real remainder, or sizes one that then
+    // draws the quantity cap a second time. GENERAL remainders keep the existing
+    // manual-rebook behaviour until the remainder can be derived from the
+    // offer's own dropped lines rather than from the contract-wide ledger.
+    if (contract.contractKind !== 'ONE_TIME') {
+      this.logger.debug(
+        `Contract ${contract.id} is ${contract.contractKind} — remainder left ` +
+          `for manual rebook (auto-placement is ONE_TIME only).`,
+      );
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const outstanding = await this.contractBookingService.splitOutstanding(
+      contract,
+    );
+    if (!outstanding || !this.hasOutstanding(contract, outstanding)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    // The next fitting day: the earliest day on/after the split booking's own day
+    // that still has an import train with room for this cargo type. We reuse the
+    // split booking as the capacity probe — it carries the leg + cargo relations.
+    const day = await this.nextFittingDay(splitBooking);
+    if (!day) {
+      this.logger.warn(
+        `No train with room for the remainder of contract ${contract.id} ` +
+          `(booking ${splitBooking.reference}) — left for manual rebook.`,
+      );
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    let dto: CreateBookingUnderContractDto;
+    try {
+      dto = await this.buildRemainderDto(
+        contract,
+        outstanding,
+        splitBooking.id,
+        day,
+      );
+    } catch (err) {
+      // A reconstruction shortfall (fewer recoverable units than outstanding)
+      // must NOT fabricate container numbers — fail loudly, leave manual rebook.
+      this.logger.error(
+        `Could not reconstruct the remainder of contract ${contract.id}: ` +
+          `${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)} — left for manual rebook.`,
+      );
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    // Any create-gate rejection (no train space, cap, container clash) must not
+    // escape: the customer's paid booking has already boarded, and a thrown
+    // error here would only be logged upstream while the remainder vanished
+    // silently. Fall back to leaving it rebookable, which is the pre-feature
+    // behaviour, and say so in the log.
+    let created: Awaited<
+      ReturnType<ContractBookingService['createUnderContract']>
+    >;
+    try {
+      created = await this.contractBookingService.createUnderContract(
+        contract.id,
+        dto,
+        { id: splitBooking.createdByUserId ?? undefined },
+        // System actor: a permission-bag carrying the contract create-booking key
+        // so the GL gate (isGlActor → hasFreightPermission) passes for GL Path B
+        // contracts; harmless for customer (Path A) contracts.
+        { permissions: [{ key: FREIGHT_PERMS.contracts.createBooking }] },
+      );
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.logger.error(
+        `Could not create the remainder booking for contract ${contract.id} ` +
+          `(from ${splitBooking.reference}): ${
+            err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
+          } — left for manual rebook.`,
+      );
+      return null;
+    }
+    // EXPORT is FCFS — there is no window to wait for, so the remainder is
+    // reserved on the next export train right away (its own pay window opens).
+    // If it does not fit one train whole either, the export accept offers it a
+    // partial and the chain repeats on ITS payment: each pass leaves a strictly
+    // smaller remainder, so it terminates at the day's train count.
+    // IMPORT/DOMESTIC deliberately does NOT force a train: it carries the next
+    // fitting day and rides the normal windowed batch flow.
+    if (splitBooking.tradeDirection === 'EXPORT') {
+      const fresh = await this.dataSource
+        .getRepository(Booking)
+        .findOne({
+          where: { id: created.booking.id },
+          relations: {
+            company: true,
+            bookingContainers: { containerType: true },
+            cargoType: true,
+          },
+        });
+      if (fresh) {
+        await this.bookingBatchService
+          .acceptExportBooking(fresh)
+          .catch((err) =>
+            // No export train took it — it stays created and rebookable, which
+            // is the same place a customer-driven rebook would leave it.
+            this.logger.warn(
+              `Export remainder ${fresh.reference} created but not reserved: ${
+                err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
+              }`,
+            ),
+          );
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.notifier.remainderPlaced(
+      created.booking,
+      splitBooking.reference ?? splitBooking.id,
+    );
+    this.logger.log(
+      `Auto-placed split remainder of contract ${contract.id} as booking ` +
+        `${created.booking.reference} on ${day}.`,
+    );
+    return created.booking.id;
+  }
+
+  private hasOutstanding(
+    contract: Contract,
+    outstanding: SplitOutstanding,
+  ): boolean {
+    if (contract.freightType === 'CONTAINER') {
+      return [...outstanding.bySize.values()].some((s) => s.outstanding > 0);
+    }
+    return (outstanding.bulk?.outstanding ?? 0) > 0.001;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The shipment day to create the remainder on — the split booking's own day.
+   *
+   * EXPORT is FCFS and must actually board a train that day, so a day with NO
+   * export train having room is rejected (null → left for manual rebook on a day
+   * the customer picks). IMPORT/DOMESTIC keeps the day regardless: its train is
+   * assigned by the batch engine at window close, not now, and the window may
+   * still free up — forcing a different day here would override the customer's
+   * binding shipment day.
+   */
+  private async nextFittingDay(booking: Booking): Promise<string | null> {
+    if (!booking.scheduledDate) return null;
+    const day = eatDay(new Date(booking.scheduledDate));
+    if (booking.tradeDirection !== 'EXPORT') return day;
+
+    const fitting = await this.bookingBatchService.fittingTrainsForDay(
+      booking,
+      day,
+      'EXPORT',
+    );
+    return fitting.length > 0 ? day : null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Build the create-DTO for the WHOLE outstanding remainder. Bulk uses the
+   * outstanding tonnage directly. Container reads the deferred (soft-deleted)
+   * units of the split booking back into real unit records.
+   */
+  private async buildRemainderDto(
+    contract: Contract,
+    outstanding: SplitOutstanding,
+    splitBookingId: string,
+    day: string,
+  ): Promise<CreateBookingUnderContractDto> {
+    const dto: CreateBookingUnderContractDto = { scheduledDate: day };
+
+    if (contract.freightType !== 'CONTAINER') {
+      const tons = outstanding.bulk?.outstanding ?? 0;
+      dto.bulkLines = [{ cargoWeightTons: tons }];
+      return dto;
+    }
+
+    // Container: recover the deferred units per size from the split booking's
+    // soft-deleted rows and reshape into DTO units.
+    const containers: NonNullable<CreateBookingUnderContractDto['containers']> = [];
+    for (const [size, { outstanding: need }] of outstanding.bySize) {
+      if (need <= 0) continue;
+      const units = await this.recoverDeferredUnits(splitBookingId, size, need);
+      if (units.length < need) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `size ${size}: recovered ${units.length} deferred container(s) but ` +
+            `${need} are outstanding`,
+        );
+      }
+      const line: NonNullable<CreateBookingUnderContractDto['containers']>[number] = {
+        containerSize: size,
+        quantity: need,
+        units,
+      };
+      line.hazardousQuantity = units.filter((u) => u.isHazardous).length;
+      line.reeferQuantity = units.filter((u) => u.isReefer).length;
+      containers.push(line);
+    }
+    dto.containers = containers;
+    return dto;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The `need` deferred container units of a given size for the split booking,
+   * read from the SOFT-DELETED unit rows (oldest sortOrder first — mirroring the
+   * LIFO trim in applySplit so the same physical containers deferred are the
+   * ones rebooked). Returns them as DTO units; does NOT restore the rows.
+   */
+  private async recoverDeferredUnits(
+    splitBookingId: string,
+    containerSize: string,
+    need: number,
+  ): Promise<CreateContainerUnitDto[]> {
+    // The line ids of this booking for this size (live + soft-deleted): units
+    // key on bookingContainerId, so gather every line of the size first.
+    const lines = await this.dataSource
+      .getRepository(BookingContainer)
+      .find({
+        where: { bookingId: splitBookingId, containerSize },
+        withDeleted: true,
+        select: { id: true },
+      });
+    const lineIds = lines.map((l) => l.id);
+    if (!lineIds.length) return [];
+
+    // Only the DELETED units are the deferred ones (live units stayed on the
+    // paid part). Oldest-first to match the deferred set.
+    const deferred = await this.dataSource
+      .getRepository(BookingContainerUnit)
+      .find({
+        where: lineIds.map((bookingContainerId) => ({
+          bookingContainerId,
+          deletedAt: Not(IsNull()),
+        })),
+        withDeleted: true,
+        order: { sortOrder: 'ASC', createdAt: 'ASC' },
+        take: need,
+      });
+
+    return deferred.map((u) => ({
+      containerNumber: u.containerNumber,
+      sealNumber: u.sealNumber ?? undefined,
+      vgmTons: Number(u.vgmTons),
+      isHazardous: u.isHazardous,
+      isReefer: u.isReefer,
+    }));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/train-scheduling.module.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/train-scheduling.module.ts
index 1e1eb1695..3b2b257c8 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/train-scheduling.module.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/train-scheduling.module.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { IntercityService } from './intercity.service';
 import { WsAuthService } from '../notification-inbox/ws-auth.service';
 import { BookingJourneyService } from './booking-journey.service';
 import { BookingSplitService } from './booking-split.service';
+import { RemainderPlacementService } from './remainder-placement.service';
 import { BookingBatchOffer } from './entities/booking-batch-offer.entity';
 import { WagonMovement } from '../wagons/entities/wagon-movement.entity';
 import { NotificationsModule } from '../notifications/notifications.module';
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ import { ContractsModule } from '../contracts/contracts.module';
     WsAuthService,
     BookingWindowService,
     BookingSplitService,
+    RemainderPlacementService,
     IntercityService,
     BookingJourneyService,
   ],
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/auth/http.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/auth/http.ts
index e43351015..9fe86ab1e 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/auth/http.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/auth/http.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,23 @@ import {
 } from "./cookies";
 import type { AuthTokens } from "./types";
 
+declare module "axios" {
+  export interface AxiosRequestConfig {
+    /**
+     * When true, the response interceptor does NOT raise the global error modal
+     * for this request's failure. For calls the caller handles itself — e.g. a
+     * probe that is expected to 404 before falling back (GL clearance detail
+     * tries /contracts/:id then /bookings/:id). The rejection still propagates.
+     */
+    suppressErrorModal?: boolean;
+  }
+}
+
 type RetriableRequest = {
   _retry?: boolean;
   headers?: Record<string, string>;
   url?: string;
+  suppressErrorModal?: boolean;
 };
 
 const api = axios.create({
@@ -100,8 +113,13 @@ api.interceptors.response.use(
       originalRequest.url?.includes("/auth/refresh-token")
     ) {
       // Surface the server's actual error message in the global error modal
-      // (401s are handled by the session-refresh flow, so skip them).
-      if (error.response && error.response.status !== 401) {
+      // (401s are handled by the session-refresh flow, so skip them). A request
+      // may opt out via `suppressErrorModal` when it handles the failure itself.
+      if (
+        error.response &&
+        error.response.status !== 401 &&
+        !originalRequest?.suppressErrorModal
+      ) {
         const payload = extractApiErrorPayload(error);
         if (payload) emitApiError(payload);
       }
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/contracts/GlClearanceDetailPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/contracts/GlClearanceDetailPage.tsx
index daff48939..f68d6562b 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/contracts/GlClearanceDetailPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/contracts/GlClearanceDetailPage.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useState } from "react";
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
-import { useNavigate, useParams } from "react-router-dom";
+import { useParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import {
   Alert,
   Badge,
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import {
   AlertCircle,
   ClipboardList,
   FileText,
-  PackagePlus,
   Upload,
 } from "lucide-react";
 import type { Freight } from "@edr/types";
@@ -61,9 +60,12 @@ type GlClearanceDetail =
 
 async function loadGlClearanceDetail(id: string): Promise<GlClearanceDetail> {
   try {
+    // Probe the contract endpoints first; a booking-id row 404s here by design
+    // and falls back to the booking lookup below. Suppress the global error
+    // modal so that expected 404 never surfaces to the user.
     const [clearance, contract] = await Promise.all([
-      contractsService.getClearance(id),
-      contractsService.getById(id),
+      contractsService.getClearance(id, { suppressErrorModal: true }),
+      contractsService.getById(id, { suppressErrorModal: true }),
     ]);
     return {
       kind: "contract",
@@ -89,7 +91,6 @@ async function loadGlClearanceDetail(id: string): Promise<GlClearanceDetail> {
 /** Djibouti GL clearance detail — RO/DO upload and read-only upstream context. */
 export default function GlClearanceDetailPage() {
   const { id } = useParams<{ id: string }>();
-  const navigate = useNavigate();
   const { user } = useAuth();
   const { view, viewer } = useFileViewer();
   const [uploadKind, setUploadKind] = useState<GlClearanceUploadKind | null>(null);
@@ -197,19 +198,6 @@ export default function GlClearanceDetailPage() {
                   {hasRo ? "Replace RO" : "Upload RO"}
                 </Button>
               )}
-              {canCompleteBooking && shipmentBooking ? (
-                <Button
-                  color="edr-green"
-                  leftSection={<PackagePlus size={16} />}
-                  onClick={() =>
-                    navigate(
-                      `/dashboard/contracts/${shipmentBooking.contractId}/bookings/${id}/complete`,
-                    )
-                  }
-                >
-                  Create booking
-                </Button>
-              ) : null}
             </Group>
           }
         />
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/contracts.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/contracts.service.ts
index eb027dde7..7e07d2345 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/contracts.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/contracts.service.ts
@@ -164,8 +164,11 @@ export const contractsService = {
     };
   },
 
-  getById: async (id: string): Promise<Freight.IContract> => {
-    const response = await client.get<Freight.IContract>(C.BY_ID(id));
+  getById: async (
+    id: string,
+    opts?: { suppressErrorModal?: boolean },
+  ): Promise<Freight.IContract> => {
+    const response = await client.get<Freight.IContract>(C.BY_ID(id), opts);
     return unwrap(response.data) as Freight.IContract;
   },
 
@@ -258,8 +261,11 @@ export const contractsService = {
     };
   },
 
-  getClearance: async (id: string): Promise<Freight.ContractClearanceView> => {
-    const response = await client.get(C.CLEARANCE(id));
+  getClearance: async (
+    id: string,
+    opts?: { suppressErrorModal?: boolean },
+  ): Promise<Freight.ContractClearanceView> => {
+    const response = await client.get(C.CLEARANCE(id), opts);
     return unwrap(response.data) as Freight.ContractClearanceView;
   },