diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2920000000000-AddRevisionActorName.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2920000000000-AddRevisionActorName.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2263d78fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2920000000000-AddRevisionActorName.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from 'typeorm';
+
+/**
+ * Store WHO made a contract edit as a name, not just an id. Denormalised on
+ * purpose: an audit trail must still read correctly after the user is renamed,
+ * deactivated or deleted, and `iam.users` lives outside this module's schema.
+ */
+export class AddRevisionActorName2920000000000 implements MigrationInterface {
+  name = 'AddRevisionActorName2920000000000';
+
+  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `ALTER TABLE freight.contract_document_revisions ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS actor_name varchar(200);`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `ALTER TABLE freight.contract_document_revisions DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS actor_name;`,
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2930000000000-AddDoCollectionDates.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2930000000000-AddDoCollectionDates.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a7797d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2930000000000-AddDoCollectionDates.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from 'typeorm';
+
+/**
+ * Djibouti GL must record WHEN the vessel arrived and WHEN the Delivery Order
+ * was collected, not just attach the DO file. Both are mandatory on DO upload
+ * (enforced in the clearance services), so the columns are new and nullable —
+ * DOs uploaded before this change have no dates to backfill.
+ *
+ * `vessel_departure_date` is the EXPORT Release-Order date and stays as-is; the
+ * import arrival date gets its own column rather than overloading it.
+ */
+export class AddDoCollectionDates2930000000000 implements MigrationInterface {
+  name = 'AddDoCollectionDates2930000000000';
+
+  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    for (const table of [
+      'freight.contract_clearance_cycles',
+      'freight.bookings',
+    ]) {
+      await queryRunner.query(
+        `ALTER TABLE ${table} ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS vessel_arrival_date date;`,
+      );
+      await queryRunner.query(
+        `ALTER TABLE ${table} ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS do_collected_date date;`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    for (const table of [
+      'freight.contract_clearance_cycles',
+      'freight.bookings',
+    ]) {
+      await queryRunner.query(
+        `ALTER TABLE ${table} DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS do_collected_date;`,
+      );
+      await queryRunner.query(
+        `ALTER TABLE ${table} DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS vessel_arrival_date;`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2940000000000-AddBookingRequestCurrency.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2940000000000-AddBookingRequestCurrency.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d3fde437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2940000000000-AddBookingRequestCurrency.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from 'typeorm';
+
+/**
+ * Currency moved from the contract to the shipment: a contract now quotes in
+ * USD and the customer picks the billing currency per booking. On a customs
+ * contract GL books on the customer's behalf, so the shipment request is where
+ * the customer states the currency — GL reads it when creating the booking.
+ *
+ * Nullable: requests submitted before this change fall back to the contract's
+ * own currency, which is exactly what their bookings already used.
+ */
+export class AddBookingRequestCurrency2940000000000 implements MigrationInterface {
+  name = 'AddBookingRequestCurrency2940000000000';
+
+  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `ALTER TABLE freight.booking_requests ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS payment_currency varchar(5);`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `ALTER TABLE freight.booking_requests DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS payment_currency;`,
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2940000000000-AddFileVersionHistory.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2940000000000-AddFileVersionHistory.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad9bae99c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2940000000000-AddFileVersionHistory.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from 'typeorm';
+
+/**
+ * Keep every version of a stored document.
+ *
+ * Replacing a file used to DELETE the previous row outright, so a staff
+ * correction erased the customer's original upload with no trail. Superseded
+ * versions are now soft-deleted (already excluded from every read by TypeORM's
+ * soft-delete filter) and stamped with who replaced them and why, which is what
+ * the document's version history reads back.
+ */
+export class AddFileVersionHistory2940000000000 implements MigrationInterface {
+  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    await queryRunner.query(`
+      ALTER TABLE freight.files
+        ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS replaced_by_user_id uuid NULL,
+        ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS replace_reason text NULL
+    `);
+    // History reads walk one document's versions, deleted rows included.
+    await queryRunner.query(`
+      CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS "IDX_files_version_history"
+        ON freight.files (resource, resource_id, code, created_at DESC)
+    `);
+  }
+
+  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX IF EXISTS freight."IDX_files_version_history"`);
+    await queryRunner.query(`
+      ALTER TABLE freight.files
+        DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS replaced_by_user_id,
+        DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS replace_reason
+    `);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2950000000000-AddTransitAssigneeHandshake.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2950000000000-AddTransitAssigneeHandshake.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd9647d44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/migrations/2950000000000-AddTransitAssigneeHandshake.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from 'typeorm';
+
+/**
+ * Transit-assignee handshake before the customs declaration.
+ *
+ * GL Ethiopia must ask GL Djibouti who will handle the shipment in transit, and
+ * Djibouti answers with a name, before the declaration can be filed. The whole
+ * exchange lives on the clearance cycle so it repeats naturally with each cycle
+ * of a GENERAL contract.
+ */
+export class AddTransitAssigneeHandshake2950000000000
+  implements MigrationInterface
+{
+  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    await queryRunner.query(`
+      ALTER TABLE freight.contract_clearance_cycles
+        ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS transit_assignee_requested_at timestamptz NULL,
+        ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS transit_assignee_requested_by_user_id uuid NULL,
+        ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS transit_assignee_request_note text NULL,
+        ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS transit_assignee_name text NULL,
+        ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS transit_assignee_assigned_at timestamptz NULL,
+        ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS transit_assignee_assigned_by_user_id uuid NULL
+    `);
+  }
+
+  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    await queryRunner.query(`
+      ALTER TABLE freight.contract_clearance_cycles
+        DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS transit_assignee_requested_at,
+        DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS transit_assignee_requested_by_user_id,
+        DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS transit_assignee_request_note,
+        DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS transit_assignee_name,
+        DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS transit_assignee_assigned_at,
+        DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS transit_assignee_assigned_by_user_id
+    `);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-pricing.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-pricing.service.ts
index 290b46433..3908dbbac 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-pricing.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-pricing.service.ts
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ export class BookingPricingService {
       // route's container freight, never a frozen OVERWEIGHT_PER_TON value.
       const frozen = isDerived
         ? null
-        : this.frozenRateByCode(frozenRates, mod.surchargeCode, paymentCurrency);
+        : this.frozenRateByCode(frozenRates, mod.surchargeCode, paymentCurrency, usdToEtb);
       const unitAmount = frozen
         ? Number(frozen.unitPrice)
         : isEtbBooking
@@ -547,14 +547,15 @@ export class BookingPricingService {
         booking.originYardId,
         booking.destinationYardId,
       );
-      // H15: frozen contract rate for this container size, when present — its
-      // unitPrice is already in the booking currency (no USD→currency convert).
-      // It also stands on its own: a contract line prices off the agreed rate
-      // even when nobody configured a live rate for this leg + type yet.
+      // H15: frozen contract rate for this container size, when present —
+      // converted into the booking currency by frozenRateForContainer. It also
+      // stands on its own: a contract line prices off the agreed rate even when
+      // nobody configured a live rate for this leg + type yet.
       const frozen = await this.frozenRateForContainer(
         frozenRates,
         container.containerTypeId,
         paymentCurrency,
+        usdToEtb,
       );
       const label = await this.containerTypeLabel(container.containerTypeId);
       if (!rate && !frozen) {
@@ -632,7 +633,7 @@ export class BookingPricingService {
         const unitUsd = Number(fallback.rateValue);
         // H15: bulk freight uses the frozen BULK_FREIGHT snapshot when present.
         const frozen = isBulk
-          ? this.frozenRateByCode(frozenRates, 'BULK_FREIGHT', paymentCurrency)
+          ? this.frozenRateByCode(frozenRates, 'BULK_FREIGHT', paymentCurrency, usdToEtb)
           : null;
         let amount: number;
         let unitAmount: number;
@@ -744,12 +745,13 @@ export class BookingPricingService {
           break;
       }
 
-      // H15: frozen mile rate (already in booking currency) when the contract
-      // has one; else the live USD rate converted as before.
+      // H15: frozen mile rate (converted into the booking currency) when the
+      // contract has one; else the live USD rate converted as before.
       const frozen = this.frozenRateByCode(
         frozenRates,
         leg.rateType,
         paymentCurrency,
+        usdToEtb,
       );
       let amount: number;
       let unitAmount: number;
@@ -908,20 +910,45 @@ export class BookingPricingService {
   }
 
   /**
-   * The frozen snapshot for a rate code, or null when there is none, its price
-   * is negative, or it is in a different currency than the booking (in which
-   * case the live-rate path is safer than a mis-converted frozen price).
+   * The frozen snapshot for a rate code, expressed in the BOOKING's currency.
+   *
+   * A contract quotes in USD and freezes USD unit prices; the customer chooses
+   * the billing currency per booking. So a currency mismatch is the normal case
+   * now, not an error — the snapshot is converted rather than discarded. (It
+   * previously returned null on mismatch, which silently dropped the agreed
+   * contract price and re-priced the booking at whatever the live rate had
+   * drifted to.) Grandfathered ETB contracts convert the other way for the same
+   * reason.
+   *
+   * Returns null only when there is no snapshot or its price is unusable.
    */
   private frozenRateByCode(
     frozenRates: Map<string, ContractRateSnapshot> | null,
     code: string,
     bookingCurrency: string,
+    usdToEtb: number,
   ): ContractRateSnapshot | null {
     const snap = frozenRates?.get(code);
     if (!snap) return null;
-    if (snap.currency !== bookingCurrency) return null;
-    if (!(Number(snap.unitPrice) >= 0)) return null;
-    return snap;
+    const unitPrice = Number(snap.unitPrice);
+    if (!(unitPrice >= 0)) return null;
+    if (snap.currency === bookingCurrency) return snap;
+
+    // Only USD <-> ETB exist; a rate of 0/NaN would silently zero the price.
+    if (!(usdToEtb > 0)) return null;
+    const converted =
+      snap.currency === 'USD' && bookingCurrency === 'ETB'
+        ? Math.round(unitPrice * usdToEtb)
+        : snap.currency === 'ETB' && bookingCurrency === 'USD'
+          ? unitPrice / usdToEtb
+          : null;
+    if (converted == null) return null;
+
+    // A copy — the snapshot rows are shared across the pricing pass.
+    return Object.assign(Object.create(Object.getPrototypeOf(snap)), snap, {
+      unitPrice: converted,
+      currency: bookingCurrency,
+    }) as ContractRateSnapshot;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -933,6 +960,7 @@ export class BookingPricingService {
     frozenRates: Map<string, ContractRateSnapshot> | null,
     containerTypeId: string,
     bookingCurrency: string,
+    usdToEtb: number,
   ): Promise<ContractRateSnapshot | null> {
     if (!frozenRates) return null;
     let sizeFt: number | null = null;
@@ -942,7 +970,7 @@ export class BookingPricingService {
       return null;
     }
     if (!sizeFt) return null;
-    return this.frozenRateByCode(frozenRates, `CONTAINER_${sizeFt}FT`, bookingCurrency);
+    return this.frozenRateByCode(frozenRates, `CONTAINER_${sizeFt}FT`, bookingCurrency, usdToEtb);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -985,7 +1013,7 @@ export class BookingPricingService {
       const hasPerSizeSnapshot =
         frozenRates?.has('CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE_20FT') ||
         frozenRates?.has('CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE_40FT');
-      const legacyFlat = this.frozenRateByCode(frozenRates, 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE', currency);
+      const legacyFlat = this.frozenRateByCode(frozenRates, 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE', currency, usdToEtb);
       if (legacyFlat && !hasPerSizeSnapshot) {
         const amount = Number(legacyFlat.unitPrice);
         if (amount > 0) {
@@ -1014,7 +1042,7 @@ export class BookingPricingService {
           // unknown type — falls through to the live per-type lookup below
         }
         const frozen = sizeFt
-          ? this.frozenRateByCode(frozenRates, `CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE_${sizeFt}FT`, currency)
+          ? this.frozenRateByCode(frozenRates, `CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE_${sizeFt}FT`, currency, usdToEtb)
           : null;
         const live = onLeg.find((r) => r.containerTypeId === bc.containerTypeId);
         if (!frozen && !live) {
@@ -1049,7 +1077,7 @@ export class BookingPricingService {
     // flat snapshot share the CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE code; both are the agreed fee.
     // Live lookup: the rate scoped to the booking's commodity wins; a
     // commodity-less rate (legacy) is the catch-all fallback.
-    const frozen = this.frozenRateByCode(frozenRates, 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE', currency);
+    const frozen = this.frozenRateByCode(frozenRates, 'CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE', currency, usdToEtb);
     const live =
       (booking.cargoTypeId
         ? onLeg.find(
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/bookings.controller.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/bookings.controller.ts
index c292a0395..4ebfc9fab 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/bookings.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/bookings.controller.ts
@@ -916,14 +916,15 @@ export class BookingsController {
   async uploadBookingDeliveryOrder(
     @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
     @UploadedFile() file: Express.Multer.File,
-    @Body('vesselDepartureDate') vesselDepartureDate: string | undefined,
+    @Body('vesselArrivalDate') vesselArrivalDate: string | undefined,
+    @Body('doCollectedDate') doCollectedDate: string | undefined,
     @CurrentUser() user: TCurrentUser,
   ) {
     const booking = await this.bookingClearanceService.uploadDeliveryOrder(
       id,
       file,
       resolveAuthUserId(user),
-      vesselDepartureDate,
+      { vesselArrivalDate, doCollectedDate },
     );
     return this.transitionService.enrichBookingResponse(booking);
   }
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/bookings.repository.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/bookings.repository.ts
index 590bd7262..a0b3b4e0e 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/bookings.repository.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/bookings.repository.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ export class BookingsRepository extends BaseRepository<Booking> {
         'booking.files',
         FileRecord,
         'file',
-        "file.resource_id = booking.id AND file.resource = 'bookings'",
+        // Superseded versions are soft-deleted, not dropped — keep them out of
+        // the live file list (a manual join condition is not filtered for us).
+        "file.resource_id = booking.id AND file.resource = 'bookings' AND file.deleted_at IS NULL",
       )
       .getOne();
 
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/entities/booking.entity.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/entities/booking.entity.ts
index 821b9c9f6..404cf0970 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/entities/booking.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/entities/booking.entity.ts
@@ -526,6 +526,14 @@ export class Booking extends BaseEntity {
   @Column({ name: 'vessel_departure_date', type: 'date', nullable: true })
   vesselDepartureDate?: string | null;
 
+  /** Import DO: when the vessel arrived in Djibouti. Required on DO upload. */
+  @Column({ name: 'vessel_arrival_date', type: 'date', nullable: true })
+  vesselArrivalDate?: string | null;
+
+  /** Import DO: when GL Djibouti collected the DO. Required on DO upload. */
+  @Column({ name: 'do_collected_date', type: 'date', nullable: true })
+  doCollectedDate?: string | null;
+
   @Column({ name: 'ro_amendment_requested_at', type: 'timestamptz', nullable: true })
   roAmendmentRequestedAt?: Date | null;
 
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/booking-clearance.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/booking-clearance.service.ts
index 810232993..69773010c 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/booking-clearance.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/booking-clearance.service.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
 } from './entities/clearance-milestone.entity';
 import { Booking } from '../bookings/entities/booking.entity';
 import { clearanceCodesForBooking } from '../bookings/clearance.util';
+import { assertDoCollectionDates } from './contract-clearance.util';
 import { ClearanceWorkflowService } from './clearance-workflow.service';
 import { ClearanceMilestoneService } from './clearance-milestone.service';
 import { GlOperationsService } from './gl-operations.service';
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ export interface BookingClearanceView {
   roHold?: boolean;
   roHoldReason?: string | null;
   vesselDepartureDate?: string | null;
+  /** Import DO dates recorded by GL Djibouti on upload. */
+  vesselArrivalDate?: string | null;
+  doCollectedDate?: string | null;
   roAmendmentRequestedAt?: string | null;
   operationReady?: boolean;
   preClearanceFinalized?: boolean;
@@ -261,6 +265,8 @@ export class BookingClearanceService {
       roHold: Boolean(booking.roHoldReason),
       roHoldReason: booking.roHoldReason ?? null,
       vesselDepartureDate: booking.vesselDepartureDate ?? null,
+      vesselArrivalDate: booking.vesselArrivalDate ?? null,
+      doCollectedDate: booking.doCollectedDate ?? null,
       roAmendmentRequestedAt: booking.roAmendmentRequestedAt
         ? booking.roAmendmentRequestedAt.toISOString()
         : null,
@@ -547,7 +553,7 @@ export class BookingClearanceService {
     bookingId: string,
     file: Express.Multer.File,
     userId?: string,
-    vesselDepartureDate?: string,
+    dates?: { vesselArrivalDate?: string; doCollectedDate?: string },
   ): Promise<Booking> {
     const booking = await this.loadBooking(bookingId);
     if (booking.tradeDirection !== 'IMPORT') {
@@ -556,6 +562,8 @@ export class BookingClearanceService {
 
     if (!file) throw new BadRequestException('No Delivery Order uploaded');
 
+    const { vesselArrivalDate, doCollectedDate } = assertDoCollectionDates(dates);
+
     // DO upload is deliberately un-gated: GL Djibouti may attach it at any point,
     // any file type. The DO_COLLECTED milestone (and operation readiness) still
     // waits for GL Ethiopia to finalize pre-clearance so the workflow order holds.
@@ -566,11 +574,10 @@ export class BookingClearanceService {
       file,
     });
 
-    if (vesselDepartureDate?.trim()) {
-      await this.bookingsRepository.update(bookingId, {
-        vesselDepartureDate: vesselDepartureDate.trim(),
-      } as never);
-    }
+    await this.bookingsRepository.update(bookingId, {
+      vesselArrivalDate,
+      doCollectedDate,
+    } as never);
 
     if (booking.preClearanceFinalizedAt) {
       await this.workflowService.completeMilestoneForBooking(bookingId, 'DO_COLLECTED', userId);
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/booking-request.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/booking-request.service.ts
index a17406d64..8d26799c5 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/booking-request.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/booking-request.service.ts
@@ -30,18 +30,35 @@ export class BookingRequestService {
     private readonly notifier: ContractNotifierService,
   ) {}
 
-  /** Only GENERAL contracts that bundle customs use the request → GL → clearance flow. */
-  private assertGeneralCustoms(contract: Contract): void {
-    if (
-      contract.contractKind !== 'GENERAL' ||
-      !contract.customsClearingEnabled
-    ) {
+  /**
+   * Shipment requests exist because on a CUSTOMS contract the customer never
+   * books directly — GL Ethiopia does it for them. The request is how the
+   * customer states what to ship and, now, which currency to be invoiced in.
+   *
+   * GENERAL: each request opens its own per-booking clearance instance.
+   * ONE_TIME: clearance already ran at the contract level, so the request only
+   * records the customer's intent; GL creates the single booking from it.
+   */
+  private assertCustomsContract(contract: Contract): void {
+    if (!contract.customsClearingEnabled) {
       throw new BadRequestException(
-        'Shipment requests apply only to general customs-clearance contracts.',
+        'Shipment requests apply only to customs-clearance contracts.',
       );
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Statuses in which a ONE_TIME customs contract may take a shipment request:
+   * both signatures are in and the contract is at (or past) its clearance
+   * phase, but GL has not booked yet.
+   */
+  private static readonly ONE_TIME_REQUESTABLE_STATUSES = [
+    'FULLY_EXECUTED',
+    'AWAITING_CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS',
+    'CLEARANCE_UNDER_REVIEW',
+    'CLEARANCE_READY_FOR_BOOKING',
+  ];
+
   /** Customer submits a shipment request. */
   async submit(
     contractId: string,
@@ -50,13 +67,35 @@ export class BookingRequestService {
   ): Promise<BookingRequest> {
     const contract = await this.contractsService.findById(contractId);
     await this.contractsService.assertCustomerCanAccessContract(userId, contract);
-    this.assertGeneralCustoms(contract);
+    this.assertCustomsContract(contract);
+    const isOneTime = contract.contractKind === 'ONE_TIME';
+
     if (contract.status === 'CONTRACT_CLOSED') {
       throw new ConflictException(
         'This contract is completed — the full contracted quantity has been booked.',
       );
     }
-    if (contract.status !== 'CONTRACT_ACTIVE') {
+    if (isOneTime) {
+      if (
+        !BookingRequestService.ONE_TIME_REQUESTABLE_STATUSES.includes(
+          contract.status,
+        )
+      ) {
+        throw new ConflictException(
+          'The contract must be fully executed before requesting its shipment.',
+        );
+      }
+      // A one-time contract carries exactly one shipment, so it carries at most
+      // one open request — otherwise GL sees two conflicting currencies.
+      const open = (await this.repo.findForContract(contractId)).find(
+        (r) => r.status === 'PENDING',
+      );
+      if (open) {
+        throw new ConflictException(
+          `Shipment request ${open.reference} is already open on this contract.`,
+        );
+      }
+    } else if (contract.status !== 'CONTRACT_ACTIVE') {
       throw new ConflictException(
         'The contract must be active before requesting a shipment.',
       );
@@ -90,10 +129,14 @@ export class BookingRequestService {
         }
       }
     }
-    await this.contractBookingService.assertRequestWithinCapacity(contract, {
-      containers: dto.containers,
-      bulk: dto.bulk,
-    });
+    // Draw-down capacity is a GENERAL concept — a ONE_TIME contract's single
+    // shipment is bounded by the contract scope itself, checked when GL books.
+    if (!isOneTime) {
+      await this.contractBookingService.assertRequestWithinCapacity(contract, {
+        containers: dto.containers,
+        bulk: dto.bulk,
+      });
+    }
 
     const requestedLines: Freight.RequestedShipmentLines = isContainer
       ? {
@@ -119,10 +162,17 @@ export class BookingRequestService {
     // reviews the documents in the clearance queue and completes the booking
     // (container numbers, VGM, shipment day) once clearance is ready. The
     // instance is created first so a failure leaves no half-linked request.
-    const booking = await this.contractBookingService.initiateForShipmentRequest(
-      contract,
-      { contractRouteId: dto.contractRouteId, userId },
-    );
+    // GENERAL: the request immediately opens a BARE booking instance that runs
+    // per-booking phased customs clearance. ONE_TIME: clearance already ran on
+    // the contract, so there is nothing to open — the request stays PENDING
+    // until GL creates the contract's single booking from it.
+    const booking = isOneTime
+      ? null
+      : await this.contractBookingService.initiateForShipmentRequest(contract, {
+          contractRouteId: dto.contractRouteId,
+          userId,
+          paymentCurrency: dto.paymentCurrency,
+        });
 
     const reference = await this.generateReference();
     const request = await this.repo.create({
@@ -131,9 +181,14 @@ export class BookingRequestService {
       requestedByUserId: userId ?? null,
       contractRouteId: dto.contractRouteId ?? null,
       scheduledDate: dto.scheduledDate ? new Date(dto.scheduledDate) : null,
-      status: 'ACCEPTED',
-      createdBookingId: booking.id,
+      status: booking ? 'ACCEPTED' : 'PENDING',
+      createdBookingId: booking?.id ?? null,
       requestedLines,
+      // Intercity is invoiced in birr whatever the customer picked.
+      paymentCurrency:
+        contract.tradeDirection === 'DOMESTIC'
+          ? 'ETB'
+          : (dto.paymentCurrency ?? contract.paymentCurrency ?? 'USD'),
       notes: dto.notes ?? null,
     } as never);
     this.notifier.shipmentRequestedToStaff(contract, request.id, request.reference);
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 8e102e5a1..859c4e391 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
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ export class ContractBookingService {
       createdByUserId: user?.id ?? null,
       scheduledDate: dto.scheduledDate ? new Date(dto.scheduledDate) : null,
       serviceTypeId: contract.serviceTypeId,
-      paymentCurrency: contract.paymentCurrency,
+      paymentCurrency: this.resolveShipmentCurrency(contract, dto.paymentCurrency),
       contractType: 'NEW',
       customsClearingEnabled: contract.customsClearingEnabled,
       customsClearingAgent: contract.customsClearingAgent ?? null,
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ export class ContractBookingService {
           createdByUserId: user?.id ?? null,
           scheduledDate: null,
           serviceTypeId: contract.serviceTypeId,
-          paymentCurrency: contract.paymentCurrency,
+          paymentCurrency: this.resolveShipmentCurrency(contract, null),
           contractType: 'NEW',
           customsClearingEnabled: contract.customsClearingEnabled,
           customsClearingAgent: contract.customsClearingAgent ?? null,
@@ -520,7 +520,12 @@ export class ContractBookingService {
    */
   async initiateForShipmentRequest(
     contract: Contract,
-    opts: { contractRouteId?: string; userId?: string | null },
+    opts: {
+      contractRouteId?: string;
+      userId?: string | null;
+      /** Billing currency the customer chose on the shipment request. */
+      paymentCurrency?: string | null;
+    },
   ): Promise<Booking> {
     const generalCustoms =
       contract.contractKind === 'GENERAL' && Boolean(contract.customsClearingEnabled);
@@ -555,7 +560,7 @@ export class ContractBookingService {
           createdByUserId: opts.userId ?? null,
           scheduledDate: null,
           serviceTypeId: contract.serviceTypeId,
-          paymentCurrency: contract.paymentCurrency,
+          paymentCurrency: this.resolveShipmentCurrency(contract, opts?.paymentCurrency),
           contractType: 'NEW',
           customsClearingEnabled: contract.customsClearingEnabled,
           customsClearingAgent: contract.customsClearingAgent ?? null,
@@ -733,6 +738,13 @@ export class ContractBookingService {
         cargoFreeText: dto.cargoFreeText?.trim() || null,
         cargoTotalWeightVgm: this.resolveBulkTons(dto),
         equipmentReturn: this.resolveShipmentEquipmentReturn(contract, dto),
+        // Completion is where the cargo — and therefore the price — is fixed, so
+        // it is also where the billing currency is chosen. A bare instance was
+        // created before the customer had any figure to look at.
+        paymentCurrency: this.resolveShipmentCurrency(
+          contract,
+          dto.paymentCurrency ?? booking.paymentCurrency,
+        ),
       } as never);
 
       const loaded = await this.bookingsRepository.findByIdWithFiles(booking.id);
@@ -1565,6 +1577,23 @@ export class ContractBookingService {
    *    booking-level override (dto.equipmentReturn ?? contract default) applies.
    * Bulk freight keeps the legacy behaviour untouched.
    */
+  /**
+   * The billing currency for a shipment under this contract.
+   *
+   * A contract quotes in USD only — the currency is a per-shipment choice now.
+   * Precedence: intercity is always ETB (domestic transport is invoiced in
+   * birr), then the customer's explicit choice, then the contract's own
+   * currency, which is USD for contracts created under the current rule and the
+   * grandfathered value for older ones.
+   */
+  private resolveShipmentCurrency(
+    contract: Contract,
+    requested?: string | null,
+  ): string {
+    if (contract.tradeDirection === 'DOMESTIC') return 'ETB';
+    return requested?.trim() || contract.paymentCurrency || 'USD';
+  }
+
   private resolveShipmentEquipmentReturn(
     contract: Contract,
     dto: CreateBookingUnderContractDto,
@@ -1795,7 +1824,7 @@ export class ContractBookingService {
       contractId: contract.id,
       freightType: contract.freightType,
       tradeDirection: contract.tradeDirection,
-      paymentCurrency: contract.paymentCurrency,
+      paymentCurrency: this.resolveShipmentCurrency(contract, dto.paymentCurrency),
       serviceTypeId: contract.serviceTypeId,
       cargoTypeId: this.resolveCargoTypeId(contract, dto),
       isHazardous: this.resolveShipmentHandlingFlag(contract, dto, 'hazardousQuantity'),
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-clearance.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-clearance.service.ts
index 88cb2149b..0ceea38ed 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-clearance.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-clearance.service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { BadRequestException, ConflictException, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import {
+  BadRequestException,
+  ConflictException,
+  Injectable,
+  NotFoundException,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
 import {
   ContractDocPhase,
   type ClearanceFinalInvoiceSummary,
@@ -13,7 +18,10 @@ import { FilesService } from '../files/files.service';
 import { ContractsRepository } from './contracts.repository';
 import { ContractsService, PaginatedContracts } from './contracts.service';
 import { BookingsService } from '../bookings/bookings.service';
-import { contractClearanceCodes } from './contract-clearance.util';
+import {
+  assertDoCollectionDates,
+  contractClearanceCodes,
+} from './contract-clearance.util';
 import { ClearanceWorkflowService } from './clearance-workflow.service';
 import { ClearanceMilestoneService } from './clearance-milestone.service';
 import { ContractNotifierService } from './contract-notifier.service';
@@ -72,9 +80,23 @@ export interface ContractClearanceView {
     blockedReason?: string | null;
   } | null;
   dutyRequired?: boolean | null;
+  /**
+   * Pre-declaration handshake with GL Djibouti: who will handle the shipment in
+   * transit. `name` is null until Djibouti answers, and the declaration step is
+   * shut until it is set.
+   */
+  transitAssignee?: {
+    requestedAt: string | null;
+    requestNote: string | null;
+    name: string | null;
+    assignedAt: string | null;
+  } | null;
   roHold?: boolean;
   roHoldReason?: string | null;
   vesselDepartureDate?: string | null;
+  /** Import DO dates recorded by GL Djibouti on upload. */
+  vesselArrivalDate?: string | null;
+  doCollectedDate?: string | null;
   roAmendmentRequestedAt?: string | null;
   bookingReady?: boolean;
   preClearanceFinalized?: boolean;
@@ -98,6 +120,16 @@ export interface ContractClearanceView {
     declarationSerial?: string | null;
     noticeFile?: { id: string; name: string; url: string } | null;
   } | null;
+  /**
+   * The customer's open objection to the advised duty — present only while GL
+   * has not re-advised (the advice milestone is back to PENDING). `rounds` is
+   * how many times it has been sent back, so both sides can see the loop.
+   */
+  dutyDispute?: {
+    note: string;
+    raisedAt: string;
+    rounds: number;
+  } | null;
   workflowFiles?: ReturnType<typeof buildWorkflowFiles>;
   /** Import post-allocation T1 transit document state (null until a booking is linked). */
   t1?: ClearanceT1State | null;
@@ -247,6 +279,19 @@ export class ContractClearanceService {
     contract = await this.reconcilePrematureBookingReady(contractId, contract, boundary);
     const phase = this.workflowService.resolvePhase(contract, cycle, milestones);
     const dutyAdvice = this.buildDutyAdvice(files, milestones);
+    const dutyDispute = await this.buildDutyDispute(contractId, milestones);
+    const transitAssignee = cycle
+      ? {
+          requestedAt: cycle.transitAssigneeRequestedAt
+            ? cycle.transitAssigneeRequestedAt.toISOString()
+            : null,
+          requestNote: cycle.transitAssigneeRequestNote ?? null,
+          name: cycle.transitAssigneeName ?? null,
+          assignedAt: cycle.transitAssigneeAssignedAt
+            ? cycle.transitAssigneeAssignedAt.toISOString()
+            : null,
+        }
+      : null;
     let workflowFiles = buildWorkflowFiles(
       files,
       contract.tradeDirection ?? 'IMPORT',
@@ -361,6 +406,8 @@ export class ContractClearanceService {
       roHold: Boolean(cycle?.roHoldReason),
       roHoldReason: cycle?.roHoldReason ?? null,
       vesselDepartureDate: cycle?.vesselDepartureDate ?? null,
+      vesselArrivalDate: cycle?.vesselArrivalDate ?? null,
+      doCollectedDate: cycle?.doCollectedDate ?? null,
       roAmendmentRequestedAt: cycle?.roAmendmentRequestedAt
         ? cycle.roAmendmentRequestedAt.toISOString()
         : null,
@@ -373,6 +420,8 @@ export class ContractClearanceService {
       linkedBookingReviewNote,
       linkedBookingScheduledDate,
       dutyAdvice,
+      dutyDispute,
+      transitAssignee,
       workflowFiles,
       t1,
       train,
@@ -429,6 +478,32 @@ export class ContractClearanceService {
     };
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The customer's duty objection, but only while it is still OPEN — i.e. the
+   * advice milestone sits back at PENDING because nobody has re-advised yet.
+   * Re-advising completes that milestone again, which closes the dispute here
+   * without any extra state to keep in sync; the notes stay as the audit trail
+   * and their count is the round number.
+   */
+  private async buildDutyDispute(
+    contractId: string,
+    milestones: ClearanceMilestone[],
+  ): Promise<ContractClearanceView['dutyDispute']> {
+    const advised = milestones.find((m) => m.milestoneCode === 'DUTY_TAXES_ADVISED');
+    if (!advised || advised.status === 'COMPLETED') return null;
+    const notes = await this.contractsRepository.findReviewNotes(
+      contractId,
+      'DUTY_DISPUTE',
+    );
+    const latest = notes[0];
+    if (!latest) return null;
+    return {
+      note: latest.body,
+      raisedAt: latest.createdAt.toISOString(),
+      rounds: notes.length,
+    };
+  }
+
   /**
    * True when every REQUIRED customer-input field has an APPROVED review row in
    * the current cycle. The 100% gate before clearance can be finalized.
@@ -654,6 +729,92 @@ export class ContractClearanceService {
     return this.applyReview(contractId, fileKey, status, staffId, 'OPERATIONS', note);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * GL corrects a clearance document in place instead of bouncing it back to
+   * the customer. The customer's upload is NOT lost — it is retired into the
+   * document's version history, stamped with who replaced it and why — and the
+   * new version starts unreviewed, so GL still has to approve it (or query it)
+   * before clearance can be finalized.
+   *
+   * Use this for the small fixes staff can make faster than the customer can
+   * (a wrong page order, a missing stamp scan); a query is still the right tool
+   * when only the customer can produce the correct document.
+   */
+  async replaceDocument(
+    contractId: string,
+    fileKey: string,
+    file: Express.Multer.File,
+    staffId: string,
+    reason?: string,
+  ): Promise<Contract> {
+    const contract = await this.contractsService.findById(contractId);
+    this.assertClearanceReviewableStatus(contract);
+    if (!file) throw new BadRequestException('No replacement file uploaded');
+    if (!reason?.trim()) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'Say why the document is being replaced — it is kept on the file history.',
+      );
+    }
+
+    const cycle = await this.contractsRepository.currentCycle(contractId);
+    if (this.isPhasedCustoms(contract) && cycle?.preClearanceFinalizedAt) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'Documents cannot be changed after pre-clearance is finalized.',
+      );
+    }
+
+    const existing = await this.filesService.findByCode(
+      contractId,
+      'contracts',
+      fileKey,
+    );
+    if (!existing) {
+      throw new NotFoundException(
+        `No document is stored under "${fileKey}" on this contract.`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    await this.filesService.upsertByCode(
+      { resourceId: contractId, resource: 'contracts', code: fileKey, file },
+      { userId: staffId, reason: reason.trim() },
+    );
+
+    // A fresh version is unreviewed by definition: clear any earlier verdict so
+    // the corrected file is signed off explicitly rather than inheriting a tick.
+    const { inputCode, outputCode } = contractClearanceCodes(contract);
+    const reviews = await this.contractsRepository.findDocumentReviews(
+      contractId,
+      cycle?.id ?? null,
+    );
+    const settingCode =
+      reviews.find((r) => r.fileKey === fileKey)?.settingCode ??
+      (fileKey.startsWith('custom_') ? 'custom' : (inputCode ?? outputCode ?? 'custom'));
+    await this.contractsRepository.setDocumentReviewStatus({
+      contractId,
+      clearanceCycleId: cycle?.id ?? null,
+      settingCode,
+      fileKey,
+      status: 'PENDING',
+      staffId,
+      note: `Replaced by staff: ${reason.trim()}`,
+    });
+
+    await this.contractsRepository.createReviewNote(
+      contractId,
+      `Document "${fileKey}" replaced by staff: ${reason.trim()}`,
+      'STAFF_NOTE',
+      staffId,
+      'GL_ET',
+    );
+
+    return this.contractsService.findById(contractId);
+  }
+
+  /** Every stored version of one clearance document, newest first. */
+  async documentVersions(contractId: string, fileKey: string) {
+    return this.filesService.versionHistory(contractId, 'contracts', fileKey);
+  }
+
   private async applyReview(
     contractId: string,
     fileKey: string,
@@ -968,6 +1129,68 @@ export class ContractClearanceService {
   // ── Phased clearance actions (ONE_TIME customs, Phase 1) ───────────────────
 
   /** Sync DOCUMENTS_APPROVED when reviews are done but the milestone row lags. */
+  /**
+   * GL Ethiopia asks Djibouti to name the officer who will handle the shipment
+   * in transit. Nothing else moves until Djibouti answers — the declaration is
+   * gated on it — so this is the first thing ET does once the documents are
+   * approved. Re-requesting is allowed (a nudge) and simply restamps the ask.
+   */
+  async requestTransitAssignee(
+    contractId: string,
+    note: string | undefined,
+    userId?: string,
+  ): Promise<Contract> {
+    const contract = await this.contractsService.findById(contractId);
+    this.assertPhasedCustoms(contract);
+    const cycle = await this.contractsRepository.currentCycle(contractId);
+    if (!cycle) throw new BadRequestException('No clearance cycle found');
+
+    await this.contractsRepository.updateCycle(cycle.id, {
+      transitAssigneeRequestedAt: new Date(),
+      transitAssigneeRequestedByUserId: userId ?? null,
+      transitAssigneeRequestNote: note?.trim() || null,
+    });
+
+    const updated = await this.contractsService.findById(contractId);
+    this.notifier.transitAssigneeRequested(updated, note?.trim() ?? null);
+    return updated;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * GL Djibouti names the transit officer — free text, because the person is
+   * not a platform user. Answering unblocks the declaration for Ethiopia. A
+   * later call overwrites the name (reassignment) and re-notifies.
+   */
+  async assignTransitAssignee(
+    contractId: string,
+    assignee: string,
+    userId?: string,
+  ): Promise<Contract> {
+    const contract = await this.contractsService.findById(contractId);
+    this.assertPhasedCustoms(contract);
+    if (!assignee?.trim()) {
+      throw new BadRequestException('Name the officer who will handle the transit.');
+    }
+    const cycle = await this.contractsRepository.currentCycle(contractId);
+    if (!cycle) throw new BadRequestException('No clearance cycle found');
+    if (!cycle.transitAssigneeRequestedAt) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'GL Ethiopia has not requested a transit assignee for this clearance yet.',
+      );
+    }
+
+    const previous = cycle.transitAssigneeName ?? null;
+    await this.contractsRepository.updateCycle(cycle.id, {
+      transitAssigneeName: assignee.trim(),
+      transitAssigneeAssignedAt: new Date(),
+      transitAssigneeAssignedByUserId: userId ?? null,
+    });
+
+    const updated = await this.contractsService.findById(contractId);
+    this.notifier.transitAssigneeAssigned(updated, assignee.trim(), previous);
+    return updated;
+  }
+
   private async ensureDeclarationPrerequisites(
     contractId: string,
     contract: Contract,
@@ -978,6 +1201,16 @@ export class ContractClearanceService {
         'All required customer documents must be approved before uploading a declaration.',
       );
     }
+    // The transit officer must be named by Djibouti first — the declaration is
+    // filed against whoever will physically handle the shipment there.
+    const cycle = await this.contractsRepository.currentCycle(contractId);
+    if (!cycle?.transitAssigneeName) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        cycle?.transitAssigneeRequestedAt
+          ? 'GL Djibouti has not assigned the transit officer yet — the declaration cannot be filed until they do.'
+          : 'Request a transit assignee from GL Djibouti before filing the customs declaration.',
+      );
+    }
     const milestones = await this.workflowService.listMilestones(contractId);
     const docsApproved = milestones.find((m) => m.milestoneCode === 'DOCUMENTS_APPROVED');
     if (docsApproved?.status !== 'COMPLETED' && docsApproved?.status !== 'SKIPPED') {
@@ -1084,6 +1317,67 @@ export class ContractClearanceService {
     return this.contractsService.findById(contractId);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The customer disagrees with the advised duty & tax and asks GL Ethiopia to
+   * correct it. Nothing is paid; the advice milestone reopens so the Duty & tax
+   * step becomes actionable again on the GL clearance page, with the customer's
+   * message shown beside it. GL re-advises (same endpoint as the first time),
+   * which closes the dispute — the loop may run as many rounds as it takes.
+   */
+  async disputeDuty(
+    contractId: string,
+    note: string,
+    userId?: string,
+  ): Promise<Contract> {
+    const contract = await this.contractsService.findById(contractId);
+    this.assertPhasedCustoms(contract);
+    if (contract.tradeDirection !== 'IMPORT') {
+      throw new BadRequestException('Duty applies only to import contracts.');
+    }
+    if (!note?.trim()) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'Say what is wrong with the advised amount so GL can correct it.',
+      );
+    }
+
+    const cycle = await this.contractsRepository.currentCycle(contractId);
+    if (!cycle?.dutyRequired) {
+      throw new BadRequestException('Duty/tax is not required for this clearance.');
+    }
+    const milestones = await this.workflowService.listMilestones(contractId);
+    const byCode = new Map(milestones.map((m) => [m.milestoneCode, m]));
+    if (byCode.get('DUTY_TAXES_ADVISED')?.status !== 'COMPLETED') {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'There is no advised duty amount to dispute yet.',
+      );
+    }
+    // Once the slip is in, the money is paid — a dispute then is a refund
+    // conversation, not a re-advice.
+    if (byCode.get('DUTY_TAX_PAID')?.status === 'COMPLETED') {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'The duty payment slip has already been submitted — contact GL Ethiopia directly.',
+      );
+    }
+
+    await this.contractsRepository.createReviewNote(
+      contractId,
+      note.trim(),
+      'DUTY_DISPUTE',
+      userId,
+      'CUSTOMER',
+    );
+    // Back to GL: reopening the milestone is what re-arms the Duty & tax step
+    // (the stepper picks its active step from milestone completion).
+    await this.milestoneService.reopenForContract(contractId, 'DUTY_TAXES_ADVISED');
+    await this.contractsRepository.updateCycle(cycle.id, {
+      currentPhase: ContractDocPhase.GlEtOutput,
+    });
+
+    const updated = await this.contractsService.findById(contractId);
+    this.notifier.dutyDisputed(updated, note.trim());
+    return updated;
+  }
+
   async uploadDutySlip(
     contractId: string,
     file: Express.Multer.File,
@@ -1198,7 +1492,7 @@ export class ContractClearanceService {
     contractId: string,
     file: Express.Multer.File,
     userId?: string,
-    vesselDepartureDate?: string,
+    dates?: { vesselArrivalDate?: string; doCollectedDate?: string },
   ): Promise<Contract> {
     const contract = await this.contractsService.findById(contractId);
     this.assertPhasedCustoms(contract);
@@ -1208,6 +1502,8 @@ export class ContractClearanceService {
 
     if (!file) throw new BadRequestException('No Delivery Order uploaded');
 
+    const { vesselArrivalDate, doCollectedDate } = assertDoCollectionDates(dates);
+
     // DO upload is deliberately un-gated: GL Djibouti may attach it at any point,
     // any file type. The DO_COLLECTED milestone (and booking readiness) still waits
     // for GL Ethiopia to finalize pre-clearance so the workflow order holds.
@@ -1219,9 +1515,10 @@ export class ContractClearanceService {
     });
 
     const cycle = await this.contractsRepository.currentCycle(contractId);
-    if (cycle && vesselDepartureDate?.trim()) {
+    if (cycle) {
       await this.contractsRepository.updateCycle(cycle.id, {
-        vesselDepartureDate: vesselDepartureDate.trim(),
+        vesselArrivalDate,
+        doCollectedDate,
       });
     }
     if (cycle?.preClearanceFinalizedAt) {
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 2d26f51dc..512ce5288 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
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { BadRequestException } from '@nestjs/common';
+
 import { Contract } from './entities/contract.entity';
 import { INTERCITY_DOCUMENTS_SETTING_CODE } from '../bookings/clearance.util';
 
@@ -84,3 +86,47 @@ export function contractClearanceCodes(contract: Contract): {
     includesCustoms,
   };
 }
+
+/**
+ * Djibouti GL cannot record a Delivery Order without saying WHEN the vessel
+ * arrived and WHEN the DO was collected — the file alone leaves the import
+ * timeline unauditable. Shared by the contract and per-booking DO uploads so
+ * one endpoint can never be laxer than the other.
+ *
+ * Returns the normalized `YYYY-MM-DD` pair; throws if either is missing,
+ * unparseable, or the DO predates the vessel's arrival.
+ */
+export function assertDoCollectionDates(dates?: {
+  vesselArrivalDate?: string;
+  doCollectedDate?: string;
+}): { vesselArrivalDate: string; doCollectedDate: string } {
+  const vesselArrivalDate = normalizeDoDate(
+    dates?.vesselArrivalDate,
+    'Vessel arrival date',
+  );
+  const doCollectedDate = normalizeDoDate(
+    dates?.doCollectedDate,
+    'DO collected date',
+  );
+
+  if (doCollectedDate < vesselArrivalDate) {
+    throw new BadRequestException(
+      'DO collected date cannot be earlier than the vessel arrival date.',
+    );
+  }
+
+  return { vesselArrivalDate, doCollectedDate };
+}
+
+/** `YYYY-MM-DD` or throw — the column is a DATE, so time zones never enter. */
+function normalizeDoDate(value: string | undefined, label: string): string {
+  const trimmed = value?.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) {
+    throw new BadRequestException(`${label} is required to upload a Delivery Order.`);
+  }
+  const date = trimmed.slice(0, 10);
+  if (!/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$/.test(date) || Number.isNaN(Date.parse(date))) {
+    throw new BadRequestException(`${label} is not a valid date.`);
+  }
+  return date;
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-document-diff.util.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-document-diff.util.ts
index 154777aea..ac2c12075 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-document-diff.util.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-document-diff.util.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,18 @@ export type ContractDocumentChange =
       toOrder: number;
     }
   | { kind: 'DOCUMENT_TITLE_CHANGED'; title: string; fromTitle: string | null }
-  | { kind: 'WHEREAS_CHANGED'; added: number; removed: number };
+  | { kind: 'WHEREAS_CHANGED'; added: number; removed: number }
+  /**
+   * A contract field (not a document article) changed — the customer editing a
+   * DRAFT/CHANGES_REQUESTED contract, e.g. its route, cargo or service type.
+   */
+  | {
+      kind: 'FIELD_CHANGED';
+      field: string;
+      label: string;
+      from: string | null;
+      to: string | null;
+    };
 
 type SnapshotLike = Pick<
   ContractDocumentSnapshot,
@@ -134,6 +145,60 @@ export function diffSnapshots(
   return changes;
 }
 
+/** Human label per audited contract field, in the order they read on the form. */
+export const CONTRACT_FIELD_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
+  contractKind: 'Contract kind',
+  tradeDirection: 'Trade direction',
+  freightType: 'Freight type',
+  serviceType: 'Service type',
+  paymentCurrency: 'Payment currency',
+  contractType: 'Contract type',
+  isHazardous: 'Hazardous',
+  hazardClass: 'Hazard class',
+  unNumber: 'UN number',
+  isReefer: 'Reefer',
+  equipmentReturn: 'Equipment return',
+  customsClearingAgent: 'Customs clearing agent',
+  firstMilePickupAddress: 'First-mile pickup address',
+  lastMileDeliveryAddress: 'Last-mile delivery address',
+  routes: 'Routes',
+  cargoScope: 'Cargo scope',
+};
+
+/** Render a field value for the audit trail — never "[object Object]". */
+function displayValue(value: unknown): string | null {
+  if (value === null || value === undefined || value === '') return null;
+  if (typeof value === 'boolean') return value ? 'Yes' : 'No';
+  return String(value);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compare two flat maps of contract fields and report what changed. Only keys
+ * present in `after` are considered, so a partial update never reports the
+ * fields it did not touch.
+ */
+export function diffContractFields(
+  before: Record<string, unknown>,
+  after: Record<string, unknown>,
+): ContractDocumentChange[] {
+  const changes: ContractDocumentChange[] = [];
+
+  for (const [field, nextRaw] of Object.entries(after)) {
+    const next = displayValue(nextRaw);
+    const previous = displayValue(before[field]);
+    if (next === previous) continue;
+    changes.push({
+      kind: 'FIELD_CHANGED',
+      field,
+      label: CONTRACT_FIELD_LABELS[field] ?? field,
+      from: previous,
+      to: next,
+    });
+  }
+
+  return changes;
+}
+
 /** Short human summary of a change set, e.g. "2 articles edited, 1 article added". */
 export function summarizeChanges(changes: ContractDocumentChange[]): string {
   if (changes.length === 0) return 'No changes';
@@ -148,6 +213,7 @@ export function summarizeChanges(changes: ContractDocumentChange[]): string {
 
   const counts = new Map<string, number>();
   const parts: string[] = [];
+  const fields: string[] = [];
 
   for (const change of changes) {
     const verb = articleVerbs[change.kind];
@@ -157,9 +223,19 @@ export function summarizeChanges(changes: ContractDocumentChange[]): string {
       parts.push('document title changed');
     } else if (change.kind === 'WHEREAS_CHANGED') {
       parts.push('recitals changed');
+    } else if (change.kind === 'FIELD_CHANGED') {
+      fields.push(change.label.toLowerCase());
     }
   }
 
+  if (fields.length > 0) {
+    parts.push(
+      fields.length <= 3
+        ? `${fields.join(', ')} changed`
+        : `${fields.length} contract fields changed`,
+    );
+  }
+
   const articleParts = [...counts.entries()].map(
     ([verb, count]) => `${count} article${count === 1 ? '' : 's'} ${verb}`,
   );
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-document-history.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-document-history.service.ts
index 2808ea6cf..e38f737c6 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-document-history.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-document-history.service.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 import { Injectable, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
-import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
-import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
+import { InjectDataSource, InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { DataSource, Repository } from 'typeorm';
 
-import { diffSnapshots, summarizeChanges } from './contract-document-diff.util';
+import {
+  ContractDocumentChange,
+  diffSnapshots,
+  summarizeChanges,
+} from './contract-document-diff.util';
 import { ContractDocumentRevision } from './entities/contract-document-revision.entity';
 import type { ContractDocumentSnapshot } from './entities/contract.entity';
 
@@ -12,6 +16,39 @@ export interface RecordRevisionInput {
   after: ContractDocumentSnapshot | null;
   actorId?: string | null;
   actorRole?: string | null;
+  actorName?: string | null;
+  stepId?: string | null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * `iam.users.name` is a localized object ({ en, am, … }), not a string — a
+ * plain `String(name)` there yields "[object Object]" in the audit trail.
+ */
+interface IamUserRow {
+  name?: Record<string, string> | string | null;
+  username?: string | null;
+  email?: string | null;
+}
+
+/** Best display name for a user row: English label → any locale → login → email. */
+function pickUserName(user: IamUserRow): string | null {
+  const { name } = user;
+  if (typeof name === 'string' && name.trim()) return name.trim();
+  if (name && typeof name === 'object') {
+    const localized =
+      name.en ?? Object.values(name).find((v) => typeof v === 'string' && v.trim());
+    if (localized?.trim()) return localized.trim();
+  }
+  return user.username?.trim() || user.email?.trim() || null;
+}
+
+/** Pre-computed changes (contract fields), rather than a document diff. */
+export interface RecordChangesInput {
+  contractId: string;
+  changes: ContractDocumentChange[];
+  actorId?: string | null;
+  actorRole?: string | null;
+  actorName?: string | null;
   stepId?: string | null;
 }
 
@@ -22,6 +59,7 @@ export class ContractDocumentHistoryService {
   constructor(
     @InjectRepository(ContractDocumentRevision)
     private readonly revisionRepo: Repository<ContractDocumentRevision>,
+    @InjectDataSource() private readonly dataSource: DataSource,
   ) {}
 
   /**
@@ -30,18 +68,32 @@ export class ContractDocumentHistoryService {
    * and swallowed. A no-op edit records nothing.
    */
   async record(input: RecordRevisionInput): Promise<void> {
+    return this.recordChanges({
+      ...input,
+      changes: diffSnapshots(input.before, input.after),
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Append a revision from an already-computed change set — the contract-field
+   * path, where there is no document snapshot to diff. Same best-effort
+   * contract as {@link record}: a no-op change set records nothing, and a
+   * failure here never breaks the edit that triggered it.
+   */
+  async recordChanges(input: RecordChangesInput): Promise<void> {
     try {
-      const changes = diffSnapshots(input.before, input.after);
-      if (changes.length === 0) return;
+      if (input.changes.length === 0) return;
 
       await this.revisionRepo.save(
         this.revisionRepo.create({
           contractId: input.contractId,
           actorId: input.actorId ?? null,
           actorRole: input.actorRole ?? null,
+          actorName:
+            input.actorName ?? (await this.resolveActorName(input.actorId)),
           stepId: input.stepId ?? null,
-          summary: summarizeChanges(changes),
-          changes,
+          summary: summarizeChanges(input.changes),
+          changes: input.changes,
         }),
       );
     } catch (err) {
@@ -51,11 +103,62 @@ export class ContractDocumentHistoryService {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Name for the acting user. `iam.users` is owned by the auth system and has
+   * no entity here, so it is read directly; a miss is not an error — the trail
+   * still carries the id, role and timestamp.
+   */
+  private async resolveActorName(
+    actorId?: string | null,
+  ): Promise<string | null> {
+    if (!actorId) return null;
+    const names = await this.resolveActorNames([actorId]);
+    return names.get(actorId) ?? null;
+  }
+
+  /** Batched {@link resolveActorName} — one query for a whole revision list. */
+  private async resolveActorNames(
+    actorIds: string[],
+  ): Promise<Map<string, string>> {
+    const resolved = new Map<string, string>();
+    const ids = [...new Set(actorIds.filter(Boolean))];
+    if (ids.length === 0) return resolved;
+
+    try {
+      const rows = (await this.dataSource.query(
+        `SELECT id, name, username, email FROM iam.users WHERE id = ANY($1::uuid[])`,
+        [ids],
+      )) as Array<IamUserRow & { id: string }>;
+      for (const row of rows) {
+        const name = pickUserName(row);
+        if (name) resolved.set(row.id, name);
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.logger.warn(`Could not resolve actor names: ${String(err)}`);
+    }
+    return resolved;
+  }
+
   /** Revision history for a contract, newest first. */
-  list(contractId: string): Promise<ContractDocumentRevision[]> {
-    return this.revisionRepo.find({
+  async list(contractId: string): Promise<ContractDocumentRevision[]> {
+    const revisions = await this.revisionRepo.find({
       where: { contractId },
       order: { createdAt: 'DESC' },
     });
+
+    // Rows written before actor_name existed still carry an actor_id — resolve
+    // those for display (one query for the whole list) rather than backfilling.
+    const missing = revisions
+      .filter((r) => !r.actorName && r.actorId)
+      .map((r) => r.actorId as string);
+    if (missing.length === 0) return revisions;
+
+    const names = await this.resolveActorNames(missing);
+    for (const revision of revisions) {
+      if (!revision.actorName && revision.actorId) {
+        revision.actorName = names.get(revision.actorId) ?? null;
+      }
+    }
+    return revisions;
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-duty-dispute.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-duty-dispute.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ba682294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-duty-dispute.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+import { BadRequestException } from '@nestjs/common';
+
+import { ContractClearanceService } from './contract-clearance.service';
+import type { Contract } from './entities/contract.entity';
+
+/**
+ * The duty advice → dispute → re-advice loop. GL Ethiopia advises an amount;
+ * the customer either pays it or sends it back with a reason. Sending it back
+ * reopens the advice milestone — that is what puts the Duty & tax step back in
+ * GL's hands — and the round can repeat until the amount is agreed.
+ */
+describe('ContractClearanceService — duty dispute', () => {
+  const contract = (over: Partial<Contract> = {}): Contract =>
+    ({
+      id: 'ctr-1',
+      reference: 'CTR-2026-00042',
+      tradeDirection: 'IMPORT',
+      customsClearingEnabled: true,
+      contractKind: 'ONE_TIME',
+      ...over,
+    }) as Contract;
+
+  const milestone = (code: string, status: string) =>
+    ({ milestoneCode: code, status }) as never;
+
+  let repo: {
+    currentCycle: jest.Mock;
+    createReviewNote: jest.Mock;
+    updateCycle: jest.Mock;
+    findReviewNotes: jest.Mock;
+  };
+  let contractsService: { findById: jest.Mock };
+  let workflowService: { listMilestones: jest.Mock };
+  let milestoneService: { reopenForContract: jest.Mock };
+  let notifier: { dutyDisputed: jest.Mock };
+  let service: ContractClearanceService;
+
+  const build = (milestones: unknown[]) => {
+    workflowService.listMilestones.mockResolvedValue(milestones);
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    repo = {
+      currentCycle: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'cyc-1', dutyRequired: true }),
+      createReviewNote: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+      updateCycle: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+      findReviewNotes: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+    };
+    contractsService = { findById: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(contract()) };
+    workflowService = { listMilestones: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]) };
+    milestoneService = { reopenForContract: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined) };
+    notifier = { dutyDisputed: jest.fn() };
+
+    service = new ContractClearanceService(
+      repo as never,
+      contractsService as never,
+      {} as never, // bookingsService
+      {} as never, // filesService
+      {} as never, // fileUploadSettingsService
+      workflowService as never,
+      milestoneService as never,
+      {} as never, // dropdownSettingsService
+      {} as never, // glOperationsService
+      notifier as never,
+    );
+    build([
+      milestone('DUTY_TAXES_ADVISED', 'COMPLETED'),
+      milestone('DUTY_TAX_PAID', 'PENDING'),
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('records the objection and hands the step back to GL', async () => {
+    await service.disputeDuty('ctr-1', '  Declared value is wrong  ', 'user-1');
+
+    expect(repo.createReviewNote).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'ctr-1',
+      'Declared value is wrong',
+      'DUTY_DISPUTE',
+      'user-1',
+      'CUSTOMER',
+    );
+    // Reopening the advice milestone is what re-arms the Duty & tax step.
+    expect(milestoneService.reopenForContract).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'ctr-1',
+      'DUTY_TAXES_ADVISED',
+    );
+    expect(repo.updateCycle).toHaveBeenCalledWith('cyc-1', {
+      currentPhase: 'GL_ET_OUTPUT',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('tells GL Ethiopia, not the customer', async () => {
+    await service.disputeDuty('ctr-1', 'Too high', 'user-1');
+    expect(notifier.dutyDisputed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ id: 'ctr-1' }),
+      'Too high',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('requires a reason — GL cannot correct an unexplained objection', async () => {
+    await expect(service.disputeDuty('ctr-1', '   ')).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(
+      BadRequestException,
+    );
+    expect(milestoneService.reopenForContract).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('refuses when nothing has been advised yet', async () => {
+    build([milestone('DUTY_TAXES_ADVISED', 'PENDING')]);
+    await expect(service.disputeDuty('ctr-1', 'Too high')).rejects.toThrow(
+      /no advised duty amount/i,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('refuses once the payment slip is in — that is a refund, not a re-advice', async () => {
+    build([
+      milestone('DUTY_TAXES_ADVISED', 'COMPLETED'),
+      milestone('DUTY_TAX_PAID', 'COMPLETED'),
+    ]);
+    await expect(service.disputeDuty('ctr-1', 'Too high')).rejects.toThrow(
+      /already been submitted/i,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('refuses when duty was never required for this clearance', async () => {
+    repo.currentCycle.mockResolvedValue({ id: 'cyc-1', dutyRequired: false });
+    await expect(service.disputeDuty('ctr-1', 'Too high')).rejects.toThrow(
+      /not required/i,
+    );
+  });
+
+  describe('the view', () => {
+    const buildDispute = (milestones: unknown[]) =>
+      (
+        service as unknown as {
+          buildDutyDispute: (id: string, m: unknown[]) => Promise<unknown>;
+        }
+      ).buildDutyDispute('ctr-1', milestones);
+
+    it('shows the objection while GL still owes a corrected advice', async () => {
+      repo.findReviewNotes.mockResolvedValue([
+        { body: 'Second look please', createdAt: new Date('2026-07-20T09:00:00Z') },
+        { body: 'First objection', createdAt: new Date('2026-07-18T09:00:00Z') },
+      ]);
+
+      const dispute = await buildDispute([
+        milestone('DUTY_TAXES_ADVISED', 'PENDING'),
+      ]);
+
+      expect(dispute).toMatchObject({ note: 'Second look please', rounds: 2 });
+    });
+
+    it('clears itself once GL re-advises', async () => {
+      repo.findReviewNotes.mockResolvedValue([
+        { body: 'First objection', createdAt: new Date('2026-07-18T09:00:00Z') },
+      ]);
+
+      const dispute = await buildDispute([
+        milestone('DUTY_TAXES_ADVISED', 'COMPLETED'),
+      ]);
+
+      expect(dispute).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-field-diff.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-field-diff.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8726f6c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-field-diff.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import {
+  diffContractFields,
+  summarizeChanges,
+} from './contract-document-diff.util';
+
+/**
+ * The contract-field audit runs on the customer's own edits, so it has to be
+ * exact: never report a field the edit did not touch, and never render a value
+ * as "[object Object]" or "true" in the trail a reviewer reads.
+ */
+describe('diffContractFields', () => {
+  it('reports only the fields that actually changed', () => {
+    const changes = diffContractFields(
+      { freightType: 'BULK', paymentCurrency: 'USD', isReefer: false },
+      { freightType: 'CONTAINER', paymentCurrency: 'USD', isReefer: false },
+    );
+
+    expect(changes).toEqual([
+      {
+        kind: 'FIELD_CHANGED',
+        field: 'freightType',
+        label: 'Freight type',
+        from: 'BULK',
+        to: 'CONTAINER',
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('renders booleans as Yes/No, not true/false', () => {
+    const [change] = diffContractFields({ isHazardous: false }, { isHazardous: true });
+
+    expect(change).toMatchObject({ label: 'Hazardous', from: 'No', to: 'Yes' });
+  });
+
+  it('treats null, undefined and empty string as "not set"', () => {
+    expect(diffContractFields({ unNumber: null }, { unNumber: '' })).toEqual([]);
+    expect(diffContractFields({ unNumber: undefined }, { unNumber: null })).toEqual([]);
+
+    const [set] = diffContractFields({ unNumber: null }, { unNumber: 'UN1234' });
+    expect(set).toMatchObject({ from: null, to: 'UN1234' });
+  });
+
+  it('ignores fields absent from the update', () => {
+    // A partial edit must not report the fields it never sent.
+    expect(diffContractFields({ freightType: 'BULK', isReefer: true }, {})).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('records a route swap that keeps the same lane count', () => {
+    const [change] = diffContractFields(
+      { routes: 'Nagad → Mojo' },
+      { routes: 'Nagad → Adama' },
+    );
+
+    expect(change).toMatchObject({
+      label: 'Routes',
+      from: 'Nagad → Mojo',
+      to: 'Nagad → Adama',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('summarises field changes by name, and by count once there are many', () => {
+    const few = diffContractFields(
+      { freightType: 'BULK', paymentCurrency: 'USD' },
+      { freightType: 'CONTAINER', paymentCurrency: 'ETB' },
+    );
+    expect(summarizeChanges(few)).toBe('freight type, payment currency changed');
+
+    const many = diffContractFields(
+      { a: '1', b: '1', c: '1', d: '1' },
+      { a: '2', b: '2', c: '2', d: '2' },
+    );
+    expect(summarizeChanges(many)).toBe('4 contract fields changed');
+  });
+
+  it('summarises document and field changes together', () => {
+    const summary = summarizeChanges([
+      { kind: 'ARTICLE_BODY_CHANGED', articleId: 'a-1', title: 'Article 1' },
+      {
+        kind: 'FIELD_CHANGED',
+        field: 'routes',
+        label: 'Routes',
+        from: 'A → B',
+        to: 'A → C',
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    expect(summary).toBe('1 article edited, routes changed');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-notifier.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-notifier.service.ts
index fd81083fc..11681a28f 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-notifier.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-notifier.service.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,56 @@ export class ContractNotifierService {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * GL Ethiopia asked Djibouti to name the transit officer. Staff-only, and
+   * deep-linked to the Djibouti clearance page where the name is entered — the
+   * customs declaration is blocked until they answer.
+   */
+  transitAssigneeRequested(c: Contract, note: string | null): void {
+    const msg =
+      `GL Ethiopia needs a transit assignee for contract ${c.reference} before ` +
+      `the customs declaration can be filed.${note ? ` Note: "${note}"` : ''}`;
+    this.logger.log(`TRANSIT ASSIGNEE REQUESTED — ${c.reference}`);
+    this.inAppStaff(c, `Transit assignee needed — ${c.reference}`, msg, {
+      type: NotificationType.CLEARANCE_REVIEW,
+      link: `/dashboard/gl-djibouti/clearance/${c.id}`,
+    });
+  }
+
+  /** Djibouti named (or changed) the transit officer — Ethiopia can proceed. */
+  transitAssigneeAssigned(
+    c: Contract,
+    assignee: string,
+    previous: string | null,
+  ): void {
+    const msg = previous
+      ? `GL Djibouti changed the transit assignee for contract ${c.reference} from ` +
+        `"${previous}" to "${assignee}".`
+      : `GL Djibouti assigned ${assignee} to handle contract ${c.reference} in transit. ` +
+        `The customs declaration can now be filed.`;
+    this.logger.log(`TRANSIT ASSIGNEE ASSIGNED — ${c.reference}`);
+    this.inAppStaff(c, `Transit assignee set — ${c.reference}`, msg, {
+      type: NotificationType.CLEARANCE_REVIEW,
+      link: `/dashboard/contracts/clearance/${c.id}`,
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The customer disputed the advised duty & tax. This goes to STAFF, not the
+   * customer: GL Ethiopia is the one who has to re-advise, and the clearance
+   * page is where they do it.
+   */
+  dutyDisputed(c: Contract, note: string): void {
+    const msg =
+      `The customer disputed the duty & tax advised on contract ${c.reference}: ` +
+      `"${note}". Review and re-advise the amount on the clearance page.`;
+    this.logger.log(`DUTY DISPUTED — ${c.reference}`);
+    this.inAppStaff(c, `Duty disputed on ${c.reference}`, msg, {
+      type: NotificationType.CLEARANCE_REVIEW,
+      link: `/dashboard/contracts/clearance/${c.id}`,
+    });
+  }
+
   /** A clearance document was queried — customer must re-upload it. */
   clearanceDocumentQueried(c: Contract, fileKey: string, note: string): void {
     const msg =
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-revision-actor.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-revision-actor.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f579d32b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-revision-actor.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+import { ContractDocumentHistoryService } from './contract-document-history.service';
+
+/**
+ * `iam.users.name` is a localized jsonb object, not a string. Reading it
+ * naively puts "[object Object]" in the audit trail — or, worse, throws and
+ * leaves every revision anonymous. These specs pin the resolution rules.
+ */
+describe('ContractDocumentHistoryService actor names', () => {
+  const build = (rows: unknown[]) => {
+    const saved: Array<Record<string, unknown>> = [];
+    const service = Object.create(
+      ContractDocumentHistoryService.prototype,
+    ) as ContractDocumentHistoryService;
+    Object.assign(service, {
+      logger: { warn: jest.fn(), error: jest.fn() },
+      dataSource: { query: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(rows) },
+      revisionRepo: {
+        create: (row: Record<string, unknown>) => row,
+        save: jest.fn((row: Record<string, unknown>) => {
+          saved.push(row);
+          return Promise.resolve(row);
+        }),
+        find: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+      },
+    });
+    return { service, saved };
+  };
+
+  const change = {
+    kind: 'FIELD_CHANGED' as const,
+    field: 'routes',
+    label: 'Routes',
+    from: 'A → B',
+    to: 'A → C',
+  };
+
+  it('prefers the English label from the localized name object', async () => {
+    const { service, saved } = build([
+      { id: 'u-1', name: { am: 'ሱፐር አድሚን', en: 'Super Admin' }, username: 'superadmin' },
+    ]);
+
+    await service.recordChanges({ contractId: 'c-1', changes: [change], actorId: 'u-1' });
+
+    expect(saved[0].actorName).toBe('Super Admin');
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to another locale, then username, then email', async () => {
+    const onlyAmharic = build([{ id: 'u-1', name: { am: 'ሱፐር' }, username: 'x' }]);
+    await onlyAmharic.service.recordChanges({
+      contractId: 'c-1',
+      changes: [change],
+      actorId: 'u-1',
+    });
+    expect(onlyAmharic.saved[0].actorName).toBe('ሱፐር');
+
+    const noName = build([{ id: 'u-1', name: null, username: 'operator', email: 'o@edr' }]);
+    await noName.service.recordChanges({
+      contractId: 'c-1',
+      changes: [change],
+      actorId: 'u-1',
+    });
+    expect(noName.saved[0].actorName).toBe('operator');
+
+    const emailOnly = build([{ id: 'u-1', name: {}, username: null, email: 'o@edr.local' }]);
+    await emailOnly.service.recordChanges({
+      contractId: 'c-1',
+      changes: [change],
+      actorId: 'u-1',
+    });
+    expect(emailOnly.saved[0].actorName).toBe('o@edr.local');
+  });
+
+  it('never writes "[object Object]" as the actor name', async () => {
+    const { service, saved } = build([{ id: 'u-1', name: { en: 'Real Name' } }]);
+
+    await service.recordChanges({ contractId: 'c-1', changes: [change], actorId: 'u-1' });
+
+    expect(String(saved[0].actorName)).not.toContain('object Object');
+  });
+
+  it('records nothing when the change set is empty', async () => {
+    const { service, saved } = build([]);
+
+    await service.recordChanges({ contractId: 'c-1', changes: [], actorId: 'u-1' });
+
+    expect(saved).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('still records the revision when the user lookup fails', async () => {
+    const { service, saved } = build([]);
+    Object.assign(service, {
+      dataSource: { query: jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error('iam down')) },
+    });
+
+    await service.recordChanges({ contractId: 'c-1', changes: [change], actorId: 'u-1' });
+
+    expect(saved).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(saved[0].actorName).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('resolves names for legacy rows that predate the actor_name column', async () => {
+    const { service } = build([{ id: 'u-1', name: { en: 'Abenezer Haile' } }]);
+    Object.assign(service, {
+      revisionRepo: {
+        find: jest
+          .fn()
+          .mockResolvedValue([{ id: 'r-1', actorId: 'u-1', actorName: null }]),
+      },
+    });
+
+    const [revision] = await service.list('c-1');
+
+    expect(revision.actorName).toBe('Abenezer Haile');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-transition.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-transition.service.ts
index 5a22d2fb9..dfd4ea840 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-transition.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-transition.service.ts
@@ -274,6 +274,20 @@ export class ContractTransitionService {
     // shared six templates are never written here.
     const snapshot = await this.resolveDocumentSnapshot(contract, documentSnapshot);
 
+    // Audit whatever staff changed in the accept dialog. The baseline is the
+    // template this contract would otherwise have frozen as-is, so an untouched
+    // accept diffs to nothing and records no revision.
+    if (documentSnapshot) {
+      const baseline = await this.resolveDocumentSnapshot(contract);
+      await this.documentHistory.record({
+        contractId,
+        before: baseline,
+        after: snapshot,
+        actorId,
+        actorRole: 'Reviewing staff',
+      });
+    }
+
     await this.contractsRepository.update(contractId, {
       status: 'PENDING_APPROVAL',
       approvedByStaffId: actorId,
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.controller.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.controller.ts
index a015cd469..f6b9ec1c4 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.controller.ts
@@ -303,8 +303,10 @@ export class ContractsController {
     @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
     @Body() dto: UpdateContractDto,
     @UploadedFiles() files: Express.Multer.File[],
+    // Recorded on the edit's audit revision — who changed the contract.
+    @CurrentUser() user?: TCurrentUser,
   ) {
-    return this.contractsService.update(id, dto, files ?? []);
+    return this.contractsService.update(id, dto, files ?? [], user?.id);
   }
 
   @Delete(':id')
@@ -738,6 +740,92 @@ export class ContractsController {
     return this.clearanceService.finalizePreClearance(id);
   }
 
+  @Post(':id/clearance/transit-assignee/request')
+  @BookingStaff(FREIGHT_PERMS.contracts.clearanceEtActions)
+  @ApiOperation({
+    summary:
+      'GL ET asks GL Djibouti to name the transit officer — required before the customs declaration',
+  })
+  requestTransitAssignee(
+    @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body('note') note: string | undefined,
+    @CurrentUser() user: AuthUserPayload,
+  ) {
+    return this.clearanceService.requestTransitAssignee(
+      id,
+      note,
+      resolveAuthUserId(user),
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Post(':id/clearance/transit-assignee/assign')
+  @BookingStaff(FREIGHT_PERMS.contracts.clearanceDjActions)
+  @ApiOperation({
+    summary:
+      'GL Djibouti names the transit officer (free text) — unblocks the customs declaration; calling again reassigns',
+  })
+  assignTransitAssignee(
+    @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body('assignee') assignee: string,
+    @CurrentUser() user: AuthUserPayload,
+  ) {
+    return this.clearanceService.assignTransitAssignee(
+      id,
+      assignee,
+      resolveAuthUserId(user),
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Get(':id/clearance/documents/:fileKey/versions')
+  @BookingStaff(FREIGHT_PERMS.contracts.clearanceReview)
+  @ApiOperation({
+    summary:
+      'Version history of one clearance document — the customer original plus every staff replacement',
+  })
+  documentVersions(
+    @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Param('fileKey') fileKey: string,
+  ) {
+    return this.clearanceService.documentVersions(id, fileKey);
+  }
+
+  @Post(':id/clearance/documents/:fileKey/replace')
+  @BookingStaff(FREIGHT_PERMS.contracts.clearanceReview)
+  @UseInterceptors(FileInterceptor('file'))
+  @ApiConsumes('multipart/form-data')
+  @ApiOperation({
+    summary:
+      'GL replaces a clearance document in place (reason required) — the previous version is kept in the file history and the new one needs approving',
+  })
+  replaceClearanceDocument(
+    @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Param('fileKey') fileKey: string,
+    @UploadedFile() file: Express.Multer.File,
+    @Body('reason') reason: string,
+    @CurrentUser() user: AuthUserPayload,
+  ) {
+    return this.clearanceService.replaceDocument(
+      id,
+      fileKey,
+      file,
+      resolveAuthUserId(user),
+      reason,
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Post(':id/clearance/duty/dispute')
+  @ApiOperation({
+    summary:
+      'Customer disputes the advised duty/tax with a reason — reopens the step so GL Ethiopia can re-advise (repeatable)',
+  })
+  disputeContractDuty(
+    @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body('note') note: string,
+    @CurrentUser() user: AuthUserPayload,
+  ) {
+    return this.clearanceService.disputeDuty(id, note, resolveAuthUserId(user));
+  }
+
   @Post(':id/clearance/duty-slip')
   @UseInterceptors(FileInterceptor('file'))
   @ApiConsumes('multipart/form-data')
@@ -766,19 +854,21 @@ export class ContractsController {
   @BookingStaff(FREIGHT_PERMS.contracts.clearanceDjActions)
   @UseInterceptors(FileInterceptor('file'))
   @ApiConsumes('multipart/form-data')
-  @ApiOperation({ summary: 'GL DJ uploads Delivery Order (import)' })
+  @ApiOperation({
+    summary:
+      'GL DJ uploads Delivery Order (import) with vessel arrival + DO collected dates',
+  })
   uploadDeliveryOrder(
     @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
     @UploadedFile() file: Express.Multer.File,
-    @Body('vesselDepartureDate') vesselDepartureDate: string | undefined,
+    @Body('vesselArrivalDate') vesselArrivalDate: string | undefined,
+    @Body('doCollectedDate') doCollectedDate: string | undefined,
     @CurrentUser() user: AuthUserPayload,
   ) {
-    return this.clearanceService.uploadDeliveryOrder(
-      id,
-      file,
-      resolveAuthUserId(user),
-      vesselDepartureDate,
-    );
+    return this.clearanceService.uploadDeliveryOrder(id, file, resolveAuthUserId(user), {
+      vesselArrivalDate,
+      doCollectedDate,
+    });
   }
 
   @Post(':id/clearance/release-order')
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.repository.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.repository.ts
index abce1884d..b9c22d1af 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.repository.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.repository.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ export class ContractsRepository extends BaseRepository<Contract> {
         'contract.files',
         FileRecord,
         'file',
-        "file.resource_id = contract.id AND file.resource = 'contracts'",
+        // Superseded versions are soft-deleted, not dropped — keep them out of
+        // the live file list (a manual join condition is not filtered for us).
+        "file.resource_id = contract.id AND file.resource = 'contracts' AND file.deleted_at IS NULL",
       )
       .getOne();
 
@@ -558,6 +560,17 @@ export class ContractsRepository extends BaseRepository<Contract> {
     );
   }
 
+  /** Review notes of one type, newest first — the duty advice/dispute rounds. */
+  async findReviewNotes(
+    contractId: string,
+    noteType: ContractReviewNoteType,
+  ): Promise<ContractReviewNote[]> {
+    return this.dataSource.getRepository(ContractReviewNote).find({
+      where: { contractId, noteType },
+      order: { createdAt: 'DESC' },
+    });
+  }
+
   async findLatestReviewNote(
     contractId: string,
     noteType?: ContractReviewNoteType,
@@ -725,12 +738,20 @@ export class ContractsRepository extends BaseRepository<Contract> {
         ContractClearanceCycle,
         | 'dutyRequired'
         | 'vesselDepartureDate'
+        | 'vesselArrivalDate'
+        | 'doCollectedDate'
         | 'roAmendmentRequestedAt'
         | 'roHoldReason'
         | 'currentPhase'
         | 'status'
         | 'preClearanceFinalizedAt'
         | 'completedAt'
+        | 'transitAssigneeRequestedAt'
+        | 'transitAssigneeRequestedByUserId'
+        | 'transitAssigneeRequestNote'
+        | 'transitAssigneeName'
+        | 'transitAssigneeAssignedAt'
+        | 'transitAssigneeAssignedByUserId'
       >
     >,
   ): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.service.ts
index 02459f2a5..43aab750f 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.service.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import { Contract, CONTRACT_STATUSES, CONTRACT_CUSTOMER_EDITABLE_STATUSES } from
 import { ContractRoute } from './entities/contract-route.entity';
 import { ContractCargoScope } from './entities/contract-cargo-scope.entity';
 import { isEffectivelyExpired } from './utils/contract-expiry.util';
+import { diffContractFields } from './contract-document-diff.util';
+import { ContractDocumentHistoryService } from './contract-document-history.service';
 import { FileRecord } from '../files/entities/file.entity';
 
 /** Paginated contract list: flat `total` (backoffice) + `meta` block (portal). */
@@ -42,6 +44,35 @@ export interface PaginatedContracts {
   };
 }
 
+/** Route list as a readable lane string, e.g. "Nagad → Mojo, Mojo → Adama". */
+function describeRoutes(routes?: ContractRoute[]): string | null {
+  if (!routes?.length) return null;
+  return [...routes]
+    .sort((a, b) => (a.sortOrder ?? 0) - (b.sortOrder ?? 0))
+    .map(
+      (r) =>
+        `${r.originYard?.label ?? r.originYardId} → ${r.destinationYard?.label ?? r.destinationYardId}`,
+    )
+    .join(', ');
+}
+
+/** Cargo scope as a readable string, e.g. "20ft ×2, 40ft ×1" or "Wheat ×500". */
+function describeCargoScope(scope?: ContractCargoScope[]): string | null {
+  if (!scope?.length) return null;
+  return scope
+    .map((row) => {
+      const label =
+        row.containerSize ??
+        row.cargoType?.cargoTypeName ??
+        row.cargoFreeText ??
+        row.cargoTypeId ??
+        'cargo';
+      return row.quantityCap != null ? `${label} ×${row.quantityCap}` : String(label);
+    })
+    .sort()
+    .join(', ');
+}
+
 const NEEDS_ACTION_STATUSES = [
   'SUBMITTED',
   'PENDING_APPROVAL',
@@ -57,6 +88,7 @@ export class ContractsService {
     private readonly companiesService: CompaniesService,
     private readonly filesService: FilesService,
     private readonly minioService: MinioService,
+    private readonly documentHistory: ContractDocumentHistoryService,
   ) {}
 
   /** Generate a unique contract reference number (CTR-YYYY-NNNNN). */
@@ -332,7 +364,11 @@ export class ContractsService {
       tradeDirection: dto.tradeDirection,
       freightType: dto.freightType,
       serviceTypeId: dto.serviceTypeId,
-      paymentCurrency: dto.paymentCurrency,
+      // A contract is always QUOTED in USD — the billing currency is chosen per
+      // booking (or on the shipment request when GL books for the customer), so
+      // any client-supplied currency here is ignored. Contracts created before
+      // this rule keep whatever they stored; update() never rewrites it.
+      paymentCurrency: 'USD',
       customsClearingEnabled: includesCustoms,
       customsClearingAgent: includesCustoms ? null : (dto.customsClearingAgent ?? null),
       equipmentReturn: dto.equipmentReturn ?? null,
@@ -490,6 +526,7 @@ export class ContractsService {
     id: string,
     dto: UpdateContractDto,
     files: Express.Multer.File[],
+    actorId?: string,
   ): Promise<{ contract: Contract; warnings: string[] }> {
     const existing = await this.findById(id);
     if (!CONTRACT_CUSTOMER_EDITABLE_STATUSES.includes(existing.status as never)) {
@@ -516,7 +553,9 @@ export class ContractsService {
       tradeDirection: dto.tradeDirection ?? existing.tradeDirection,
       freightType,
       serviceTypeId: dto.serviceTypeId ?? existing.serviceTypeId,
-      paymentCurrency: dto.paymentCurrency ?? existing.paymentCurrency,
+      // Never rewritten: grandfathered contracts keep the currency (and frozen
+      // snapshots) they were signed with.
+      paymentCurrency: existing.paymentCurrency,
       isHazardous: dto.isHazardous ?? existing.isHazardous,
       isReefer: dto.isReefer ?? existing.isReefer,
       // Same rule as create: clearing the flag clears the declaration with it.
@@ -576,7 +615,52 @@ export class ContractsService {
       existing.companyProfileId ?? null,
     );
 
-    return { contract: await this.findById(id), warnings };
+    const updated = await this.findById(id);
+    // Audit what this edit actually changed. Runs after the writes so the
+    // "after" side is read back from the contract rather than from the DTO.
+    await this.recordFieldRevision(existing, updated, actorId);
+
+    return { contract: updated, warnings };
+  }
+
+  /** Fields worth auditing on a customer edit, read off a loaded contract. */
+  private auditableFields(contract: Contract): Record<string, unknown> {
+    return {
+      contractKind: contract.contractKind,
+      tradeDirection: contract.tradeDirection,
+      freightType: contract.freightType,
+      serviceType: contract.serviceType?.serviceName ?? contract.serviceTypeId,
+      paymentCurrency: contract.paymentCurrency,
+      contractType: contract.contractType,
+      isHazardous: contract.isHazardous,
+      hazardClass: contract.hazardClass,
+      unNumber: contract.unNumber,
+      isReefer: contract.isReefer,
+      equipmentReturn: contract.equipmentReturn,
+      customsClearingAgent: contract.customsClearingAgent,
+      firstMilePickupAddress: contract.firstMilePickupAddress,
+      lastMileDeliveryAddress: contract.lastMileDeliveryAddress,
+      routes: describeRoutes(contract.routes),
+      cargoScope: describeCargoScope(contract.cargoScope),
+    };
+  }
+
+  /** Append a revision describing a customer's edit to the contract itself. */
+  private async recordFieldRevision(
+    before: Contract,
+    after: Contract,
+    actorId?: string,
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const changes = diffContractFields(
+      this.auditableFields(before),
+      this.auditableFields(after),
+    );
+    await this.documentHistory.recordChanges({
+      contractId: after.id,
+      changes,
+      actorId: actorId ?? null,
+      actorRole: 'Customer',
+    });
   }
 
   /** Parse comma-separated or repeated status query values. */
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/do-collection-dates.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/do-collection-dates.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37ed6c267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/do-collection-dates.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { BadRequestException } from '@nestjs/common';
+
+import { assertDoCollectionDates } from './contract-clearance.util';
+
+describe('assertDoCollectionDates', () => {
+  it('requires both dates', () => {
+    expect(() => assertDoCollectionDates(undefined)).toThrow(BadRequestException);
+    expect(() =>
+      assertDoCollectionDates({ vesselArrivalDate: '2026-07-01' }),
+    ).toThrow(/DO collected date is required/);
+    expect(() =>
+      assertDoCollectionDates({ doCollectedDate: '2026-07-01' }),
+    ).toThrow(/Vessel arrival date is required/);
+    // Whitespace is not a date.
+    expect(() =>
+      assertDoCollectionDates({ vesselArrivalDate: '  ', doCollectedDate: '  ' }),
+    ).toThrow(BadRequestException);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects a DO collected before the vessel arrived', () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      assertDoCollectionDates({
+        vesselArrivalDate: '2026-07-10',
+        doCollectedDate: '2026-07-09',
+      }),
+    ).toThrow(/cannot be earlier than the vessel arrival date/);
+  });
+
+  it('normalizes an ISO datetime down to its date part', () => {
+    expect(
+      assertDoCollectionDates({
+        vesselArrivalDate: '2026-07-10T21:00:00.000Z',
+        doCollectedDate: '2026-07-10T05:00:00.000Z',
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({ vesselArrivalDate: '2026-07-10', doCollectedDate: '2026-07-10' });
+  });
+
+  it('rejects a malformed date', () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      assertDoCollectionDates({
+        vesselArrivalDate: '10/07/2026',
+        doCollectedDate: '2026-07-10',
+      }),
+    ).toThrow(/not a valid date/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/dto/create-booking-request.dto.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/dto/create-booking-request.dto.ts
index 11d50494a..9f596bbef 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/dto/create-booking-request.dto.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/dto/create-booking-request.dto.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { ApiProperty, ApiPropertyOptional } from '@nestjs/swagger';
 import { Transform, Type } from 'class-transformer';
 import {
   IsArray,
+  IsIn,
   IsInt,
   IsNumber,
   IsOptional,
@@ -91,6 +92,15 @@ export class CreateBookingRequestDto {
   @Type(() => RequestBulkLineDto)
   bulk?: RequestBulkLineDto;
 
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({
+    enum: ['ETB', 'USD'],
+    description:
+      'Billing currency for the shipment GL will book. Intercity is always ETB.',
+  })
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsIn(['ETB', 'USD'])
+  paymentCurrency?: string;
+
   @ApiPropertyOptional()
   @IsOptional()
   @IsString()
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/dto/create-booking-under-contract.dto.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/dto/create-booking-under-contract.dto.ts
index 93a0e9e76..2ab616c00 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/dto/create-booking-under-contract.dto.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/dto/create-booking-under-contract.dto.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import {
   ValidateNested,
 } from 'class-validator';
 
+import { PAYMENT_CURRENCIES } from './create-contract.dto';
+
 /** Per-shipment equipment return — "NA" stays contract-level only. */
 const SHIPMENT_EQUIPMENT_RETURNS = ['WITH_RETURN', 'WITHOUT_RETURN'] as const;
 
@@ -150,6 +152,20 @@ export class CreateBookingUnderContractDto {
   @IsUUID()
   contractRouteId?: string;
 
+  /**
+   * The contract quotes in USD; the customer picks the billing currency here.
+   * Omitted → the contract's own currency (USD for contracts created under the
+   * current rule, the grandfathered currency for older ones). Intercity is
+   * forced to ETB by the service regardless of what is sent.
+   */
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({
+    enum: PAYMENT_CURRENCIES,
+    description: 'Billing currency for this shipment. Intercity is always ETB.',
+  })
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsIn([...PAYMENT_CURRENCIES])
+  paymentCurrency?: string;
+
   @ApiPropertyOptional({
     description:
       'Binding shipment day. Omitted for intercity (DOMESTIC) bookings — staff assign a passing train later.',
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/dto/create-contract.dto.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/dto/create-contract.dto.ts
index 6e68765f1..88ab8beb7 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/dto/create-contract.dto.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/dto/create-contract.dto.ts
@@ -158,9 +158,20 @@ export class CreateContractDto {
   @IsUUID()
   serviceTypeId!: string;
 
-  @ApiProperty({ enum: PAYMENT_CURRENCIES })
+  /**
+   * Deprecated at the contract level. A contract now always quotes in USD; the
+   * customer picks the billing currency per booking (or on the shipment request
+   * when GL books on their behalf). Accepted but ignored on create so older
+   * clients don't break — the service forces USD.
+   */
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({
+    enum: PAYMENT_CURRENCIES,
+    deprecated: true,
+    description: 'Ignored — contracts always quote in USD. Choose currency at booking.',
+  })
+  @IsOptional()
   @IsIn([...PAYMENT_CURRENCIES])
-  paymentCurrency!: string;
+  paymentCurrency?: string;
 
   @ApiPropertyOptional({ description: 'Whether EDR/GL handles customs clearance' })
   @IsOptional()
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/booking-request.entity.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/booking-request.entity.ts
index 6582376d3..b530bb5e9 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/booking-request.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/booking-request.entity.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ export class BookingRequest extends BaseEntity {
   @Column({ name: 'requested_lines', type: 'jsonb', default: () => "'{}'::jsonb" })
   requestedLines!: Freight.RequestedShipmentLines;
 
+  /**
+   * Billing currency the customer chose for this shipment. The contract quotes
+   * in USD; on a customs contract GL creates the booking, so this is where the
+   * customer states which currency to be invoiced in.
+   */
+  @Column({ name: 'payment_currency', type: 'varchar', length: 5, nullable: true })
+  paymentCurrency?: string | null;
+
   @Column({ name: 'notes', type: 'text', nullable: true })
   notes?: string | null;
 
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract-clearance-cycle.entity.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract-clearance-cycle.entity.ts
index 3c101f58e..8f5aa7e81 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract-clearance-cycle.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract-clearance-cycle.entity.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,41 @@ export class ContractClearanceCycle extends BaseEntity {
   @Column({ name: 'vessel_departure_date', type: 'date', nullable: true })
   vesselDepartureDate?: string | null;
 
+  /** Import DO: when the vessel arrived in Djibouti. Required on DO upload. */
+  @Column({ name: 'vessel_arrival_date', type: 'date', nullable: true })
+  vesselArrivalDate?: string | null;
+
+  /** Import DO: when GL Djibouti collected the DO. Required on DO upload. */
+  @Column({ name: 'do_collected_date', type: 'date', nullable: true })
+  doCollectedDate?: string | null;
+
+  /**
+   * Transit-assignee handshake that runs BEFORE the customs declaration: GL
+   * Ethiopia asks Djibouti for the officer who will handle the shipment in
+   * transit, and Djibouti answers with a name. The declaration step stays shut
+   * until `transitAssigneeName` is set; Djibouti may overwrite it later
+   * (reassignment) and the newer name simply wins.
+   */
+  @Column({ name: 'transit_assignee_requested_at', type: 'timestamptz', nullable: true })
+  transitAssigneeRequestedAt?: Date | null;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'transit_assignee_requested_by_user_id', type: 'uuid', nullable: true })
+  transitAssigneeRequestedByUserId?: string | null;
+
+  /** What GL Ethiopia asked for — shown on the Djibouti queue. */
+  @Column({ name: 'transit_assignee_request_note', type: 'text', nullable: true })
+  transitAssigneeRequestNote?: string | null;
+
+  /** The officer Djibouti named — free text, no user directory to bind to. */
+  @Column({ name: 'transit_assignee_name', type: 'text', nullable: true })
+  transitAssigneeName?: string | null;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'transit_assignee_assigned_at', type: 'timestamptz', nullable: true })
+  transitAssigneeAssignedAt?: Date | null;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'transit_assignee_assigned_by_user_id', type: 'uuid', nullable: true })
+  transitAssigneeAssignedByUserId?: string | null;
+
   @Column({ name: 'ro_amendment_requested_at', type: 'timestamptz', nullable: true })
   roAmendmentRequestedAt?: Date | null;
 
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract-document-revision.entity.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract-document-revision.entity.ts
index bc7e12e3e..a832cb50c 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract-document-revision.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract-document-revision.entity.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ export class ContractDocumentRevision extends BaseEntity {
   @Column({ name: 'actor_id', type: 'uuid', nullable: true })
   actorId?: string | null;
 
+  /**
+   * Who made the edit, captured at the time. Denormalised so the trail still
+   * names them after a rename or a deactivated account.
+   */
+  @Column({ name: 'actor_name', type: 'varchar', length: 200, nullable: true })
+  actorName?: string | null;
+
   /** The approval step's required role at the time of the edit. */
   @Column({ name: 'actor_role', type: 'varchar', length: 64, nullable: true })
   actorRole?: string | null;
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract-review-note.entity.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract-review-note.entity.ts
index 5b744338e..4d2a46365 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract-review-note.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/entities/contract-review-note.entity.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ export const CONTRACT_REVIEW_NOTE_TYPES = [
   'STAFF_NOTE',
   'CUSTOMER_NOTE',
   'AMENDMENT',
+  /**
+   * The customer disputed the advised duty & tax and asked GL Ethiopia to
+   * correct it. One row per round — the advice/dispute loop can repeat.
+   */
+  'DUTY_DISPUTE',
 ] as const;
 export type ContractReviewNoteType =
   (typeof CONTRACT_REVIEW_NOTE_TYPES)[number];
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/shipment-currency.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/shipment-currency.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bd109430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/shipment-currency.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import { ContractBookingService } from './contract-booking.service';
+import { BookingPricingService } from '../bookings/booking-pricing.service';
+import type { Contract } from './entities/contract.entity';
+import type { ContractRateSnapshot } from './entities/contract-rate-snapshot.entity';
+
+const contract = (over: Partial<Contract>): Contract =>
+  ({ tradeDirection: 'IMPORT', paymentCurrency: 'USD', ...over }) as Contract;
+
+/** The private resolver, reached without standing up the whole Nest graph. */
+const resolveCurrency = (c: Contract, requested?: string | null): string =>
+  (
+    ContractBookingService.prototype as unknown as {
+      resolveShipmentCurrency: (c: Contract, r?: string | null) => string;
+    }
+  ).resolveShipmentCurrency(c, requested);
+
+const snapshot = (currency: string, unitPrice: number): ContractRateSnapshot =>
+  ({ rateCode: 'CONTAINER_20FT', currency, unitPrice }) as ContractRateSnapshot;
+
+const frozenByCode = (
+  snap: ContractRateSnapshot | null,
+  bookingCurrency: string,
+  usdToEtb: number,
+): ContractRateSnapshot | null =>
+  (
+    BookingPricingService.prototype as unknown as {
+      frozenRateByCode: (
+        m: Map<string, ContractRateSnapshot> | null,
+        code: string,
+        bookingCurrency: string,
+        usdToEtb: number,
+      ) => ContractRateSnapshot | null;
+    }
+  ).frozenRateByCode(
+    snap ? new Map([['CONTAINER_20FT', snap]]) : null,
+    'CONTAINER_20FT',
+    bookingCurrency,
+    usdToEtb,
+  );
+
+describe('per-shipment billing currency', () => {
+  it('takes the customer choice over the contract', () => {
+    expect(resolveCurrency(contract({}), 'ETB')).toBe('ETB');
+    expect(resolveCurrency(contract({}), 'USD')).toBe('USD');
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to the contract currency when none is chosen', () => {
+    // Grandfathered ETB contract with no explicit choice.
+    expect(resolveCurrency(contract({ paymentCurrency: 'ETB' }))).toBe('ETB');
+    expect(resolveCurrency(contract({}), '   ')).toBe('USD');
+  });
+
+  it('forces ETB on intercity whatever was requested', () => {
+    const domestic = contract({ tradeDirection: 'DOMESTIC' });
+    expect(resolveCurrency(domestic, 'USD')).toBe('ETB');
+    expect(resolveCurrency(domestic)).toBe('ETB');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('frozen contract rate in the booking currency', () => {
+  it('converts a USD snapshot for an ETB booking instead of dropping it', () => {
+    // The old behaviour returned null here, which silently re-priced the
+    // booking at live rates and lost the agreed contract price.
+    expect(frozenByCode(snapshot('USD', 400), 'ETB', 150)?.unitPrice).toBe(60_000);
+  });
+
+  it('converts a grandfathered ETB snapshot back for a USD booking', () => {
+    expect(frozenByCode(snapshot('ETB', 60_000), 'USD', 150)?.unitPrice).toBe(400);
+  });
+
+  it('passes a matching-currency snapshot through untouched', () => {
+    const snap = snapshot('USD', 400);
+    expect(frozenByCode(snap, 'USD', 1)).toBe(snap);
+  });
+
+  it('refuses to price off an unusable exchange rate', () => {
+    // Converting with 0 would zero the whole line.
+    expect(frozenByCode(snapshot('USD', 400), 'ETB', 0)).toBeNull();
+    expect(frozenByCode(snapshot('USD', 400), 'ETB', Number.NaN)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('returns null when there is no snapshot', () => {
+    expect(frozenByCode(null, 'ETB', 150)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/transit-assignee.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/transit-assignee.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da4b2f34b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/transit-assignee.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+import { BadRequestException } from '@nestjs/common';
+
+import { ContractClearanceService } from './contract-clearance.service';
+import type { Contract } from './entities/contract.entity';
+
+/**
+ * Pre-declaration transit-assignee handshake. GL Ethiopia asks Djibouti who will
+ * handle the shipment in transit; Djibouti answers with a name. The customs
+ * declaration stays shut until that name exists, and Djibouti may send a
+ * different one later.
+ */
+describe('ContractClearanceService — transit assignee', () => {
+  const contract = (over: Partial<Contract> = {}): Contract =>
+    ({
+      id: 'ctr-1',
+      reference: 'CTR-2026-00042',
+      tradeDirection: 'IMPORT',
+      customsClearingEnabled: true,
+      contractKind: 'ONE_TIME',
+      ...over,
+    }) as Contract;
+
+  let repo: { currentCycle: jest.Mock; updateCycle: jest.Mock };
+  let contractsService: { findById: jest.Mock };
+  let notifier: {
+    transitAssigneeRequested: jest.Mock;
+    transitAssigneeAssigned: jest.Mock;
+  };
+  let service: ContractClearanceService;
+
+  const cycle = (over: Record<string, unknown> = {}) => ({
+    id: 'cyc-1',
+    transitAssigneeRequestedAt: null,
+    transitAssigneeName: null,
+    ...over,
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    repo = {
+      currentCycle: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(cycle()),
+      updateCycle: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    };
+    contractsService = { findById: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(contract()) };
+    notifier = {
+      transitAssigneeRequested: jest.fn(),
+      transitAssigneeAssigned: jest.fn(),
+    };
+    service = new ContractClearanceService(
+      repo as never,
+      contractsService as never,
+      {} as never,
+      {} as never,
+      {} as never,
+      {} as never,
+      {} as never,
+      {} as never,
+      {} as never,
+      notifier as never,
+    );
+  });
+
+  describe('request (GL Ethiopia)', () => {
+    it('stamps the ask and pings Djibouti', async () => {
+      await service.requestTransitAssignee('ctr-1', '  Reefer, needs a cold-chain officer  ', 'et-1');
+
+      const patch = repo.updateCycle.mock.calls[0][1];
+      expect(patch.transitAssigneeRequestedAt).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
+      expect(patch.transitAssigneeRequestedByUserId).toBe('et-1');
+      expect(patch.transitAssigneeRequestNote).toBe(
+        'Reefer, needs a cold-chain officer',
+      );
+      expect(notifier.transitAssigneeRequested).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('assign (GL Djibouti)', () => {
+    it('records the officer and tells Ethiopia they can proceed', async () => {
+      repo.currentCycle.mockResolvedValue(
+        cycle({ transitAssigneeRequestedAt: new Date() }),
+      );
+
+      await service.assignTransitAssignee('ctr-1', '  Ahmed Bourhan ', 'dj-1');
+
+      const patch = repo.updateCycle.mock.calls[0][1];
+      expect(patch.transitAssigneeName).toBe('Ahmed Bourhan');
+      expect(patch.transitAssigneeAssignedByUserId).toBe('dj-1');
+      expect(notifier.transitAssigneeAssigned).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({ id: 'ctr-1' }),
+        'Ahmed Bourhan',
+        null,
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('reassigns, carrying the previous name into the notice', async () => {
+      repo.currentCycle.mockResolvedValue(
+        cycle({
+          transitAssigneeRequestedAt: new Date(),
+          transitAssigneeName: 'Ahmed Bourhan',
+        }),
+      );
+
+      await service.assignTransitAssignee('ctr-1', 'Fatouma Ali', 'dj-1');
+
+      expect(notifier.transitAssigneeAssigned).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.anything(),
+        'Fatouma Ali',
+        'Ahmed Bourhan',
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('refuses an empty name', async () => {
+      repo.currentCycle.mockResolvedValue(
+        cycle({ transitAssigneeRequestedAt: new Date() }),
+      );
+      await expect(
+        service.assignTransitAssignee('ctr-1', '   ', 'dj-1'),
+      ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(BadRequestException);
+    });
+
+    it('refuses before Ethiopia has asked', async () => {
+      await expect(
+        service.assignTransitAssignee('ctr-1', 'Ahmed Bourhan', 'dj-1'),
+      ).rejects.toThrow(/not requested/i);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('declaration gate', () => {
+    const ensure = (c: Contract) =>
+      (
+        service as unknown as {
+          ensureDeclarationPrerequisites: (id: string, c: Contract) => Promise<void>;
+        }
+      ).ensureDeclarationPrerequisites('ctr-1', c);
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      // Documents are approved; only the assignee decides the outcome here.
+      (
+        service as unknown as { isClearanceFullyApproved: unknown }
+      ).isClearanceFullyApproved = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(true);
+    });
+
+    it('tells GL to raise the request when none exists', async () => {
+      await expect(ensure(contract())).rejects.toThrow(
+        /Request a transit assignee/i,
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('tells GL to wait when Djibouti has not answered', async () => {
+      repo.currentCycle.mockResolvedValue(
+        cycle({ transitAssigneeRequestedAt: new Date() }),
+      );
+      await expect(ensure(contract())).rejects.toThrow(/has not assigned/i);
+    });
+
+    it('lets the declaration through once the officer is named', async () => {
+      repo.currentCycle.mockResolvedValue(
+        cycle({
+          transitAssigneeRequestedAt: new Date(),
+          transitAssigneeName: 'Ahmed Bourhan',
+        }),
+      );
+      (
+        service as unknown as { workflowService: unknown }
+      ).workflowService = {
+        listMilestones: jest
+          .fn()
+          .mockResolvedValue([
+            { milestoneCode: 'DOCUMENTS_APPROVED', status: 'COMPLETED' },
+          ]),
+      };
+
+      await expect(ensure(contract())).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/files/entities/file.entity.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/files/entities/file.entity.ts
index 1fbd1459f..7624800d8 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/files/entities/file.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/files/entities/file.entity.ts
@@ -53,4 +53,16 @@ export class FileRecord extends BaseEntity {
 
   @Column({ name: "reviewed_at", type: "timestamptz", nullable: true })
   reviewedAt!: Date | null;
+
+  /**
+   * Who replaced this version, when a newer file took its place. Superseded
+   * versions are soft-deleted rather than dropped, so the original a customer
+   * uploaded survives a staff correction and the two can be compared.
+   */
+  @Column({ name: "replaced_by_user_id", type: "uuid", nullable: true })
+  replacedByUserId!: string | null;
+
+  /** Why the file was replaced — shown on the document's version history. */
+  @Column({ name: "replace_reason", type: "text", nullable: true })
+  replaceReason!: string | null;
 }
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/files/files.repository.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/files/files.repository.ts
index 583e221ed..9a2552c7a 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/files/files.repository.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/files/files.repository.ts
@@ -41,12 +41,47 @@ export class FilesRepository extends BaseRepository<FileRecord> {
     return this.repository.findOne({ where: { resourceId, resource, code } });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Retire the live version(s) of a document code. SOFT delete on purpose: the
+   * bytes and the row stay so the original upload can still be read back from
+   * the version history after staff replace it. Every normal read already
+   * filters soft-deleted rows, so callers see only the current version.
+   *
+   * `replacedBy` / `reason` are stamped on the retired row when a newer file is
+   * taking its place (as opposed to a plain removal).
+   */
   async deleteByCode(
     resourceId: string,
     resource: string,
     code: string,
+    replacedBy?: { userId?: string | null; reason?: string | null },
   ): Promise<void> {
-    await this.repository.delete({ resourceId, resource, code });
+    if (replacedBy) {
+      await this.repository.update(
+        { resourceId, resource, code },
+        {
+          replacedByUserId: replacedBy.userId ?? null,
+          replaceReason: replacedBy.reason ?? null,
+        },
+      );
+    }
+    await this.repository.softDelete({ resourceId, resource, code });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Every version of one document code, newest first — superseded versions
+   * included. The only read that deliberately looks past the soft-delete filter.
+   */
+  findVersionHistory(
+    resourceId: string,
+    resource: string,
+    code: string,
+  ): Promise<FileRecord[]> {
+    return this.repository.find({
+      where: { resourceId, resource, code },
+      withDeleted: true,
+      order: { createdAt: "DESC" },
+    });
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/files/files.service.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/files/files.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc6fb82d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/files/files.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import { FilesService } from './files.service';
+
+/**
+ * Replacing a stored document must never destroy the previous one: the customer
+ * uploaded it, and a staff correction has to stay auditable against it. The old
+ * row is soft-deleted (so every normal read still returns exactly the current
+ * version) and stamped with who replaced it and why.
+ */
+describe('FilesService — document versions', () => {
+  const file = {
+    originalname: 'bill-of-lading.pdf',
+    size: 1234,
+    mimetype: 'application/pdf',
+    buffer: Buffer.from('x'),
+  } as Express.Multer.File;
+
+  let filesRepository: {
+    deleteByCode: jest.Mock;
+    create: jest.Mock;
+    findVersionHistory: jest.Mock;
+  };
+  let service: FilesService;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    filesRepository = {
+      deleteByCode: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+      create: jest.fn(async (row) => ({ id: 'file-new', ...row })),
+      findVersionHistory: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+    };
+    service = new FilesService(
+      filesRepository as never,
+      {
+        uploadFile: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue('https://minio/bucket/new.pdf'),
+        getObjectNameFromUrl: (u: string) => u,
+        getSignedUrl: jest.fn(),
+      } as never,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('stamps the retired version with who replaced it and why', async () => {
+    await service.upsertByCode(
+      { resourceId: 'ctr-1', resource: 'contracts', code: 'bill_of_lading', file },
+      { userId: 'gl-user-1', reason: 'Customer sent page 2 only' },
+    );
+
+    expect(filesRepository.deleteByCode).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'ctr-1',
+      'contracts',
+      'bill_of_lading',
+      { userId: 'gl-user-1', reason: 'Customer sent page 2 only' },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('still replaces silently when no replacer is given (system overwrites)', async () => {
+    await service.upsertByCode({
+      resourceId: 'ctr-1',
+      resource: 'contracts',
+      code: 'contract_pdf',
+      file,
+    });
+
+    expect(filesRepository.deleteByCode).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'ctr-1',
+      'contracts',
+      'contract_pdf',
+      undefined,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('marks the live row current and the soft-deleted ones superseded', async () => {
+    filesRepository.findVersionHistory.mockResolvedValue([
+      {
+        id: 'v2',
+        name: 'corrected.pdf',
+        url: 'u2',
+        size: 2,
+        mimeType: 'application/pdf',
+        createdAt: new Date('2026-07-20T10:00:00Z'),
+        deletedAt: null,
+        replacedByUserId: null,
+        replaceReason: null,
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'v1',
+        name: 'original.pdf',
+        url: 'u1',
+        size: 1,
+        mimeType: 'application/pdf',
+        createdAt: new Date('2026-07-18T10:00:00Z'),
+        deletedAt: new Date('2026-07-20T10:00:00Z'),
+        replacedByUserId: 'gl-user-1',
+        replaceReason: 'Wrong page order',
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    const versions = await service.versionHistory(
+      'ctr-1',
+      'contracts',
+      'bill_of_lading',
+    );
+
+    expect(versions[0]).toMatchObject({ id: 'v2', isCurrent: true, replacedAt: null });
+    expect(versions[1]).toMatchObject({
+      id: 'v1',
+      isCurrent: false,
+      replacedByUserId: 'gl-user-1',
+      replaceReason: 'Wrong page order',
+    });
+    // The customer's original is still readable — that is the whole point.
+    expect(versions[1].url).toBe('u1');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/files/files.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/files/files.service.ts
index e959fa556..ea11e5fe8 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/files/files.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/files/files.service.ts
@@ -104,13 +104,66 @@ export class FilesService {
     });
   }
 
-  /** Replace existing file row for the same resource + code (e.g. contract PDF). */
-  async upsertByCode(input: CreateFileInput): Promise<FileRecord> {
+  /**
+   * Replace the file stored under a resource + code (e.g. contract PDF). The
+   * previous version is retired, not destroyed — pass `replacedBy` to record who
+   * swapped it and why, which is what the version history shows.
+   */
+  async upsertByCode(
+    input: CreateFileInput,
+    replacedBy?: { userId?: string | null; reason?: string | null },
+  ): Promise<FileRecord> {
     const { resourceId, resource, code } = input;
-    await this.filesRepository.deleteByCode(resourceId, resource, code);
+    await this.filesRepository.deleteByCode(
+      resourceId,
+      resource,
+      code,
+      replacedBy,
+    );
     return this.upload(input);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Every stored version of one document, newest first. `isCurrent` marks the
+   * live row; the rest are superseded uploads kept for audit.
+   */
+  async versionHistory(
+    resourceId: string,
+    resource: string,
+    code: string,
+  ): Promise<
+    Array<{
+      id: string;
+      name: string;
+      url: string;
+      size: number;
+      mimeType: string;
+      uploadedAt: string;
+      isCurrent: boolean;
+      replacedAt: string | null;
+      replacedByUserId: string | null;
+      replaceReason: string | null;
+    }>
+  > {
+    const rows = await this.filesRepository.findVersionHistory(
+      resourceId,
+      resource,
+      code,
+    );
+    return rows.map((row) => ({
+      id: row.id,
+      name: row.name,
+      url: row.url,
+      size: row.size,
+      mimeType: row.mimeType,
+      uploadedAt: row.createdAt.toISOString(),
+      isCurrent: row.deletedAt == null,
+      replacedAt: row.deletedAt ? row.deletedAt.toISOString() : null,
+      replacedByUserId: row.replacedByUserId,
+      replaceReason: row.replaceReason,
+    }));
+  }
+
   async deleteByCode(
     resourceId: string,
     resource: string,
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ClearanceDocumentVersionsModal.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ClearanceDocumentVersionsModal.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0015ea47b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ClearanceDocumentVersionsModal.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+import {
+  Badge,
+  Button,
+  Group,
+  Loader,
+  Modal,
+  Paper,
+  Stack,
+  Text,
+  Textarea,
+} from "@mantine/core";
+import { useMutation, useQuery, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { Download, Eye, History, Upload } from "lucide-react";
+import { useState } from "react";
+import toast from "react-hot-toast";
+
+import { PhasedFileDropzone } from "@/components/contracts/PhasedFileDropzone";
+import { QUERY_KEYS } from "@/constants/QUERY_KEYS";
+import { contractsService } from "@/services/contracts.service";
+import { isViewable } from "@edr/ui-common";
+
+import { downloadBookingFile, fetchViewableFile } from "@/services/files.service";
+
+export interface ClearanceDocumentVersionsModalProps {
+  contractId: string;
+  /** The document being inspected; null closes the modal. */
+  doc: { fileKey: string; label: string } | null;
+  onClose: () => void;
+  /** Hide the replace form (finalized clearance, read-only viewers). */
+  canReplace?: boolean;
+  onReplaced?: () => void;
+  onView?: (file: { name: string; url: string }) => void;
+}
+
+const fmt = (iso: string) =>
+  new Date(iso).toLocaleString("en-GB", {
+    day: "numeric",
+    month: "short",
+    year: "numeric",
+    hour: "2-digit",
+    minute: "2-digit",
+    hour12: false,
+  });
+
+/**
+ * Version history of one clearance document, and the way to add a version.
+ *
+ * Staff can correct a document without bouncing it back to the customer, but
+ * the customer's original is never overwritten — it drops down this list as a
+ * superseded version, stamped with who replaced it and why. The corrected file
+ * comes back unreviewed, so it still has to be approved before finalizing.
+ */
+export function ClearanceDocumentVersionsModal({
+  contractId,
+  doc,
+  onClose,
+  canReplace = false,
+  onReplaced,
+  onView,
+}: ClearanceDocumentVersionsModalProps) {
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+  const [file, setFile] = useState<File | null>(null);
+  const [reason, setReason] = useState("");
+
+  const { data: versions = [], isLoading } = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ["contracts", "clearance-doc-versions", contractId, doc?.fileKey],
+    queryFn: () =>
+      contractsService.getClearanceDocumentVersions(contractId, doc!.fileKey),
+    enabled: Boolean(doc),
+  });
+
+  const replace = useMutation({
+    mutationFn: () =>
+      contractsService.replaceClearanceDocument(
+        contractId,
+        doc!.fileKey,
+        file!,
+        reason.trim(),
+      ),
+    onSuccess: async () => {
+      toast.success("Document replaced — the previous version is kept on file");
+      setFile(null);
+      setReason("");
+      await queryClient.invalidateQueries({
+        queryKey: ["contracts", "clearance-doc-versions", contractId, doc?.fileKey],
+      });
+      await queryClient.invalidateQueries({
+        queryKey: QUERY_KEYS.CONTRACTS.clearance(contractId),
+      });
+      onReplaced?.();
+    },
+  });
+
+  const close = () => {
+    setFile(null);
+    setReason("");
+    onClose();
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      opened={Boolean(doc)}
+      onClose={close}
+      size="lg"
+      radius="md"
+      title={
+        <Group gap={8}>
+          <History size={16} />
+          <Text fw={700}>{doc?.label ?? "Document"} — version history</Text>
+        </Group>
+      }
+    >
+      <Stack gap="md">
+        {isLoading ? (
+          <Group justify="center" py="lg">
+            <Loader size="sm" />
+          </Group>
+        ) : versions.length === 0 ? (
+          <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">
+            Nothing uploaded under this document yet.
+          </Text>
+        ) : (
+          <Stack gap={8}>
+            {versions.map((v, index) => (
+              <Paper
+                key={v.id}
+                withBorder
+                radius="md"
+                p="sm"
+                bg={v.isCurrent ? "var(--mantine-color-edr-green-0)" : undefined}
+              >
+                <Group justify="space-between" wrap="nowrap" align="flex-start">
+                  <Stack gap={2} style={{ minWidth: 0 }}>
+                    <Group gap={6} wrap="nowrap">
+                      <Text size="sm" fw={600} truncate>
+                        {v.name}
+                      </Text>
+                      {v.isCurrent ? (
+                        <Badge size="xs" color="edr-green" variant="light">
+                          Current
+                        </Badge>
+                      ) : index === versions.length - 1 ? (
+                        <Badge size="xs" color="blue" variant="light">
+                          Original
+                        </Badge>
+                      ) : (
+                        <Badge size="xs" color="gray" variant="light">
+                          Superseded
+                        </Badge>
+                      )}
+                    </Group>
+                    <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
+                      Uploaded {fmt(v.uploadedAt)}
+                      {v.replacedAt ? ` · replaced ${fmt(v.replacedAt)}` : ""}
+                    </Text>
+                    {v.replaceReason ? (
+                      <Text size="xs" c="orange.8">
+                        Reason: {v.replaceReason}
+                      </Text>
+                    ) : null}
+                  </Stack>
+                  <Group gap={6} wrap="nowrap">
+                    {isViewable({ name: v.name, url: "" }) && onView ? (
+                      <Button
+                        size="compact-xs"
+                        variant="default"
+                        radius="md"
+                        leftSection={<Eye size={13} />}
+                        onClick={() =>
+                          void fetchViewableFile(v.id, v.name).then(onView)
+                        }
+                      >
+                        View
+                      </Button>
+                    ) : null}
+                    <Button
+                      size="compact-xs"
+                      variant="default"
+                      radius="md"
+                      leftSection={<Download size={13} />}
+                      onClick={() => void downloadBookingFile(v.id, v.name)}
+                    >
+                      Download
+                    </Button>
+                  </Group>
+                </Group>
+              </Paper>
+            ))}
+          </Stack>
+        )}
+
+        {canReplace ? (
+          <Paper withBorder radius="md" p="md" bg="var(--mantine-color-gray-0)">
+            <Stack gap="sm">
+              <Text size="sm" fw={700}>
+                Replace this document
+              </Text>
+              <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
+                Use this for a correction you can make yourself. The customer&apos;s
+                copy stays in the history above, and the new file has to be
+                approved before clearance is finalized.
+              </Text>
+              <PhasedFileDropzone
+                label="Corrected document"
+                value={file}
+                onChange={setFile}
+                replaceMode
+              />
+              <Textarea
+                label="Why is it being replaced?"
+                placeholder="e.g. customer sent page 2 only — attached the full signed copy"
+                value={reason}
+                onChange={(e) => setReason(e.currentTarget.value)}
+                autosize
+                minRows={2}
+              />
+              <Group justify="flex-end">
+                <Button
+                  color="edr-green"
+                  radius="md"
+                  leftSection={<Upload size={15} />}
+                  loading={replace.isPending}
+                  disabled={!file || !reason.trim()}
+                  onClick={() => replace.mutate()}
+                >
+                  Replace document
+                </Button>
+              </Group>
+            </Stack>
+          </Paper>
+        ) : null}
+      </Stack>
+    </Modal>
+  );
+}
+
+export default ClearanceDocumentVersionsModal;
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ContractClearanceReviewSection.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ContractClearanceReviewSection.tsx
index c7d668ade..c773933ea 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ContractClearanceReviewSection.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ContractClearanceReviewSection.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   Eye,
   FileCheck2,
   FileText,
+  History,
   MessageSquareWarning,
   Upload,
   UserCheck,
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import {
 import type { Freight } from "@edr/types";
 import { isViewable } from "@edr/ui-common";
 
+import { ClearanceDocumentVersionsModal } from "@/components/contracts/ClearanceDocumentVersionsModal";
 import { SectionCard } from "@/components/bookings/detail/SectionCard";
 import { QUERY_KEYS } from "@/constants/QUERY_KEYS";
 import { contractsService } from "@/services/contracts.service";
@@ -114,6 +116,11 @@ export function ContractClearanceReviewSection({
   const [queryNotes, setQueryNotes] = useState<Record<string, string>>({});
   const [openQuery, setOpenQuery] = useState<Record<string, boolean>>({});
   const [uploadingKey, setUploadingKey] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  // Document whose version history is open (also hosts the replace form).
+  const [historyDoc, setHistoryDoc] = useState<{
+    fileKey: string;
+    label: string;
+  } | null>(null);
   const { view, viewer } = useFileViewer();
 
   const reviewerTeam = selfClear ? "Operations" : "Global Logistics";
@@ -264,6 +271,9 @@ export function ContractClearanceReviewSection({
                   handleReview(doc.fileKey, "QUERIED", queryNotes[doc.fileKey])
                 }
                 onView={view}
+                onHistory={() =>
+                  setHistoryDoc({ fileKey: doc.fileKey, label: doc.label })
+                }
                 busy={reviewDocument.isPending}
               />
             ))
@@ -487,6 +497,18 @@ export function ContractClearanceReviewSection({
           </Group>
         </Paper>
       )}
+      {/* Version history + in-place correction. Replacing is blocked in the same
+          situations queries are (finalized clearance / read-only audit view) —
+          documents must not move once the gate has closed. */}
+      <ClearanceDocumentVersionsModal
+        contractId={contractId}
+        doc={historyDoc}
+        canReplace={!readOnly && !queriesLocked}
+        onClose={() => setHistoryDoc(null)}
+        onReplaced={onChanged}
+        onView={view}
+      />
+
       {viewer}
     </Stack>
   );
@@ -534,6 +556,7 @@ function DocReviewCard({
   onApprove,
   onQuery,
   onView,
+  onHistory,
   busy,
 }: {
   doc: Freight.ContractClearanceDocument;
@@ -548,6 +571,7 @@ function DocReviewCard({
   onApprove: () => void;
   onQuery: () => void;
   onView: (file: { name: string; url: string }) => void;
+  onHistory: () => void;
   busy: boolean;
 }) {
   const status = doc.reviewStatus ?? "PENDING";
@@ -660,6 +684,21 @@ function DocReviewCard({
               </Button>
             </Tooltip>
           )}
+          {/* Every version ever stored under this key — the customer original
+              plus any staff correction — and where a correction is made. */}
+          {hasFile && (
+            <Tooltip label="Versions & replace">
+              <Button
+                size="compact-xs"
+                variant="default"
+                radius="md"
+                leftSection={<History size={13} />}
+                onClick={onHistory}
+              >
+                History
+              </Button>
+            </Tooltip>
+          )}
         </Group>
       </Group>
 
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ContractRevisionTimeline.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ContractRevisionTimeline.tsx
index 34373c56d..dabf35161 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ContractRevisionTimeline.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ContractRevisionTimeline.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
-import { History } from "lucide-react";
-import { Badge, Group, Loader, Stack, Text, Timeline } from "@mantine/core";
+import { History, User } from "lucide-react";
+import {
+  Avatar,
+  Badge,
+  Group,
+  Loader,
+  Stack,
+  Text,
+  Timeline,
+  Tooltip,
+} from "@mantine/core";
 import type { Freight } from "@edr/types";
 
 import { contractsService } from "@/services/contracts.service";
@@ -8,6 +17,8 @@ import { SectionCard } from "@/components/bookings/detail/SectionCard";
 
 interface ContractRevisionTimelineProps {
   contractId: string;
+  /** Rendered as a plain block instead of a SectionCard (own-tab layout). */
+  bare?: boolean;
 }
 
 type Change = Freight.IContractDocumentChange;
@@ -21,8 +32,26 @@ const CHANGE_STYLES: Record<Change["kind"], { color: string; label: string }> =
   ARTICLE_REORDERED: { color: "gray", label: "Reordered" },
   DOCUMENT_TITLE_CHANGED: { color: "grape", label: "Title" },
   WHEREAS_CHANGED: { color: "teal", label: "Recitals" },
+  FIELD_CHANGED: { color: "orange", label: "Field" },
 };
 
+/** Initials for the actor avatar — "Abenezer Haile" → "AH". */
+function initials(name: string): string {
+  return name
+    .split(/\s+/)
+    .filter(Boolean)
+    .slice(0, 2)
+    .map((part) => part[0]?.toUpperCase() ?? "")
+    .join("");
+}
+
+/** Role slugs arrive like "-marketing-director-"; render them readably. */
+function prettyRole(role: string): string {
+  const cleaned = role.replace(/^-+|-+$/g, "").replace(/[-_]+/g, " ").trim();
+  if (!cleaned) return role;
+  return cleaned.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + cleaned.slice(1).toLowerCase();
+}
+
 /** What the change applies to — an article title, or the document itself. */
 function changeSubject(change: Change): string {
   switch (change.kind) {
@@ -40,6 +69,8 @@ function changeSubject(change: Change): string {
       return `“${change.fromTitle}” → “${change.title}”`;
     case "ARTICLE_REORDERED":
       return `${change.title} (${change.fromOrder} → ${change.toOrder})`;
+    case "FIELD_CHANGED":
+      return `${change.label}: ${change.from ?? "—"} → ${change.to ?? "—"}`;
     default:
       return change.title;
   }
@@ -53,82 +84,131 @@ function formatWhen(iso: string): string {
   });
 }
 
+/** "3 hours ago" — the at-a-glance read; the exact stamp sits beside it. */
+function formatAgo(iso: string): string {
+  const seconds = Math.round((Date.now() - new Date(iso).getTime()) / 1000);
+  if (seconds < 60) return "just now";
+  const units: Array<[Intl.RelativeTimeFormatUnit, number]> = [
+    ["year", 31536000],
+    ["month", 2592000],
+    ["day", 86400],
+    ["hour", 3600],
+    ["minute", 60],
+  ];
+  const rtf = new Intl.RelativeTimeFormat(undefined, { numeric: "auto" });
+  for (const [unit, secondsPerUnit] of units) {
+    if (seconds >= secondsPerUnit) {
+      return rtf.format(-Math.floor(seconds / secondsPerUnit), unit);
+    }
+  }
+  return "just now";
+}
+
 /**
  * Audit trail of edits to the contract document. The document stays editable
  * through the approval chain, so this is the record of who changed what.
  */
 export function ContractRevisionTimeline({
   contractId,
+  bare = false,
 }: ContractRevisionTimelineProps) {
   const { data: revisions, isLoading } = useQuery({
     queryKey: ["contracts", contractId, "document-revisions"],
     queryFn: () => contractsService.getContractDocumentRevisions(contractId),
   });
 
-  return (
-    <SectionCard icon={History} title="Document history">
-      {isLoading ? (
-        <Group gap="xs">
-          <Loader size="xs" />
-          <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">
-            Loading history…
-          </Text>
-        </Group>
-      ) : !revisions?.length ? (
-        <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">
-          No edits recorded yet. Changes made to the contract articles during
-          approval will appear here.
-        </Text>
-      ) : (
-        <Timeline
-          active={revisions.length}
-          bulletSize={18}
-          lineWidth={2}
-          color="edr-green"
-        >
-          {revisions.map((revision) => (
-            <Timeline.Item
-              key={revision.id}
-              title={
-                <Group gap="xs" wrap="nowrap">
-                  <Text size="sm" fw={600}>
-                    {revision.actorRole ?? "Staff"}
-                  </Text>
-                  <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
-                    {formatWhen(revision.createdAt)}
-                  </Text>
-                </Group>
-              }
-            >
-              <Stack gap={6} mt={4}>
-                {revision.summary && (
-                  <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
-                    {revision.summary}
-                  </Text>
+  const body = isLoading ? (
+    <Group gap="xs">
+      <Loader size="xs" />
+      <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">
+        Loading history…
+      </Text>
+    </Group>
+  ) : !revisions?.length ? (
+    <Stack gap={4} align="center" py="xl">
+      <History size={26} color="var(--mantine-color-gray-5)" />
+      <Text size="sm" fw={500}>
+        No edits recorded yet
+      </Text>
+      <Text size="xs" c="dimmed" ta="center" maw={420}>
+        Every change to this contract — its articles during review and approval,
+        or its details while the customer can still edit it — is logged here
+        with who made it and when.
+      </Text>
+    </Stack>
+  ) : (
+    <Timeline
+      active={revisions.length}
+      bulletSize={28}
+      lineWidth={2}
+      color="edr-green"
+    >
+      {revisions.map((revision) => {
+        const who = revision.actorName?.trim();
+        const role = revision.actorRole ? prettyRole(revision.actorRole) : null;
+        return (
+          <Timeline.Item
+            key={revision.id}
+            bullet={
+              <Avatar size={26} radius="xl" color="edr-green" variant="light">
+                <Text size="10px" fw={700}>
+                  {who ? initials(who) : <User size={13} />}
+                </Text>
+              </Avatar>
+            }
+            title={
+              <Group gap="xs" wrap="wrap" align="baseline">
+                <Text size="sm" fw={600}>
+                  {who ?? role ?? "Unknown user"}
+                </Text>
+                {role && who && (
+                  <Badge size="xs" variant="light" color="gray" radius="sm">
+                    {role}
+                  </Badge>
                 )}
-                {revision.changes.map((change, index) => {
-                  const style = CHANGE_STYLES[change.kind];
-                  return (
-                    <Group key={index} gap="xs" wrap="nowrap" align="flex-start">
-                      <Badge
-                        size="xs"
-                        variant="light"
-                        color={style?.color ?? "gray"}
-                        style={{ flexShrink: 0 }}
-                      >
-                        {style?.label ?? change.kind}
-                      </Badge>
-                      <Text size="xs" style={{ lineHeight: 1.5 }}>
-                        {changeSubject(change)}
-                      </Text>
-                    </Group>
-                  );
-                })}
-              </Stack>
-            </Timeline.Item>
-          ))}
-        </Timeline>
-      )}
+                <Tooltip label={formatWhen(revision.createdAt)} withArrow>
+                  <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
+                    {formatAgo(revision.createdAt)}
+                  </Text>
+                </Tooltip>
+              </Group>
+            }
+          >
+            <Stack gap={6} mt={6} pb="xs">
+              {revision.summary && (
+                <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
+                  {revision.summary}
+                </Text>
+              )}
+              {revision.changes.map((change, index) => {
+                const style = CHANGE_STYLES[change.kind];
+                return (
+                  <Group key={index} gap="xs" wrap="nowrap" align="flex-start">
+                    <Badge
+                      size="xs"
+                      variant="light"
+                      color={style?.color ?? "gray"}
+                      style={{ flexShrink: 0 }}
+                    >
+                      {style?.label ?? change.kind}
+                    </Badge>
+                    <Text size="xs" style={{ lineHeight: 1.5 }}>
+                      {changeSubject(change)}
+                    </Text>
+                  </Group>
+                );
+              })}
+            </Stack>
+          </Timeline.Item>
+        );
+      })}
+    </Timeline>
+  );
+
+  if (bare) return body;
+  return (
+    <SectionCard icon={History} title="Change history">
+      {body}
     </SectionCard>
   );
 }
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/DoCollectionDateFields.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/DoCollectionDateFields.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..365b8e404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/DoCollectionDateFields.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { useState } from "react";
+import { Group } from "@mantine/core";
+import { DateInput } from "@mantine/dates";
+
+/** `YYYY-MM-DD` in local time — the API column is a DATE, so no UTC shift. */
+export function toIsoDate(value: Date | null): string | null {
+  if (!value) return null;
+  const tz = value.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000;
+  return new Date(value.getTime() - tz).toISOString().slice(0, 10);
+}
+
+export interface DoCollectionDates {
+  vesselArrival: Date | null;
+  doCollected: Date | null;
+}
+
+/** Both dates present and the DO not collected before the vessel docked. */
+export function doDatesComplete(dates: DoCollectionDates): boolean {
+  if (!dates.vesselArrival || !dates.doCollected) return false;
+  return (toIsoDate(dates.doCollected) ?? "") >= (toIsoDate(dates.vesselArrival) ?? "");
+}
+
+/**
+ * The two mandatory dates Djibouti GL records with a Delivery Order. Shared by
+ * the DO upload modal and the inline DO step so neither surface can post an
+ * upload the API will reject.
+ */
+export function DoCollectionDateFields({
+  value,
+  onChange,
+}: {
+  value: DoCollectionDates;
+  onChange: (next: DoCollectionDates) => void;
+}) {
+  // Only complain once the user has actually entered the earlier date.
+  const outOfOrder =
+    Boolean(value.vesselArrival && value.doCollected) && !doDatesComplete(value);
+
+  return (
+    <Group grow align="flex-start" gap="sm" wrap="wrap">
+      <DateInput
+        label="Vessel arrival date"
+        placeholder="Select date"
+        value={value.vesselArrival}
+        onChange={(v) =>
+          onChange({ ...value, vesselArrival: v ? new Date(v) : null })
+        }
+        maxDate={new Date()}
+        size="sm"
+        required
+        withAsterisk
+      />
+      <DateInput
+        label="DO collected date"
+        placeholder="Select date"
+        value={value.doCollected}
+        onChange={(v) =>
+          onChange({ ...value, doCollected: v ? new Date(v) : null })
+        }
+        minDate={value.vesselArrival ?? undefined}
+        maxDate={new Date()}
+        size="sm"
+        required
+        withAsterisk
+        error={outOfOrder ? "Cannot be before the vessel arrival date." : undefined}
+      />
+    </Group>
+  );
+}
+
+/** Local state helper — both surfaces need the same seed-from-server logic. */
+export function useDoCollectionDates(seed?: {
+  vesselArrivalDate?: string | null;
+  doCollectedDate?: string | null;
+}) {
+  return useState<DoCollectionDates>(() => ({
+    vesselArrival: seed?.vesselArrivalDate ? new Date(seed.vesselArrivalDate) : null,
+    doCollected: seed?.doCollectedDate ? new Date(seed.doCollectedDate) : null,
+  }));
+}
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 1953796dd..dfe0bf0e4 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlClearanceUploadModal.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlClearanceUploadModal.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ import { DateInput } from "@mantine/dates";
 import { Ship, Upload } from "lucide-react";
 import toast from "react-hot-toast";
 
+import {
+  DoCollectionDateFields,
+  doDatesComplete,
+  toIsoDate,
+  useDoCollectionDates,
+} from "@/components/contracts/DoCollectionDateFields";
 import { PhasedFileDropzone } from "@/components/contracts/PhasedFileDropzone";
 import { findWorkflowFile } from "@/components/contracts/PhasedUploadedFileRow";
 import { contractsService } from "@/services/contracts.service";
@@ -20,6 +26,9 @@ export interface GlClearanceUploadModalProps {
   isBooking: boolean;
   workflowFiles?: Freight.ClearanceWorkflowFile[];
   vesselDepartureDate?: string | null;
+  /** Previously recorded DO dates, so a replace opens pre-filled. */
+  vesselArrivalDate?: string | null;
+  doCollectedDate?: string | null;
   onSuccess?: () => void;
   onPreview?: (file: { name: string; url: string }) => void;
 }
@@ -32,6 +41,8 @@ export function GlClearanceUploadModal({
   isBooking,
   workflowFiles = [],
   vesselDepartureDate,
+  vesselArrivalDate,
+  doCollectedDate,
   onSuccess,
   onPreview,
 }: GlClearanceUploadModalProps) {
@@ -39,6 +50,10 @@ export function GlClearanceUploadModal({
   const [vesselDate, setVesselDate] = useState<Date | null>(
     vesselDepartureDate ? new Date(vesselDepartureDate) : null,
   );
+  const [doDates, setDoDates] = useDoCollectionDates({
+    vesselArrivalDate,
+    doCollectedDate,
+  });
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
   // Earliest selectable vessel date (today, local) — refreshed on each open.
   const todayISODate = useMemo(() => {
@@ -65,15 +80,22 @@ export function GlClearanceUploadModal({
       toast.error("Vessel departure date is required.");
       return;
     }
+    if (isDo && !doDatesComplete(doDates)) {
+      toast.error("Vessel arrival date and DO collected date are both required.");
+      return;
+    }
 
     setLoading(true);
     try {
       if (isDo) {
-        const iso = vesselDate ? vesselDate.toISOString().slice(0, 10) : undefined;
+        const dates = {
+          vesselArrivalDate: toIsoDate(doDates.vesselArrival)!,
+          doCollectedDate: toIsoDate(doDates.doCollected)!,
+        };
         if (isBooking) {
-          await bookingsService.uploadDeliveryOrder(entityId, file, iso);
+          await bookingsService.uploadDeliveryOrder(entityId, file, dates);
         } else {
-          await contractsService.uploadDeliveryOrder(entityId, file, iso);
+          await contractsService.uploadDeliveryOrder(entityId, file, dates);
         }
         toast.success(replaceMode ? "Delivery Order updated" : "Delivery Order uploaded");
       } else {
@@ -113,7 +135,7 @@ export function GlClearanceUploadModal({
       <Stack gap="md">
         <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">
           {isDo
-            ? "Upload the Djibouti Delivery Order (DO) for this import shipment."
+            ? "Upload the Djibouti Delivery Order (DO) and record when the vessel arrived and when the DO was collected. Both dates are required."
             : "Upload the Release Order and confirm the vessel departure date."}
         </Text>
 
@@ -127,14 +149,7 @@ export function GlClearanceUploadModal({
             required
           />
         ) : (
-          <DateInput
-            label="Vessel arrival date (optional)"
-            value={vesselDate}
-            onChange={(v) => setVesselDate(v ? new Date(v) : null)}
-            minDate={todayISODate}
-            size="sm"
-            clearable
-          />
+          <DoCollectionDateFields value={doDates} onChange={setDoDates} />
         )}
 
         <PhasedFileDropzone
@@ -154,7 +169,11 @@ export function GlClearanceUploadModal({
           <Button
             color="edr-green"
             loading={loading}
-            disabled={!file || (isRo && !vesselDate)}
+            disabled={
+              !file ||
+              (isRo && !vesselDate) ||
+              (isDo && !doDatesComplete(doDates))
+            }
             leftSection={<Upload size={16} />}
             onClick={() => void submit()}
           >
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlCreateBookingForm.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlCreateBookingForm.tsx
index fe04fba99..572d05dce 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlCreateBookingForm.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlCreateBookingForm.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   Loader,
   Modal,
   Paper,
+  SegmentedControl,
   Select,
   Stack,
   Switch,
@@ -269,6 +270,9 @@ export default function GlCreateBookingForm() {
   const [scheduledDate, setScheduledDate] = useState("");
   const [contractRouteId, setContractRouteId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [notes, setNotes] = useState("");
+  // The customer states the billing currency on their shipment request — GL
+  // books in it. Intercity is always ETB (the API enforces this too).
+  const [paymentCurrency, setPaymentCurrency] = useState<"USD" | "ETB">("USD");
   // What the containers carry — captured per booking (moved off the contract).
   const [cargoDescription, setCargoDescription] = useState("");
   const [containerLines, setContainerLines] = useState<ContainerLineDraft[]>([]);
@@ -439,6 +443,9 @@ export default function GlCreateBookingForm() {
     }
     if (bookingRequest.contractRouteId)
       setContractRouteId(bookingRequest.contractRouteId);
+    if (bookingRequest.paymentCurrency === "USD" || bookingRequest.paymentCurrency === "ETB") {
+      setPaymentCurrency(bookingRequest.paymentCurrency);
+    }
     if (bookingRequest.notes) setNotes(bookingRequest.notes);
   }, [bookingRequest, prefilled]);
 
@@ -834,6 +841,7 @@ export default function GlCreateBookingForm() {
 
     const payload: Freight.CreateBookingUnderContractDto = {
       ...(contractRouteId ? { contractRouteId } : {}),
+      paymentCurrency,
       // Intercity bookings carry no date — staff assign a passing train later.
       ...(scheduledDate
         ? { scheduledDate: new Date(scheduledDate).toISOString() }
@@ -1672,6 +1680,30 @@ export default function GlCreateBookingForm() {
         )}
 
         <StepCard>
+          <Box mb="md">
+            <Text size="sm" fw={600} mb={4}>
+              Billing currency
+            </Text>
+            <Text size="xs" c="dimmed" mb={8}>
+              {isIntercity
+                ? "Intercity shipments are invoiced in ETB."
+                : bookingRequest?.paymentCurrency
+                  ? "Requested by the customer on their shipment request."
+                  : "The contract is quoted in USD — pick the currency this shipment is invoiced in."}
+            </Text>
+            <SegmentedControl
+              value={isIntercity ? "ETB" : paymentCurrency}
+              onChange={(v) => setPaymentCurrency(v as "USD" | "ETB")}
+              disabled={isIntercity}
+              data={[
+                { label: "USD", value: "USD" },
+                { label: "ETB", value: "ETB" },
+              ]}
+              color="edr-green"
+              radius={10}
+            />
+          </Box>
+
           <Textarea
             label="Additional notes"
             placeholder="Any special instructions for this shipment…"
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 9d5dfe65e..8917cb216 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/PhasedClearanceActionPanel.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/PhasedClearanceActionPanel.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   TextInput,
 } from "@mantine/core";
 import { PhasedFileDropzone, PhasedMultiFileDropzone } from "@/components/contracts/PhasedFileDropzone";
+import { TransitAssigneePanel } from "@/components/contracts/TransitAssigneePanel";
 import {
   TransitPermitMultiUpload,
   type TransitPermitUploadedRow,
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   CheckCircle2,
   Clock,
   FileText,
+  MessageSquareWarning,
   PackageCheck,
   Receipt,
   ShieldAlert,
@@ -37,6 +39,12 @@ import toast from "react-hot-toast";
 import { SectionCard } from "@/components/bookings/detail/SectionCard";
 import { ExportClearanceStepper } from "@/components/contracts/ExportClearanceStepper";
 import { PhasedDocumentUploadField } from "@/components/contracts/PhasedDocumentUploadField";
+import {
+  DoCollectionDateFields,
+  doDatesComplete,
+  toIsoDate,
+  useDoCollectionDates,
+} from "@/components/contracts/DoCollectionDateFields";
 import {
   findWorkflowFile,
   PhasedUploadedFileRow,
@@ -53,6 +61,8 @@ export type ClearanceViewLike = Pick<
   | "nextAction"
   | "dutyRequired"
   | "dutyAdvice"
+  | "dutyDispute"
+  | "transitAssignee"
   | "roHold"
   | "roHoldReason"
   | "milestones"
@@ -69,6 +79,8 @@ export type ClearanceViewLike = Pick<
   | "offloaded"
   | "finalInvoice"
   | "vesselDepartureDate"
+  | "vesselArrivalDate"
+  | "doCollectedDate"
   | "linkedBookingId"
   | "riskLevel"
   | "riskAssignedAt"
@@ -332,8 +344,22 @@ export function PhasedClearanceActionPanel({
                 )
               }
             >
+              {/* Djibouti must name the transit officer first — the declaration
+                  is filed against whoever handles the shipment there, and the
+                  API refuses the upload until the name is in. */}
               {showEt &&
               canEt &&
+              !isBooking &&
+              !clearance.transitAssignee?.name &&
+              !isMilestoneDone(clearance.milestones, "DECLARED") ? (
+                <TransitAssigneePanel
+                  contractId={entityId}
+                  transitAssignee={clearance.transitAssignee}
+                  side="ET"
+                  onChanged={onChanged}
+                />
+              ) : showEt &&
+              canEt &&
               !clearance.bookingReady &&
               (activeStep >= 1 ||
                 isMilestoneDone(clearance.milestones, "DECLARED")) ? (
@@ -504,6 +530,8 @@ export function PhasedClearanceActionPanel({
                   isBooking={isBooking}
                   workflowFiles={workflowFiles}
                   replaceMode={isMilestoneDone(clearance.milestones, "DO_COLLECTED")}
+                  vesselArrivalDate={clearance.vesselArrivalDate}
+                  doCollectedDate={clearance.doCollectedDate}
                   onChanged={onChanged}
                   onViewFile={onViewFile}
                   onDownloadFile={onDownloadFile}
@@ -1569,9 +1597,35 @@ function DutyStep({
   const noticeFile = findWorkflowFile(workflowFiles, "duty_tax_notice");
 
   const hasExistingNotice = Boolean(noticeFile);
+  const dispute = clearance.dutyDispute;
 
   return (
     <Stack gap="md">
+      {/* The customer rejected the last advice — their words drive the
+          correction, so they lead the step. */}
+      {dispute ? (
+        <Alert
+          color="orange"
+          radius="md"
+          icon={<MessageSquareWarning size={16} />}
+          title={
+            dispute.rounds > 1
+              ? `Customer asked for a correction (round ${dispute.rounds})`
+              : "Customer asked for a correction"
+          }
+        >
+          <Stack gap={4}>
+            <Text size="sm" style={{ whiteSpace: "pre-wrap" }}>
+              {dispute.note}
+            </Text>
+            <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
+              Raised {new Date(dispute.raisedAt).toLocaleString()} — re-advise
+              below to send a corrected notice.
+            </Text>
+          </Stack>
+        </Alert>
+      ) : null}
+
       {noticeFile ? (
         <Stack gap={8}>
           <Text size="xs" fw={700} c="dimmed" tt="uppercase">
@@ -1765,6 +1819,8 @@ function DeliveryOrderStep({
   onChanged,
   workflowFiles = [],
   replaceMode = false,
+  vesselArrivalDate,
+  doCollectedDate,
   onViewFile,
   onDownloadFile,
 }: {
@@ -1773,12 +1829,18 @@ function DeliveryOrderStep({
   onChanged?: () => void;
   workflowFiles?: Freight.ClearanceWorkflowFile[];
   replaceMode?: boolean;
+  vesselArrivalDate?: string | null;
+  doCollectedDate?: string | null;
   onViewFile?: (file: { name: string; url: string }) => void;
   onDownloadFile?: (file: { id: string; name: string }) => void;
 }) {
   const [files, setFiles] = useState<Record<string, File | null>>({
     delivery_order: null,
   });
+  const [doDates, setDoDates] = useDoCollectionDates({
+    vesselArrivalDate,
+    doCollectedDate,
+  });
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
   const hasFile = Boolean(files.delivery_order);
 
@@ -1790,20 +1852,27 @@ function DeliveryOrderStep({
       workflowFiles={workflowFiles}
       replaceMode={replaceMode}
       loading={loading}
-      disabled={!hasFile}
-      helperText="Upload the Djibouti Delivery Order (DO) for this shipment."
+      disabled={!hasFile || !doDatesComplete(doDates)}
+      helperText="Upload the Djibouti Delivery Order (DO) and record when the vessel arrived and when the DO was collected."
       submitLabel={replaceMode ? "Replace DO" : "Upload DO"}
+      extraFields={
+        <DoCollectionDateFields value={doDates} onChange={setDoDates} />
+      }
       onViewFile={onViewFile}
       onDownloadFile={onDownloadFile}
       onSubmit={async () => {
         const file = files.delivery_order;
-        if (!file) return;
+        if (!file || !doDatesComplete(doDates)) return;
+        const dates = {
+          vesselArrivalDate: toIsoDate(doDates.vesselArrival)!,
+          doCollectedDate: toIsoDate(doDates.doCollected)!,
+        };
         setLoading(true);
         try {
           if (isBooking) {
-            await bookingsService.uploadDeliveryOrder(entityId, file);
+            await bookingsService.uploadDeliveryOrder(entityId, file, dates);
           } else {
-            await contractsService.uploadDeliveryOrder(entityId, file);
+            await contractsService.uploadDeliveryOrder(entityId, file, dates);
           }
           setFiles({ delivery_order: null });
           toast.success(replaceMode ? "Delivery Order updated" : "Delivery Order uploaded");
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/PhasedDocumentUploadField.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/PhasedDocumentUploadField.tsx
index 394385133..0240be477 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/PhasedDocumentUploadField.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/PhasedDocumentUploadField.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Box, Button, Group, Paper, Stack, Text } from "@mantine/core";
 import { FileText, Upload } from "lucide-react";
+import type { ReactNode } from "react";
 import type { Freight } from "@edr/types";
 
 import { PhasedFileDropzone } from "@/components/contracts/PhasedFileDropzone";
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ export interface PhasedDocumentUploadFieldProps {
   onChange: (key: string, file: File | null) => void;
   workflowFiles?: Freight.ClearanceWorkflowFile[];
   helperText: string;
+  /** Extra inputs rendered above the dropzones (e.g. required DO dates). */
+  extraFields?: ReactNode;
   replaceMode?: boolean;
   loading?: boolean;
   disabled?: boolean;
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ export function PhasedDocumentUploadField({
   onChange,
   workflowFiles = [],
   helperText,
+  extraFields,
   replaceMode = false,
   loading = false,
   disabled = false,
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@ export function PhasedDocumentUploadField({
         </Group>
 
         <Stack gap="md">
+          {extraFields}
           {fields.map((f) => (
             <PhasedFileDropzone
               key={f.key}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/TransitAssigneePanel.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/TransitAssigneePanel.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78acae89c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/TransitAssigneePanel.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+import type { Freight } from "@edr/types";
+import {
+  Alert,
+  Badge,
+  Button,
+  Group,
+  Paper,
+  Stack,
+  Text,
+  TextInput,
+  Textarea,
+} from "@mantine/core";
+import { useMutation } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { CheckCircle2, Clock, Send, UserCheck } from "lucide-react";
+import { useState } from "react";
+import toast from "react-hot-toast";
+
+import { contractsService } from "@/services/contracts.service";
+
+export interface TransitAssigneePanelProps {
+  contractId: string;
+  transitAssignee: Freight.ContractClearanceView["transitAssignee"];
+  /**
+   * ET asks and waits; DJ answers with a name. The same state renders from both
+   * desks — only the action on offer differs.
+   */
+  side: "ET" | "DJ";
+  /** Hide the action (read-only audit view, or the user lacks the permission). */
+  readOnly?: boolean;
+  onChanged?: () => void;
+}
+
+const fmt = (iso?: string | null) =>
+  iso
+    ? new Date(iso).toLocaleString("en-GB", {
+        day: "numeric",
+        month: "short",
+        hour: "2-digit",
+        minute: "2-digit",
+        hour12: false,
+      })
+    : "—";
+
+/**
+ * The transit-assignee handshake that gates the customs declaration.
+ *
+ * GL Ethiopia cannot file a declaration until Djibouti says who will handle the
+ * shipment on their side, so ET raises the ask here and Djibouti answers with a
+ * name (free text — the officer is not a platform user). Djibouti can send a
+ * different name later; the newest one wins and Ethiopia is notified again.
+ */
+export function TransitAssigneePanel({
+  contractId,
+  transitAssignee,
+  side,
+  readOnly = false,
+  onChanged,
+}: TransitAssigneePanelProps) {
+  const [note, setNote] = useState("");
+  const [assignee, setAssignee] = useState(transitAssignee?.name ?? "");
+  const [changing, setChanging] = useState(false);
+
+  const request = useMutation({
+    mutationFn: () => contractsService.requestTransitAssignee(contractId, note.trim()),
+    onSuccess: () => {
+      toast.success("Request sent to GL Djibouti");
+      setNote("");
+      onChanged?.();
+    },
+  });
+
+  const assign = useMutation({
+    mutationFn: () =>
+      contractsService.assignTransitAssignee(contractId, assignee.trim()),
+    onSuccess: () => {
+      toast.success("Transit assignee sent to GL Ethiopia");
+      setChanging(false);
+      onChanged?.();
+    },
+  });
+
+  const requested = Boolean(transitAssignee?.requestedAt);
+  const assigned = Boolean(transitAssignee?.name);
+
+  // Settled state — both desks see the same line; DJ keeps a way to change it.
+  if (assigned && !changing) {
+    return (
+      <Alert
+        color="edr-green"
+        radius="md"
+        icon={<CheckCircle2 size={16} />}
+        title="Transit assignee confirmed"
+      >
+        <Group justify="space-between" wrap="wrap" gap="sm">
+          <Text size="sm">
+            <Text span fw={700}>
+              {transitAssignee!.name}
+            </Text>{" "}
+            will handle this shipment in transit · assigned{" "}
+            {fmt(transitAssignee!.assignedAt)}
+          </Text>
+          {side === "DJ" && !readOnly ? (
+            <Button
+              size="compact-xs"
+              variant="light"
+              radius="md"
+              onClick={() => {
+                setAssignee(transitAssignee!.name ?? "");
+                setChanging(true);
+              }}
+            >
+              Change
+            </Button>
+          ) : null}
+        </Group>
+      </Alert>
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Djibouti's desk: answer the ask.
+  if (side === "DJ") {
+    if (!requested) {
+      return (
+        <Alert color="gray" radius="md" icon={<Clock size={16} />}>
+          GL Ethiopia has not requested a transit assignee for this clearance yet.
+        </Alert>
+      );
+    }
+    return (
+      <Paper withBorder radius="md" p="md">
+        <Stack gap="sm">
+          <Group gap={8}>
+            <UserCheck size={16} />
+            <Text fw={700} size="sm">
+              {changing ? "Change the transit assignee" : "Assign a transit officer"}
+            </Text>
+            <Badge size="xs" color="orange" variant="light">
+              Requested {fmt(transitAssignee?.requestedAt)}
+            </Badge>
+          </Group>
+          {transitAssignee?.requestNote ? (
+            <Text size="sm" c="dimmed" style={{ whiteSpace: "pre-wrap" }}>
+              GL Ethiopia: {transitAssignee.requestNote}
+            </Text>
+          ) : null}
+          <TextInput
+            label="Transit officer"
+            description="Name of the person handling this shipment in Djibouti"
+            placeholder="e.g. Ahmed Bourhan"
+            value={assignee}
+            onChange={(e) => setAssignee(e.currentTarget.value)}
+            disabled={readOnly}
+          />
+          <Group justify="flex-end" gap="sm">
+            {changing ? (
+              <Button variant="default" radius="md" onClick={() => setChanging(false)}>
+                Cancel
+              </Button>
+            ) : null}
+            <Button
+              color="edr-green"
+              radius="md"
+              leftSection={<Send size={15} />}
+              loading={assign.isPending}
+              disabled={readOnly || !assignee.trim()}
+              onClick={() => assign.mutate()}
+            >
+              Send assignment
+            </Button>
+          </Group>
+        </Stack>
+      </Paper>
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Ethiopia's desk: raise the ask, then wait.
+  if (requested) {
+    return (
+      <Alert
+        color="orange"
+        radius="md"
+        icon={<Clock size={16} />}
+        title="Waiting for GL Djibouti"
+      >
+        <Stack gap="sm" align="flex-start">
+          <Text size="sm">
+            Requested {fmt(transitAssignee?.requestedAt)}. The customs declaration
+            opens once Djibouti names the transit officer.
+          </Text>
+          {!readOnly ? (
+            <Button
+              size="compact-xs"
+              variant="light"
+              color="orange"
+              radius="md"
+              loading={request.isPending}
+              onClick={() => request.mutate()}
+            >
+              Send a reminder
+            </Button>
+          ) : null}
+        </Stack>
+      </Alert>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Paper withBorder radius="md" p="md">
+      <Stack gap="sm">
+        <Group gap={8}>
+          <UserCheck size={16} />
+          <Text fw={700} size="sm">
+            Request a transit assignee
+          </Text>
+        </Group>
+        <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
+          GL Djibouti must name the officer handling this shipment in transit
+          before the customs declaration can be filed.
+        </Text>
+        <Textarea
+          label="Note for GL Djibouti (optional)"
+          placeholder="Anything they need to know to pick the right officer"
+          value={note}
+          onChange={(e) => setNote(e.currentTarget.value)}
+          autosize
+          minRows={2}
+          disabled={readOnly}
+        />
+        <Group justify="flex-end">
+          <Button
+            color="edr-green"
+            radius="md"
+            leftSection={<Send size={15} />}
+            loading={request.isPending}
+            disabled={readOnly}
+            onClick={() => request.mutate()}
+          >
+            Request assignee
+          </Button>
+        </Group>
+      </Stack>
+    </Paper>
+  );
+}
+
+export default TransitAssigneePanel;
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/constants/URLS.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/constants/URLS.ts
index 48c581519..482de4967 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/constants/URLS.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/constants/URLS.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,16 @@ export const URL_CONSTANTS = {
     CLEARANCE_QUEUE: "/contracts/clearance/queue",
     CLEARANCE: (id: string) => `/contracts/${id}/clearance`,
     CLEARANCE_REVIEW: (id: string) => `/contracts/${id}/clearance/review`,
+    /** Pre-declaration transit-assignee handshake (ET asks, DJ answers). */
+    CLEARANCE_TRANSIT_ASSIGNEE_REQUEST: (id: string) =>
+      `/contracts/${id}/clearance/transit-assignee/request`,
+    CLEARANCE_TRANSIT_ASSIGNEE_ASSIGN: (id: string) =>
+      `/contracts/${id}/clearance/transit-assignee/assign`,
+    /** Staff corrects a clearance document in place; the old version is kept. */
+    CLEARANCE_DOC_REPLACE: (id: string, fileKey: string) =>
+      `/contracts/${id}/clearance/documents/${encodeURIComponent(fileKey)}/replace`,
+    CLEARANCE_DOC_VERSIONS: (id: string, fileKey: string) =>
+      `/contracts/${id}/clearance/documents/${encodeURIComponent(fileKey)}/versions`,
     CLEARANCE_OUTPUT_DOCUMENTS: (id: string) =>
       `/contracts/${id}/clearance/output-documents`,
     CLEARANCE_FINALIZE: (id: string) => `/contracts/${id}/clearance/finalize`,
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/contracts/ContractRequestDetailPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/contracts/ContractRequestDetailPage.tsx
index 24bd4434a..4f1d2cb42 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/contracts/ContractRequestDetailPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/contracts/ContractRequestDetailPage.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   FileText,
   Files,
   Flame,
+  History,
   LayoutGrid,
   Package,
   Receipt,
@@ -295,7 +296,9 @@ export default function ContractRequestDetailPage() {
       ? "documents"
       : requestedTab === "customer"
         ? "customer"
-        : "details";
+        : requestedTab === "history"
+          ? "history"
+          : "details";
 
   const customerLabel = contract.isGovernment
     ? (contract.governmentInstitution ?? "Government")
@@ -475,6 +478,9 @@ export default function ContractRequestDetailPage() {
             <Tabs.Tab value="customer" leftSection={<Users size={16} />}>
               Customer
             </Tabs.Tab>
+            <Tabs.Tab value="history" leftSection={<History size={16} />}>
+              History
+            </Tabs.Tab>
           </Tabs.List>
         </Tabs>
 
@@ -488,7 +494,6 @@ export default function ContractRequestDetailPage() {
                   onView={handleViewFile}
                   onDownload={handleDownloadFile}
                 />
-                <ContractRevisionTimeline contractId={contract.id} />
                 <ContractDocumentsCard
                   files={profileDocuments}
                   title="Customer profile documents"
@@ -509,6 +514,14 @@ export default function ContractRequestDetailPage() {
                   />
                 ) : null}
               </Stack>
+            ) : currentTab === "history" ? (
+              <SectionCard
+                icon={History}
+                title="Change history"
+                subtitle="Every recorded edit to this contract — who changed what, and when."
+              >
+                <ContractRevisionTimeline contractId={contract.id} bare />
+              </SectionCard>
             ) : currentTab === "customer" ? (
               <ContractCustomerCard contract={contract} />
             ) : (
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 108e4f461..1a9352348 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/contracts/GlClearanceDetailPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/contracts/GlClearanceDetailPage.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import {
   type GlClearanceUploadKind,
 } from "@/components/contracts/GlClearanceUploadModal";
 import { PhasedClearanceActionPanel } from "@/components/contracts/PhasedClearanceActionPanel";
+import { TransitAssigneePanel } from "@/components/contracts/TransitAssigneePanel";
 import { SectionCard } from "@/components/bookings/detail/SectionCard";
 import { IncidentReportCard } from "@/components/contracts/gl-actions/IncidentReportCard";
 import { findWorkflowFile } from "@/components/contracts/PhasedUploadedFileRow";
@@ -235,6 +236,23 @@ export default function GlClearanceDetailPage() {
           </Tabs.List>
 
           <Tabs.Panel value="workflow">
+            {/* GL Ethiopia cannot file the customs declaration until this desk
+                names the officer handling the shipment in transit, so the ask
+                sits above everything else on the page. */}
+            {data.kind === "contract" ? (
+              <Box mb="md">
+                <TransitAssigneePanel
+                  contractId={id!}
+                  transitAssignee={data.clearance.transitAssignee}
+                  side="DJ"
+                  readOnly={
+                    !hasPermission(user, FREIGHT_PERMS.contracts.clearanceDjActions)
+                  }
+                  onChanged={() => void refetch()}
+                />
+              </Box>
+            ) : null}
+
             <Grid>
               <Grid.Col span={{ base: 12, lg: 7 }}>
                 {data.kind === "booking" ? (
@@ -345,6 +363,8 @@ export default function GlClearanceDetailPage() {
         isBooking={data.kind === "booking"}
         workflowFiles={workflowFiles}
         vesselDepartureDate={vesselDepartureDate}
+        vesselArrivalDate={data.clearance.vesselArrivalDate}
+        doCollectedDate={data.clearance.doCollectedDate}
         onSuccess={() => void refetch()}
         onPreview={view}
       />
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/bookings.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/bookings.service.ts
index fce85102e..23ff5b8ff 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/bookings.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/bookings.service.ts
@@ -390,11 +390,12 @@ export const bookingsService = {
   uploadDeliveryOrder: async (
     id: string,
     file: File,
-    vesselDepartureDate?: string,
+    dates: { vesselArrivalDate: string; doCollectedDate: string },
   ): Promise<BookingDetail> => {
     const form = new FormData();
     form.append("file", file);
-    if (vesselDepartureDate) form.append("vesselDepartureDate", vesselDepartureDate);
+    form.append("vesselArrivalDate", dates.vesselArrivalDate);
+    form.append("doCollectedDate", dates.doCollectedDate);
     const response = await client.post(B.CLEARANCE_DELIVERY_ORDER(id), form, {
       headers: { "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data" },
     });
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 5a7d279f7..be361da75 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/contracts.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/services/contracts.service.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,23 @@ export interface SignContractPayload {
   consentText?: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * One stored version of a clearance document. The current row plus every
+ * superseded upload — staff corrections never erase what the customer sent.
+ */
+export interface ClearanceDocumentVersion {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  url: string;
+  size: number;
+  mimeType: string;
+  uploadedAt: string;
+  isCurrent: boolean;
+  replacedAt: string | null;
+  replacedByUserId: string | null;
+  replaceReason: string | null;
+}
+
 async function postContract<T>(url: string, body?: unknown): Promise<T> {
   const response = await client.post<T>(url, body ?? {});
   return unwrap(response.data);
@@ -297,6 +314,50 @@ export const contractsService = {
   ) =>
     postContract<Freight.IContract>(C.CLEARANCE_REVIEW(id), payload),
 
+  /** GL ET asks Djibouti to name the officer handling the shipment in transit. */
+  requestTransitAssignee: (id: string, note?: string) =>
+    postContract<Freight.IContract>(
+      C.CLEARANCE_TRANSIT_ASSIGNEE_REQUEST(id),
+      { note },
+    ),
+
+  /** GL Djibouti names (or changes) that officer — unblocks the declaration. */
+  assignTransitAssignee: (id: string, assignee: string) =>
+    postContract<Freight.IContract>(C.CLEARANCE_TRANSIT_ASSIGNEE_ASSIGN(id), {
+      assignee,
+    }),
+
+  /**
+   * Replace a clearance document in place. The customer's original is retired
+   * into the version history rather than overwritten, and the new file comes
+   * back unreviewed so it still has to be approved.
+   */
+  replaceClearanceDocument: async (
+    id: string,
+    fileKey: string,
+    file: File,
+    reason: string,
+  ): Promise<Freight.IContract> => {
+    const form = new FormData();
+    form.append("file", file);
+    form.append("reason", reason);
+    const response = await client.post(
+      C.CLEARANCE_DOC_REPLACE(id, fileKey),
+      form,
+      { headers: { "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data" } },
+    );
+    return unwrap(response.data) as Freight.IContract;
+  },
+
+  /** Every stored version of one clearance document, newest first. */
+  getClearanceDocumentVersions: async (
+    id: string,
+    fileKey: string,
+  ): Promise<ClearanceDocumentVersion[]> => {
+    const response = await client.get(C.CLEARANCE_DOC_VERSIONS(id, fileKey));
+    return (unwrap(response.data) as ClearanceDocumentVersion[]) ?? [];
+  },
+
   uploadClearanceOutput: async (
     id: string,
     files: Record<string, File | null>,
@@ -390,11 +451,12 @@ export const contractsService = {
   uploadDeliveryOrder: async (
     id: string,
     file: File,
-    vesselDepartureDate?: string,
+    dates: { vesselArrivalDate: string; doCollectedDate: string },
   ): Promise<Freight.IContract> => {
     const form = new FormData();
     form.append("file", file);
-    if (vesselDepartureDate) form.append("vesselDepartureDate", vesselDepartureDate);
+    form.append("vesselArrivalDate", dates.vesselArrivalDate);
+    form.append("doCollectedDate", dates.doCollectedDate);
     const response = await client.post(C.CLEARANCE_DELIVERY_ORDER(id), form, {
       headers: { "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data" },
     });
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/constants/URLS.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/constants/URLS.ts
index 451b58390..7db110aba 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/constants/URLS.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/constants/URLS.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ export const URL_CONSTANTS = {
     CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS: (id: string) =>
       `/api/contracts/${id}/clearance/documents`,
     CLEARANCE_DUTY_SLIP: (id: string) => `/api/contracts/${id}/clearance/duty-slip`,
+    /** Ask GL Ethiopia to correct the advised duty instead of paying it. */
+    CLEARANCE_DUTY_DISPUTE: (id: string) =>
+      `/api/contracts/${id}/clearance/duty/dispute`,
     BOOKINGS: (id: string) => `/api/contracts/${id}/bookings`,
     BOOKINGS_INITIATE: (id: string) => `/api/contracts/${id}/bookings/initiate`,
     BOOKINGS_COMPLETE: (id: string, bookingId: string) =>
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/ContractClearanceWorkflowBanner.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/ContractClearanceWorkflowBanner.tsx
index 99583327b..1049aa4a2 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/ContractClearanceWorkflowBanner.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/ContractClearanceWorkflowBanner.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useState } from "react";
-import { Alert, Box, Button, Group, Paper, Stack, Text } from "@mantine/core";
-import { AlertTriangle, ArrowRight, Download, PackageCheck, Receipt, Upload } from "lucide-react";
+import { Alert, Box, Button, Group, Paper, Stack, Text, Textarea } from "@mantine/core";
+import { AlertTriangle, ArrowRight, Download, MessageSquareWarning, PackageCheck, Receipt, Upload } from "lucide-react";
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import toast from "react-hot-toast";
 import type { Freight } from "@edr/types";
@@ -68,7 +68,26 @@ export function ContractClearanceWorkflowBanner({
             </Alert>
           ) : null}
 
-          {dutyPending && clearance.dutyAdvice ? (
+          {/* Duty is disputed: GL owes a corrected advice, so the pay/upload
+              panel is replaced by the waiting state until they re-send it. */}
+          {clearance.dutyDispute ? (
+            <Alert
+              color="orange"
+              variant="light"
+              icon={<MessageSquareWarning size={16} />}
+              title="Waiting for a corrected duty amount"
+            >
+              <Stack gap={4}>
+                <Text fz={13}>
+                  You asked GL Ethiopia to review the advised duty & tax. They
+                  will send a corrected notice — you will be notified.
+                </Text>
+                <Text fz={12} c="dimmed" style={{ whiteSpace: "pre-wrap" }}>
+                  Your message: {clearance.dutyDispute.note}
+                </Text>
+              </Stack>
+            </Alert>
+          ) : dutyPending && clearance.dutyAdvice ? (
             <DutyAdvicePanel
               dutyAdvice={clearance.dutyAdvice}
               contractId={contract.id}
@@ -139,6 +158,11 @@ function DutyAdvicePanel({
 }) {
   const [file, setFile] = useState<File | null>(null);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
+  // Accept → pay and upload the slip. Query → say what is wrong and send it
+  // back to GL Ethiopia for a corrected notice.
+  const [disputing, setDisputing] = useState(false);
+  const [disputeNote, setDisputeNote] = useState("");
+  const [sendingDispute, setSendingDispute] = useState(false);
 
   return (
     <Paper
@@ -216,41 +240,107 @@ function DutyAdvicePanel({
           ) : null}
         </Paper>
 
-        <Text fz={13} c="dimmed">
-          Pay the amount above, then upload your payment slip so clearance can continue.
-        </Text>
+        {disputing ? (
+          <Stack gap="sm">
+            <Text fz={13} c="dimmed">
+              Tell GL Ethiopia what is wrong with this amount. They will review
+              and send a corrected notice.
+            </Text>
+            <Textarea
+              label="What needs correcting?"
+              placeholder="e.g. the declared value is wrong — the invoice total is 412,000 ETB"
+              value={disputeNote}
+              onChange={(e) => setDisputeNote(e.currentTarget.value)}
+              autosize
+              minRows={3}
+            />
+            <Group gap="sm" grow>
+              <Button
+                variant="default"
+                onClick={() => {
+                  setDisputing(false);
+                  setDisputeNote("");
+                }}
+              >
+                Back
+              </Button>
+              <Button
+                color="orange"
+                loading={sendingDispute}
+                disabled={!disputeNote.trim()}
+                onClick={async () => {
+                  setSendingDispute(true);
+                  try {
+                    await contractsService.disputeContractDuty(
+                      contractId,
+                      disputeNote.trim(),
+                    );
+                    toast.success("Sent back to GL Ethiopia for correction");
+                    setDisputing(false);
+                    setDisputeNote("");
+                    onUploaded();
+                  } catch (e) {
+                    toast.error(e instanceof Error ? e.message : "Could not send");
+                  } finally {
+                    setSendingDispute(false);
+                  }
+                }}
+              >
+                Send for correction
+              </Button>
+            </Group>
+          </Stack>
+        ) : (
+          <>
+            <Text fz={13} c="dimmed">
+              Pay the amount above, then upload your payment slip so clearance can
+              continue. If the amount looks wrong, ask GL Ethiopia to correct it
+              before paying.
+            </Text>
 
-        <PortalFileDropzone
-          label="Payment slip"
-          description="Upload proof of duty/tax payment (PDF or image)."
-          value={file}
-          onChange={setFile}
-          onPreview={onPreview}
-        />
+            <PortalFileDropzone
+              label="Payment slip"
+              description="Upload proof of duty/tax payment (PDF or image)."
+              value={file}
+              onChange={setFile}
+              onPreview={onPreview}
+            />
 
-        <Button
-          color="orange"
-          loading={loading}
-          disabled={!file}
-          leftSection={<Upload size={16} />}
-          fullWidth
-          onClick={async () => {
-            if (!file) return;
-            setLoading(true);
-            try {
-              await contractsService.uploadContractDutySlip(contractId, file);
-              toast.success("Payment slip uploaded");
-              setFile(null);
-              onUploaded();
-            } catch (e) {
-              toast.error(e instanceof Error ? e.message : "Upload failed");
-            } finally {
-              setLoading(false);
-            }
-          }}
-        >
-          Submit payment slip
-        </Button>
+            <Button
+              color="orange"
+              loading={loading}
+              disabled={!file}
+              leftSection={<Upload size={16} />}
+              fullWidth
+              onClick={async () => {
+                if (!file) return;
+                setLoading(true);
+                try {
+                  await contractsService.uploadContractDutySlip(contractId, file);
+                  toast.success("Payment slip uploaded");
+                  setFile(null);
+                  onUploaded();
+                } catch (e) {
+                  toast.error(e instanceof Error ? e.message : "Upload failed");
+                } finally {
+                  setLoading(false);
+                }
+              }}
+            >
+              Accept & submit payment slip
+            </Button>
+
+            <Button
+              variant="subtle"
+              color="orange"
+              leftSection={<MessageSquareWarning size={15} />}
+              fullWidth
+              onClick={() => setDisputing(true)}
+            >
+              Request a change to this amount
+            </Button>
+          </>
+        )}
       </Stack>
     </Paper>
   );
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewContractPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewContractPage.tsx
index 0acd5d907..97dc26954 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewContractPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewContractPage.tsx
@@ -610,7 +610,6 @@ export default function NewContractPage({
         ? Freight.ContractFreightType.Container
         : Freight.ContractFreightType.Bulk,
       serviceTypeId: data.serviceTypeId,
-      paymentCurrency: data.paymentCurrency,
       // Empty-container return is a contract-level opt-in (container freight
       // only) — like hazardous. Per-booking return quantities are still set at
       // booking time, but only on contracts created WITH_RETURN.
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewShipmentPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewShipmentPage.tsx
index 86987dbe8..d315a104c 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewShipmentPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewShipmentPage.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   Loader,
   Modal,
   Paper,
+  SegmentedControl,
   Stack,
   Switch,
   Text,
@@ -262,6 +263,10 @@ function NewShipmentBookingForm({
       // Seed the equipment-return toggle from the contract; the customer can
       // still flip it per shipment.
       withReturn: contract.equipmentReturn === "WITH_RETURN",
+      // The contract quotes USD; the customer bills this shipment in the
+      // currency they pick here. Intercity is always ETB.
+      paymentCurrency:
+        contract.tradeDirection === "DOMESTIC" ? "ETB" : "USD",
     },
     resolver: zodResolver(
       createShipmentFormSchema({
@@ -332,6 +337,7 @@ function NewShipmentBookingForm({
       ...(values.contractRouteId
         ? { contractRouteId: values.contractRouteId }
         : {}),
+      paymentCurrency: values.paymentCurrency,
       // Intercity bookings carry no date — staff assign a passing train later.
       ...(values.scheduledDate
         ? { scheduledDate: new Date(values.scheduledDate).toISOString() }
@@ -1003,6 +1009,12 @@ function ScheduleStep({
           corridor. Operations assign it to a train with free capacity — you
           will be notified when it is accepted and payment is due.
         </Alert>
+        <Box mt="md">
+          <StepLabel>Billing currency</StepLabel>
+          <Text fz={13} c="dimmed" mt={6}>
+            Intercity shipments are invoiced in <strong>ETB</strong>.
+          </Text>
+        </Box>
       </StepCard>
     );
   }
@@ -1014,6 +1026,29 @@ function ScheduleStep({
         title="Schedule"
         description="Pick the binding shipment day. Only days with an open train that has enough matching wagons for your cargo can be selected."
       />
+      <Controller
+        name="paymentCurrency"
+        control={form.control}
+        render={({ field }) => (
+          <Box mb="lg">
+            <StepLabel>Billing currency *</StepLabel>
+            <Text fz={12.5} c="dimmed" mt={4} mb={10}>
+              Your contract is quoted in USD. Pick the currency this shipment is
+              invoiced in — the total is converted for you.
+            </Text>
+            <SegmentedControl
+              value={field.value ?? "USD"}
+              onChange={(v) => field.onChange(v)}
+              data={[
+                { label: "USD", value: "USD" },
+                { label: "ETB", value: "ETB" },
+              ]}
+              color="edr-green"
+              radius={10}
+            />
+          </Box>
+        )}
+      />
       {cargoQuery === null ? (
         <Alert color="yellow" variant="light" radius="md" icon={<AlertCircle size={16} />}>
           Enter your cargo details first — available shipment days depend on the
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewShipmentRequestPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewShipmentRequestPage.tsx
index c86791268..b4fc045d0 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewShipmentRequestPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewShipmentRequestPage.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   Loader,
   NumberInput,
   Paper,
+  SegmentedControl,
   Stack,
   Text,
   Textarea,
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ export default function NewShipmentRequestPage() {
   );
   // Bulk contracts: a single amount — tons (PER_TON) or item count (PER_ITEM).
   const [bulkAmount, setBulkAmount] = useState<number | string>("");
+  // GL books this shipment on the customer's behalf, so the currency they want
+  // to be invoiced in has to be stated here — the contract itself quotes USD.
+  const [paymentCurrency, setPaymentCurrency] = useState<"USD" | "ETB">("USD");
   const [notes, setNotes] = useState("");
 
   const { data: contract, isLoading } = useQuery({
@@ -77,11 +81,12 @@ export default function NewShipmentRequestPage() {
 
   const isContainer = contract.freightType === "CONTAINER";
   const route = contract.routes?.[0];
-  // GENERAL customs contracts: GL schedules the shipment during clearance —
-  // the customer only states the quantity, never picks a date.
+  // Customs contracts: GL schedules the shipment during clearance — the
+  // customer only states the quantity (and currency), never picks a date. This
+  // now covers ONE_TIME customs too, where GL likewise books on their behalf.
   const hasCustoms =
-    contract.contractKind === "GENERAL" &&
-    (contract.serviceType?.includesCustoms ?? contract.customsClearingEnabled);
+    contract.serviceType?.includesCustoms ?? contract.customsClearingEnabled;
+  const isIntercity = contract.tradeDirection === "DOMESTIC";
 
   // Only the container sizes the contract was scoped for (20ft, 40ft, or both).
   const SIZE_ORDER = ["20ft", "40ft"];
@@ -110,6 +115,7 @@ export default function NewShipmentRequestPage() {
     const dto: Freight.CreateBookingRequestDto = {
       contractRouteId: route?.id,
       scheduledDate: hasCustoms ? undefined : scheduledDate || undefined,
+      paymentCurrency: isIntercity ? "ETB" : paymentCurrency,
       notes: notes.trim() || undefined,
     };
 
@@ -233,6 +239,28 @@ export default function NewShipmentRequestPage() {
               </Text>
             ) : null}
 
+            <Box>
+              <Text size="sm" fw={600} mb={4}>
+                Billing currency *
+              </Text>
+              <Text size="xs" c="dimmed" mb={8}>
+                {isIntercity
+                  ? "Intercity shipments are invoiced in ETB."
+                  : "Your contract is quoted in USD. Global Logistics will book this shipment and invoice you in the currency you pick here."}
+              </Text>
+              <SegmentedControl
+                value={isIntercity ? "ETB" : paymentCurrency}
+                onChange={(v) => setPaymentCurrency(v as "USD" | "ETB")}
+                disabled={isIntercity}
+                data={[
+                  { label: "USD", value: "USD" },
+                  { label: "ETB", value: "ETB" },
+                ]}
+                color="teal"
+                radius={10}
+              />
+            </Box>
+
             <Textarea
               label="Notes (optional)"
               value={notes}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/contract-booking-action.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/contract-booking-action.ts
index c7374d510..d5cbd9914 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/contract-booking-action.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/contract-booking-action.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ export const TERMINAL_BOOKING_STATUSES = [
 /** Path A statuses where a customer (no customs) may book against the contract. */
 const PATH_A_BOOKABLE = ["FULLY_EXECUTED", "CONTRACT_ACTIVE"];
 
+/**
+ * ONE_TIME + customs: statuses where the customer may still submit the shipment
+ * request GL books from. Mirrors the API source of truth in
+ * `booking-request.service.ts`.
+ */
+const ONE_TIME_CUSTOMS_REQUESTABLE = [
+  "FULLY_EXECUTED",
+  "AWAITING_CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS",
+  "CLEARANCE_UNDER_REVIEW",
+  "CLEARANCE_READY_FOR_BOOKING",
+];
+
 /** Split bookings in these statuses released their quantity — no remainder to book. */
 const RELEASING_BOOKING_STATUSES = ["CANCELLED", "REJECTED", "EXPIRED"];
 
@@ -49,20 +61,31 @@ export function getContractBookingAction(
   contract: Freight.IContract,
   bookings: Freight.IBooking[],
 ): ContractBookingAction {
-  // GENERAL + customs: customer submits a shipment request; GL creates the booking.
-  if (
-    contract.customsClearingEnabled &&
-    contract.contractKind === "GENERAL" &&
-    contract.status === "CONTRACT_ACTIVE"
-  ) {
-    return {
-      kind: "request",
-      to: `/contracts/${contract.id}/shipment-requests/new`,
-    };
-  }
+  // Customs: the customer never books directly — GL does it for them. The
+  // shipment request is how they say what to ship and which currency to be
+  // invoiced in (the contract itself quotes USD only).
+  if (contract.customsClearingEnabled) {
+    const requestable =
+      contract.contractKind === "GENERAL"
+        ? contract.status === "CONTRACT_ACTIVE"
+        : // ONE_TIME: both signatures in, GL has not booked yet. Mirrors
+          // BookingRequestService.ONE_TIME_REQUESTABLE_STATUSES.
+          ONE_TIME_CUSTOMS_REQUESTABLE.includes(contract.status);
 
-  // Other customs (ONE_TIME): booked by GL — no customer action.
-  if (contract.customsClearingEnabled) return { kind: "none", to: "" };
+    // One shipment, one open request — the API rejects a second one, so don't
+    // offer the button while a request is still pending.
+    const hasOpenRequest =
+      contract.contractKind === "ONE_TIME" &&
+      bookings.some((b) => b.contractId === contract.id);
+
+    if (requestable && !hasOpenRequest) {
+      return {
+        kind: "request",
+        to: `/contracts/${contract.id}/shipment-requests/new`,
+      };
+    }
+    return { kind: "none", to: "" };
+  }
   if (!PATH_A_BOOKABLE.includes(contract.status)) return { kind: "none", to: "" };
 
   const to = `/contracts/${contract.id}/bookings/new`;
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/contractToForm.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/contractToForm.ts
index 21de86b42..ee5fb0947 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/contractToForm.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/contractToForm.ts
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ export function contractToFormValues(
     previousContractRef: contract.renewalOfId ?? "",
 
     serviceTypeId: contract.serviceTypeId,
-    paymentCurrency:
-      contract.paymentCurrency === "ETB" ? "ETB" : "USD",
 
     firstMile: {
       enabled: hasFirstMile,
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/payment-currency-field.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/payment-currency-field.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index d53b64552..000000000
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/payment-currency-field.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-import { Select, Text } from "@mantine/core";
-import { Controller, type Control } from "react-hook-form";
-import {
-  PAYMENT_CURRENCY_OPTIONS,
-  type ContractFormInputValues,
-  type ContractFormValues,
-} from "./schema";
-import { fieldStyles } from "./shared";
-
-export function PaymentCurrencyField({
-  control,
-  etbOnly = false,
-}: {
-  control: Control<ContractFormInputValues, any, ContractFormValues>;
-  /** Intercity (domestic) contracts are priced in ETB only. */
-  etbOnly?: boolean;
-}) {
-  const options = etbOnly
-    ? PAYMENT_CURRENCY_OPTIONS.filter((o) => o.value === "ETB")
-    : PAYMENT_CURRENCY_OPTIONS;
-  return (
-    <Controller
-      name="paymentCurrency"
-      control={control}
-      render={({ field, fieldState }) => {
-        const selected = options.find((o) => o.value === field.value);
-        return (
-          <div>
-            <Select
-              label="Payment Currency *"
-              placeholder="Select currency…"
-              data={options.map((o) => ({
-                value: o.value,
-                label: o.label,
-              }))}
-              value={field.value || null}
-              onChange={(v) => v && field.onChange(v)}
-              onBlur={field.onBlur}
-              error={fieldState.error?.message}
-              allowDeselect={false}
-              radius={10}
-              checkIconPosition="right"
-              comboboxProps={{ withinPortal: true, shadow: "md", radius: "md" }}
-              styles={fieldStyles}
-            />
-            {selected && (
-              <Text fz={12} c="#6B7C8E" mt={6}>
-                {selected.description}
-              </Text>
-            )}
-          </div>
-        );
-      }}
-    />
-  );
-}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/schema.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/schema.ts
index 3105ac485..fb19bb20c 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/schema.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/schema.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ export const contractFormSchema = z
     serviceTypeId: z
       .string("Select a service type.")
       .min(1, "Select a service type."),
-    paymentCurrency: z.enum(PAYMENT_CURRENCIES, "Select a payment currency."),
 
     firstMile: z
       .object({
@@ -220,14 +219,6 @@ export const contractFormSchema = z
     },
   )
   .superRefine((data, ctx) => {
-    // Intercity (domestic) contracts are priced and invoiced in ETB only.
-    if (data.operationType === "intercity" && data.paymentCurrency !== "ETB") {
-      ctx.addIssue({
-        code: "custom",
-        path: ["paymentCurrency"],
-        message: "Intercity contracts are priced in ETB.",
-      });
-    }
     // Container scope needs no validation: both sizes are always in scope and
     // the cargo description moved to booking time.
     if (data.cargoType === "bulk") {
@@ -279,8 +270,6 @@ export const initialContractFormValues: DeepPartial<ContractFormValues> = {
   previousContractRef: "",
 
   serviceTypeId: "",
-  // No preselected currency — the customer must choose (intercity forces ETB).
-  paymentCurrency: undefined,
   firstMile: { enabled: false, pickUpAddress: "", exactLocation: "", lat: null, lng: null },
   lastMile: { enabled: false, deliveryAddress: "", exactLocation: "", lat: null, lng: null },
   equipmentReturn: "without_return",
@@ -316,7 +305,6 @@ export const contractStepFields: Record<
     "contractType",
     "previousContractRef",
     "serviceTypeId",
-    "paymentCurrency",
     "equipmentReturn",
     "customsClearingEnabled",
     "customsClearingAgent",
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/step1-contract-type.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/step1-contract-type.tsx
index 9e46e566f..8a2496ef9 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/step1-contract-type.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/step1-contract-type.tsx
@@ -104,12 +104,6 @@ export function Step1ContractType({
     // ── Service type ──
     const serviceId = contract.serviceTypeId;
     if (serviceId) form.setValue("serviceTypeId", serviceId);
-    if (contract.paymentCurrency) {
-      form.setValue(
-        "paymentCurrency",
-        contract.paymentCurrency as ContractFormValues["paymentCurrency"],
-      );
-    }
 
     // ── First / last mile ──
     form.setValue("firstMile", {
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/step2-service-type.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/step2-service-type.tsx
index 44f8063cb..de227035f 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/step2-service-type.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/step2-service-type.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import { Controller, type UseFormReturn } from "react-hook-form";
 import { ContractFormInputValues, type ContractFormValues } from "./schema";
 import { filterBookableServices, operationToTradeDirection } from "./helpers";
 import { fieldStyles, StepLabel } from "./shared";
-import { PaymentCurrencyField } from "./payment-currency-field";
 import { LocationPicker } from "@/pages/bookings/new-booking-form/LocationPicker";
 
 import type { Freight } from "@edr/types";
@@ -347,14 +346,11 @@ export function Step2ServiceType({
     }
   }, [operationType, standaloneServices, form]);
 
-  // Intercity (domestic) contracts are priced in ETB only — force the currency
-  // and let the field render just the ETB option. Also clears a stale USD from
-  // a restored draft or an operation-type switch.
+  // A contract is always quoted in USD now — the billing currency is chosen per
+  // shipment (at booking, or on the shipment request when GL books). Intercity
+  // still bills in ETB, but that is applied at booking time, not here.
   const isIntercity = operationType === "intercity";
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (isIntercity && form.getValues("paymentCurrency") !== "ETB") {
-      form.setValue("paymentCurrency", "ETB", { shouldValidate: true });
-    }
     // The customs clearing agent field is hidden for intercity — drop any value
     // carried over from a draft or an operation-type switch.
     if (isIntercity && form.getValues("customsClearingAgent")) {
@@ -378,10 +374,6 @@ export function Step2ServiceType({
         )}
       />
 
-      <Box maw={420}>
-        <PaymentCurrencyField control={form.control} etbOnly={isIntercity} />
-      </Box>
-
       {showServiceSections && (
         <Stack gap={12}>
           <StepLabel>Trucking & customs options</StepLabel>
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/step8-review.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/step8-review.tsx
index 3444d4297..4cda313b3 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/step8-review.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-contract-form/step8-review.tsx
@@ -353,8 +353,15 @@ export function Step8Review({
               />
               <SummaryItem
                 icon={<Coins size={18} />}
-                label="Payment currency"
-                value={values.paymentCurrency ?? "USD"}
+                label="Quotation currency"
+                value={
+                  <>
+                    USD
+                    <Text fz="sm" c="dimmed" mt={4}>
+                      You choose the billing currency on each shipment.
+                    </Text>
+                  </>
+                }
               />
               <SummaryItem
                 icon={<Route size={18} />}
@@ -500,10 +507,6 @@ export function Step8Review({
                   done={Boolean(values.serviceTypeId)}
                   label="Service configured"
                 />
-                <ReadinessItem
-                  done={Boolean(values.paymentCurrency)}
-                  label="Payment currency selected"
-                />
                 <ReadinessItem
                   done={Boolean(values.originYard && values.destinationYard)}
                   label="Route selected"
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-shipment-form/schema.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-shipment-form/schema.ts
index bbff2183f..b227ccaa3 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-shipment-form/schema.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/new-shipment-form/schema.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ const containerLineSchema = z.object({
 const shipmentFormBase = z.object({
   contractRouteId: z.string().default(""),
   scheduledDate: z.string().default(""),
+  // The contract quotes in USD; the customer picks the billing currency for
+  // THIS shipment. Intercity is forced to ETB (server-enforced too).
+  paymentCurrency: z.enum(["USD", "ETB"]).default("USD"),
   // Container contracts only: return the empty container(s) to EDR after
   // unloading. Seeded from the contract's equipment return; bulk ignores it.
   withReturn: z.boolean().default(false),
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/services/contracts.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/services/contracts.service.ts
index 606fad48a..6f6d48e11 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/services/contracts.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/services/contracts.service.ts
@@ -305,6 +305,18 @@ export const contractsService = {
     return data.data ?? data;
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Reject the advised duty & tax with a reason. The clearance step goes back
+   * to GL Ethiopia, who re-advises a corrected amount; this can repeat.
+   */
+  disputeContractDuty: async (
+    id: string,
+    note: string,
+  ): Promise<Freight.IContract> => {
+    const { data } = await client.post(C.CLEARANCE_DUTY_DISPUTE(id), { note });
+    return data.data ?? data;
+  },
+
   uploadContractDutySlip: async (
     id: string,
     file: File,
diff --git a/e2e/freight/cypress.config.ts b/e2e/freight/cypress.config.ts
index 7e659649d..4a3237e64 100644
--- a/e2e/freight/cypress.config.ts
+++ b/e2e/freight/cypress.config.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,108 @@ export default defineConfig({
         process.env.E2E_DB_URL ??
         "postgres://edr_e2e:edr_e2e@localhost:5533/edr_freight_e2e";
 
+      // Shapes already retired in THIS cypress run. The Node plugin process
+      // outlives spec-bundle re-evaluation (Cypress re-runs the bundle — and
+      // so `before()` — on every cross-origin visit), so a run-scoped set here
+      // is what keeps the cleanup from firing a second time and cancelling the
+      // contract the spec had just created. Browser-side state cannot do this:
+      // Cypress.env() is reset by the reload.
+      const retiredContractShapes = new Set<string>();
+      /** Keys already executed by `db:queryOnce` in this cypress run. */
+      const onceRunKeys = new Set<string>();
+      // Stamped when the plugin loads, i.e. once per cypress run. Cleanup only
+      // ever touches rows older than this, so nothing the current run creates
+      // can be cancelled out from under it.
+      const runStartedAt = new Date().toISOString();
+
       on("task", {
+        /**
+         * Cancel a previous run's contracts of one shape so a spec can run
+         * again against a warm DB (the API allows one active contract per
+         * customer + service type + route). Runs at most once per shape per
+         * cypress run — see `retiredContractShapes`.
+         */
+        async "db:retireStaleContracts"({
+          tin,
+          kind,
+          direction,
+        }: {
+          tin: string;
+          kind: string;
+          direction: string;
+        }) {
+          const key = `${tin}:${kind}:${direction}`;
+          if (retiredContractShapes.has(key)) return { skipped: true };
+          retiredContractShapes.add(key);
+
+          const client = new Client({ connectionString: dbUrl });
+          await client.connect();
+          try {
+            const result = await client.query(
+              `UPDATE freight.contracts ct
+                  SET status = 'CANCELLED'
+                 FROM freight.companies c
+                WHERE c.id = ct.company_id
+                  AND c.tin = $1
+                  AND ct.deleted_at IS NULL
+                  AND ct.contract_kind = $2
+                  AND ct.trade_direction = $3
+                  -- Only ever previous runs' rows.
+                  AND ct.created_at < $4::timestamptz
+                  -- Corridor fixtures are re-seeded by reference, so a
+                  -- cancelled one would never come back — leave them alone.
+                  AND ct.reference NOT LIKE 'CTR-IMP-%'
+                  -- Segment fixtures are stamped per run and always booked by
+                  -- their own spec. An UNBOOKED leftover is debris that still
+                  -- holds the lane (one active contract per service + route),
+                  -- which blocked the intercity spec from filing its own.
+                  AND (
+                    ct.reference NOT LIKE 'CTR-SEG-%'
+                    OR NOT EXISTS (
+                      SELECT 1 FROM freight.bookings b
+                       WHERE b.contract_id = ct.id AND b.deleted_at IS NULL
+                    )
+                  )
+                  AND ct.status NOT IN
+                      ('REJECTED','CANCELLED','CONTRACT_CLOSED','ARCHIVED','EXPIRED')`,
+              [tin, kind, direction, runStartedAt],
+            );
+            return { skipped: false, cancelled: result.rowCount };
+          } finally {
+            await client.end();
+          }
+        },
+
+        /**
+         * Run a statement at most ONCE per cypress run, keyed by `key`.
+         *
+         * For arrange-data that must not repeat: Cypress re-evaluates the spec
+         * bundle on every cross-origin visit, so a `before()` hook fires again
+         * mid-spec and a plain cleanup would then wipe what the run had just
+         * created. The Node plugin process outlives those reloads, so the guard
+         * lives here rather than in the browser.
+         */
+        async "db:queryOnce"({
+          key,
+          sql,
+          params = [],
+        }: {
+          key: string;
+          sql: string;
+          params?: unknown[];
+        }) {
+          if (onceRunKeys.has(key)) return { skipped: true };
+          onceRunKeys.add(key);
+          const client = new Client({ connectionString: dbUrl });
+          await client.connect();
+          try {
+            const result = await client.query(sql, params as never[]);
+            return { skipped: false, rowCount: result.rowCount };
+          } finally {
+            await client.end();
+          }
+        },
+
         /** Run an arbitrary SQL statement against the ephemeral e2e database. */
         async "db:query"({ sql, params = [] }: { sql: string; params?: unknown[] }) {
           const client = new Client({ connectionString: dbUrl });
diff --git a/e2e/freight/cypress/e2e/flows/contract-lifecycle.cy.ts b/e2e/freight/cypress/e2e/flows/contract-lifecycle.cy.ts
index 0a79853bc..a7a875c59 100644
--- a/e2e/freight/cypress/e2e/flows/contract-lifecycle.cy.ts
+++ b/e2e/freight/cypress/e2e/flows/contract-lifecycle.cy.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@ function expectStatus(expected: string) {
 }
 
 describe("contract lifecycle: creation to finalization", { retries: 0 }, () => {
+  before(() => {
+    // Re-runnable against a warm DB. The API allows one active contract per
+    // customer + service type + route, so this spec's own contract from an
+    // earlier run 409s the new one at creation — and since staff accept it
+    // with a year's validity, it would keep doing so for a year. Retire just
+    // the shape this spec creates (its own wizard-made GENERAL imports),
+    // leaving the seeded corridor/segment fixtures alone.
+    cy.retireStaleContracts({
+      tin: companyTin,
+      kind: "GENERAL",
+      direction: "IMPORT",
+    });
+  });
+
   it("customer creates and submits a GENERAL import container contract", () => {
     cy.loginPortal(customer);
     cy.visitPortal("/contracts/new");
diff --git a/e2e/freight/cypress/e2e/flows/export_one_time.cy.ts b/e2e/freight/cypress/e2e/flows/export_one_time.cy.ts
index f7d219d53..28844bb1c 100644
--- a/e2e/freight/cypress/e2e/flows/export_one_time.cy.ts
+++ b/e2e/freight/cypress/e2e/flows/export_one_time.cy.ts
@@ -117,9 +117,16 @@ function dbUpcomingSchedule() {
   return cy.task<{
     rows: Array<{ id: string; window_closes_at: string; booking_window_status: string }>;
   }>("db:query", {
+    // Scoped to THIS journey's corridor (… → Djibouti Port). Direction + a 25h
+    // window alone also matches the segment-weight spec's trains, which run
+    // Mojo → Nagad on the same day — and one of those is deliberately driven
+    // FULL, so the unscoped query handed this spec a full schedule whose
+    // booking window never opens.
     sql: `SELECT ts.id, ts.window_closes_at, ts.booking_window_status
           FROM freight.train_schedules ts
+          JOIN freight.yards d ON d.id = ts.destination_station_id
           WHERE ts.direction = 'EXPORT' AND ts.deleted_at IS NULL
+            AND d.code = 'DJIB_PORT'
             AND ts.scheduled_departure_date > now()
             AND ts.scheduled_departure_date < now() + interval '25 hours'
           ORDER BY ts.created_at DESC LIMIT 1`,
@@ -137,14 +144,17 @@ function fill(label: string | RegExp, value: string) {
     });
 }
 
-/** Fill the N-th input whose label matches (two container-size editors both say "Quantity *"). */
-function fillNth(label: RegExp, index: number, value: string) {
-  cy.get("label").then(($labels) => {
-    const matches = $labels.filter((_, el) => label.test(el.textContent ?? ""));
-    expect(matches.length, `labels matching ${label}`).to.be.greaterThan(index);
-    const id = matches.eq(index).attr("for");
-    cy.get(`[id="${id}"]`).clear({ force: true }).type(value, { force: true });
-  });
+/**
+ * Set one container-size line's quantity, found by its "20ft containers" /
+ * "40ft containers" heading rather than by position in the list.
+ */
+function fillSizeQuantity(size: "20ft" | "40ft", value: string) {
+  cy.contains(`${size} containers`, { timeout: 15000 })
+    .closest("div.rounded-xl")
+    .find('input[type="number"]')
+    .first()
+    .clear({ force: true })
+    .type(value, { force: true });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -315,6 +325,51 @@ describe("export one-time journeys: container + bulk on one train", { retries: 0
   before(() => {
     cy.task("db:seedFile", "seed-intercity.sql");
     cy.task("db:seedFile", "seed-export.sql");
+    // Re-runnable against a warm DB: one active contract per customer +
+    // service type + route, so an earlier run's ONE_TIME export contract
+    // 409s this run at creation. A SPENT one (already booked) no longer
+    // blocks, but a run that died before booking leaves a live one behind.
+    cy.retireStaleContracts({
+      tin: companyTin,
+      kind: "ONE_TIME",
+      direction: "EXPORT",
+    });
+    // The schedule step reuses an upcoming export schedule when one exists, but
+    // a previous run's train is already loaded — and an export booking must
+    // ride a single train WHOLE, so this run's booking then fails the space
+    // check with "no open train on this day can carry it". Retire the older
+    // schedules (unlinking their bookings) so this run gets an empty train.
+    // Once per run: before() fires again on cross-origin visits, and a second
+    // pass would delete the schedule this run had just created.
+    cy.task("db:queryOnce", {
+      key: "export_one_time:reset-upcoming-export-schedule",
+      sql: `WITH stale AS (
+              SELECT ts.id
+                FROM freight.train_schedules ts
+                JOIN freight.yards d
+                  ON d.id = ts.destination_station_id AND d.code = 'DJIB_PORT'
+               WHERE ts.direction = 'EXPORT'
+                 AND ts.deleted_at IS NULL
+                 AND ts.scheduled_departure_date > now()
+                 AND ts.scheduled_departure_date < now() + interval '25 hours'
+            ), unlink AS (
+              UPDATE freight.bookings b
+                 SET train_schedule_id = NULL,
+                     scheduling_status = 'NOT_SCHEDULED',
+                     status = CASE
+                       WHEN b.status IN ('FULLY_EXECUTED','SELECTED_FOR_BATCH','AWAITING_PAYMENT')
+                       THEN 'EXPIRED' ELSE b.status END
+               WHERE b.train_schedule_id IN (SELECT id FROM stale)
+            ), drop_links AS (
+              UPDATE freight.train_schedule_bookings
+                 SET deleted_at = now()
+               WHERE train_schedule_id IN (SELECT id FROM stale)
+                 AND deleted_at IS NULL
+            )
+            UPDATE freight.train_schedules
+               SET deleted_at = now()
+             WHERE id IN (SELECT id FROM stale)`,
+    });
   });
 
   // ── Shared infrastructure ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -457,9 +512,13 @@ describe("export one-time journeys: container + bulk on one train", { retries: 0
     withContract("CONTAINER", (c) => cy.visitPortal(`/contracts/${c.id}/bookings/new`));
     cy.contains("New Shipment Booking", { timeout: 20000 }).should("be.visible");
 
-    // Two size editors, each with its own "Quantity *" (20ft first, then 40ft).
-    fillNth(/^Quantity/, 0, "2");
-    fillNth(/^Quantity/, 1, "1");
+    // Address each size editor by its heading, not by position: the two lines
+    // come out of the contract's cargo scope and are not guaranteed to be in
+    // 20ft-then-40ft order. Reversed, this booked 1 × 20ft — an odd count,
+    // which the form blocks (a lone 20ft can never be paired onto a wagon), so
+    // "Review price & book" stayed disabled.
+    fillSizeQuantity("20ft", "2");
+    fillSizeQuantity("40ft", "1");
 
     cy.get('input[placeholder*="MSCU"]', { timeout: 15000 }).should("have.length", 3);
     cy.get('input[placeholder*="MSCU"]').eq(0).type(isoNumber("MSCU", 0));
diff --git a/e2e/freight/cypress/e2e/flows/fleet_wagon_transfer.cy.ts b/e2e/freight/cypress/e2e/flows/fleet_wagon_transfer.cy.ts
index bb9980636..4c57b9dbe 100644
--- a/e2e/freight/cypress/e2e/flows/fleet_wagon_transfer.cy.ts
+++ b/e2e/freight/cypress/e2e/flows/fleet_wagon_transfer.cy.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,23 @@ function requestByReason(reason: string) {
 describe("fleet: wagon transfer requests between yards", { retries: 0 }, () => {
   before(() => {
     cy.task("db:seedFile", "seed-import-corridor.sql");
+    // This spec asserts the "no available wagons" guard against E2E_AWASH, so
+    // that yard must actually hold none. Run alone it does, but in a full-suite
+    // run an earlier corridor spec can leave idle wagons standing there and the
+    // guard then returns 201 instead of 400. Park them back at KALITY — only
+    // loose AVAILABLE wagons move, so nothing another spec is using is touched.
+    cy.task("db:query", {
+      sql: `UPDATE freight.wagons w
+               SET current_yard_id = k.id
+              FROM freight.yards a, freight.yards k
+             WHERE a.code = 'E2E_AWASH'
+               AND k.code = 'KALITY'
+               AND w.current_yard_id = a.id
+               AND w.train_id IS NULL
+               AND w.current_train_schedule_id IS NULL
+               AND w.status = 'AVAILABLE'
+               AND w.deleted_at IS NULL`,
+    });
   });
 
   it("files a count-only request — same-yard and empty-source are rejected", () => {
diff --git a/e2e/freight/cypress/e2e/flows/intercity_one_time.cy.ts b/e2e/freight/cypress/e2e/flows/intercity_one_time.cy.ts
index a295a3263..b74de4993 100644
--- a/e2e/freight/cypress/e2e/flows/intercity_one_time.cy.ts
+++ b/e2e/freight/cypress/e2e/flows/intercity_one_time.cy.ts
@@ -136,13 +136,13 @@ function dbSchedule() {
  * Fill the N-th labelled Mantine input (label[for] → input id). Indexed
  * because the booking form renders one "Quantity *" per container size.
  */
-function fillNth(label: RegExp, index: number, value: string) {
-  cy.get("label").then(($labels) => {
-    const matches = $labels.filter((_, el) => label.test(el.textContent ?? ""));
-    expect(matches.length, `labels matching ${label}`).to.be.greaterThan(index);
-    const id = matches.eq(index).attr("for");
-    cy.get(`[id="${id}"]`).clear({ force: true }).type(value, { force: true });
-  });
+function fillSizeQuantity(size: "20ft" | "40ft", value: string) {
+  cy.contains(`${size} containers`, { timeout: 15000 })
+    .closest("div.rounded-xl")
+    .find('input[type="number"]')
+    .first()
+    .clear({ force: true })
+    .type(value, { force: true });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -188,6 +188,14 @@ describe("intercity one-time journey: contract → booking → export train", {
     // Container types, locomotives, built train, yard distances — the
     // infrastructure the UI journey cannot create in-flow.
     cy.task("db:seedFile", "seed-intercity.sql");
+    // Re-runnable against a warm DB: an earlier run's DOMESTIC ONE_TIME
+    // contract on this lane would 409 this run's at creation (a spent one no
+    // longer blocks, but an unbooked leftover does).
+    cy.retireStaleContracts({
+      tin: companyTin,
+      kind: "ONE_TIME",
+      direction: "DOMESTIC",
+    });
   });
 
   // ── Contract: submit → reject → resubmit → approve → sign ────────────────
@@ -390,8 +398,8 @@ describe("intercity one-time journey: contract → booking → export train", {
     // 40ft line, each seeded quantity 1. Book 2 × 20ft (pairs share a wagon,
     // so the count must be even) and zero the 40ft line — otherwise its
     // default unit adds a third container-number input.
-    fillNth(/^Quantity/, 0, "2");
-    fillNth(/^Quantity/, 1, "0");
+    fillSizeQuantity("20ft", "2");
+    fillSizeQuantity("40ft", "0");
 
     // One ISO container number per unit.
     cy.get('input[placeholder*="MSCU"]', { timeout: 15000 }).should("have.length", 2);
diff --git a/e2e/freight/cypress/support/commands.ts b/e2e/freight/cypress/support/commands.ts
index 424f4eca1..47eacfc7a 100644
--- a/e2e/freight/cypress/support/commands.ts
+++ b/e2e/freight/cypress/support/commands.ts
@@ -199,6 +199,26 @@ Cypress.Commands.add("fillCargoDescription", (text = "Electronics") => {
   });
 });
 
+/**
+ * Retire a previous run's contracts so a spec is re-runnable against a warm DB.
+ *
+ * The API allows one active contract per customer + service type + route, so
+ * yesterday's contract 409s today's at creation — and staff accept contracts
+ * with a year's validity, so it would keep doing so for a year.
+ *
+ * The cutoff is frozen on first use: Cypress re-evaluates the spec bundle on
+ * cross-origin visits, so `before()` fires again mid-run, and a naive "cancel
+ * this shape" would then cancel the contract THIS run had just created.
+ * Anything created after the spec started is ours and must survive.
+ */
+Cypress.Commands.add(
+  "retireStaleContracts",
+  (opts: { tin: string; kind: string; direction: string }) => {
+    // The once-per-run guard lives in the Node task (see cypress.config.ts).
+    cy.task("db:retireStaleContracts", opts);
+  },
+);
+
 /** Type a 6-digit code into a Mantine PinInput. */
 Cypress.Commands.add("typeOtp", (code: string) => {
   cy.get(".mantine-PinInput-root input").should("have.length.at.least", code.length);
@@ -257,6 +277,12 @@ declare global {
       uploadCompanyStamp(): Chainable<void>;
       /** Fill the required per-booking cargo description (container only). */
       fillCargoDescription(text?: string): Chainable<void>;
+      /** Cancel a previous run's contracts of this shape (warm-DB re-runs). */
+      retireStaleContracts(opts: {
+        tin: string;
+        kind: string;
+        direction: string;
+      }): Chainable<void>;
       /** Fill a Mantine PinInput with a code. */
       typeOtp(code: string): Chainable<void>;
       /** Scribble on the signature-pad canvas inside the open modal. */
diff --git a/packages/types/src/freight/contracts.ts b/packages/types/src/freight/contracts.ts
index 6df934034..2047bc933 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/freight/contracts.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/freight/contracts.ts
@@ -285,13 +285,23 @@ export type IContractDocumentChange =
       toOrder: number;
     }
   | { kind: 'DOCUMENT_TITLE_CHANGED'; title: string; fromTitle: string | null }
-  | { kind: 'WHEREAS_CHANGED'; added: number; removed: number };
+  | { kind: 'WHEREAS_CHANGED'; added: number; removed: number }
+  /** A contract field (not a document article) changed on a customer edit. */
+  | {
+      kind: 'FIELD_CHANGED';
+      field: string;
+      label: string;
+      from: string | null;
+      to: string | null;
+    };
 
 /** An audit entry for one edit to a contract's document. */
 export interface IContractDocumentRevision {
   id: string;
   contractId: string;
   actorId: string | null;
+  /** Who made the edit, captured at the time (survives renames/deletions). */
+  actorName?: string | null;
   /** The approval step's required role at the time of the edit. */
   actorRole: string | null;
   stepId: string | null;
@@ -451,6 +461,9 @@ export interface ContractClearanceView {
   roHold?: boolean;
   roHoldReason?: string | null;
   vesselDepartureDate?: string | null;
+  /** Import DO: vessel arrival + DO collection dates, recorded by GL Djibouti. */
+  vesselArrivalDate?: string | null;
+  doCollectedDate?: string | null;
   roAmendmentRequestedAt?: string | null;
   bookingReady?: boolean;
   preClearanceFinalized?: boolean;
@@ -464,12 +477,32 @@ export interface ContractClearanceView {
   linkedBookingReviewNote?: string | null;
   /** Shipment day the booking holds; the default when GL resubmits it. */
   linkedBookingScheduledDate?: string | null;
+  /**
+   * Pre-declaration handshake with GL Djibouti: who handles the shipment in
+   * transit. `name` stays null until Djibouti answers, and GL Ethiopia cannot
+   * file the customs declaration before it is set.
+   */
+  transitAssignee?: {
+    requestedAt: string | null;
+    requestNote: string | null;
+    name: string | null;
+    assignedAt: string | null;
+  } | null;
   dutyAdvice?: {
     amount: number;
     currency: string;
     declarationSerial?: string | null;
     noticeFile?: { id: string; name: string; url: string } | null;
   } | null;
+  /**
+   * The customer's open objection to the advised duty. Present only until GL
+   * re-advises; `rounds` counts how many times it has been sent back.
+   */
+  dutyDispute?: {
+    note: string;
+    raisedAt: string;
+    rounds: number;
+  } | null;
   /** Phased customs uploads (IM4, DO, transit permit, etc.) with friendly labels. */
   workflowFiles?: import("./clearance-files.catalog").ClearanceWorkflowFile[];
   /** Import post-allocation T1 transit document state (null until a booking is linked). */
@@ -887,6 +920,8 @@ export interface CreateBulkLineDto {
 export interface CreateBookingUnderContractDto {
   /** Required for GENERAL multi-route contracts; ONE_TIME auto-selected. */
   contractRouteId?: string;
+  /** Billing currency for this shipment. Intercity is always ETB. */
+  paymentCurrency?: string;
   /** Binding shipment day. Omitted for intercity (DOMESTIC) bookings — staff assign a passing train later. */
   scheduledDate?: string;
   /** "WITH_RETURN" | "WITHOUT_RETURN" — per-shipment override; falls back to the contract's equipment return. */
@@ -936,6 +971,8 @@ export interface IBookingRequest extends BaseEntity {
   scheduledDate?: string | null;
   status: BookingRequestStatus;
   requestedLines: RequestedShipmentLines;
+  /** Billing currency the customer chose; GL books the shipment in it. */
+  paymentCurrency?: string | null;
   notes?: string | null;
   /** Set when GL accepts and creates the booking. */
   createdBookingId?: string | null;
@@ -992,6 +1029,8 @@ export interface CreateBookingRequestDto {
     itemCount?: number;
     hazardousQuantity?: number;
   };
+  /** Billing currency for the shipment GL will book. Intercity is always ETB. */
+  paymentCurrency?: string;
   notes?: string;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/types/src/freight/index.ts b/packages/types/src/freight/index.ts
index 5b2f59495..addaee965 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/freight/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/freight/index.ts
@@ -774,6 +774,9 @@ export interface ClearanceView {
   roHold?: boolean;
   roHoldReason?: string | null;
   vesselDepartureDate?: string | null;
+  /** Import DO: vessel arrival + DO collection dates, recorded by GL Djibouti. */
+  vesselArrivalDate?: string | null;
+  doCollectedDate?: string | null;
   roAmendmentRequestedAt?: string | null;
   /** Boundary milestone complete — customer may proceed to operations. */
   operationReady?: boolean;