diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/bookings/NewBookingPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/bookings/NewBookingPage.tsx
index a1de7dc3e..489e324e8 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/bookings/NewBookingPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/bookings/NewBookingPage.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
   SegmentedControl,
   Select,
   Stack,
-  Switch,
   Text,
   TextInput,
   ThemeIcon,
@@ -84,6 +83,8 @@ interface ContainerLine {
   containerTypeId: string | null;
   quantity: number;
   vgmPerUnitTons: number;
+  /** Physical container numbers, one per unit (index < quantity; blanks allowed). */
+  containerNumbers: string[];
 }
 
 let lineCounter = 0;
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ const newLine = (): ContainerLine => ({
   containerTypeId: null,
   quantity: 1,
   vgmPerUnitTons: 20,
+  containerNumbers: [],
 });
 
 const fmtTons = (n: number) =>
@@ -165,9 +167,8 @@ export default function NewBookingPage() {
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
 
-  const [isGovernment, setIsGovernment] = useState(false);
-  const [companyId, setCompanyId] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  // Government bookings bill to a real government company + an explicit profile.
+  // This page creates GOVERNMENT bookings only — commercial customers book
+  // through the portal. Bills to a government company + an explicit profile.
   const [govCompanyId, setGovCompanyId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [govProfileId, setGovProfileId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   // Container freight only for now — bulk is disabled on this page.
@@ -186,16 +187,6 @@ export default function NewBookingPage() {
     queryFn: () => bookingsService.getReferenceData() as Promise<ReferenceData>,
   });
 
-  const { data: companiesPage, isLoading: companiesLoading } = useQuery({
-    queryKey: ["companies", "list"],
-    queryFn: () => customersService.list({ page: 1, pageSize: 1000 }),
-  });
-
-  const companyOptions = (companiesPage?.items ?? []).map((c) => ({
-    value: c.id,
-    label: c.name || c.email || c.tin || c.id,
-  }));
-
   // Active government companies (kind=government) the booking can bill to.
   const { data: govCompaniesPage, isLoading: govCompaniesLoading } = useQuery({
     queryKey: ["companies", "government", "active"],
@@ -206,7 +197,6 @@ export default function NewBookingPage() {
         kind: "government",
         status: "active",
       }),
-    enabled: isGovernment,
   });
 
   const govCompanies = govCompaniesPage?.items ?? [];
@@ -338,7 +328,7 @@ export default function NewBookingPage() {
     !sameYard &&
     Boolean(serviceTypeId) &&
     departureSatisfied &&
-    (isGovernment ? Boolean(govCompanyId && govProfileId) : Boolean(companyId)) &&
+    Boolean(govCompanyId && govProfileId) &&
     allLinesValid &&
     !hasOdd20ft;
 
@@ -350,9 +340,9 @@ export default function NewBookingPage() {
   const createMutation = useMutation({
     mutationFn: () =>
       bookingsService.create({
-        isGovernment,
-        companyId: isGovernment ? govCompanyId || undefined : companyId || undefined,
-        companyProfileId: isGovernment ? govProfileId || undefined : undefined,
+        isGovernment: true,
+        companyId: govCompanyId || undefined,
+        companyProfileId: govProfileId || undefined,
         freightType: "CONTAINER",
         contractType: "NEW",
         equipmentReturn: "NA",
@@ -369,20 +359,19 @@ export default function NewBookingPage() {
           containerTypeId: l.containerTypeId,
           quantity: l.quantity,
           vgmPerUnitTons: l.vgmPerUnitTons,
+          containerNumbers: l.containerNumbers
+            .map((n) => n.trim())
+            .filter(Boolean),
         })),
       }),
     onSuccess: async (booking) => {
-      if (isGovernment) {
-        // The server already expedited + generated the contract at creation;
-        // this call is an idempotent no-op that doubles as a retry if that
-        // best-effort step failed.
-        await bookingsService.governmentExpedite(booking.id);
-        toast.success(
-          "Government booking created — contract generated, priority scheduling queued",
-        );
-      } else {
-        toast.success("Booking created as draft");
-      }
+      // The server already expedited + generated the contract at creation;
+      // this call is an idempotent no-op that doubles as a retry if that
+      // best-effort step failed.
+      await bookingsService.governmentExpedite(booking.id);
+      toast.success(
+        "Government booking created — contract generated, priority scheduling queued",
+      );
       void queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ["bookings"] });
       navigate(`/dashboard/booking-requests/${booking.id}`);
     },
@@ -414,55 +403,38 @@ export default function NewBookingPage() {
         {/* LEFT — form */}
         <Grid.Col span={{ base: 12, lg: 8 }}>
           <Stack gap="lg">
-            <FormSection icon={Layers} title="Booking type" subtitle="Who is booking and what kind of freight" accent="edr-green">
-              <Stack gap="md">
-                <Switch
-                  label="Government booking"
-                  description="Bills to a government entity + profile. Expedited to the scheduling queue."
-                  checked={isGovernment}
-                  onChange={(e) => setIsGovernment(e.currentTarget.checked)}
+            <FormSection
+              icon={Layers}
+              title="Government booking"
+              subtitle="Bills to a government entity + profile — expedited past every customer step"
+              accent="edr-green"
+            >
+              <Group grow align="flex-start">
+                <Select
+                  label="Government entity"
+                  placeholder="Select government company"
+                  data={govCompanyOptions}
+                  value={govCompanyId}
+                  onChange={setGovCompanyId}
+                  searchable
+                  required
+                  disabled={govCompaniesLoading}
+                  nothingFoundMessage="No active government companies"
                 />
-                {isGovernment ? (
-                  <Group grow align="flex-start">
-                    <Select
-                      label="Government entity"
-                      placeholder="Select government company"
-                      data={govCompanyOptions}
-                      value={govCompanyId}
-                      onChange={setGovCompanyId}
-                      searchable
-                      required
-                      disabled={govCompaniesLoading}
-                      nothingFoundMessage="No active government companies"
-                    />
-                    <Select
-                      label="Profile"
-                      placeholder={
-                        govCompanyId ? "Select import/export profile" : "Pick an entity first"
-                      }
-                      data={govProfileOptions}
-                      value={govProfileId}
-                      onChange={setGovProfileId}
-                      searchable
-                      required
-                      disabled={!govCompanyId}
-                      nothingFoundMessage="No active profiles for this entity"
-                    />
-                  </Group>
-                ) : (
-                  <Select
-                    label="Customer"
-                    placeholder="Select company"
-                    data={companyOptions}
-                    value={companyId}
-                    onChange={setCompanyId}
-                    searchable
-                    required
-                    disabled={companiesLoading}
-                    nothingFoundMessage="No companies found"
-                  />
-                )}
-              </Stack>
+                <Select
+                  label="Profile"
+                  placeholder={
+                    govCompanyId ? "Select import/export profile" : "Pick an entity first"
+                  }
+                  data={govProfileOptions}
+                  value={govProfileId}
+                  onChange={setGovProfileId}
+                  searchable
+                  required
+                  disabled={!govCompanyId}
+                  nothingFoundMessage="No active profiles for this entity"
+                />
+              </Group>
             </FormSection>
 
             <FormSection icon={MapPin} title="Route & service" subtitle="Direction, origin, destination and service type" accent="blue">
@@ -644,6 +616,32 @@ export default function NewBookingPage() {
                             </ActionIcon>
                           </Tooltip>
                         </Group>
+
+                        {/* One container number per unit (optional). */}
+                        <Box mt="sm">
+                          <Text size="xs" fw={500} c="dimmed" mb={4}>
+                            Container numbers
+                          </Text>
+                          <Group gap="xs">
+                            {Array.from(
+                              { length: Math.max(1, line.quantity || 1) },
+                              (_, i) => (
+                                <TextInput
+                                  key={i}
+                                  size="xs"
+                                  placeholder={`Container ${i + 1} — e.g. MSKU1234567`}
+                                  value={line.containerNumbers[i] ?? ""}
+                                  onChange={(e) => {
+                                    const next = [...line.containerNumbers];
+                                    next[i] = e.currentTarget.value.toUpperCase();
+                                    updateLine(line.key, { containerNumbers: next });
+                                  }}
+                                  style={{ width: 210 }}
+                                />
+                              ),
+                            )}
+                          </Group>
+                        </Box>
                       </Paper>
                     );
                   })}
@@ -688,11 +686,9 @@ export default function NewBookingPage() {
                 <Badge variant="light" color={tradeDirection === "EXPORT" ? "orange" : "blue"} radius="sm">
                   {tradeDirection === "EXPORT" ? "Export" : "Import"}
                 </Badge>
-                {isGovernment ? (
-                  <Badge variant="light" color="grape" radius="sm">
-                    Government
-                  </Badge>
-                ) : null}
+                <Badge variant="light" color="grape" radius="sm">
+                  Government
+                </Badge>
               </Group>
 
               <Stack gap={8}>
@@ -746,7 +742,7 @@ export default function NewBookingPage() {
                   onClick={() => createMutation.mutate()}
                   leftSection={<Ship size={18} />}
                 >
-                  {isGovernment ? "Create & expedite" : "Create draft"}
+                  Create & expedite
                 </Button>
                 <Button variant="default" fullWidth onClick={() => navigate("/dashboard/booking-requests")}>
                   Cancel
@@ -756,9 +752,9 @@ export default function NewBookingPage() {
               <Group gap={6} mt="md" align="flex-start" wrap="nowrap">
                 <Info size={14} color="var(--mantine-color-gray-5)" style={{ marginTop: 2, flexShrink: 0 }} />
                 <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
-                  {isGovernment
-                    ? "Government bookings skip every customer step: paid & eligible immediately, contract generated automatically (signable any time), priority seat on any open train of the route."
-                    : "Overweight container lines are allowed here and flagged later at scheduling."}
+                  Government bookings skip every customer step: paid & eligible
+                  immediately, contract + PDF generated automatically (signable
+                  any time), priority seat on any open train of the route.
                 </Text>
               </Group>
             </Paper>
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/trainScheduling/TrainScheduleV2DetailPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/trainScheduling/TrainScheduleV2DetailPage.tsx
index d26f27363..63a3f3ed2 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/trainScheduling/TrainScheduleV2DetailPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/trainScheduling/TrainScheduleV2DetailPage.tsx
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
   const assign = useMutation(api.trainScheduling.assignBookings.mutationOptions());
   const unassign = useMutation(api.trainScheduling.unassignBooking.mutationOptions());
   const switchGov = useMutation(api.trainScheduling.switchGovernmentBooking.mutationOptions());
-  const finalize = useMutation(api.trainScheduling.finalizeSchedule.mutationOptions());
   const dispatch = useMutation(api.trainScheduling.dispatchSchedule.mutationOptions());
   const downloadMarshalling = useMutation({
     mutationFn: ({ id, direction }: { id: string; direction?: string | null }) =>
@@ -383,7 +382,6 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
         : [];
 
   const canEditBookings = ["DRAFT", "SCHEDULED"].includes(schedule.status);
-  const canFinalize = schedule.status === "DRAFT" && (schedule.bookings?.length ?? 0) > 0;
   const canDispatch = schedule.status === "SCHEDULED";
 
   // Dispatch readiness: bookings with no wagon, and wagon-loaded bookings whose
@@ -578,8 +576,8 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
     {
       key: "finalize",
       icon: CheckCircle2,
-      title: "Finalize",
-      subtitle: "Lock the plan & dispatch",
+      title: "Dispatch",
+      subtitle: "Review the consist & dispatch",
       complete: finalizeComplete,
     },
   ];
@@ -792,7 +790,7 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
                 radius="md"
                 onClick={() => setActiveStep(finalizeStep)}
               >
-                Skip to finalize
+                Skip to dispatch
               </Button>
             </Group>
           ) : null}
@@ -836,39 +834,12 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
             <Stack gap={2}>
               <Text fw={600}>Ready to depart</Text>
               <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">
-                Finalizing locks the plan and moves the schedule to{" "}
-                <Text span fw={600} c="edr-green.7">
-                  SCHEDULED
-                </Text>
-                . Dispatch then begins rail movement and notifies the yard.
+                Dispatch begins rail movement and notifies the yard.
               </Text>
             </Stack>
           </Group>
         </Paper>
         <Group>
-          {canFinalize ? (
-            <Button
-              color="edr-green"
-              size="md"
-              radius="md"
-              leftSection={<CheckCircle2 size={18} />}
-              loading={finalize.isPending}
-              onClick={async () => {
-                try {
-                  await finalize.mutateAsync(scheduleId);
-                  toast({ title: "Schedule finalized" });
-                } catch (err) {
-                  toast({
-                    title: "Finalize failed",
-                    description: parseError(err, "Could not finalize"),
-                    variant: "destructive",
-                  });
-                }
-              }}
-            >
-              Finalize schedule
-            </Button>
-          ) : null}
           {canDispatch ? (
             <Button
               color="edr-green"
@@ -881,7 +852,7 @@ export default function TrainScheduleV2DetailPage() {
               Dispatch train
             </Button>
           ) : null}
-          {!canFinalize && !canDispatch ? (
+          {!canDispatch ? (
             <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">
               No actions available for this schedule status.
             </Text>