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To create a new shipment, navigate to the shipments tab and press the create a shipment button.
When creating a shipment users can select between creating a template-based shipment from pre-defined templates and creating a custom shipment (without templates). If a user has access to a project then he can create a shipment (globally) but within a project (see first picture below). If the user doesn't have access to any project then the option to create shipment within a project is not available (see second picture below). Create a project shipment should only be checked if the user wants the shipment to be created within a project.
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