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Castle Parcels is a Freightways Express Limited company providing domestic shipping services to all of New Zealand.

Interested in a Castle Parcels account? Submit an inquiry to their sales team to get started!

Castle Parcels Integration Requirements

Connection Requirements:

  • An active account with Castle Parcels.

  • Your Castle Parcels Carrier Name, Customer ID, Client ID, and Client Secret.

Shipping Requirements

  • Dimensions must be entered to create a label.

Connect Castle Parcels to ShipEngine

To connect your Castle Parcels account in the ShipEngine dashboard:

  1. Select Carriers under the Setup section.

    Carriers section selected under ShipEngine Setup

  2. Click Connect My Own Carriers under the My Carrier Accounts section.

    Carriers Setup screen with Connect My Own Carriers button highlighted

  3. Select your Ship From country for this carrier.

    CONN_Carrier_SEL_Country.png

  4. Select the Castle Parcels tile from the Available Carriers pop-up window.

    Freightways: Castle Parcels logo. Connect button links to connection popup

  5. Enter your Castle Parcels Carrier Name, Customer ID, Client ID, and Client Secret into the corresponding fields.

  6. Click the Connect button.

Available Features for Castle Parcels Integration

The ShipEngine integration with Castle Parcels supports the following standard features and services:

Key: Green checkmark. Supported feature. Yes. = Supported; Red X mark. Unsupported feature. No. = Not Supported; Grey dash icon. Not applicable. = Does Not Apply

Common ShipEngine Features

Feature

Supported?

Domestic Shipping

Green checkmark. Supported feature. Yes.

International Shipping

Red X mark. Unsupported feature. No.

Electronic Customs Submission

Grey dash icon. Not applicable.

Return Labels

Red X mark. Unsupported feature. No.

Estimated Rates

Green checkmark. Supported feature. Yes.

Carrier Insurance

Green checkmark. Supported feature. Yes.

Tracking

Green checkmark. Supported feature. Yes.

End of Day (Electronic)

Red X mark. Unsupported feature. No.

End of Day (PDF)

Red X mark. Unsupported feature. No.

Label Branding

Red X mark. Unsupported feature. No.

Label Messages

Red X mark. Unsupported feature. No.

Multi-package Shipping

Green checkmark. Supported feature. Yes.

Multiple Accounts

Green checkmark. Supported feature. Yes.

Castle Parcels Domestic Services

  • Two day Inter Island

  • Overnight Within Island

Castle Parcels Package Types

  • Standard

  • Package

The carrier integration can be used to create domestic shipping labels.

The carrier integration can be used to create international shipping labels.

ShipEngine will submit international customs information electronically to the carrier.

The carrier integration can be used to create domestic return labels.

When an API call is made to the Rates endpoint, ShipEngine will return estimated shipping rates for the carrier based on the connected account information and shipment details.

Additional carrier insurance can be purchased through ShipEngine.

Shipping labels created for this carrier will include a tracking number that can be used to view the shipment status on the carrier's tracking website. Tracking may not be available for all shipping services.

Shipment manifests and End of Day documents are submitted electronically to the carrier by ShipEngine.

Shipment manifests and End of Day documents are generated as PDF files that can be printed along with shipping labels. Because these documents are not electronically submitted, physical copies must be provided to the carrier.

ShipEngine can print your brand logo on shipping labels from carriers that support this feature. Add your logo in the ShipEngine Dashboard.

ShipEngine can include additional information on a shipping label that is specified in the label request, if supported by the carrier.

The carrier integration can be used to create multi-package shipments, where multiple individual packages are linked together into a single shipment record with a master tracking number.

You can connect this carrier integration to ShipEngine multiple times using different account information, and choose which account will be used to create each shipment.

Additional Features for Castle Parcels

The ShipEngine integration with Castle Parcels allows for the following additional features:

Feature

Description

Label charged to your account when you create it

You are charged for your label upon its creation. You can void the label to get a refund.

Labels are active for 12 months

A Label can be used within 12 months or until voided.

Multi-Package labels

Castle Parcels supports multi-package shipments. The main label that prints for a multi-package shipment will list all the included pieces.

Additional Details About the Castle Parcels Integration

  • The ShipEngine integration with Castle Parcels does not support third-party billing.

The carrier integration can be used to create domestic shipping labels.

The carrier integration can be used to create international shipping labels.

ShipEngine will submit international customs information electronically to the carrier.

The carrier integration can be used to create domestic return labels.

When an API call is made to the Rates endpoint, ShipEngine will return estimated shipping rates for the carrier based on the connected account information and shipment details.

Additional carrier insurance can be purchased through ShipEngine.

Shipping labels created for this carrier will include a tracking number that can be used to view the shipment status on the carrier's tracking website. Tracking may not be available for all shipping services.

Shipment manifests and End of Day documents are submitted electronically to the carrier by ShipEngine.

Shipment manifests and End of Day documents are generated as PDF files that can be printed along with shipping labels. Because these documents are not electronically submitted, physical copies must be provided to the carrier.

ShipEngine can print your brand logo on shipping labels from carriers that support this feature. Add your logo in the ShipEngine Dashboard.

ShipEngine can include additional information on a shipping label that is specified in the label request, if supported by the carrier.

The carrier integration can be used to create multi-package shipments, where multiple individual packages are linked together into a single shipment record with a master tracking number.

You can connect this carrier integration to ShipEngine multiple times using different account information, and choose which account will be used to create each shipment.

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