# Allocating Voyages to a Trade There are different ways to allocate a voyage to a trade. ### Voyage Drawer In the voyage drawer you have to navigate to the Organisational Data tab, and then you will find the Trade dropdown as the second field on this page.

Organisational Data tab on the Voyage Drawer

Every trade dropdown in the system will list up the options following this rule: * Single item is Trade (First and second option in the image below) * Two items are either * Trade - Pattern (Third option) * Route - Trade (Fourth and fifth options) * Three Items are Route - Trade - Pattern (Last option)

Selecting a Trade here will display the warning below as the system will change the trade for all cargoes on the voyage to the Trade you selected.

### Create Voyage Charter & Create Template Voyage In the lower right corner of both the Create Voyage Charter and -Create Template Voyage modals there is the option to selected which Trade the voyage will be part of. The field is highlighted in the image below.

Create Voyage Charter modal with Trade dropdown highlighted

### Create Time Charter Out In the bottom right section of the Create Time Charter Out modal the Trade dropdown is located.