D18A | EDIFACTORY

Message D18A/MOVINS

Stowage instruction message

A Stowage instruction message contains details of one means of transport vehicle, giving instructions regarding the loading, discharging and restowage of equipment and/or cargoes and the location on the means of transport where the operation must take place.

Message description

UNH

M(1) : Message header

A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Stowage instruction message is MOVINS. Note: Stowage instruction messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009: Data element 0065 MOVINS 0052 D 0054 18A 0051 UN

BGM

M(1) : Beginning of message

A segment to indicate the beginning of the message and to transmit identifying number and type of the message.

DTM

M(1) : Date/time/period

A segment to indicate the date of the preparation of the message.

SG1 C(9) : RFF-DTM

A group of segments to specify the document or message to which the current message relates, and related date and time.

RFF

M(1) : Reference

A segment to identify a reference which applies to the entire message, e.g. reference to previous message.

DTM

C(9) : Date/time/period

A segment to indicate date and time relating to the reference.

SG2 C(9) : NAD-SG3

A group of segments to identify a party and related contacts.

NAD

M(1) : Name and address

A segment to identify liner service, carrier, consortium, container terminal or other party.

SG3 C(9) : CTA-COM

A group of segments to identify a contact and its communications related to the party.

CTA

M(1) : Contact information

A segment to identify a person or department within the party.

COM

C(9) : Communication contact

A segment to identify a communication number of a person or department to whom communication should be directed.

SG4 M(3) : TDT-LOC-DTM-RFF-FTX

A group of segments identifying the means of transport and related details.

TDT

M(1) : Transport information

A segment to identify the means of transport and discharge voyage number.

LOC

M(1) : Place/location identification

A segment to identify the locations to which the following information applies.

DTM

M(99) : Date/time/period

A segment to indicate date and time of events in local time, else the time zone must be indicated.

RFF

C(1) : Reference

A segment to identify the loading voyage number.

FTX

C(1) : Free text

A segment to transmit general information.

SG5 C(99999) : HAN-SG6

A group of segments containing information about the equipment and/or goods to be discharged or to be loaded and its (intended) stowage location on board a means of transport.

HAN

M(1) : Handling instructions

A segment to specify the type of handling, e.g. discharging or loading.

SG6 C(99999) : LOC-RFF-FTX-MEA-DIM-LOC-NAD-SG7-SG8-SG9-SG10-

SG11 A group of segments containing information about the location, the identification and the type of equipment and other details regarding equipment and/or goods to be handled.

LOC

M(1) : Place/location identification

A segment to identify a stowage location relevant to the equipment or goods carried.

RFF

M(99) : Reference

A segment to give reference numbers on equipment or goods carried (i.e. reference numbers allocated by the carrier for special goods and/or equipment).

FTX

C(9) : Free text

A segment to transmit the goods description, additional equipment details or other relevant free text.

MEA

C(9) : Measurements

A segment specifying physical weights related to an equipment detail or a goods item detail.

DIM

C(9) : Dimensions

A segment to identify off-standard measurements (e.g. overheight, overlength, overwidth, etc.).

LOC

C(9) : Place/location identification

A segment to identify the locations (ports) to which the given information applies.

NAD

M(99) : Name and address

A segment to identify the owner/operator of a particular piece of equipment.

SG7 C(1) : TMP-RNG

A group of segments to specify a temperature (and range).

TMP

M(1) : Temperature

A segment which identifies the temperature setting in relation to an equipment detail.

RNG

C(1) : Range details

A segment to indicate a minimum and maximum range of temperatures in relation to an equipment detail.

SG8 C(99) : EQD-EQN

A group of segments containing information about the number and type of equipment or the identification of the equipment to be loaded or discharged.

EQD

M(1) : Equipment details

A segment to identify a single piece of equipment or the type and number of equipment to which the following details apply. Only transport equipment size/type coded or plain language is used here to further identify the equipment.

EQN

C(1) : Number of units

A segment to identify the number of units.

SG9 C(99) : EQA-EQN

A group of segments containing information about the number or the identification of attached equipment.

EQA

M(1) : Attached equipment

A segment to identify the type and/or identification of equipment attached to the main piece of equipment.

EQN

C(1) : Number of units

A segment to identify the number of units of attached equipment.

SG10 C(9999) : GID-GDS

A group of segments containing information about the number of packages and kind of goods.

GID

M(1) : Goods item details

A segment to identify the number of packages of the goods.

GDS

C(1) : Nature of cargo

A segment to describe the nature of the cargo.

SG11 C(999) : RFF-SG12

A group of segments containing information about dangerous cargo.

RFF

M(1) : Reference

A segment to indicate a reference number allocated by the carrier to a piece of equipment containing dangerous cargo.

SG12 M(99) : DGS-FTX

A group of segments to specify dangerous goods and additional information.

Message structure

UNH, Message header                           M        1
BGM, Beginning of message                     M        1
DTM, Date/time/period                         M        1

--- Segment Group 1 ------------------------- C        9 -------+
RFF, Reference                                M        1        |
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        9        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+

--- Segment Group 2 ------------------------- C        9 -------+
NAD, Name and address                         M        1        |
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 3 ------------------------- C        9 ------+|
CTA, Contact information                      M        1       ||
COM, Communication contact                    C        9       ||
---- ----------------------------------------------------------++

--- Segment Group 4 ------------------------- M        3 -------+
TDT, Transport information                    M        1        |
LOC, Place/location identification            M        1        |
DTM, Date/time/period                         M       99        |
RFF, Reference                                C        1        |
FTX, Free text                                C        1        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+

--- Segment Group 5 ------------------------- C    99999 -------+
HAN, Handling instructions                    M        1        |
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 6 ------------------------- C    99999 ------+|
LOC, Place/location identification            M        1       ||
RFF, Reference                                M       99       ||
FTX, Free text                                C        9       ||
MEA, Measurements                             C        9       ||
DIM, Dimensions                               C        9       ||
LOC, Place/location identification            C        9       ||
NAD, Name and address                         M       99       ||
                                                               ||
--- Segment Group 7 ------------------------- C        1 -----+||
TMP, Temperature                              M        1      |||
RNG, Range details                            C        1      |||
---- ---------------------------------------------------------+||
                                                               ||
--- Segment Group 8 ------------------------- C       99 -----+||
EQD, Equipment details                        M        1      |||
EQN, Number of units                          C        1      |||
---- ---------------------------------------------------------+||
                                                               ||
--- Segment Group 9 ------------------------- C       99 -----+||
EQA, Attached equipment                       M        1      |||
EQN, Number of units                          C        1      |||
---- ---------------------------------------------------------+||
                                                               ||
--- Segment Group 10 ------------------------ C     9999 -----+||
GID, Goods item details                       M        1      |||
GDS, Nature of cargo                          C        1      |||
---- ---------------------------------------------------------+||
                                                               ||
--- Segment Group 11 ------------------------ C      999 -----+||
RFF, Reference                                M        1      |||
                                                              |||
--- Segment Group 12 ------------------------ M       99 ----+|||
DGS, Dangerous goods                          M        1     ||||
FTX, Free text                                C        1     ||||
---- --------------------------------------------------------++++
UNT, Message trailer                          M        1