0. INTRODUCTION
This specification provides the definition of the Booking
confirmation message (IFTMBC) to be used in Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in
administration, commerce and transport.
1. SCOPE
This paper provides the definition of the Booking Confirmation
Message to be used in fulfilling the requirements of trading
partners in the transport chain worldwide, in the interchange
of cargo and transport related information using Electronic
Data Interchange (EDI).
This message is a single consignment based message, being
aligned with other single consignment based messages such as
the other two booking messages (IFTMBP and IFTMBF), the
instruction messages (IFTMIN and IFTMCS) and the Arrival Notice
Message (IFTMAN).
The single consignment based messages can be used by all modes
of transport for the forwarding and transport of goods from any
origin to any destination, regardless of route or prevailing
commercial practice.
These messages are suitable for the arrangement of the
transport of goods between all parties to the movement of the
consignment (including the consignor/shipper and consignee as
well as the forwarders, brokers, and carriers involved) as well
as providing the information necessary to perform that
transport and delivery of the goods.
They should be used in the same way by each mode of transport
when the requirements are common even if functionally similar
information is known by different names.
1.1 Functional Definition
A message from the party providing forwarding and/or transport
services to the party booking those services giving the
confirmation information to the booking of the consignment
concerned. A confirmation might read that the booking of a
consignment is accepted, pending, conditionally accepted or
rejected.
The conditions under which requested services take place may be
given in this message.
1.2 Field of Application
This message may be applied for both national and international
trade. It is based on universal practice and is not dependent
on the type of business or industry.
1.3 Principles
The message can be used whenever a confirmation of the booking
of a consignment is deemed necessary as an answer to a booking
provisional or booking firm message concerning a certain
consignment.
The use of a Booking Confirmation Message is not compulsory.
- A consignment may contain several goods items.
- Goods items may or may not be containerized.
- A goods item may be transported in one or more containers,
and a single container may contain one or more goods items.
- One goods item may be related to one or more customs tariff
codes.
- Goods items related to one customs tariff code may be carried
in one or more containers.
- Goods items may reflect either the contractual or operational
description of the goods.
- A party to the movement of the consignment may book or order
transport for one or more goods items.
- A party to the movement of the consignment may book or issue
instructions of transport to be arranged for several goods
items by means of one or several of the following messages:
IFTMBP, IFTMBF, IFTMBC, IFTMIN, IFTMCS, IFTMAN.
- Pre-carriage (advanced haulage) and/or on-carriage
(destination haulage) of goods items or equipment within one
booking or instruction may take place in different steps, each
step specified with its own transport details group.
- Equipment may have other types of equipment attached to it,
e.g. a temperature control unit attached to a container.
- Equipment and/or goods items may be attached to or
transported on another load or transport device, which as such
may be attached to or transported on yet another load or
transport device, e.g. a container on a chassis on a rail-car.
- Transport devices, which have the ability of powered movement
on their own, are specified in the transport details group.
Other load or transport devices are specified as equipment.
- The expression of packaging for goods items can be expressed
at up to three levels.
A number of generic transport terms are used in this
specification, to be described as:
* MODE OF TRANSPORT: The method of transport used for the
conveyance of goods or persons, e.g. by rail, by road, by sea.
* MEANS OF TRANSPORT: The vehicle used for the transport of
goods or persons, e.g. aircraft, truck, vessel.
* TYPE OF MEANS OF TRANSPORT: The type of vehicle used in the
transport process, e.g. wide body, tank truck, passenger
vessel.
* EQUIPMENT: Material resources necessary to facilitate the
transport and handling of cargo. Transport equipment does under
the given circumstances not have the ability to move by its own
propulsion
(e.g. sea container, trailer, unit load device, pallet).
* TYPE OF EQUIPMENT: The type of material used, e.g. 40 feet
container, four any pallet, mafi trailer.
2. REFERENCES
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
Section 1.
3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
Section 2.
4. MESSAGE DEFINITION
4.1 Data Segment Clarification
This section should be read in conjunction with the Branching
Diagram and the Segment Table which indicate mandatory,
conditional and repeating requirements.
0010 | UNH, Message header
A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message.
The message type code for the Booking confirmation message is
IFTMBC.
Note: Booking confirmation messages conforming to this document
must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009:
Data element 0065 IFTMBC
0052 D
0054 95A
0051 UN
0020 BGM, Beginning of message
A segment to indicate the beginning of a message and to
transmit identifying number and type of the message.
0030 CTA, Contact information
A segment to identify a person or department to whom
communication should be directed.
0040 COM, Communication contact
A segment to identify a communication number of a person or
department to whom communication should be directed.
0050 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to indicate a date and time applying to the whole
message, e.g., date and time of document issue.
0060 TSR, Transport service requirements
A segment to provide confirmation details of the required
transport services.
0070 FTX, Free text
A segment to specify free form or processable supplementary
information, such as status of transport, remarks to be printed
on the transport documents (where required), consignment
remarks, insurance instructions, etc., or any other additional
information.
0080 CNT, Control total
A segment to specify totals for a consignment.
0090 Segment group 1: LOC-DTM
A group of segments to specify locations and related
date(s)/time(s) which apply to the entire message, e.g. place
of transshipment.
0100 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment to identify a location applying to the entire
message.
0110 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to indicate date(s) and time(s) relating to the
location.
0120 Segment group 2: RFF-DTM
A group of segments containing a reference and constants which
apply to the entire message.
0130 RFF, Reference
A segment to express a reference which applies to the entire
message such as: the document/message number that is to be
updated by this very message (according to data element 1225
Message Function, Coded in segment BGM), booking reference,
order number, insurance contract, etc.
0140 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to indicate date and time relating to the
reference.
0150 TCC, Transport charge/rate calculations
A segment to provide information on the charges associated with
the transport.
0160 Segment group 3: TDT-DTM-TSR-SG4-SG5
A group of segments to indicate details of the movement of
goods such as mode and means of transport, locations,
departure, and arrival date(s) and time(s).
0170 TDT, Details of transport
A segment to indicate information related to a certain stage
of the transport, such as mode, means and carrier.
0180 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to indicate departure/arrival date and time.
0190 TSR, Transport service requirements
A segment to identify contract, conditions of carriage,
services, priority requirements for this stage of transport.
0200 Segment group 4: LOC-DTM
A group of segments to specify a location and date/time
related to this leg of transport.
0210 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment to indicate a location such as origin,
destination, stop off, etc. related to this leg of
transport.
0220 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to specify a date/time related to the location,
such as arrival date/time of a means of transport at a
specific location.
0230 Segment group 5: RFF-DTM
A group of segments to specify an additional reference
related to the stage of the transport.
0240 RFF, Reference
A segment to specify the additional reference.
0250 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to identify date and time relating to the
reference.
0260 Segment group 6: NAD-LOC-SG7
A group of segments to identify a party, related references,
locations contacts, required documents, and charges to be paid
by the party.
0270 NAD, Name and address
A segment to identify the party's name, address, and
function.
0280 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment to indicate location where a specific function
will be performed.
0290 Segment group 7: TSR-RFF-LOC-TPL-FTX
A group of segments to specify a transport service
requirement and its associated details (such as applicable
commercial agreement) related to the party.
0300 TSR, Transport service requirements
A segment to specify a required service for the
transport, such as re-icing.
0310 RFF, Reference
A segment to identify a commercial agreement related to
the service requirement.
0320 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment to indicate the location where the required
service must be performed, such as place of re-icing.
0330 TPL, Transport placement
A segment to identify the means of transport to which the
service requirement applies.
0340 FTX, Free text
A segment to provide any additional information related
to the service requirement.
0350 Segment group 8: GID-HAN-TMP-RNG-TMD-LOC-FTX-SG9-GDS-SG10-SG11-
SG12-SG13-SG14
A group of segments to describe the goods items for which
transport is undertaken.
0360 GID, Goods item details
A segment to identify a goods item for which transport is
undertaken. A goods item can be identified by up to three
levels of packaging.
0370 HAN, Handling instructions
A segment to specify handling instructions relating to the
goods item.
0380 TMP, Temperature
A segment to specify a temperature setting for a goods item.
0390 RNG, Range details
A segment to specify a temperature range setting for a goods
item.
0400 TMD, Transport movement details
A segment to specify transport movement details for a goods
item.
0410 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment to specify a country associated with a goods item,
such as country of origin, or country of destination.
0420 FTX, Free text
A segment to specify processable supplementary information
relating to the goods item.
0430 Segment group 9: NAD-DTM
A group of segments to identify different places of
collection and/or delivery for the goods item.
0440 NAD, Name and address
A segment to specify an address of a place of collection
or delivery for a goods item.
0450 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to indicate date and time relating to the place
of collection or delivery.
0460 GDS, Nature of cargo
A segment to describe the nature of cargo.
0470 Segment group 10:MEA-EQN
A group of segments to specify measurements applicable to a
goods item.
0480 MEA, Measurements
A segment to specify measurements, other than dimensions,
applicable to a goods item.
0490 EQN, Number of units
A segment to specify the number of equipment units to
each of which the given measurement applies.
0500 Segment group 11:DIM-EQN
A group of segments to specify dimensions applicable to a
goods item.
0510 DIM, Dimensions
A segment to specify dimensions applicable to a goods
item.
0520 EQN, Number of units
A segment to specify the number of equipment units to
each of which the given dimension applies.
0530 Segment group 12:RFF-DTM
A group of segments to identify references to a goods item.
0540 RFF, Reference
A segment to identify a reference to a goods item.
0550 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to indicate date and time relating to the
reference.
0560 Segment group 13:DOC-DTM
A group of segments to specify documents and associated
date(s) and time(s) for a goods item.
0570 DOC, Document/message details
A segment to specify a document prepared for a goods
item.
0580 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to associate date and time with the prepared
document.
0590 Segment group 14:DGS-FTX-SG15
A group of segments to specify dangerous goods details
related to the goods item. One goods item may be in
different dangerous goods classes.
0600 DGS, Dangerous goods
A segment to indicate the class of dangerous goods,
packing group, etc.
0610 FTX, Free text
A segment to specify the dangerous goods technical name
and to specify any additional dangerous goods
information.
0620 Segment group 15:MEA-EQN
A group of segments to identify dangerous goods
measurements.
0630 MEA, Measurements
A segment to specify measurements of the dangerous
goods.
0640 EQN, Number of units
A segment to specify the number of equipment units to
each of which the given measurement applies.
0650 Segment group 16:EQD-EQN-TMD-MEA-DIM-HAN-TMP-FTX-SG17
A group of segments to specify equipment in which goods are
transported.
0660 EQD, Equipment details
A segment to specify equipment, and equipment size and type
used in the transport.
0670 EQN, Number of units
A segment to specify number of pieces of equipment required.
0680 TMD, Transport movement details
A segment to specify transport movement details for the
equipment.
0690 MEA, Measurements
A segment to specify measurements, other than dimensions,
associated with the equipment, such as weight.
0700 DIM, Dimensions
A segment to specify dimensions applicable to equipment.
0710 HAN, Handling instructions
A segment to specify handling instructions for specified
equipment.
0720 TMP, Temperature
A segment to specify a temperature setting for the
equipment.
0730 FTX, Free text
A segment to specify processable supplementary information
associated with the equipment.
0740 Segment group 17:NAD-DTM
A group of segments to identify different equipment pick-up
or drop-off places.
0750 NAD, Name and address
A segment to specify a pick-up or drop-off address.
0760 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to indicate date and time relating to pick-up
or drop-off.
0770 UNT, Message trailer
A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of
segments in the message and the control reference number of the
message.
4.2 Data segment index (Alphabetical sequence by tag)
BGM Beginning of message
CNT Control total
COM Communication contact
CTA Contact information
DGS Dangerous goods
DIM Dimensions
DOC Document/message details
DTM Date/time/period
EQD Equipment details
EQN Number of units
FTX Free text
GDS Nature of cargo
GID Goods item details
HAN Handling instructions
LOC Place/location identification
MEA Measurements
NAD Name and address
RFF Reference
RNG Range details
TCC Transport charge/rate calculations
TDT Details of transport
TMD Transport movement details
TMP Temperature
TPL Transport placement
TSR Transport service requirements
UNH Message header
UNT Message trailer
Contents of IFTMBC