0. INTRODUCTION
This specification provides the definition of the Dangerous
goods notification message (IFTDGN) to be used in Electronic
Data Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in
administration, commerce and transport.
1. SCOPE
1.1 Functional Definition
The International Forwarding and Transport Dangerous Goods
Notification message is a message from the party responsible to
declare the dangerous goods (e.g. carrier's agent, freight
forwarder) to the party acting on behalf of the local authority
performing the checks on conformance with the legal
requirements on the control of dangerous goods, normally Port
Authority, conveying the information relating to one
conveyance/voyage of a means of transport such as a vessel,
train, truck or barge, on the dangerous goods being loaded,
unloaded, and/or in transit.
1.2 Field of Application
The Dangerous goods notification message may be used for both
national and international applications. It is based on
universal practice related to administration, commerce and
transport, and is not dependent on the type of business or
industry.
1.3 Principles
This message is meant to comply with the legal requirements of
authorities concerning the notification/declaration of
dangerous goods.
1- One message relates to one conveyance/voyage of a means of
transport.
Remark: the message structure is aligned with the IFCSUM
message (Forwarding and consolidation summary message).
2- One message is to be suitable to declare both the dangerous
goods to be discharged and loaded and the dangerous goods that
remain on board (in transit). Only one handling operation per
IFTDGN message can be reported, or a handling operation can be
specified per consignment in IFTDGN.
3- One message may relate to all dangerous goods information
that the sender of the message is responsible for or to a
certain part of that information; the information may be split
in different messages, e.g. as it known at different times or
the discharging information is sent separately from loading
information or the information is split up in different
messages for the different dangerous goods classes.
4- One message is to be based on the local legal information
requirements regarding the notification of dangerous goods to
the (port) authority.
N.B. This may mean that in a certain port the condition for a
data element (or qualifier) that is conditional according to
this specification, is that the data element (or qualifier)
becomes mandatory for that port.
5- A dangerous goods notification message may contain several
consignments.
6- A consignment may contain several goods items/dangerous
goods classes.
7- Each goods item can only contain one dangerous goods class.
A goods item reflects the operational description of the goods.
8- A dangerous goods class may be transported in one or more
equipment, and a single equipment may contain one or more
dangerous goods classes.
9- The message has to cater for the provision of sending
updates (change, deletion or cancellation).
Remark: To cover all dangerous goods information relating to
one conveyance/voyage of a means of transport might imply
accumulation of several Dangerous Goods Notification messages
from the same or several agents/forwarders.
The Dangerous Goods Acknowledgement message is a message from
the party acting on behalf of the local authority to the party
responsible to declare the dangerous goods.
Agent Port
Authority
------- Dangerous Goods Notification ------>
<------ Dangerous Goods Acknowledgement -------
2. REFERENCES
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
Section 1.
3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
3.1 Standard 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 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 Dangerous goods notification
message is IFTDGN.
Note: Dangerous goods notification messages conforming to this
document must contain the following data in segment UNH,
composite S009:
Data element 0065 IFTDGN
0052 D
0054 97A
0051 UN
0020 BGM, Beginning of message
A segment to indicate the beginning of the message by
identifying the message by a document/message number.
It is recommended to sequentially number the messages relating
to the same conveyance/voyage of the means of transport.
Update (change or replace) messages can be accommodated using
Message function code together with the Reference to previous
message (in RFF segment) quoting the document/message number of
the message being updated by this message.
0030 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to indicate a date and time applying to the whole
message, such as date and time of document/message issue.
0040 FTX, Free text
A segment to give information on the changes in the message in
case of changes to previously sent message. The text subject to
be qualified:
- Change information
0050 HAN, Handling instructions
A segment to report a handling operation to be taken on the
hazardous cargo. (Some ports oblige the agents to report only
one handling operation of hazardous cargo per IFTDGN message).
0060 Segment group 1: RFF-DTM
A group of segments to specify a reference relating to the
whole message and its date and time.
0070 RFF, Reference
A segment to express a reference which applies to the entire
message.
The reference to be qualified:
- Carrier's agent reference number
- Freight forwarders reference number
- Reference to previous message
0080 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to indicate date and time relating to the
reference.
0090 Segment group 2: TDT-RFF-LOC-DTM
A group of segments to indicate the details of the movement of
goods such as means of transport, locations, arrival
date/times. The following conditions apply:
1 This group should be completed when the IFTDGN relates to a
seagoing vessel.
2 This group is not necessarily used when the IFTDGN does not
relate to a seagoing vessel.
0100 TDT, Details of transport
A segment to indicate the transport information related to
the visit of a means of transport in the port. The transport
details to be specified:
- Main transport
0110 RFF, Reference
A segment to indicate the transport licence reference
number(s) of the main transport.
0120 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment to indicate locations related to the arrival of
the means of transport. The location to be qualified:
- Berth (maximum number of repeats: 8 times)
- Port of origin
- Location of goods
NOTE: The sequence of the berths is implicit by the sequence
of the Berth-qualified LOC segments.
0130 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to indicate expected time and date of arrival and
departure. The date/time to be qualified:
- Estimated date/time of arrival
- Estimated date/time of departure
0140 Segment group 3: NAD-SG4
A group of segments to identify a party relevant to the entire
message, and its related contacts.
0150 NAD, Name and address
A segment to identify a party's name, address and function
relevant to the entire message. The functions to be
qualified:
- Carrier
- either Carrier's agent or Freight forwarder
Remark: the place of this segment group in the message is
derived from the single consignment based (IFTMxx) messages
(and not the IFCSUM message).
e.g.: Message recipient,
Message sender,
Acknowledgement recipient,
Notify party (in case of calamity).
0160 Segment group 4: CTA-COM
A group of segments identifying a contact and its
communications related to the party, e.g. to whom an
acknowledgement is to be sent or who is to be contacted in
case of a calamity.
0170 CTA, Contact information
A segment to identify a person or department within a
party.
0180 COM, Communication contact
A segment to identify a communication number of a person
or department to whom communication should be directed,
e.g. e-mail number, telefax number, telephone number.
0190 Segment group 5: EQD-MEA
A group of segments to specify the equipment in which the
dangerous cargo is transported.
0200 EQD, Equipment details
A segment to specify the equipment identification and the
equipment size and type of the equipment used in the
transport. The equipment to be qualified:
- Barge, lighter
- Container
- Trailer
0210 MEA, Measurements
A segment to specify measurements, other than dimensions,
associated with the equipment. The measurement to be
qualified:
- Maximum payload (of the barge)
0220 Segment group 6: CNI-HAN-DTM-LOC-SG7-SG8-SG10
A group of segments to describe a consignment of dangerous
goods carried or to be carried on the means of transport
specified before.
0230 CNI, Consignment information
A segment to identify the consignment and to indicate
whether the consignment is to be loaded, discharged or in
transit.
0240 HAN, Handling instructions
A segment to report a handling operation to be taken on the
hazardous cargo of the consignment. Some ports allow to
report one handling operation of hazardous cargo per
consignment in the IFTDGN message.
0250 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to indicate time and date of the load or discharge
operation. The date/time to be qualified:
- Date/time of operation
- Estimated date/time of arrival
- Estimated date/time of departure
0260 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment to indicate locations related to the arrival of a
consignment. The location to be qualified:
- place/port of loading
- place/port of discharge
- berth (as the place where the discharge/load/in transit
action is to take place)
- warehouse (as the place where the consignment will be
stored)
0270 Segment group 7: TDT-RFF
A group of segments to specify transport details of the
consignment.
0280 TDT, Details of transport
A segment to indicate the transport information related
to the arrival (pre-carriage) or the departure
(on-carriage) of the consignment. The transport details
to be specified:
- Pre-carriage
- On-carriage
0290 RFF, Reference
A segment to indicate the transport licence number(s) of
the pre- or on- carriage transport.
0300 Segment group 8: NAD-SG9-RFF
A group of segments to identify a party related to the
consignment.
0310 NAD, Name and address
A segment to identify a party's name and address relevant
to the consignment. The function to be qualified:
- Consignor
- either Carrier's agent or Freight forwarder
0320 Segment group 9: CTA-COM
A group of segments to identify a contact and its
communications related to the party.
0330 CTA, Contact information
A segment to identify a person or a department within
the party.
0340 COM, Communication contact
A segment to identify a communication number of the
contact to whom communication should be directed.
0350 RFF, Reference
A segment to express a reference for the consignment
related to the party. The reference to be qualified:
- Carrier's agent reference number
- Freight forwarders reference number
0360 Segment group 10:GID-FTX-PCI-SG11-SG12
A group of segments to specify a goods item within the
consignment.
0370 GID, Goods item details
A segment to identify a goods item within the consignment
and to indicate the heading of a goods item with the
number of packages.
0380 FTX, Free text
A segment to specify processable supplementary
information relating to the goods item. The text subject
to be qualified:
- Description of goods
- Remarks
0390 PCI, Package identification
A segment to specify marks and numbers of the goods item.
0400 Segment group 11:SGP-MEA
A group of segments to specify the distribution of a
goods item among the transport equipment.
0410 SGP, Split goods placement
A segment to identify the equipment (such as barge
identification) in which the goods are transported.
0420 MEA, Measurements
A segment to specify measurements of that portion of
the goods item in the equipment.
0430 Segment group 12:DGS-FTX-MEA-LOC-RFF-SG13
A group of segments to specify the dangerous goods
details of the goods item. A goods item can be classified
by only one dangerous goods class.
0440 DGS, Dangerous goods
A segment to indicate the dangerous goods regulation
information, e.g. IMO code, UNDG number, dangerous
goods class, packing group.
0450 FTX, Free text
A segment to specify processable supplementary
information relating to the dangerous goods. The text
subject to be qualified (each qualifier may occur only
once):
- Dangerous goods technical name
- Dangerous goods additional information
0460 MEA, Measurements
A segment to specify a measurement of the dangerous
part of the goods item. The measurement to be
qualified:
- Net weight
- Gross weight
0470 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment to indicate the cell location on board of
the means of transport.
0480 RFF, Reference
A segment by which the declaring party can refer to
(a) number(s) of approval concerning exceptions on the
existing hazardous goods regulation, obtained from the
responsible authority.
0490 Segment group 13:SGP-LOC-MEA
A group of segments to specify the distribution of the
dangerous goods among transport equipment.
0500 SGP, Split goods placement
A segment to identify the equipment (such as
container number, barge identification, trailer
identification) in which the dangerous goods is
placed and the number of packages in that
equipment.
0510 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment to indicate the cell location on board of
the means of transport, for each equipment in which
dangerous cargo is stored.
0520 MEA, Measurements
A segment to specify a measurement of that
placement in the equipment. The transport
measurements to be qualified:
- Net weight
- Gross weight
0530 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
CNI Consignment information
COM Communication contact
CTA Contact information
DGS Dangerous goods
DTM Date/time/period
EQD Equipment details
FTX Free text
GID Goods item details
HAN Handling instructions
LOC Place/location identification
MEA Measurements
NAD Name and address
PCI Package identification
RFF Reference
SGP Split goods placement
TDT Details of transport
UNH Message header
UNT Message trailer
Contents of IFTDGN