VESDEP Vessel departure

D4 Transport (SWG)

A message from a stevedore to a liner agent or from a liner agent to a local authority (e.g. port authority) to inform the latter party of the departure of a vessel and giving information on the actual container or cargo operations.

This message is part of a total set of container-related messages. These messages serve to facilitate the intermodal handling of containers by streamlining the information exchange. The business scenario for the container messages is clarified in a separate document, called: 'Guide to the scenario of EDIFACT container messages'.

Header

1. 0010 · UNH · Message header · Max 1 · Mandatory

   To head, identify and specify a message.

2. 0020 · BGM · Beginning of message · Max 1 · Mandatory

   To indicate the type and function of a message and to transmit the identifying number.

3. 0030 · DTM · Date/time/period · Max 9 · Conditional

   To specify date, and/or time, or period.

4. 0040 · FTX · Free text · Max 9 · Conditional

   To provide free form or coded text information.

5. Segment group 1 Repeat 9

   1. 0060 · RFF · Reference · Max 1 · Mandatory

      To specify a reference.

   2. 0070 · DTM · Date/time/period · Max 9 · Conditional

      To specify date, and/or time, or period.

6. Segment group 2 Repeat 9

   1. 0090 · NAD · Name and address · Max 1 · Mandatory

      To specify the name/address and their related function, either by C082 only and/or unstructured by C058 or structured by C080 thru 3207.

   2. Segment group 3 Repeat 9

      1. 0110 · CTA · Contact information · Max 1 · Mandatory

         To identify a person or a department to whom communication should be directed.

      2. 0120 · COM · Communication contact · Max 9 · Conditional

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

7. Segment group 4 Repeat 1

   1. 0140 · TDT · Transport information · Max 1 · Mandatory

      To specify information regarding the transport such as mode of transport, means of transport, its conveyance reference number and the identification of the means of transport.

      + 040 D5(040,030) If first, then all

   2. 0150 · DTM · Date/time/period · Max 9 · Conditional

      To specify date, and/or time, or period.

   3. 0160 · RFF · Reference · Max 9 · Conditional

      To specify a reference.

   4. Segment group 5 Repeat 9

      1. 0180 · LOC · Place/location identification · Max 1 · Mandatory

         To identify a place or a location and/or related locations.

      2. 0190 · DTM · Date/time/period · Max 9 · Conditional

         To specify date, and/or time, or period.

   5. 0200 · MEA · Measurements · Max 9 · Conditional

      To specify physical measurements, including dimension tolerances, weights and counts.

8. Segment group 6 Repeat 9

   1. 0220 · QTY · Quantity · Max 1 · Mandatory

      To specify a pertinent quantity.

   2. 0230 · FTX · Free text · Max 1 · Conditional

      To provide free form or coded text information.

9. 0240 · UNT · Message trailer · Max 1 · Mandatory

   To end and check the completeness of a message.

   1. 0062, the value shall be identical to the value in 0062 in the
   corresponding UNH segment.