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.

   1. Data element S009/0057 is retained for upward compatibility. The use of
   S016 and/or S017 is encouraged in preference.
   2. The combination of the values carried in data elements 0062 and S009 shall
   be used to identify uniquely the message within its group (if used) or if
   not used, within its interchange, for the purpose of acknowledgement.

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.