IFTDGN Dangerous goods notification

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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.

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  1. 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 17A 0051 UN

    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. 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.

  3. A segment to indicate a date and time applying to the whole message, such as date and time of document/message issue.

  4. 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

  5. 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).

  6. Segment group 1
    Repeat 9

    1. 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

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

  7. Segment group 2
    Repeat 1

    1. 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

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

    2. A segment to indicate date(s) and time(s) related to the transport stage.

    3. A segment to indicate the transport licence reference number(s) of the main transport.

    4. Segment group 3
      Repeat 99

      1. A segment to indicate locations related to the arrival of the means of transport including port of discharge, port of origin as well as berths.

      2. A segment to specify estimated date(s) and time(s) of arrival at, and departure from the location.

  8. Segment group 4
    Repeat 9

    1. 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).

    2. Segment group 5
      Repeat 9

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

      2. 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.

  9. Segment group 6
    Repeat 999

    1. 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

    2. A segment to specify measurements, other than dimensions, associated with the equipment. The measurement to be qualified: - Maximum payload (of the barge)

    3. A segment to identify the seal(s) and seal issuer associated with the equipment.

  10. Segment group 7
    Repeat 999

    1. A segment to identify the consignment and to indicate whether the consignment is to be loaded, discharged or in transit.

    2. 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.

    3. 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

    4. 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)

    5. Segment group 8
      Repeat 1

      1. 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

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

      2. A segment to indicate the transport licence number(s) of the pre- or on- carriage transport.

      3. Segment group 9
        Repeat 9

        1. A segment to specify a location related to the pre- carriage and on-carriage of the consignment.

        2. A segment to specify the date(s) and time(s) related to the arrival and departure of the consignment.

    6. Segment group 10
      Repeat 2

      1. 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

      2. Segment group 11
        Repeat 1

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

        2. A segment to identify a communication number of the contact to whom communication should be directed.

      3. 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

    7. Segment group 12
      Repeat 99

      1. A segment to identify a goods item within the consignment and to indicate the heading of a goods item with the number of packages.

      2. A segment to specify processable supplementary information relating to the goods item. The text subject to be qualified: - Description of goods - Remarks

      3. A segment to specify marks and numbers of the goods item.

      4. Segment group 13
        Repeat 99

        1. A segment to identify the equipment (such as barge identification) in which the goods are transported.

        2. A segment to specify measurements of that portion of the goods item in the equipment.

      5. Segment group 14
        Repeat 1

        1. A segment to indicate the dangerous goods regulation information, e.g. IMO code, UNDG number, dangerous goods class, packing group.

        2. 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

        3. A segment to specify a measurement of the dangerous part of the goods item. The measurement to be qualified: - Net weight - Gross weight

        4. A segment to indicate the cell location on board of the means of transport.

        5. 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.

        6. Segment group 15
          Repeat 99

          1. 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.

          2. A segment to indicate the cell location on board of the means of transport, for each equipment in which dangerous cargo is stored.

          3. A segment to specify a measurement of a placement in the equipment. The transport measurements to be qualified include: - Net weight - Gross weight

  11. A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of segments in the message (including the UNH & UNT) and the control reference number of the message.

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