VESDEP Vessel departure

Joint Transport Group (JM4)

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 · Details of transport · Max 1 · Mandatory

      To specify the transport details such as mode of transport, means of transport, its conveyance reference number and the identification of the means of transport. The segment may be pointed to by the TPL segment.

   2. 0150 · RFF · Reference · Max 9 · Conditional

      To specify a reference.

   3. 0160 · LOC · Place/location identification · Max 9 · Conditional

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

   4. 0170 · DTM · Date/time/period · Max 9 · Conditional

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

   5. 0180 · MEA · Measurements · Max 9 · Conditional

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

8. Segment group 5 Repeat 9

   1. 0200 · QTY · Quantity · Max 1 · Mandatory

      To specify a pertinent quantity.

   2. 0210 · FTX · Free text · Max 1 · Conditional

      To provide free form or coded text information.

9. 0220 · UNT · Message trailer · Max 1 · Mandatory

   To end and check the completeness of a message.