N7 Equipment Details
To identify the equipment.
Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
Prefix or alphabetic part of an equipment unit's identifying number.
N701 is mandatory for rail transactions.
If N703 is present, then N704 is required.
Sequencing or serial part of an equipment unit's identifying number (pure numeric form for equipment number is preferred).
If either N705 or N716 is present, then the other is required.
Numeric value of weight.
If either N708 or N709 is present, then the other is required.
Code defining the type of weight.
Weight of the equipment.
Allowance made for increased weight due to such factors as snow.
Weight of material used to protect lading (even bracings, false floors, etc.).
Value of volumetric measure.
Code identifying the volume unit.
Code indicating the relationship of equipment to carrier.
Code identifying type of equipment used for shipment.
Code used by sender of transaction set identifying equipment owner.
(The SCAC is used to indicate a carrier owner.)
Free-form abbreviation of temperature range or flash-point temperature.
Relative position of shipment in car, trailer, or container (mutually defined).
Length (in feet and inches) of equipment ordered or used to transport shipment. (The format is FFFII where FFF is feet and II is inches.
The range for II is 00 through 11.)
Code identifying the type of tare.
Code specifying the weight unit.
Number which designates the check digit applied to a piece of equipment.
Code specifying extent of transportation service requested.
Vertical dimension of an object measured when the object is in the upright position.
N720 and N721 are expressed in inches.
Shorter measurement of the two horizontal dimensions measured with the object in the upright position.
Code identifying container size/type.