VID Conveyance Identification

To identify a conveyance and its attributes

Position: VID-01 · Element: 40 · Name: Equipment Description Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code identifying type of equipment used for shipment

Position: VID-02 · Element: 206 · Name: Equipment Initial · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

Prefix or alphabetic part of an equipment unit's identifying number

Position: VID-03 · Element: 207 · Name: Equipment Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 10 · Repeat: -

Sequencing or serial part of an equipment unit's identifying number (pure numeric form for equipment number is preferred)

Position: VID-04 · Element: 225 · Name: Seal Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 15 · Repeat: -

Unique number on seal used to close a shipment

Position: VID-05 · Element: 225 · Name: Seal Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 15 · Repeat: -

Unique number on seal used to close a shipment

Position: VID-06 · Element: 567 · Name: Equipment Length · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 4 · Max: 5 · Repeat: -

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)

Position: VID-07 · Element: 65 · Name: Height · Type: Decimal number (R) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 8 · Repeat: -

Vertical dimension of an object measured when the object is in the upright position

Position: VID-08 · Element: 189 · Name: Width · Type: Decimal number (R) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 8 · Repeat: -

Shorter measurement of the two horizontal dimensions measured with the object in the upright position

Position: VID-09 · Element: 24 · Name: Equipment Type · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 4 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

Code identifying equipment type

Position: VID-10 · Element: 322 · Name: Load/Empty Status Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: -

Code which specifies the loaded condition of transportation equipment

Position: VID-11 · Element: 56 · Name: Type of Service Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code specifying extent of transportation service requested

Position: VID-12 · Element: 310 · Name: Location Identifier · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: -

Code which identifies a specific location

VID12 is the Census Schedule K code for the foreign port of loading on a vessel.