B12 Beginning Segment for Consolidation of Goods In Container

To specify the beginning of the Consolidation of Goods in Container Transaction Set

Position: B12-01 · Element: 206 · Name: Equipment Initial · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 4 · Repeat: 1

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

Position: B12-02 · Element: 207 · Name: Equipment Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 10 · Repeat: 1

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

Position: B12-03 · Element: 24 · Name: Equipment Type · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 4 · Max: 4 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying equipment type