0. INTRODUCTION
This specification provides the definition of the Vessel
departure message (VESDEP) to be used in Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in
administration, commerce and transport.
1. SCOPE
1.1 Functional Definition
A message from a stevedore to a liner agent informing the
latter party of the closing of a vessel's file and giving
information on the actual container 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'.
1.2 Field of Application
The Vessel departure message may be used for both national and
international trade. It is based on universal commercial
practice and is not dependent on the type of business or
industry.
1.3 Principles
In the context of the 'Guide to the scenario of EDIFACT
container messages' (as referred to at the start of section 1)
the following guidelines, rules and functionality apply to this
Vessel departure message:
* A message will contain information on only one means of
transport/conveyance.
* Separate messages (Call info message and Vessel departure
message) will be used for the means of transport in order to
cater for opening and closing of the information exchange
related to that means of transport. Updates for these messages
may be sent.
* The message contents can be uniquely identified by a
combination of the following data elements:
- ordering customer/principal
- ordering customer agent
- mode of transport
- conveyance reference number/voyage number
The ordering customer agent is to supplement the unique
identification only when several agents are acting on behalf of
the same shipping line for the same voyage number.
2. REFERENCES
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
Section 1.
3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
Section 2.
4. MESSAGE DEFINITION
4.1 Data Segment Clarification
This section should be read in conjunction with the Branching
Diagram and the Segment Table which indicate mandatory,
conditional and repeating requirements.
0010 | UNH, Message header
A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message.
The message type code for the Vessel departure message is
VESDEP.
Note: Vessel departure messages conforming to this document
must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009:
Data element 0065 VESDEP
0052 D
0054 95B
0051 UN
0020 BGM, Beginning of message
A segment to indicate the beginning of a message and to
transmit identifying number.
0030 RFF, Reference
A segment to provide a reference relating to the whole message,
such as:
- reference to previous message
0040 Segment group 1: NAD-CTA
A group of segments to identify a party and related contacts.
0050 NAD, Name and address
A segment to identify a name and address of a party, such
as:
- message sender
- message recipient
- ordering customer/principal
- ordering customer agent
0060 CTA, Contact information
A segment to identify a person or department for the party,
such as:
- information contact
0070 Segment group 2: TDT-RFF-DTM
A group of segments to specify details of the departing means
of transport.
0080 TDT, Details of transport
A segment to identify the transport details of the departing
vessel.
0090 RFF, Reference
A segment to identify a relevant reference number, such as:
- voyage number
0100 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to identify a date and time related to the
departure of the means of transport, such as:
- actual sailing date/time
0110 Segment group 3: QTY-FTX
A group of segments to specify total numbers.
0120 QTY, Quantity
A segment to specify the actual number of segments in the
message and the control reference number of the message.
0130 FTX, Free text
A segment to provide supplementary information related to
the actual number of operations on equipment.
0140 UNT, Message trailer
A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of
segments in the message and the control reference number of the
message.
4.2 Data segment index (Alphabetical sequence by tag)
BGM Beginning of message
CTA Contact information
DTM Date/time/period
FTX Free text
NAD Name and address
QTY Quantity
RFF Reference
TDT Details of transport
UNH Message header
UNT Message trailer
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