This standard provides the format and establishes the data contents of the Motor Carrier Shipment Status Inquiry Transaction Set within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set can be used to request shipment status from a motor carrier. The requestor may be a shipper or consignee.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To transmit identifying numbers, dates and other basic data relating to the transaction set.
To specify the currency being used in the transaction set
To specify identifying numbers.
To transmit weight information
To identify a party by type of organization, name and code
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To specify identifying numbers.
To transmit information in a free-form format, if necessary, for comment or special instruction
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments).
