This standard provides the format and establishes the data contents of the Carrier Interchange Agreement (Ocean) Transaction Set within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange environment. This transaction set provides all the information necessary for an ocean carrier to tell a terminal operator if motor carriers are authorized to carry it's cargo.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To identify a party by type of organization, name and code
To identify motor carriers and the status of their interchange agreements
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).
