This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Terminal Information Transaction Set (319) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set can be used by terminal operators to provide shipment arrival event information to authorized parties. It can be used to transmit information such as arrival of the shipment, availability for pickup, or the actual pickup of the shipment. Some of the authorized parties to shipment are customs house brokers, freight forwarders, or consignees.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To indicate the beginning of the cargo terminal information transaction set and to transmit identifying numbers and dates.
To transmit cargo detail information
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments).
