This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Terminal Operations Activity (Ocean) Transaction Set (322) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used to provide all the information necessary for a terminal operator or port authority to communicate terminal activities (e.g., ``ingates'' and ``outgates'') to authorized parties to a shipment.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To identify the equipment.
To specify the cargo location on board the vessel.
To specify pertinent dates and times
To record seal numbers used and the organization that applied the seals.
To relate equipment type and required temperatures
To identify equipment and the commodity being carried
To cross-reference additional equipment to a primary piece of equipment.
To provide loading details for equipment
To specify the status of the shipment in terms of dates, time, reference numbers, and location
To assign a priority to a booking which would increase the possibility that this cargo would be booked on said voyage and not be shut out
To provide vessel details and voyage number
Contractual or operational port or point relevant to the movement of the cargo.
To specify pertinent dates and times
To specify special handling instructions in coded or free-form format
To identify a party by type of organization, name and code
To transmit information in a free-form format, if necessary, for comment or special instruction.
To transmit identifying numbers and descriptive information as specified by the reference number qualifier
To specify quantity, weight, volume and type of service for a line item including applicable ``quantity/rate-as'' data.
To specify the line item in terms of description, quantity, packaging, and marks and numbers.
To specify information relative to hazardous material
To specify the total shipment in terms of weight, volume, rates, charges, advances, and prepaid amounts applicable to one or more line items
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments).
