This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Terminal Operations and Intermodal Ramp Activity 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 operation, port authority or intermodal ramp to communicate terminal and intermodal ramp 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 transmit identifying numbers, dates, and other basic data relating to the transaction set
To specify the status of the shipment in terms of dates, time, reference numbers, and location
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 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 specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
To transmit identifying information as specified by the Reference Identification 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 hazardous commodity identification reference number and quantity
To specify the hazardous notation and endorsement information
To specify the hazardous material shipping name and additional descriptive requirements
To uniquely identify the variable information required by government regulation covering the transportation of hazardous material shipments
To specify the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) information relating to shipments of hazardous material
To specify additional Transport Canada requirements covering transportation of dangerous goods in Canada
To specify the placard information required by the second government agency when shipment is to cross into another country
To transmit specific hazardous material reference numbers
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
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)
