ED Equipment Description
ED Equipment Description
To identify further the referenced equipment
Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
ED-01
Equipment Initial
String (AN)
Mandatory
1
4
-
Prefix or alphabetic part of an equipment unit's identifying number
ED-02
Equipment Number
String (AN)
Mandatory
1
15
-
Sequencing or serial part of an equipment unit's identifying number (pure numeric form for equipment number is preferred)
ED-03
Load/Empty Status Code
Identifier (ID)
Optional
1
1
-
Code specifying the loaded condition of transportation equipment
ED-04
Commodity Code
String (AN)
Optional
1
30
-
Code describing a commodity or group of commodities
ED-05
Lading Description
String (AN)
Optional
1
50
-
Description of an item as required for rating and billing purposes
ED-06
Waybill Number
Numeric (N0)
Optional
1
6
-
Carrier accounting number of the waybill for the inbound movement
ED-07
Equipment Number
String (AN)
Optional
1
15
-
Sequencing or serial part of an equipment unit's identifying number (pure numeric form for equipment number is preferred)
ED07 indicates the high end of an equipment range.
ED-08
Date
Date (DT)
Optional
8
8
-
Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year
ED08 is the waybill date.