D95A

Message D95A/CALINF

Call info message

A message from a liner agent to a stevedore providing information concerning the planned arrival of a vessel and the expected container operations. This message is part of a total set of container-related messages. These messages serve to facilitate the intermodal handling of containers by streamlining the information exchange. The business scenario for the container messages is clarified in a separate document, called: 'Guide to the scenario of EDIFACT container messages'.

Message description

UNH

M(1) : Message header

A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Call info message is CALINF. Note: Call info messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009: Data element 0065 CALINF 0052 D 0054 95A 0051 UN

BGM

M(1) : Beginning of message

A segment to indicate the beginning of a message and to transmit identifying number.

RFF

C(9) : Reference

A segment to provide a reference relating to the whole message, such as: - reference to previous message.

SG1 M(9) : NAD-CTA

A group of segments to identify a party and related contacts.

NAD

M(1) : Name and address

A segment to identify a name and address of a party, such as: - message sender - message recipient - ordering customer/principal - ordering customer agent

CTA

C(9) : Contact information

A segment to identify a person or department for the party, such as: - information contact

SG2 M(1) : TDT-RFF-LOC-DTM-FTX

A group of segments to specify details for the arriving means of transport.

TDT

M(1) : Details of transport

A segment to identify the transport details of the arriving vessel.

RFF

C(9) : Reference

A segment to identify a relevant reference number, such as: - Customs declaration number - shipping line reference

LOC

M(9) : Place/location identification

A segment to identify locations related to the transport details, such as: - previous port of call - next port of call - place/port of discharge

DTM

M(9) : Date/time/period

A segment to identify a date and time related to the arrival of the means of transport, such as: - estimated arrival - estimated departure

FTX

C(9) : Free text

A segment to provide supplementary information related to the means of transport, such as: - additional remarks related to the transport - remarks

SG3 C(9) : QTY-FTX

A group of segments to specify total numbers.

QTY

M(1) : Quantity

A segment to specify the planned number of operations on equipment for the arriving vessel.

FTX

C(1) : Free text

A segment to provide supplementary information related to the planned number of operations on equipment.

UNT

M(1) : Message trailer

A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of segments in the message and the control reference number of the message.

Message structure

UNH, Message header                           M        1
BGM, Beginning of message                     M        1
RFF, Reference                                C        9

--- Segment Group 1 ------------------------- M        9 -------+
NAD, Name and address                         M        1        |
CTA, Contact information                      C        9        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+

--- Segment Group 2 ------------------------- M        1 -------+
TDT, Details of transport                     M        1        |
RFF, Reference                                C        9        |
LOC, Place/location identification            M        9        |
DTM, Date/time/period                         M        9        |
FTX, Free text                                C        9        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+

--- Segment Group 3 ------------------------- C        9 -------+
QTY, Quantity                                 M        1        |
FTX, Free text                                C        1        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+
UNT, Message trailer                          M        1