D94A | EDIFACTORY

Message D94A/IFTDGN

Dangerous goods notification message

The International Forwarding and Transport Dangerous Goods Notification message is a message from the party responsible to declare the dangerous goods (e.g. carrier's agent, freight forwarder) to the party acting on behalf of the local authority performing the checks on conformance with the legal requirements on the control of dangerous goods, normally Port Authority, conveying the information relating to one conveyance/voyage of a means of transport such as a vessel, train, truck or barge, on the dangerous goods being loaded, unloaded, and/or in transit.

Message description

UNH

M(1) : Message header

A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Dangerous goods notification message is IFTDGN. Note: Dangerous goods notification messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009: Data element 0065 IFTDGN 0052 D 0054 94A 0051 UN

BGM

M(1) : Beginning of message

A segment to indicate the beginning of the message by identifying the message by a document/message number. It is recommended to sequentially number the messages relating to the same conveyance/voyage of the means of transport. Update (change or replace) messages can be accommodated using Message function code together with the Reference to previous message (in RFF segment) quoting the document/message number of the message being updated by this message.

FTX

C(9) : Free text

A segment to give information on the changes in the message in case of changes to previously sent message. The text subject to be qualified: - Change information.

RFF

C(3) : Reference

A segment to express a reference which applies to the entire message. The reference to be qualified: - Carrier's agent reference number - Freight forwarders reference number - Reference to previous message

SG1 C(1) : TDT-LOC-DTM-NAD

A group of segments to indicate the details of the movement of goods such as means of transport, locations, arrival date/times. The following conditions apply: 1 This group should be completed when the IFTDGN relates to a seagoing vessel. 2 This group is not necessarily used when the IFTDGN does not relate to a seagoing vessel.

TDT

M(1) : Details of transport

A segment to indicate the transport information related to the visit of a means of transport in the port. The transport details to be specified: - Main transport

LOC

C(10) : Place/location identification

A segment to indicate locations related to the arrival of the means of transport. The location to be qualified: - Berth (maximum number of repeats: 8 times) - Port of origin - Location of goods NOTE: The sequence of the berths is implicit by the sequence of the Berth-qualified LOC segments.

DTM

M(2) : Date/time/period

A segment to indicate expected time and date of arrival and departure, The date/time to be qualified: - Estimated date/time of arrival - Estimated date/time of departure

NAD

C(2) : Name and address

A segment to identify a party's name, address and function relevant to the entire message. The functions to be qualified: - Carrier - either Carrier's agent or Freight forwarder Remark: the place of this segment group in the message is derived from the single consignment based (IFTMxx) messages (and not the IFCSUM message).

SG2 M(999) : CNI-DTM-LOC-TDT-SG3-SG5

A group of segments to describe a consignment of dangerous goods carried or to be carried on the means of transport specified before.

CNI

M(1) : Consignment information

A segment to identify the consignment and to indicate whether the consignment is to be loaded, discharged or in transit.

DTM

C(3) : Date/time/period

A segment to indicate time and date of the load or discharge operation. The date/time to be qualified: - Date/Time of operation - Estimated date/time of arrival - Estimated date/time of departure

LOC

C(4) : Place/location identification

A segment to indicate locations related to the arrival of a consignment. The location to be qualified: - place/port of loading - place/port of discharge - berth (as the place where the discharge/load/in transit action is to take place) - warehouse (as the place where the consignment will be stored)

TDT

C(1) : Details of transport

A segment to indicate the transport information related to the arrival (pre-carriage) or the departure (on- carriage) of the consignment. The transport details to be specified: -Pre-carriage -On-carriage

SG3 C(2) : NAD-SG4-RFF

A group of segments to identify a party related to the consignment.

NAD

M(1) : Name and address

A segment to identify a party's name and address relevant to the consignment. The function to be qualified: - Consignor - either Carrier's agent or Freight forwarder

SG4 C(1) : CTA-COM

A group of segments to identify a contact and its communications related to the party.

CTA

M(1) : Contact information

A segment to identify a person or a department within the party.

COM

C(1) : Communication contact

A segment to identify a communication number of the contact to whom communication should be directed.

RFF

C(1) : Reference

A segment to express a reference for the consignment related to the party. The reference to be qualified: - Carrier's agent reference number - Freight forwarders reference number

SG5 C(99) : GID-FTX-PCI-SG6

A group of segments to specify a goods item within the consignment.

GID

M(1) : Goods item details

A segment to identify a goods item within the consignment and to indicate the heading of a goods item with the number of packages.

FTX

C(2) : Free text

A segment to specify processable supplementary information relating to the goods item. The text subject to be qualified: - Description of goods - Remarks

PCI

C(1) : Package identification

A segment to specify marks and numbers of the goods item.

SG6 M(1) : DGS-FTX-MEA-SG7

A group of segments to specify the dangerous goods details of the goods item. A goods item can be classified by only one dangerous goods class.

DGS

M(1) : Dangerous goods

A segment to indicate the dangerous goods regulation information, e.g. IMO code, UNDG number, dangerous goods class, packing group.

FTX

M(2) : Free text

A segment to specify processable supplementary information relating to the dangerous goods. The text subject to be qualified (each qualifier may occur only once): - Dangerous goods technical name - Dangerous goods additional information

MEA

M(2) : Measurements

A segment to specify a measurement of the dangerous part of the goods item. The measurement to be qualified: - Net weight - Gross weight

SG7 C(9) : SGP-MEA

A group of segments to specify the distribution of the dangerous goods among transport equipment.

Message structure

UNH, Message header                           M        1
BGM, Beginning of message                     M        1
FTX, Free text                                C        9
RFF, Reference                                C        3

--- Segment Group 1 ------------------------- C        1 -------+
TDT, Details of transport                     M        1        |
LOC, Place/location identification            C       10        |
DTM, Date/time/period                         M        2        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+
NAD, Name and address                         C        2

--- Segment Group 2 ------------------------- M      999 -------+
CNI, Consignment information                  M        1        |
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        3        |
LOC, Place/location identification            C        4        |
TDT, Details of transport                     C        1        |
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 3 ------------------------- C        2 ------+|
NAD, Name and address                         M        1       ||
                                                               ||
--- Segment Group 4 ------------------------- C        1 -----+||
CTA, Contact information                      M        1      |||
COM, Communication contact                    C        1      |||
---- ---------------------------------------------------------+||
RFF, Reference                                C        1       ||
---- ----------------------------------------------------------+|
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 5 ------------------------- C       99 ------+|
GID, Goods item details                       M        1       ||
FTX, Free text                                C        2       ||
PCI, Package identification                   C        1       ||
                                                               ||
--- Segment Group 6 ------------------------- M        1 -----+||
DGS, Dangerous goods                          M        1      |||
FTX, Free text                                M        2      |||
MEA, Measurements                             M        2      |||
                                                              |||
--- Segment Group 7 ------------------------- C        9 ----+|||
SGP, Split goods placement                    M        1     ||||
MEA, Measurements                             C        2     ||||
---- --------------------------------------------------------++++
UNT, Message trailer                          M        1