This specification provides the definition of the Forwarding and consolidation summary message (IFCSUM) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in administration, commerce and transport.
A message to be used for consolidation purposes from a party arranging forwarding and transport services to the party for which the transport of the consolidated cargo is destined. The message can be used to exchange information concerning the consolidated cargo between forwarders, carriers and agents enabling those parties to handle the consignments included in this consolidation. In addition it can be used for a collection of consignments originating from one shipper for forwarding and transport services.
This message may be applied for both national and international trade. It is based on universal practice and is not dependent on the type of business or industry.
The IFCSUM message is a functionality in its own right, distinguishable from the transport booking and instruction messages. IFCSUM focuses on separate business areas in transport where the view on the operations is transport means or equipment oriented rather than consignment oriented. These business areas do not concentrate on concepts like booking or instruction. The IFCSUM provides currently merely a statement for a means of transport or equipment and their summary type information regarding the consignment carried. The IFCSUM message also provides a means to incorporate the control and auditability information needed for the receiver of the message to perform the operation to be carried out.
The message provides information concerning cargo carried on a voyage specifying details regarding carrier, mode of transport, means of transport, equipment and the necessary details of the consignments included in the consolidated cargo. Under given circumstances a cargo manifest can be obtained through the use of the IFCSUM. For example, a IFCSUM message can be used in groupage traffic, where it may correspond to a loading list indicating the consignments that have been loaded on a truck.
There is a need for FUNCTIONAL SUBSETS to be derived from the message, for example:
There is a need for INTRAMODAL SUBSETS to be transmitted between partners of the same mode of transport (e.g. railway to railway in different countries, deep-sea-carrier to deep- sea carrier, freight forwarder to freight forwarder etc.).
There is another need for INTERMODAL SUBSETS to be transmitted between partners in a multimodal transport (e.g. freight forwarder to trucker, trucker to railway, railway to port authority, port authority to carrier's agent, carrier's agent to carrier etc.).
A number of generic transport terms are used in this specification, to be described as:
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 1.
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 2.
This section should be read in conjunction with the Branching Diagram and the Segment Table which indicate mandatory, conditional and repeating requirements.
A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Forwarding and consolidation summary message is IFCSUM.
Note: Forwarding and consolidation summary messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009:
A segment to indicate the beginning of the message and to transmit identifying number (e.g. Master B/L, Master AWB etc.), type, date and the function of the message.
A segment to specify date/time of the document/message.
A segment to specify a monetary total associated to the whole consolidation.
A segment to give information and/or processable instructions in addition to that in other segments.
A segment to specify totals of the consolidation (e.g. total number of equipment, total number of consignments, total gross weight and/or dimensions of the whole consolidation etc.).
| ├─UNH Message header | ×1 | (M) |
| ├─BGM Beginning of message | ×1 | (M) |
| ├─DTM Date/time/period | ×9 | (C) |
| ├─MOA Monetary amount | ×99 | (C) |
| ├─FTX Free text | ×99 | (C) |
| ├─CNT Control total | ×9 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 1 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─RFF Reference | ×1 | (M) |
| │─└─DTM Date/time/period | ×9 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 2 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─GOR Governmental requirements | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─DTM Date/time/period | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─LOC Place/location identification | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─SEL Seal number | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─FTX Free text | ×9 | (C) |
| │─└─Segment Group 3 | ×9 | (C) |
| │───├─DOC Document/message details | ×1 | (M) |
| │───└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 4 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─TCC Transport charge/rate calculations | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─PRI Price details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─PCD Percentage details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─QTY Quantity | ×9 | (C) |
| │─└─LOC Place/location identification | ×9 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 5 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─TDT Details of transport | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─TSR Transport service requirements | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─LOC Place/location identification | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─DTM Date/time/period | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─SEL Seal number | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─FTX Free text | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 6 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─MEA Measurements | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─└─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 7 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─DIM Dimensions | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─└─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 8 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─CTA Contact information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─└─COM Communication contact | ×9 | (C) |
| │─└─Segment Group 9 | ×9 | (C) |
| │───├─NAD Name and address | ×1 | (M) |
| │───├─LOC Place/location identification | ×9 | (C) |
| │───├─Segment Group 10 | ×9 | (C) |
| │───│─├─CTA Contact information | ×1 | (M) |
| │───│─└─COM Communication contact | ×9 | (C) |
| │───├─Segment Group 11 | ×9 | (C) |
| │───│─├─DOC Document/message details | ×1 | (M) |
| │───│─└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │───└─Segment Group 12 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─────├─TCC Transport charge/rate calculations | ×1 | (M) |
| │─────├─PRI Price details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─────├─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │─────├─PCD Percentage details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─────├─MOA Monetary amount | ×9 | (C) |
| │─────└─QTY Quantity | ×9 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 13 | ×999 | (C) |
| │─├─EQD Equipment details | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─TPL Transport placement | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─TMD Transport movement details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─MEA Measurements | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─DIM Dimensions | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─SEL Seal number | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─NAD Name and address | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─LOC Place/location identification | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─HAN Handling instructions | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─TMP Temperature | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─FTX Free text | ×9 | (C) |
| │─└─Segment Group 14 | ×99 | (C) |
| │───├─EQA Attached equipment | ×1 | (M) |
| │───└─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 15 | ×9999 | (C) |
| │─├─CNI Consignment information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─Segment Group 16 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─SGP Split goods placement | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 17 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│───├─MEA Measurements | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───└─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 18 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─TPL Transport placement | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 19 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│───├─MEA Measurements | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───└─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─CTA Contact information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─COM Communication contact | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─DTM Date/time/period | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─CNT Control total | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─TSR Transport service requirements | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─CUX Currencies | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─FTX Free text | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 20 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─├─LOC Place/location identification | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─└─DTM Date/time/period | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 21 | ×2 | (C) |
| │─│─├─TOD Terms of delivery or transport | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─└─LOC Place/location identification | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 22 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─├─RFF Reference | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─└─DTM Date/time/period | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 23 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─GOR Governmental requirements | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─DTM Date/time/period | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─LOC Place/location identification | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─SEL Seal number | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─FTX Free text | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 24 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│───├─DOC Document/message details | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 25 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─CPI Charge payment instructions | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─CUX Currencies | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─LOC Place/location identification | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─└─MOA Monetary amount | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 26 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─├─TCC Transport charge/rate calculations | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─LOC Place/location identification | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─FTX Free text | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─CUX Currencies | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─PRI Price details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─PCD Percentage details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─└─QTY Quantity | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 27 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─├─TDT Details of transport | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─DTM Date/time/period | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─TSR Transport service requirements | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 28 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─LOC Place/location identification | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 29 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│───├─RFF Reference | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 30 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─├─NAD Name and address | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─LOC Place/location identification | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 31 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─CTA Contact information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─└─COM Communication contact | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 32 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─DOC Document/message details | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 33 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─TCC Transport charge/rate calculations | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─├─PRI Price details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─PCD Percentage details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─└─QTY Quantity | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 34 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─RFF Reference | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─└─DTM Date/time/period | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 35 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─CPI Charge payment instructions | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─├─CUX Currencies | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─LOC Place/location identification | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─└─MOA Monetary amount | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 36 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│───├─TSR Transport service requirements | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───├─RFF Reference | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───├─LOC Place/location identification | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───├─TPL Transport placement | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───└─FTX Free text | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 37 | ×999 | (C) |
| │─│─├─GID Goods item details | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─HAN Handling instructions | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─TMP Temperature | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─RNG Range details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─TMD Transport movement details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─LOC Place/location identification | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─PIA Additional product id | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─FTX Free text | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 38 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─NAD Name and address | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─GDS Nature of cargo | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 39 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─MEA Measurements | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─└─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 40 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─DIM Dimensions | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─└─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 41 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─RFF Reference | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─└─DTM Date/time/period | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 42 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─PCI Package identification | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─├─RFF Reference | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─│─└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 43 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─DOC Document/message details | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─└─DTM Date/time/period | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 44 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─GOR Governmental requirements | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─├─DTM Date/time/period | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─LOC Place/location identification | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─SEL Seal number | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─FTX Free text | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─└─Segment Group 45 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│───├─DOC Document/message details | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│───└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 46 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─TPL Transport placement | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─└─Segment Group 47 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│───├─MEA Measurements | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│───└─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 48 | ×999 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─SGP Split goods placement | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─└─Segment Group 49 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│───├─MEA Measurements | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│───└─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 50 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─TCC Transport charge/rate calculations | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─├─PRI Price details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─PCD Percentage details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─QTY Quantity | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─│─└─LOC Place/location identification | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 51 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│───├─DGS Dangerous goods | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───├─FTX Free text | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│───├─Segment Group 52 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│───│─├─CTA Contact information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───│─└─COM Communication contact | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│───├─Segment Group 53 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│───│─├─MEA Measurements | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───│─└─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───└─Segment Group 54 | ×999 | (C) |
| │─│─────├─SGP Split goods placement | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─────└─Segment Group 55 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│───────├─MEA Measurements | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───────└─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │─└─Segment Group 56 | ×999 | (C) |
| │───├─EQD Equipment details | ×1 | (M) |
| │───├─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─TMD Transport movement details | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─MEA Measurements | ×9 | (C) |
| │───├─DIM Dimensions | ×9 | (C) |
| │───├─SEL Seal number | ×99 | (C) |
| │───├─TPL Transport placement | ×9 | (C) |
| │───├─HAN Handling instructions | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─TMP Temperature | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─FTX Free text | ×9 | (C) |
| │───├─Segment Group 57 | ×99 | (C) |
| │───│─├─TCC Transport charge/rate calculations | ×1 | (M) |
| │───│─├─PRI Price details | ×1 | (C) |
| │───│─├─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │───│─├─PCD Percentage details | ×1 | (C) |
| │───│─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×9 | (C) |
| │───│─└─QTY Quantity | ×9 | (C) |
| │───├─Segment Group 58 | ×9 | (C) |
| │───│─├─NAD Name and address | ×1 | (M) |
| │───│─└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │───└─Segment Group 59 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─────├─EQA Attached equipment | ×1 | (M) |
| │─────└─EQN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| └─UNT Message trailer | ×1 | (M) |
1. TDT+20+HL12345+1:MARITIME+:CONTAINER VESSEL+:::HAPAG LLOYD+++PHXXX:::FAITHFUL' Notes: 20 indicates 'main transport' (d.e. 8051); HL12345 is assigned by the carrier (d.e. 8028; is the 'flight number' in the air mode); PHXXX is the radio call sign (d.e. 8213); 'FAITHFUL' is the name of the vessel
2. TDT+20+91/05/0021+3:ROAD++:::INT. TRUCKING CO.+++BB-10-XX::::NL' Note: BB-10-XX represents the (Dutch) truck registration no.
