Contractual or operational port or point relevant to the movement of the cargo.
To specify pertinent dates and times
This standard provides the format and establishes the data contents of the Vessel Stow Plan (Ocean) Transaction Set within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange environment. This transaction set provides all the information relative to the stowage of equipment and cargo on a vessel.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To provide vessel details and voyage number
To specify pertinent dates and times
To identify the equipment.
To adequately identify the equipment being referred to
To specify the cargo location on board the vessel.
To specify special handling instructions in coded or free-form format
To specify information relative to hazardous material
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments).
Code uniquely identifying a Transaction Set.