0. Introduction
1. Scope
   1. Functional Definition
   2. Field of Application
   3. Principles
2. References
3. Message Definition
4. Message Definition
   1. Data Segment Clarification
   2. Message structure
      1. Branching Diagram
      2. Segment Table
   3. Data Segment Index (Alphabetic Sequence)

This specification provides the definition of the Provisional Booking Message (IFTMBP) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between partners involved in Administration, Commerce and Transport.

This paper provides the definition of the Provisional Booking Message to be used in fulfilling the requirements of trading partners in the transport chain worldwide, in the interchange of cargo and transport related information using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).

This message is a single consignment based message, being aligned with other single consignment based messages such as the other two booking messages (IFTMBF and IFTMBC), the instruction messages (IFTMIN and IFTMCS) and the Arrival Notice Message (IFTMAN). The single consignment based messages can be used by all modes of transport for the forwarding and transport of goods from any origin to any destination, regardless of route or prevailing commercial practice. These messages are suitable for the arrangement of the transport of goods between all parties to the movement of the consignment (including the consignor/shipper and consignee as well as the forwarders, brokers, and carriers involved) as well as providing the information necessary to perform that transport and delivery of the goods. They should be used in the same way by each mode of transport when the requirements are common even if functionally similar information is known by different names.

A message from a party requesting space and/or giving brief details of a planned consignment for forwarding and/or transport services to the party providing those services. In this message, the conditions under which the planned transport should take place can be given.

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.

A provisional booking should always be answered by a confirmation in any form by the service provider. Under normal circumstances a Provisional Booking Message is a first contact message between a shipper and a carrier, either followed by a Firm Booking Message

and/or an Instruction Message.

• A consignment may contain several goods items.
• Goods items may or may not be containerized.
• A goods item may be transported in one or more containers, and a single container may contain one or more goods items.
• One goods item may be related to one or more customs tariff codes.
• Goods items related to one customs tariff code may be carried in one or more containers.
• Goods items may reflect either the contractual or operational description of the goods.
• A party to the movement of the consignment may book or order transport for one or more goods items.
• A party to the movement of the consignment may book or issue instructions of transport to be arranged for several goods items by means of one or several of the following messages: IFTMBP, IFTMBF, IFTMBC, IFTMIN, IFTMCS, IFTMAN.
• Pre-carriage (advanced haulage) and/or on-carriage (destination haulage) of goods items or equipment within one booking or instruction may take place in different steps, each step specified with its own transport details group.
• Equipment may have other types of equipment attached to it, e.g. a temperature control unit attached to a container.
• Equipment and/or goods items may be attached to or transported on another load or transport device, which as such may be attached to or transported on yet another load or transport device, e.g. a container on a chassis on a rail-car.
• Transport devices, which have the ability of powered movement on their own, are specified in the transport details group. Other load or transport devices are specified as equipment.
• The expression of packaging for goods items can be expressed at up to three levels.

A number of generic transport terms are used in this specification, to be described as:

• MODE OF TRANSPORT: The method of transport used for the conveyance of goods or persons, e.g. by rail, by road, by sea.
• MEANS OF TRANSPORT: The vehicle used for the transport of goods or persons, e.g. aircraft, truck, vessel.
• TYPE OF MEANS OF TRANSPORT: The type of vehicle used in the transport process, e.g. wide body, tank truck, passenger vessel.
• EQUIPMENT: Material resources necessary to facilitate the transport and handling of cargo. Transport equipment does under the given circumstances not have the ability to move by its own propulsion (e.g. sea container, trailer, unit load device, pallet).
• TYPE OF EQUIPMENT: The type of material used, e.g. 40 feet container, four way pallet, maxi trailer.

See UNTDID, Part 4 Section 2.5 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 1.

See UNTDID, Part 4, Section 2.5 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.

0010 UNH, Message header

A service segment starting and uniquely identifying the message. The message type code for the UN Provisional Booking Message is IFTMBP. Note: Provisional Booking messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009: Data element 0065 IFTMBP 0052 D 0054 93A 0051 UN

0020 BGM, Beginning of message

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

0030 CTA, Contact information

A segment to identify a person or department to whom communication should be directed.

0040 COM, Communication contact

A segment to identify a communication number of a person or department to whom communication should be directed.

0050 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment to indicate a date and time applying to the whole message, e.g., date and time of document issue.

0060 TSR, Transport service requirements

A segment to identify the contract, conditions of carriage, services, and priority requirements for the transport.

0070 FTX, Free text

A segment to specify free form or processable supplementary information, such as status of transport, remarks to be printed on the transport documents (where required), consignment remarks, insurance instructions, etc., or any other additional information.

0080 CNT, Control total

A segment to specify totals for a consignment.

0090 Segment Group 1: LOC-DTM

A group of segments to specify locations and related date(s)/time(s) which apply to the entire message, e.g. place of transshipment.

0100 LOC, Place/location identification

A segment to identify a location applying to the entire message.

0110 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment to indicate date(s) and time(s) relating to the location.

0120 Segment Group 2: RFF-DTM

A group of segments containing a reference and constants which apply to the entire message.

0130 RFF, Reference

A segment to express a reference which applies to the entire message such as: the document/message number that is to be updated by this very message (according to data element 1225 Message Function, Coded in segment BGM), booking reference, order number, insurance contract, etc.

0140 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment to indicate date and time relating to the reference.

0150 Segment Group 3: GOR-FTX-SG4

A group of segments to identify customs and other governmental procedures and required documents.

0160 GOR, Governmental requirements

A segment to indicate applicable governmental procedures related to import, export and transport of the goods.

0170 FTX, Free text

A segment to provide additional governmental requirements information.

0180 Segment Group 4: DOC-DTM

A group of segments to specify required documents by government.

0190 DOC, Document/message details

A segment to indicate a document required by government.

0200 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment to specify the date/time related to the required document.

0210 Segment Group 5: TDT-DTM-TSR-LOC-SG6

A group of segments to indicate details of the movement of goods such as mode and means of transport, locations, departure, and arrival date(s) and time(s).

0220 TDT, Details of transport

A segment to indicate information related to a certain stage of the transport, such as mode, means and carrier.

0230 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment to indicate departure/arrival date and time.

0240 TSR, Transport service requirements

A segment to identify contract, conditions of carriage, services, priority requirements for this stage of transport.

0250 LOC, Place/location identification

A segment to indicate a location such as origin, destination, stop off, etc. related to this leg of transport.

0260 Segment Group 6: RFF-DTM

A group of segments to specify an additional reference related to the stage of the transport.

0270 RFF, Reference

A segment to specify the additional reference.

0280 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment to identify date and time relating to the reference.

0290 Segment Group 7: NAD-LOC-SG8-SG9-SG10-SG11

A group of segments to identify a party, related references, locations contacts, required documents, and charges to be paid by the party.

0300 NAD, Name and address

A segment to identify the party's name, address, and function.

0310 LOC, Place/location identification

A segment to indicate location where a specific function will be performed.

0320 Segment Group 8: CTA-COM

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

0330 CTA, Contact information

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

0340 COM, Communication contact

A segment to identify a communication number of a person or department to whom communication should be directed.

0350 Segment Group 9: DOC-DTM

A group of segments to identify required documents.

0360 DOC, Document/message details

A segment to identify a document required of, by or for the party.

0370 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment to identify date and time relating to the reference.

0380 Segment Group 10: RFF-DTM

A group of segments to specify a reference related to the party.

0390 RFF, Reference

A segment to identify a reference used by a party.

0400 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment to indicate date and time relating to the reference.

0410 Segment Group 11: CPI-CUX-LOC-MOA

A group of segments to identify the charge and its amount to be paid by the party.

0420 CPI, Charge payment instructions

A segment to identify default charge methodology.

0430 CUX, Currencies

A segment to indicate payment currency related to the charge methodology.

0440 LOC, Place/location identification

A segment to identify the place of charge collection.

0450 MOA, Monetary amount

A segment to identify the monetary amount associated with the charges.

0460 Segment Group 12: GID-HAN-TMP-RNG-TMD-LOC-FTX-SG13-SG14-SG15-SG16-SG17

A group of segments to describe the goods items for which transport is undertaken.

0470 GID, Goods item details

A segment to identify a goods item for which transport is undertaken. A goods item can be identified by up to three levels of packaging.

0480 HAN, Handling instructions

A segment to specify handling instructions relating to the goods item.

0490 TMP, Temperature

A segment to specify a temperature setting for a goods item.

0500 RNG, Range details

A segment to specify a temperature range setting for a goods item.

0510 TMD, Transport movement details

A segment to specify transport movement details for a goods item.

0520 LOC, Place/location identification

A segment to specify a country associated with a goods item, such as country of origin, or country of destination.

0530 FTX, Free text

A segment to specify processable supplementary information relating to the goods item.

0540 Segment Group 13: NAD-DTM

A group of segments to identify different places of collection and/or delivery for the goods item.

0550 NAD, Name and address

A segment to specify an address of a place of collection or delivery for a goods item.

0560 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment to indicate date and time relating to the place of collection or delivery.

0570 Segment Group 14: GDS-FTX

A group of segments to describe the goods item.

0580 GDS, Nature of cargo

A segment to describe the nature of cargo.

0590 FTX, Free text

A segment to describe the goods item.

0600 Segment Group 15: MEA-EQN

A group of segments to specify measurements applicable to a goods item.

0610 MEA, Measurements

A segment to specify measurements, other than dimensions, applicable to a goods item.

0620 EQN, Number of units

A segment to specify the number of equipment units to each of which the given measurement applies.

0630 Segment Group 16: DIM-EQN

A group of segments to specify dimensions applicable to a goods item.

0640 DIM, Dimensions

To specify dimensions applicable to a goods item.

0650 EQN, Number of units

A segment to specify the number of equipment units to each of which the given dimension applies.

0660 Segment Group 17: RFF-DTM

A group of segments to identify references to a goods item.

0670 RFF, Reference

A segment to identify a reference to a goods item.

0680 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment to indicate date and time relating to the reference.

0690 Segment Group 18: DOC-DTM

A group of segments to specify documents and associated date(s) and time(s) for a goods item.

0700 DOC, Document/message details

A segment to specify a document prepared for a goods item.

0710 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment to associate date and time with the prepared document.

0720 Segment Group 19: TPL-SG20

A group of segments to identify transport details and associated measurements for a goods item. This group may be repeated to indicate the different phases of the movement.

0730 TPL, Transport placement

A segment to identify transport details for a goods item.

0740 Segment Group 20: MEA-EQN

A group of segments to identify measurements.

0750 MEA, Measurements

A segment to specify the distribution of a goods item among the transport details.

0760 EQN, Number of units

A segment to specify the number of equipment units to each of which the given measurement applies.

0770 Segment Group 21: DGS-FTX-SG22-SG23-SG24

A group of segments to specify dangerous goods details related to the goods item. One goods item may be in different dangerous goods classes.

0780 DGS, Dangerous goods

A segment to indicate the class of dangerous goods, packing group, etc.

0790 FTX, Free text

A segment to specify the dangerous goods technical name and to specify any additional dangerous goods information.

0800 Segment Group 22: CTA-COM

A group of segments to identify a contact to whom communication regarding the dangerous goods can be directed.

0810 CTA, Contact information

A segment to identify a person or department.

0820 COM, Communication contact

A segment to identify a communication number of a person or department.

0830 Segment Group 23: MEA-EQN

A group of segments to identify dangerous goods measurements.

0840 MEA, Measurements

A segment to specify measurements of the dangerous goods.

0850 EQN, Number of units

A segment to specify the number of equipment units to each of which the given measurement applies.

0860 Segment Group 24: SGP-SG25

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

0870 SGP, Split goods placement

A segment to identify the equipment in which the dangerous goods are transported.

0880 Segment Group 25: MEA-EQN

A group of segments to identify dangerous goods measurements.

0890 MEA, Measurements

A segment to specify measurements of that portion of the dangerous goods in the equipment.

0900 EQN, Number of units

A segment to specify the number of equipment units to each of which the given measurement applies.

0910 Segment Group 26: EQD-EQN-TMD-MEA-DIM-TPL-HAN-TMP-FTX-SG27

A group of segments to specify equipment in which goods are transported.

0920 EQD, Equipment details

A segment to specify equipment, and equipment size and type used in the transport.

0930 EQN, Number of units

A segment to specify number of pieces of equipment required.

0940 TMD, Transport movement details

A segment to specify transport movement details for the equipment.

0950 MEA, Measurements

A segment to specify measurements, other than dimensions, associated with the equipment, such as weight.

0960 DIM, Dimensions

A segment to specify dimensions applicable to equipment.

0970 TPL, Transport placement

A segment to identify transport details for the equipment.

0980 HAN, Handling instructions

A segment to specify handling instructions for specified equipment.

0990 TMP, Temperature

A segment to specify a temperature setting for the equipment.

1000 FTX, Free text

A segment to specify processable supplementary information associated with the equipment.

1010 Segment Group 27: NAD-DTM

A group of segments to identify different equipment pick-up or drop-off places.

1020 NAD, Name and address

A segment to specify a pick-up or drop-off address.

1030 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment to indicate date and time relating to pick-up or drop-off.

1040 UNT, 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.