Multi Industry Scenarios for Transport - Eurofer

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MIST Working Group, version 2001
i. Booking of the wagons
Example : we confirm that 4 wagons of type K will be at the consignor’s premises on X date
If EDI is used, this could be done with a message like COPARN (maybe the next generic
equipment message).
ii. Booking of the “necessary space for wagons” inside a train.
Example : we confirm that we have booked for you the necessary place for putting 4 wagons
of 45 tons of coal from the Consignor's premises to the Consignee’s premises on X date.
If EDI is used, this will done with the message IFTMBC or IFCSUM
Delivery of empty wagons to the consignor’s
This point aims to start discussion about the wagon scenario which can probably be enlarged
in order to take into account other equipment's (e.g. trailer, swap body, container, …).
The connection type between the customer and the Railways can be:
- a private siding with Railway serving
- a direct access to the Railway infrastructure (some company belong a private Railway
network and their locomotive are authorised to move wagons from/to Railway network)
- a goods yard : the way the goods are taken off the wagon does only concern the
customer (specific transport document has to be drawn by him or his delegate for the
initial/ultimate transport).
External : the goods are taken from/delivered to the customer by road. And it’s the Railway
under the Railway consignment note (Rail waybill) umbrella manages this transport
operation.
Note that during some multi-modal journey it is possible that the rail stage of transport does
not physically relate to the customer's. (E.g. carriage including harbour connection). In such
a case external partner as loader/unloader or forwarder are generally involved.
The traffic type can be :
- conventional
- multi-modal (trailer, swap body, container, …)
- considered as exceptional (out of gauge)
- relating to dangerous goods (e.g. radioactive)
Usually the customer has about 24 hours in order to load the wagon. Out of this limit some
penalty can be applied. (some railways also take into account benefit time in order to make
some kind of compensation with deficit time).
Note that if wagon is not appropriate for the transport (cleanness, associated type not
suiting) there can be some refusal from the customer.
For the agreed date, the freight forwarder/carrier delivers the empty requested wagons to the
consignor. Now, he can load them at ease. In fact , he has some time to manage this before
that the full consignment starts.