Multi Industry Scenarios for Transport - Eurofer

TRANSPORT CONTRACT MESSAGE (IFTMCS or IFCSUM)
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MIST Working Group, version 2001
A message from the party providing the transport/forwarding services to the party that
issued the instructions for those services stating the actual details, terms and conditions
(charges when applicable) of the service and of the consignment involved. In addition it can
be used for the exchange of contract information between carriers mutually.
The party providing the transport services will send an instruction contract status message,
usually after receipt of the instruction message. The message can replace the actual
contractual document such as for instance a Waybill, under those circumstances where there
are no legal or other restrictions.
GOODS ON THE MOVE
TRANSPORT STATUS REPORT REQUEST MESSAGE (IFTSTQ)
A message to request an International multimodal status report message (IFTSTA) in order
to provide details relating to transport status and/or a change in the transport status between
agreed parties.
This message allows for the request of information regarding the status of the physical
movement of consignments, goods, or equipment at any point (in time or place) within the
full transport chain.
The request for status can be made by either:
a) using the top level segments to request information about one or a number of
consignments relating to a point or period of time, location(s), party related reference(s)
and party(s),means of transport(s) and equipment(s).
b) using the CNI segment group and making reference to a unique consignment reference
number per consignment and indicating, if necessary, the criteria (date(s), location(s),
etc.) for which the status is requested.
APPROACHES a) AND b) MUST NOT BE USED TOGETHER WITHIN ONE IFTSTQ
MESSAGE.
TRANSPORT STATUS REPORTING MESSAGE (IFTSTA)
A message to report the transport status and/or a change in the transport status (i.e. event)
between agreed parties.
This message allows for the exchange of information regarding the status of the physical
movement of consignments, goods or equipment at any point (in time or place) within the
full transport chain.