204 Motor Carrier Load Tender
DB Schenker · X12 004010
DB Schenker’s published 204 specification, rendered as an interactive guide. Expand any segment to see its elements, data types, lengths and accepted codes — then validate your own document against it below.
Specification
37 of 37 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header ST
pos 010
Optional
max —
B2
Beginning Segment For Shipment Information Transaction B2
pos 020
Required
max —
B2A
Set Purpose B2A
pos 030
Required
max —
L11
Business Instructions And Reference Number L11
pos 080
Optional
max 50
G62
Date Time G62
Use G62 segment either in loop 0300 or loop 0350, but not both
pos 090
Optional
max —
NTE
Note Special Instruction NTE
The NTE segment permits free-form information/data which, under ANSI X12 standard implementations, is not machine processable. The use of the NTE segment should therefore be avoided, if at all possible, in an automated environment.
pos 130
Optional
max 10
0100 LoopBill-To-Partyvariant 1 of 2
N1
Name N1
This segment, used alone, provides the most efficient method of providing organizational identification. To obtain this efficiency the "ID Code" (N104) must provide a key to the table maintained by the transaction processing party.
N105 and N106 further define the type of entity in N101.
pos 140
Required
max —
N2
Additional Name Information N2
pos 150
Optional
max —
N3
Address Information N3
pos 160
Optional
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
A combination of either N401 through N404, or N405 and N406 may be adequate to specify a location.
N402 is required only if city name (N401) is in the U.S. or Canada.
pos 170
Optional
max —
G61
Contact G61
G6103 qualifies G6104.
pos 190
Optional
max 3
0100 LoopOrdered Byvariant 2 of 2
N1
Name N1
This segment, used alone, provides the most efficient method of providing organizational identification. To obtain this efficiency the "ID Code" (N104) must provide a key to the table maintained by the transaction processing party.
N105 and N106 further define the type of entity in N101.
pos 140
Required
max —
N2
Additional Name Information N2
pos 150
Optional
max —
N3
Address Information N3
pos 160
Optional
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
A combination of either N401 through N404, or N405 and N406 may be adequate to specify a location.
N402 is required only if city name (N401) is in the U.S. or Canada.
pos 170
Optional
max —
G61
Contact G61
G6103 qualifies G6104.
pos 190
Optional
max 3
0200 Looprepeats 10
N7
Equipment Details N7
pos 200
Required
max —
MEA
Measurements MEA
pos 208
Optional
max —
DETAIL
0300 Looprepeats 999required
S5
Stop Off Details S5
pos 010
Required
max —
L11
Business Instructions And Reference Number L11
pos 020
Optional
max 50
G62
Date Time G62
pos 030
Optional
max 2
AT8
Shipment Weight Packaging And Quantity Data AT8
pos 040
Optional
max —
0310 LoopShip Fromvariant 1 of 2
N1
Name N1
pos 070
Required
max —
N3
Address Information N3
pos 090
Optional
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 100
Optional
max —
G61
Contact G61
pos 120
Optional
max 3
0310 LoopShip Tovariant 2 of 2
N1
Name N1
pos 070
Required
max —
N3
Address Information N3
pos 090
Optional
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 100
Optional
max —
G61
Contact G61
pos 120
Optional
max 3
0350 Looprepeats 999
OID
Order Identification Detail OID
pos 150
Required
max —
0360 Looprepeats 99
L5
Description Marks And Numbers L5
pos 190
Required
max —
0365 Looprepeats 99
G61
Contact G61
pos 200
Required
max —
0370 Looprepeats 25
LH1
Hazardous Identification Information LH1
pos 203
Required
max —
0380 Looprepeats 10
N7
Equipment Details N7
pos 210
Required
max —
SUMMARY
L3
Total Weight And Charges L3
pos 010
Optional
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 020
Optional
max —
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