204 Stores Motor Carrier Load Tender
Ross · X12 004010
Ross’ 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
28 of 28 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
G62 segment with G6201 = ‘64’ provides the latest date/time for the carrier to acceptance or reject the tender offer by transmitting the corresponding EDI 990. Load will be tendered to another carrier
after this date and time. The time is presented as local time for stop 1.
This segment is always sent when B2A is different than ‘01’ for cancellation.
***This Segment is only used for Inbound shipments***
pos 090
Optional
max —
MS3
Interline Information MS3
pos 100
Optional
max —
AT5
Bill Of Lading Handling Requirements AT5
This segment is optional. Information will be sent if there is a need to communicate specific handling requirements. One or more AT5 segments can be sent.
pos 110
Optional
max 6
PLD
Pallet Information PLD
This segment is optional. Information will be sent if there is a need to communicate pallet count for the shipment.
pos 120
Optional
max —
NTE
Note Special Instruction NTE
When NTE01 = “SPH”, NTE02 will provide details on the special handling service requested for transportation like below examples:
• DIR (Dray movements only)
• CON (Dray movements only)
• SOLO (TL)
• TEAM (TL)
• STANDARD (IMDL)
pos 130
Optional
max 10
0200 Looprepeats 10
N7
Equipment Details N7
pos 200
Required
max —
MEA
Measurements MEA
pos 208
Optional
max —
M7
Seal Numbers M7
This Segment is only used for Outbound shipments
pos 210
Optional
max 2
DETAIL
0300 Looprepeats 999required
S5
Stop Off Details S5
The description element S509 is used to provide information about the distance between two consecutive stops in Miles. S509 is not sent for Stop 1.
pos 010
Required
max —
G62
Date Time G62
Qualifiers EP and LP will be sent for both pickup and delivery stops to communicate earliest and latest pickup/arrival.
**G6203, G6204, & G6205 will be sent with Outbound shipments only***
pos 030
Optional
max 2
AT8
Shipment Weight Packaging And Quantity Data AT8
pos 040
Optional
max —
LAD
Lading Detail LAD
pos 050
Optional
max 999
NTE
Note Special Instruction NTE
pos 065
Optional
max 20
0310 Looprepeats 1
N1
Name N1
pos 070
Required
max —
N2
Additional Name Information N2
pos 080
Optional
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
This Segment is only used for Inbound shipments
pos 150
Required
max —
LAD
Lading Detail LAD
pos 180
Optional
max 999
0360 Looprepeats 99
L5
Description Marks And Numbers L5
pos 190
Required
max —
AT8
Shipment Weight Packaging And Quantity Data AT8
pos 195
Optional
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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