211 Motor Carrier Bill of Lading
TForce Freight · X12 004010
TForce Freight’s published 211 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
31 of 31 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header ST
pos 010
Optional
max —
BOL
Beginning Segment For The Motor Carrier Bill Of Lading BOL
pos 020
Required
max —
B2A
Set Purpose B2A
pos 030
Required
max —
MS2
Equipment Or Container Owner And Type MS2
pos 050
Optional
max —
L11
Bill of Lading Numbervariant 1 of 2
pos 060
Optional
max 100
L11
Carrier Pro Numbervariant 2 of 2
pos 060
Optional
max 100
G62
Requested Ship Datevariant 1 of 2
Requested Ship Date required if EDI 211 used for Pickup Request.
pos 070
Optional
max 6
G62
Requested Delivery Datevariant 2 of 2
pos 070
Optional
max 6
AT5
Bill Of Lading Handling Requirements AT5
pos 080
Optional
max 50
0100 Loop Bill Tovariant 1 of 3
N1
Name N1
pos 100
Required
max —
N2
Additional Name Information N2
pos 110
Optional
max —
N3
Address Information N3
pos 120
Required
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 130
Required
max —
G61
Contact G61
pos 140
Optional
max 3
0100 LoopConsigneevariant 2 of 3
N1
Name N1
pos 100
Required
max —
N2
Additional Name Information N2
pos 110
Optional
max —
N3
Address Information N3
pos 120
Required
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 130
Required
max —
G61
Contact G61
pos 140
Optional
max 3
0100 LoopShippervariant 3 of 3
N1
Name N1
pos 100
Required
max —
N2
Additional Name Information N2
pos 110
Optional
max —
N3
Address Information N3
pos 120
Required
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 130
Required
max —
G61
Contact G61
pos 140
Optional
max 3
DETAIL
0200 Looprequired
AT1
Bill Of Lading Line Item Number AT1
pos 010
Required
max —
AT4
Bill Of Lading Description AT4
pos 040
Optional
max 99
0210 Loop
AT2
Bill Of Lading Line Item Detail AT2
pos 050
Required
max —
SPO
Shipment Purchase Order Detail SPO
pos 070
Optional
max 999999
0230 Loop
G61
Contact G61
pos 110
Required
max —
0231 Looprequired
LH1
Hazardous Identification Information LH1
pos 140
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 220
Optional
max —
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