SCHEMA

Element	Name	Min/Max
W6601	Shipment Method of Payment	2/2
W6602	Transportation Method/Type Code	1/2
W6603	Pallet Exchange Code	1/1
W6604	Unit Load Option Code	2/2
W6605	Routing	1/35
W6606	F.O.B. Point Code	2/2
W6607	F.O.B. Point	1/30
W6608	COD Method of Payment Code	1/1
W6609	Amount	1/15
W6610	Standard Carrier Alpha Code	2/4

W6601 - Shipment Method of Payment

TYPE=ID MIN=2 MAX=2

Code identifying payment terms for transportation charges

Code	Description
11	Rule 11 Shipment
BP	Paid by Buyer
	The buyer agrees to the transportation payment term requiring the buyer to pay transportation charges to a specified location (origin or destination location)
CA	Advance Collect
CC	Collect
CD	Collect on Delivery
CF	Collect, Freight Credited Back to Customer
CN	Cost and Freight
DD	Delivered Duty Paid
DE	Per Contract
	Destination with exceptions as agreed between buyer and seller
DF	Defined by Buyer and Seller
FO	FOB Port of Call
HP	Half Prepaid
MX	Mixed
NC	Service Freight, No Charge
NR	Non Revenue
PA	Advance Prepaid
PB	Customer Pickup/Backhaul
PC	Prepaid but Charged to Customer
PD	Prepaid by Processor
	Identifies the processor as the party responsible for transportation charges for the shipment
PE	Prepaid and Summary Bill
PL	Prepaid Local, Collect Outstate
PO	Prepaid Only
PP	Prepaid (by Seller)
PS	Paid by Seller
	The seller agrees to the transportation payment term requiring the seller to pay transportation charges to a specified location (origin or destination location)
PU	Pickup
RC	Return Container Freight Paid by Customer
RF	Return Container Freight Free
RS	Return Container Freight Paid by Supplier
SD	Free Domicile (Shipper pays duty, tax and freight)
TP	Third Party Pay
WC	Weight Condition

W6602 - Transportation Method/Type Code

TYPE=ID MIN=1 MAX=2

Code specifying the method or type of transportation for the shipment

Code	Description
6	Military Official Mail
7	Mail
	Type of transportation provided by the U.S. Postal Service
A	Air
B	Barge
C	Consolidation
D	Parcel Post
E	Expedited Truck
F	Flyaway
	When an aircraft is sold to a customer, the delivery flight (non-revenue) includes goods and products (such as spare parts) as part of the contract
G	Consignee Option
H	Customer Pickup
I	Common Irregular Carrier
J	Motor
K	Backhaul
L	Contract Carrier
M	Motor (Common Carrier)
N	Private Vessel
O	Containerized Ocean
P	Private Carrier
Q	Conventional Ocean
R	Rail
S	Ocean
T	Best Way (Shippers Option)
U	Private Parcel Service
W	Inland Waterway
X	Intermodal (Piggyback)
Y	Military Intratheater Airlift Service
	Method of movement of material from a point in a theater to another point within the same theater by military controlled aircraft
AC	Air Charter
AE	Air Express
AF	Air Freight
AH	Air Taxi
	FAA approved carrier utilizing a 1 or 2 engine aircraft for on demand service
AP	Air (Package Carrier)
AR	Armed Forces Courier Service (ARFCOS)
	A military organization whose mission involves the receipt, movement, and delivery of special categories of material
BB	Breakbulk Ocean
BP	Book Postal
BU	Bus
CC	Commingled Ocean
CE	Customer Pickup / Customer's Expense
DA	Driveaway Service
	Movement of wheeled vehicle, wheeled equipment, or wheeled chassis of which is powered by a self-contained power unit (includes tractor/trailer combination)
DW	Driveaway, Truckaway, Towaway
	DoD policy includes all three terms in one. They mean collectively, a transportation method whereby a vehicle is moved under its own power by a driver, or loaded into or upon a carrier's equipment, or towed by carrier's equipment
ED	Air Mobility Command (AMC) Channel and Special Assignment Airlift Mission
FA	Air Freight Forwarder
	A firm other than a railroad, motor, or water carrier, which represents itself as a common carrier and undertakes to assemble and consolidate shipments or provide for same and assumes responsibility for the air transportation of such property from point of receipt to its destination. Delivery is "Held in Bond"
FL	Motor (Flatbed)
GG	Geographic Receiving/Shipping
	A collection of shipments that involve multiple origins, multiple destinations, and a single trailer, and are paid under a single freight bill
GR	Geographic Receiving
	A collection of shipments that involve a single origin, multiple destinations, and a single trailer, and are paid under a single freight bill
GS	Geographic Shipping
	A collection of shipments that involve multiple origins, a single destination, and a single trailer, and are paid under a single freight bill
HH	Household Goods Truck
IP	Intermodal (Personal Property)
LA	Military Air
LD	Local Delivery
LT	Less Than Trailer Load (LTL)
MB	Motor (Bulk Carrier)
MP	Motor (Package Carrier)
MS	Military Sealift Command (MSC)
PA	Pooled Air
	Outbound shipment from an airport consolidation point to a final destination via an air move
PG	Pooled Piggyback
	Outbound shipment consisting of a trailer on a railcar from a consolidation point to a final destination via rail move
PL	Pipeline
PP	Pool to Pool
	Shipment moves from one consolidation point to another consolidation point before final delivery
PR	Pooled Rail
PT	Pooled Truck
RC	Rail, Less than Carload
	Movement by rail of a quantity of freight less than that required for the application of a carload rate
RO	Ocean (Roll on - Roll off)
RR	Roadrailer
	Used for shipments that travel by roadrailer, i.e., a multimodal rail/highway trailer
SB	Shipper Agent
	Agent for piggyback code consolidation
SC	Shipper Agent (Truck)
	Motor carrier agent for piggyback trailer consolidators
SD	Shipper Association
	Non-profit cooperative consolidator or distributors of shipments by member firms
SE	Sea/Air
SF	Surface Freight Forwarder
SR	Supplier Truck
SS	Steamship
ST	Stack Train
TA	Towaway Service
	Movement of shipper owned trailers or semi-trailers loaded and/or pulled by carrier furnished power unit
TC	Cab (Taxi)
TT	Tank Truck
VA	Motor (Van)
VE	Vessel, Ocean
VL	Vessel, Lake
WP	Water or Pipeline Intermodal Movement
	A water move by barge or tanker followed by a pipeline move to the destination
XE	Intermodal Expedited
Y1	Ocean Conference Carrier
Y2	Ocean Non-Conference Carrier
ZZ	Mutually defined

W6603 - Pallet Exchange Code

TYPE=ID MIN=1 MAX=1

Code specifying pallet exchange instructions

Code	Description
1	No Exchange/No Return
2	Exchange Pallets
3	Return Pallets
4	Pallets to be Purchased by Customer
5	Third-Party Pallet Exchange
	A pallet exchange program where a third party rents pallets for internal or external use

W6604 - Unit Load Option Code

TYPE=ID MIN=2 MAX=2

Code identifying loading or unloading a shipment

Code	Description
01	Palletized
02	Floor Stack/Hand Pile
03	Mixed
04	Slip Sheet
05	Module
06	Clampable
	Product is arranged for shipment in a manner that allows for equipment to remove the goods from the truck by clamping around the goods, so that large quantities can all be moved at one time
07	Bop Sheet
08	Airbag/Slipsheet Combination
09	Thermal Blanket (Cargo Quilt)
10	Shrink-wrap
11	Loadlock
ZZ	Mutually Defined

W6605 - Routing

TYPE=AN MIN=1 MAX=35

Free-form description of the routing or requested routing for shipment, or the originating carrier's identity

W6606 - F.O.B. Point Code

TYPE=ID MIN=2 MAX=2

Code identifying type of F.O.B. point

Code	Description
01	City
02	Destination
03	Plant or Producing Location
04	Point of Origin

W6607 - F.O.B. Point

TYPE=AN MIN=1 MAX=30

Descriptive name of F.O.B. point

W6608 - COD Method of Payment Code

TYPE=ID MIN=1 MAX=1

Code indicating method of payment acceptable for C.O.D. charge collection

Code	Description
1	Certified or Cashier's Check Only
2	Certified or Cashier's or Company Check Only
3	Certified or Cashier's or Company or Personal Check Only
4	Cash or Certified Check Only

W6609 - Amount

TYPE=N2 MIN=1 MAX=15

Monetary amount

W6610 - Standard Carrier Alpha Code

TYPE=ID MIN=2 MAX=4

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

Comments

Syntax Notes
08	P0809 - If either W6608 or W6609 is present, then the other is required.
Semantic Notes
09	W6609 is the monetary amount of the charges to be collected on delivery of order.

rev 11/18/24