204 - Motor Carrier Load Tender

FUNCTIONAL GROUP=SM

This X12 Transaction Set contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Motor Carrier Load Tender Transaction Set (204) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set can be used to allow shippers or other interested parties to offer (tender) a shipment to a full load (truckload) motor carrier including detailed scheduling, equipment requirements, commodities, and shipping instructions pertinent to a load tender. It is not to be used to provide a motor carrier with data relative to a Less-than-Truckload bill of lading, pickup notification, or manifest.

SCHEMA

ST

Segment	Name	Position
ST	Transaction Set Header	0100
B2	Beginning Segment for Shipment Information Transaction	0200
B2A	Set Purpose	0300
C3	Currency Identifier	0400
L11	Business Instructions and Reference Number	0800
G62	Date/Time	0900
MS3	Interline Information	1000

0050

Segment	Name	Position
AT5	Bill of Lading Handling Requirements	1100
RTT	Freight Rate Information	1120
C3	Currency Identifier	1150
PLD	Pallet Shipment Information	1200
LH6	Hazardous Certification	1250
NTE	Note/Special Instruction	1300

0100

Segment	Name	Position
N1	Party Identification	1400
N2	Additional Name Information	1500
N3	Party Location	1600
N4	Geographic Location	1700
L11	Business Instructions and Reference Number	1800
G61	Contact	1900

0200

Segment	Name	Position
N7	Equipment Details	2000
N7A	Accessorial Equipment Details	2030
N7B	Additional Equipment Details	2050
MEA	Measurements	2080
M7	Seal Numbers	2100

0300

Segment	Name	Position
S5	Stop-off Details	0100
L11	Business Instructions and Reference Number	0200
G62	Date/Time	0300
AT8	Shipment Weight, Packaging and Quantity Data	0400
LAD	Lading Detail	0500

0305

Segment	Name	Position
AT5	Bill of Lading Handling Requirements	0600
RTT	Freight Rate Information	0610
C3	Currency Identifier	0620
PLD	Pallet Shipment Information	0630
NTE	Note/Special Instruction	0650

0310

Segment	Name	Position
N1	Party Identification	0700
N2	Additional Name Information	0800
N3	Party Location	0900
N4	Geographic Location	1000
G61	Contact	1200

0320

Segment	Name	Position
L5	Description, Marks and Numbers	1300
AT8	Shipment Weight, Packaging and Quantity Data	1350

0323

Segment	Name	Position
AT5	Bill of Lading Handling Requirements	1351
RTT	Freight Rate Information	1353
C3	Currency Identifier	1355
L11	Business Instructions and Reference Number	1356
MEA	Measurements	1360
PER	Administrative Communications Contact	1370
L4	Measurement	1375

0325

Segment	Name	Position
G61	Contact	1400
L11	Business Instructions and Reference Number	1410
LH6	Hazardous Certification	1420

0330

Segment	Name	Position
LH1	Hazardous Identification Information	1430
LH2	Hazardous Classification Information	1440
LH3	Hazardous Material Shipping Name Information	1450
LFH	Free-form Hazardous Material Information	1460
LEP	EPA Required Data	1470
LH4	Canadian Dangerous Requirements	1480
LHT	Transborder Hazardous Requirements	1490

0350

Segment	Name	Position
OID	Order Information Detail	1500
G62	Date/Time	1600
LAD	Lading Detail	1800

0360

Segment	Name	Position
L5	Description, Marks and Numbers	1900
AT8	Shipment Weight, Packaging and Quantity Data	1950
L4	Measurement	1955

0365

Segment	Name	Position
G61	Contact	2000
L11	Business Instructions and Reference Number	2010
LH6	Hazardous Certification	2020

0370

Segment	Name	Position
LH1	Hazardous Identification Information	2030
LH2	Hazardous Classification Information	2040
LH3	Hazardous Material Shipping Name Information	2050
LFH	Free-form Hazardous Material Information	2060
LEP	EPA Required Data	2070
LH4	Canadian Dangerous Requirements	2080
LHT	Transborder Hazardous Requirements	2090

0380

Segment	Name	Position
N7	Equipment Details	2100
N7A	Accessorial Equipment Details	2200
N7B	Additional Equipment Details	2300
MEA	Measurements	2400
M7	Seal Numbers	2500

Segment	Name	Position
L3	Total Weight and Charges	0100

1000

Segment	Name	Position
LX	Transaction Set Line Number	0150
L4	Measurement	0175
SE	Transaction Set Trailer	0200

COMMENTS

Notes
1/0900	Segment G62 in header is used to convey the must-respond-by date and time when responding to a 204 transaction.
1/1400	Loop 0100 is used to convey name and address detail relative to bill-to, party controlling freight, or other shipment level name and address information. It is not used to convey ship from or ship to detail which should be handled within loop 0300 in table 2.
2/0300	Use G62 segment either in loop 0300 or loop 0350, but not both.
2/0400	Segment AT8 in loop 0300 is intended for the transmitting of total weight, quantity, and volume relative to the specific stop-off. Should weight, quantity, and volume also be sent in segment AT8 in loop 0320 and tied to commodity detail, then the accumulated amounts of weight, quantity, and volume in the AT8 segment in loop 0320 should equal the amounts in the single AT8 occurrence in loop 0300.
2/0500	Use LAD segment either in loop 0300 or loop 0350, but not both.
2/1370	The PER segment is used to specify the sales representative for the product shipped.
2/1400	The G61 segment contains the person or company to be contacted by the carrier in case of emergency.
2/1410	The L11 segment contains the specific hazardous material reference numbers. Used in loop 0325 it pertains to all iterations of loop 0330 following.
2/1500	Use loop 0350 for conveying seller's order/invoice level detail or buyer's purchase order level detail. If not using order level detail, this loop should not be used.
2/1900	If sending order level detail within the 0350 loop, then use L5 and AT8 segments in loop 0360 to relay commodity detail. Otherwise, use L5 and AT8 segments within the 0320 loop to relay commodity detail. Use either loop 0320 or loop 0360, but not both.
2/1950	Accumulated weights, quantities, and volumes sent in the AT8 segment in loop 0360 should total to the weight, quantity, and volume in the OID segment in loop 0350. Accumulated weights and quantities in the LAD segment in loop 0350 should total to the weight and quantity in the OID segment in loop 0350.
2/2000	The G61 segment contains the person or company to be contacted by the carrier in case of emergency.
2/2010	The L11 segment contains the specific hazardous material reference numbers. Used in loop 0365 it pertains to all iterations of loop 0370 following.

rev 28/11/2024