Container identification number -
Marks (letters and/or numbers) which identify the transport container.
For modes of transport other than air, a container is a special box to carry freight, strengthened and stackable and allowing horizontal or vertical transfers.
In the air mode, containers are special boxes to carry freight, strengthened and allowing horizontal or vertical transfers.
In the context of this data element, the swap bodies and semi-trailers used for road and rail transport shall be considered as containers.
If applicable, for containers covered by the standard ISO 6346, the identifier (prefix) allocated by the International Bureau of Containers and Intermodal Transport (BIC) shall also be provided in addition to the container identification number.
For swap bodies and semi-trailers the ILU (Intermodal Loading Units) code as introduced by the European EN 13044 standard shall be used.
*A SequenceNumeric tag must be declared within the 'TransportEquipment' parent tag of this Data Element to define the number within the repeating structure.
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