Booking Message

Definition and Use

• Booking: For booking of port-to-port and door-to-door shipment of consignments and transport equipment (containers and trailers). Used for Booking, Confirmation, Updating and Confirmation.
  

Versions and Schemas

The latest version of the Booking message schema is Version 1.2. The URL of the schemas can be opened in a development tool like Altova XML Spy. The URL must also be referred to in the XML message itself. The URL of the schema are: 

• Version 1.2 of xsd schema:
  
• Booking:
  http://www.shortseaxml.org/doc/Booking/Version1.2/Booking_1.2.xsd
  

Sample XML messages

We have published sample XML messages for each of the messages. These XML messages can be opened and viewed in your browser or worked on and refined using Microsoft XML Notepad 2007 or a development tool like Altova XML Spy. They contain all the tags in the messages.

• Booking Version 1.2 sample XML messages:
• Booking

Subsets

To accommodate needs for specific uses of the messages, we have developed sample message subsets together with carriers and shippers:

• Booking Version 1.2 Subsets
  
• Car
  For door-to-door and port-to-port shipment of cars in car carriers
  
• Container
  For port-to-port shipments of containers
• D2D Consignment
  For door-to-door shipments of one ore more consignments
  
• D2D Equipment
  For door-to-door shipment in equipment (trailers and containers) with multiple pick up and delivery points for each equipment
• Extensive
  For Container, RoRo and Break Bulk shipping port-to-port and door-to-door.
  
• RoRo
  For port-to-port shipment of trailers in pure roro carriers and ferries

Recommended UN Code Sets

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