Shipping Instruction and Dangerous Goods

[cmsdroff]

Hi, i'm working through implementing the DCSA standards as a base for a Forwarding platform, during this process to move towards adoption there are some things not covered in the Shipping Instruction dataset.

These are from real cases where data is flowing today using EDIFACT IFTMIN (shipping instruction) and the data comes from a shipper with instructions in Free Text (FTX segments in IFTMIN). Most of these instructions are to outline expectations of the Bill of Lading and easily handled such as:

B/L must show the freight costs!
Date Shipped On Board should be mentioned in the consignee and notify box

BUT to migrate to using DCSA standards there are a few points missing mainly related to the dangerous goods elements as these are chemicals some are dangerous goods others are not.

So handling remarks such as:

B/L must show IMDG-class and UN number in case of dangerous goods cargo.

Are difficult as the Dangerous Goods don't appear as yet to be covered under 3.0.0-Beta-1 are there plans to include these as their own attributes in the DCSA IM and EBL or should we be adding them to the Marks or Descriptions fields?

For these DG bookings we also have to send paper DG Notes by email, so feel it would be a best to include in the DCSA IM, appreciate some topics are still a WIP but welcome thoughts on above.

[raisoman]

Hi David,

Have a look at https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/dcsaorg/DCSA_BKG/2.0.0-Beta-1#/Booking%20Request/post_v2_bookings (under Commodities -> dangerousGoods). It is indeed WIP but I believe it is a good indication of where we are going.

[cmsdroff]

Thanks for the pointer @raisoman much appreciated!, this has the key elements i'm looking for

As this is in the booking process, am I right to work on the assumption that the DG information will only be provided at booking stage, or are there plans to also include the same DG attributes at shipping instruction stage, which maybe providing updated information?