Shipping Container Identification Numbers
Container identification numbers are transmitted in MAN segments within the appropriate packaging level (Shipment, Unit Load, Tare or Pack). The recommended ID is the human-readable interpretation of the UCC/EAN-128 Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC-18). When MAN01 contains code AA, MAN02 will contain the eighteen-character UCC/EAN-128 Serial Shipping Container Code which does not include the two-digit application identifier. When MAN01 contains code GM, MAN02 will contain the twenty-character UCC/EAN-128 Serial Shipping Container Code, which includes the two-digit application identifier.
Codes AA and GM should not be used to identify the same shipping container; use one or the other, but not both. Container ID numbers are transmitted without any spaces or dashes. Other shipping containers that may need to be reported include U.P.C./EAN Shipping Container Code (SCC-14) or carrier assigned package IDs.
SSCC-18 (without Application Identifier)
MAN*AA*000123459876543210
SSCC-18 and Application Identifier
MAN*GM*00000123459876543210
SCC-14
MAN*UC*00098765100018
CARRIER-ASSIGNED PACKAGE ID
MAN*CP*426711103
When reporting two ID numbers which have been assigned to the same physical shipping container, one MAN segment will be sent containing both ID numbers. For example, if both the UCC/EAN-128 Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC-18) and the U.P.C./EAN Shipping Container Code (SCC-14) are assigned to the same physical shipping container, one MAN segment will be present to specify the two ID numbers.
MAN*GM*00000123459876543210**UC*50098765100018
When there are more than two ID numbers which have been assigned to the same physical shipping container, one HL loop will be created for each physical shipping container, and multiple MAN segments within that HL loop will be used to specify the ID numbers assigned to the container. In this scenario, each Pack level will represent one and only one physical shipping container.
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