Business Process & Standards

In order to remove paper and use electronic messages, it is necessary to have common and clear business processes and standards.

To support the industry on its move to paperless, IATA described the business processes, functional specifications and standards related to e-Cargo projects.

Business Processes

• Cargo To-Be business process (xls)
• e-freight Operational Procedures (e-FOP) (pdf) 

Functional Specifications

• e-AWB (Shipment Record) functional Specifications (pdf)
• Special Cargo Functional Specifications (pdf)
• Interlining under e-AWB and e-freight Functional Specifications (pdf)
• Transit and Transhipment Specifications (pdf)
• Direct Shipment Functional Specifications (pdf)
• FF-Carrier-GHA Functional Specifications (pdf)
• Origin & Destination Freight Forwarders Communication Specifications (pdf)
• Destination Freight Forwarder & Customs Brokers Communication Specifications (pdf)
• Electronic Staple Functional Specifications (pdf)
• e-CSD functional specifications (pdf) 

 

Country-Specific Functional Specifications:

• Intra-Customs Regime Functional Specifications (pdf)
• China Domestic e-freight Functional Specifications (pdf)
• Domestic Korea Functional Specifications (pdf)
• US Domestic e-freight Functional Specifications (pdf)

 

Standard Electronic Messages

• List of e-freight standard messages (pdf)
• Cargo Interchange Message Procedures (Cargo-IMP) Specifications
• Cargo-XML Message Standards
• IATA Cargo Messaging Survey Results September 2011 (pdf)
• Recommendation for processing a shipment using e-AWB and applying the code ECC  (pdf)