Manifest Message

Definition and Use

• Manifest: For cargo documentation for loading, unloading, transshipment, pre/on-carriage and government reporting.

Versions and Schemas

The latest version of the Manifest 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 is: 

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

• Manifest Version 1.2 sample XML messages:
• Manifest

Subsets

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

• Manifest Version 1.2 Subsets
  
• LoadUnload
  Instruction to load and unload specified cargo, containers or transport equipment from a means of transport. Also used for Transhipment.
  
• T2L
  For documentation of country of origin for EU shipments via third party ports

Recommended UN Code Sets

Click here to get list of recommended UN Code Sets to use for the messages.