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# EQUIPMENT INVENTORY EQU‑2

Record created to transmit information on empty containers onboard a
conveyance destined for discharge in the U.S. or on empty containers
laden onboard a conveyance during coastwide calls.

# 

# RECORD DESCRIPTIONS

> **Record Identifier C01 EQU‑3**

This is a mandatory record used to transmit the container/equipment
number and seal numbers associated with a bill of lading.

> **Record Identifier C02 EQU‑5**

This is an optional record used to report vehicle identification numbers
(VINs) of vehicles associated with a specific container by AMS
participants.

##### Equipment Inventory

The Equipment Inventory transaction can be used to report a listing of
all empty equipment (containers, chassis) imported aboard an ocean
conveyance, as well as empty containers laden onboard at domestic ports
and carried coast‑wide for discharge at other U.S. ports. The Equipment
Inventory is transmitted under the EI application.

The Equipment Inventory transaction uses the Bill Container Record (C01)
and Bill of Lading Container Record ‑ Motor Vehicle Control (C02). The
following records are found in the Equipment Inventory application: ACR,
M01, M02, P01, C01, C02, and ZCR.

A C01 record will be required for each container or other intermodal
piece of equipment not carrying cargo. Prior to the arrival of the
conveyance at the first port of the voyage, the AMS participant will
transmit a listing of all empty containers and equipment on the
conveyance that was laden onboard in foreign ports. The port of unlading
code in the P01 record will be the port code of the first port of
discharge in the voyage. Each C01 record in this application set will
have code \"E\" in position \"75\" indicating the container is empty. A
C02 record will follow each C01 with the U.S. Bureau of Census Schedule
K code for the foreign port in which the container was laden onboard in
positions 39‑43.

After arrival at the first port of discharge but at least two hours
prior to arrival at the next port, a second EI application will be
transmitted listing all empty containers and equipment remaining on
board and including all empty containers laden onboard at the U.S. port.
A C02 record will not be required for domestically laden containers and
equipment. The U.S. port of lading will be determined from the port code
in the P01 record.

This procedure will be repeated after each coastwide port call. If any
empty containers and equipment, either of foreign or domestic origin,
remain onboard after the last port of discharge in the voyage, it will
be presumed they have been carried foreign.

**Record Identifier C01**

###### Bill Container Record

This is a mandatory record used to transmit the empty
container/equipment and seal numbers.

  --------------- ------------------ -------------- ------------ ------------------------------ ----------
  ***Record                                                                                     
  Identifier                                                                                    
  C01***                                                                                        

  **Data          **Length/Class**   **Position**   **Status**   **Description**                **Note**
  Element**                                                                                     

  Control         3AN                1‑3            M            Must always equal C01.         
  Identifier                                                                                    

  Container/      14AN               4‑17           M            A valid container/equipment    
  Equipment                                                      number associated with a bill  
  Number                                                         of lading. This                
                                                                 container/equipment number     
                                                                 must reflect the number        
                                                                 exactly as it physically       
                                                                 appears on the container.      
                                                                 Indicate *NC* for              
                                                                 non‑containerized freight.     
                                                                 Neither an identical           
                                                                 container/equipment number nor 
                                                                 the designation *NC* should be 
                                                                 repeated within the same bill. 

  Seal Number 1   15AN               18‑32          C            A valid exporter/carrier seal  
                                                                 number associated with the     
                                                                 container/equipment.           

  Seal Number 2   15AN               33‑47          C            A valid exporter/carrier seal  
                                                                 number associated with the     
                                                                 container/equipment.           

  Container/      2AN                48‑49          C            A code for describing the type 1
  Equipment                                                      of container or equipment used 
  Description                                                    for shipment.                  
  Code                                                                                          

  Container/      5N                 50‑54          C            Length (in feet and inches) of 
  Equipment                                                      container/equipment ordered or 
  Length                                                         used to transport shipment.    
                                                                 The formula is FFFII, where    
                                                                 FFF is feet and II is inches.  
                                                                 The range for II is 00 through 
                                                                 11.                            

  Height          8X                 55‑62          C            Vertical dimension of an       
                                                                 object when object is in       
                                                                 upright position.              

  Width           8X                 63‑70          C            A shorter measurement of the   
                                                                 two horizontal dimensions      
                                                                 measured with the object in    
                                                                 the upright position.          

  Container/      4AN                71‑74          C            A code identifying the type of 2
  Equipment Type                                                 container/equipment. A         
                                                                 container/ equipment type code 
                                                                 alone may be used in lieu of   
                                                                 the container/equipment        
                                                                 length, height, and width.     
  --------------- ------------------ -------------- ------------ ------------------------------ ----------

+--------------+-----+------+-----+-----------------------------+----+
| ***Record    |     |      |     |                             |    |
| Identifier   |     |      |     |                             |    |
| C01***       |     |      |     |                             |    |
+--------------+-----+------+-----+-----------------------------+----+
| **Data       | *   | **Po | *   | **Description**             | ** |
| Element**    | *Le | siti | *St |                             | No |
|              | ngt | on** | atu |                             | te |
|              | h/C |      | s** |                             | ** |
|              | las |      |     |                             |    |
|              | s** |      |     |                             |    |
+--------------+-----+------+-----+-----------------------------+----+
| Load/Empty   | 1A  | 75   | M   | A code which specifies the  |    |
| Status Code  |     |      |     | loaded condition of the     |    |
|              |     |      |     | transportation equipment.   |    |
|              |     |      |     | Valid status codes are:     |    |
|              |     |      |     |                             |    |
|              |     |      |     | E = Empty                   |    |
|              |     |      |     |                             |    |
|              |     |      |     | L = Loaded                  |    |
|              |     |      |     |                             |    |
|              |     |      |     | T = Total                   |    |
+--------------+-----+------+-----+-----------------------------+----+
| Type of      | 2AN | 7    | M   | A code specifying the       |    |
| Service Code |     | 6‑77 |     | extent of transportation    |    |
|              |     |      |     | service required. Valid     |    |
|              |     |      |     | codes are:                  |    |
|              |     |      |     |                             |    |
|              |     |      |     | BB = Break Bulk             |    |
|              |     |      |     |                             |    |
|              |     |      |     | CS = Container Station      |    |
|              |     |      |     |                             |    |
|              |     |      |     | CY = Container Yard         |    |
|              |     |      |     |                             |    |
|              |     |      |     | HH = House‑to‑House         |    |
|              |     |      |     |                             |    |
|              |     |      |     | HL = Headload or Devanning  |    |
|              |     |      |     |                             |    |
|              |     |      |     | HP = House‑to‑Pier          |    |
|              |     |      |     |                             |    |
|              |     |      |     | MD = Mixed Delivery         |    |
|              |     |      |     |                             |    |
|              |     |      |     | NC = Non‑Containerized      |    |
|              |     |      |     |                             |    |
|              |     |      |     | PH = Pier‑to‑House          |    |
|              |     |      |     |                             |    |
|              |     |      |     | PP = Pier‑to‑Pier           |    |
|              |     |      |     |                             |    |
|              |     |      |     | RR = Roll on ‑ Roll Off     |    |
+--------------+-----+------+-----+-----------------------------+----+
| Filler       | 3AN | 7    | M   | Space fill.                 |    |
|              |     | 8‑80 |     |                             |    |
+--------------+-----+------+-----+-----------------------------+----+

####### Note 1

A complete listing of Container/Equipment Description codes can be found
in Appendix I.

####### Note 2

A code consisting of four separate characters used to identify a type of
container or equipment. There are two categories of Container/Equipment
Type Codes: \"old\" codes, referencing containers and equipment built
before January 1, 1996, and \"new\" codes, for containers and equipment
built since January 1, 1996.

\"Old\" codes are all numeric. One example of an \"old\"
Container/Equipment Type code is 4204. 42 = 12,000 m or 40 feet in
nominal length x 2,581 mm or 8 feet 6 inches in nominal height without a
tunnel for goose neck. 04 = a general-purpose container with openings at
both ends plus opening roof plus openings at one or both sides.

The codes are broken out in the tables located in the \"*Input to CBP*\"
chapter of this document, pages INP‑40 through INP‑48. The tables are
not repeated here because of their size and length.

**Record Identifier C02**

###### Bill of Lading Container Record ‑ Motor Vehicle Control

This is an optional record used to report vehicle identification numbers
(VINs) of vehicles associated with a specific container by AMS
participants. There may be 21 C02 records per C01 record. This may also
be used to record the foreign port of lading of an empty container
onboard a conveyance.

  --------------- ------------------ -------------- ------------ ------------------------------ ----------
  ***Record                                                                                     
  Identifier                                                                                    
  C02***                                                                                        

  **Data          **Length/Class**   **Position**   **Status**   **Description**                **Note**
  Element**                                                                                     

  Control         3AN                1‑3            M            Must always equal C02.         
  Identifier                                                                                    

  VIN             25AN               4‑28           C            The unique vehicle             
                                                                 identification number stamped  
                                                                 on a vehicle by the            
                                                                 manufacturer (not used in Sea  
                                                                 AMS at this time).             

  Factory Car     10AN               29‑38          O            The number to be supplied by   
  Order Number                                                   the shipper for Canadian       
                                                                 Customs requirements at border 
                                                                 points for all finished motor  
                                                                 vehicles exported to the U.S.  
                                                                 from Canada (not used in Sea   
                                                                 AMS at this time).             

  Foreign Port    5N                 39‑43          C            Code representing the foreign  
                                                                 port in which an empty         
                                                                 container was laden onboard    
                                                                 the conveyance. See Census     
                                                                 Schedule K included as         
                                                                 Appendix F of this publication 
                                                                 for valid foreign port codes.  

  Filler          37AN               44‑80          M            Space fill.                    
  --------------- ------------------ -------------- ------------ ------------------------------ ----------