COPINO case of study: ECT Terminal

The below snapshot comes from ECT web site and offers a very interesting overview about the procedures currently implemented to deliver import containers by means of UN/EDIFACT messages COREOR and COPINO.

Parties involved in the procedure are:

- Box Operator (ie. Line, Liner Agent etc) which is in charge for COREOR;

- Inland Carrier (ie. Trucking Company or Barge) which is in charge for COPINO.

Basically containers will be released from the Terminal only in case the PIN number declared by Inland Carrier in COPINO will match with PIN number declared in COREOR by Box Operator.

Look here about how to declare a PIN number into COREOR.

COREOR, PIN number

For security issues, you might wish to add a PIN number to your COREOR message.

PIN number can be stored in RFF segment; in the above sample, I used qualifier RE (Release Number) as c506.1153 in order to assign to my container a PIN number:

(...)
EQD+CN+GEKU1234567+22G1:102:5++3+5'
RFF+CN:SAL/01' 
RFF+RE:QY879' 
RFF+SQ:0001'
MEA+AAE+G+KGM:23817'
(...)