HANMOV — EDIFACT Cargo / Goods Handling and Movement Message (D.97A)

The HANMOV message describes the cargo handling and movement operations within a logistics site — terminal, warehouse, port or airport hub: lifting orders, internal moves, inter-terminal transfers. It bridges WMS / TOS systems with their operational resources. This page summarises the segment structure as published by UN/CEFACT for directory D.97A.

Purpose

The HANMOV message describes the cargo handling and movement operations within a logistics site — terminal, warehouse, port or airport hub: lifting orders, internal moves, inter-terminal transfers. It bridges WMS / TOS systems with their operational resources.

This page focuses on the structure published by UN/CEFACT for directory D.97A. The segments listed, their status (M / C), position and repetition factor are extracted from the official file hanmov_s.htm hosted on service.unece.org.

Segment structure

The HANMOV D.97A message has 87 header entries, 0 detail entries and 0 summary entries (segments and groups combined). Groups are shown in bold and their members are indented by actual nesting depth.

Header

Detail

No segment in this section.

Summary

No segment in this section.

Changes vs D.96A

Top-level differences between D.96A and D.97A for the HANMOV message (segments directly inside header / detail / summary, ignoring nested groups). The comparison is indicative: a given tag may have evolved inside nested groups without showing up in this synthesis.

No top-level differences detected between D.96A and D.97A for this message. Differences are then limited to nested groups and code lists.

Structural example

Minimal example of an HANMOV D.97A message with mandatory segments only. The goal is to show the exact version declared in UNH (HANMOV:D:97A:UN) — not to replicate a full business case (see the HANMOV D.96A page for an annotated example).

UNB+UNOC:3+5410000000123:14+5410000000456:14+260514:1430+CTRL097001'
UNH+1+HANMOV:D:97A:UN'
BGM+266+HANMOV-2026-1004+9'
DTM+137:202605141430:203'
HAN+L:::Lifting and inland transfer'
FTX+AAI+++Move 24 containers from yard Block A to rail siding R2'
LOC+5+FRLEH::6'
LOC+11+FRTGV::6'
UNT+8+1'
UNZ+1+CTRL097001'

Common errors

• Misaligned UNH tokens — The UNH+...+HANMOV:D:97A:UN token must reflect exactly the directory in use — a mismatch between the UNH release and the release agreed with the partner is rejected by every strict validator.
• Wrong UNT segment count — The value after UNT+ must include UNH and UNT themselves. By far the most common sender-side error, regardless of the directory in use.
• Stale code lists — Between D.96A and D.97A, several code lists received new qualifiers (DTM status, RFF qualifier, NAD codes…). Reusing an older directory’s code tables triggers warnings or even rejections depending on the partner’s strict-conformance mode.

Related messages

Other versions of this message available on ediverse.io: HANMOV D.96A, HANMOV D.01B, HANMOV D.10A, HANMOV D.16B, HANMOV D.21B, HANMOV D.24A, HANMOV D.99B, HANMOV D.00B, HANMOV D.02B, HANMOV D.05A, HANMOV D.08A, HANMOV D.13B, HANMOV D.18B, HANMOV D.20B.

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