BS 6720:1986

Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Transit information
4. Format of marking
5. Additional information
Appendices
A. Guidance for marking for postal transit in the UK
     and overseas
B. Guidance for marking for rail parcel transit in
     the UK and overseas
C. Guidance for marking for road transit in the UK
     and overseas
D. Guidance for marking for air transit
E. Guidance for marking for sea transit
F. Other sources of information
Figures
1. Format of marking
2. Format for UK post use
3. Format for overseas post use
4. Format for rail parcels to be delivered in the UK
5. Format for rail parcels to be collected in the UK
6. Format for road parcels to be delivered in the UK
7. Typical format for air cargo
8. Format for sea transit where transhipment is
     indicated
9. Format for sea transit where no transhipment is
     indicated

Standard layout for the information. Guidance in appendices on use in relation to different modes of transit.

This British Standard specifies requirements for the marking of transit information, by the consignor, on transit packages for distribution. It is applicable to general cargo such as individual packages of goods in transit, e.g. cases, crates, drums and sacks, and to consolidated groups of packages intended for an individual consignee.

This standard is not applicable to bulk cargo or transit processes requiring identification of transit packages by contents only (e.g. in the food trade). Pictorial and textual marking of handling information is not included (see BS 2770), nor are the requirements for the marking and labelling of dangerous goods.

Guidance on the use of the marking in relation to different modes of transit is given in appendices A to E.

NOTE. The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.