• Shipping company or ship's agent (sender)
• Shipper or forwarder (recipient)
• Terminal (sender)
• Shipping company or ship's agent (sender)
• Antwerp Port Authority (sends the history of a seagoing ship)
• Shipping company or ship's agent (receives the history of a ship)
• Inland terminal (sends the status of a barge)
• BTS (receives the status of a barge)

The IFTSTA message is extensive because it covers all the possibilities for reporting the physical status of consignments or materials. It therefore contains several repeating groups:

EQD group (“Equipment details”)

For each item of material (e.g. a container), this makes it possible to provide information on dangerous substances, temperature, transport details such as inward and onward transport to and from the terminal, any damage, etc.

CNI group (“Consignment information”)

For each consignment, this makes it possible to inform the parties involved concerning the transport details for the material, together with details of the goods such as weights, packaging method etc. Depending on what it is being used for a special MIG is issued to permit the implementation of the IFTSTA in the specific context.