Trailer profiles

For ACE and ACI, a trailer profile must specify basic trailer identification, plus trailer equipment type and ACE Compliance information.

For ACE and ACI, Equipment type is synonymous with trailer.

Selecting a trailer type as the ACE equipment type

A trailer profile contains trailer type (TrlType1-4) fields. Your company can use these fields to categorize its trailers. You must specify whether eManifest obtains the equipment type description from a trailer type field, or if you want to use the generic SEMI-TRUCK TRAILER description.

ACE:TrailerType

If you specify a TrlType1-4 field in the ACE:TrailerType General Info Table setting, the corresponding label must contain options describing trailer equipment types. You add these options in the System Administration application.

This illustration shows a sample TrlType4 label.

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You can also edit the label’s Name field. Your change is applied to that field in the trailer profile. For more information on setting up the options, see:

Guide: System Administration | Chapter: Using the label file to customize fields

Creating an ACE/ACI compliant trailer profile

The profile of a trailer you assign to an ACE or ACI trip must contain the following information:

  • Trailer ID

  • License number and state

  • Trailer equipment type

  • ACE Compliance information

Creating the trailer profile in TMWSuite

To create an ACE/ACI compliant trailer profile in TMWSuite File Maintenance, follow these steps:

  1. In Trailer File Maintenance, do one of the following:

    • To create a new trailer profile, click image2 New.

    • To edit an existing trailer profile, enter the trailer ID in the Trailer field, and click image3 Open.

  2. In the trailer profile, make the following entries.

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    Required field: *

    Field Definition

    Trailer ID number *

    Trailer’s identification number

    The maximum field length is twelve alphanumeric characters.

    License *

    License number of the trailer

    The maximum field length is twelve alphanumeric characters.

    State *

    Specify the state for which the trailer license was issued.

    TrlType 1, 2, 3, or 4 *
    (Trailer Equipment Type)*

    If your system is set up to obtain the trailer equipment type from a trailer type field, select the equipment type from the trailer type field specified by the ACE:TrailerType General Info Table setting.

    Note: If your system is set up to use a default value of SEMI-TRUCK TRAILER, this selection will not affect the equipment type shown on eManifests.

  3. To enter ACE Compliance information for the trailer, click image5.
    The Additional Trailer Information window opens.

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  4. Make the following entries.

    Required field: *

    Field Definition

    Type of ID *

    Select Ace ID from the drop-down list.

    Notes:

    1. An Ace ID is a unique code issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that can be assigned to a driver, passenger, tractor, or trailer.

    2. The field displays all default options defined by the AceIDtype label. Only the Ace ID option applies to trailer profiles.

    ID *

    Enter the ID assigned to the trailer.

    Country Licensed In *

    Enter the two-character ISO country code for the country where the trailer is licensed. For ISO country codes, visit:

    https://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes.htm

  5. Click image5 to close the window.

  6. Click image7 Save.

Creating the trailer profile in TMW Operations

To create an ACE compliant trailer in the TMW Operations Trailer Profile window, follow these steps:

  1. Go to Tools > Profiles > Trailer Profile.
    The Trailer Profile window opens.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • To create a new trailer profile, click image8 New.

    • To edit an existing trailer profile, enter the trailer ID in the Trailer ID field, and click image9 Open.

  3. Click the Information tab.

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  4. Make the following entries:

    Required field: *

    Field Definition

    General

    Number *

    Trailer’s identification number

    The maximum field length is eight alphanumeric characters.

    License

    License *

    License number of the trailer

    The maximum field length is twelve alphanumeric characters.

    State *

    Specify the state for which the trailer license was issued.

    Trailer Ace Compliance

    ACE ID Type *

    Select ACE ID from the drop-down list.

    Notes:

    1. An ACE ID is a unique code issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that can be assigned to a driver, passenger, tractor, or trailer.

    2. The field displays all default options defined by the AceIDtype label. Only the Ace ID option applies to trailer profiles.

    ID *

    Enter the ID assigned to the trailer.

    Country Licensed *

    Enter the two-character ISO country code for the country where the tractor is licensed. For ISO country codes, visit:

    https://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes.htm

  5. Click the User Definables tab.

  6. Use the Trailer Type1-4 fields to identify the trailer conveyance type.

    • If your system is set up to obtain the equipment type description from a trailer type field, select the equipment type from the trailer type field specified by the ACE:TrailerType General Info Table setting.

    • If you are using the generic value, selecting options in any tractor type field will not affect the equipment type shown on eManifests.

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  7. Click image12 Save.