Describes a scheduled journey that a particular goods transportation service provider (freight carrier) is requested to perform on the behalf of a shipper, customer or other transportation corrdinator. The journey may contain one or more stops. There are many possible business applications in several environments that may use this capability. A CarrierRoute is typically generated by a transportation planning system to coordinate and optimize the movement of many goods shipment to reduce overall freight cost, improve overall delivery schedules, and ensure that a carrier's equipment is utilized efficiently. Other business systems typically interested in a CarrierRoute document include supply chain execution, supply chain visibility, warehouse management, and transportaion management systems. Is the date that is used to identify the actual date and time a shipment occurs. Is the date that the business partner is requesting delivery of goods to arrive. Is the date that the supplier business partner promises delivery of goods Is the date that is used to mark the date and time a shipment loading process is complete. This identifies the earliest possible date at which a shipment can be made. This may be used in conjunction with the ShipPriorToDueDateInd which indicates that the item, shipping unit or delivery may be shipped early. Is the date the business partner supplying goods is promising goods to be shipped. Identifies the date on which the goods are scheduled to be shipped.