In plain English
This is the expected leaving time for transport from a particular place. It marks when movement is expected to start rather than when it will reach somewhere else. The thing leaving can be the transport or the shipment.
In context
In schedule details, ETD reports the expected time that the relevant vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or shipment will leave the stated place.
- Situation
- Coordinating freight quotes, booking, consolidation, handoff, and transport documents
- What it communicates
- reports the planned departure timing in schedule details.
Meaning limits
By itself, ETD does not confirm that the departure actually occurred at that time.
Examples
“The ferry's ETD from the island is 18:40, but it is still tied to the pier.”
“After the fog rolled in, the dispatcher pushed the ETD for the cargo flight from 09:00 to noon.”