With effect from January 04, 2021 OOCL will no longer support filing of HBL data for Canada imports on behalf of Freight
Forwarder/NVOCC. Canada Border Services
Agency (CBSA) has recently applied several system enhancements to address eManifest house bills issues, and to implement new arrival
rules for cargo.
These rules are already in effect and compliment
the mandatory eHBL filing.
Effective
from November 01, 2020
As of this date, CBSA
has enabled cargo status updates to meet the requirements that must be in place
before the shipment release can be applied:
- All cargo documents will have to
be in arrived status before any release notifications are sent out
(either at Port of Discharge or inland location)
- All Warehouse Arrival
Certification Messages (WACM) must include warehouse sub-location codes
- Sub Location codes filed under eHBL must match the Master BL Sub Location code
filed by the 9000 series Ocean Carrier
CBSA additionally have
enabled Freight Forwarders and NVOCC’s to submit eHBL for
ALL consolidated types of shipments (including the following), which is a new
feature that is proved by CBSA:
- Back-to-Back
shipments – These are shipments with
one shipper and one consignee that is managed/controlled by Freight
Forwarders who issues an eHBL, and where only one eHBL is applied against one carrier filed Master BL.
- Buyer
Consolidation shipments – These
are shipments with multiple eHBLs applied to a single
carrier filed Master BL, but all the eHBLs are
consigned to a single consignee and consolidated together
prior to shipment.
Exceptions are applied
based on the following conditions:
- Consolidated in-transit shipments
moving from offshore through Canada and destined to the US may continue to be
reported using electronic house bills or legacy ACI supplemental reports
- Consolidated in-transit shipments
of US origin goods that are entering Canada for offshore export will continue
to be exempt from electronic house bills
- Canada FROB cargo will still be
required to be reported under the ACI supplemental reports
- OOCL will still support the
submission of supplemental reports where supported by CBSA
Effective
from January 04, 2021
The use of eHBLs for all consolidated shipments will
become mandatory (The above-mentioned note for exception conditions
are still valid)
As a result of these
changes by CBSA – all Freight Forwarders and NVOCC's must have a CBSA issued
8000 series carrier code to be able to file eHBL
directly in ACI, or appoint a service provider that can file on their behalf.
The 24hr advanced
filing rule remains in place and applies to all manifested types – eHBL / Consigned BL or Master BLs
All advance House Bill
data must be electronically transmitted to CBSA using the eHBL
requirements published by TCCU (Technical Commercial Client Unit), including
the eHBL Close message as is currently required.
Freight Forwarders/NVOCC's
can transmit Advance House Bill data using either an Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) method, CBSA's eManifest Web
Portal, or by using a 3rd party service provider, such as CargoSmart.
Key areas
to highlight:
Who
can file?
o All Freight Forwarders and NVOCC’s must have a CBSA
issued 8000 series carrier code to be able to file eHBL
directly in ACI or appoint a service provider that can file on their behalf.
When
to file?
o The 24hr advanced filing rule remains in place and
applies to all manifested types – eHBL, Consigned BL
or Master BLs
How
to file?
o All advance House Bill data must be electronically
transmitted to CBSA using the eHBL requirements
published by TCCU (Technical Commercial Client Unit), including the eHBL Close message as is currently required.
o Freight Forwarders/NVOCC's can transmit Advance House
Bill data using either
·
an
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) method, or
·
CBSA's eManifest Web Portal, or
·
by using a
3rd party service provider, such as CargoSmart.
References:
We would recommend that all Freight Forwarders and
NVOCC’s shipping consolidated shipments to Canada ensure that they will be
compliant effective from January 04, 2021
Should you have any questions or enquiries, please
feel free to contact our local customer service representatives.
