Revised Guidelines for Canada ACI Self Filing of Supplemental Bills

The following notification is for Imports to Canada only.

Please be advised that the Canada Border Services Agency has announced programming changes which will result in all carriers having to report cargo control numbers in a standard format.
The following vessels have been identified as being the first ones on each respective OOCL service into Canadian ports effected by these changes.  These and subsequent vessels will have the cargo control number format shortened to just the OOCL carrier code (9082), and the bill of lading number associated with a particular shipment.

SVC            VesVoy        Vessel                            1st load port                                      Canada port of discharge
GEX1        CVN089W      CP Venture            THP arrival 5 March (Thamesport)                           Montreal
GEX2        CPD257W      CP Pride                ANR arrival 3 March (Antwerp)                                Montreal
GEX3        PTG035W      Cast Prestige          LIV arrival 7 March (Liverpool)                                 Montreal
PAX          TOX028W       Tokyo Express        ANR arrival 3 March (Antwerp)                               Halifax
PAX           BXP028E       Bremen Express     KHH arrival 1 March (Kaohsiung)                            Halifax
AEX          OCG039E       OOCL Chicago       LCB arrival  28 February (Laem Chabang)                Halifax
INTV         OSS062N        Ossian                  BOS arrival 1 March  (Boston)                                Halifax
NWX         OAE096E        OOCL America      NIN arrival 4 March (Ningbo)                                   Vancouver
PNX          OKE034E        OOCL Korea          SIN arrival 6 March (Singapore)                              Vancouver
The proper format for these vessels and after is 9082 carrier code + BL #.   Sample; 90821234567890, where the OOCL BL is 1234567890.

These changes will affect self filers who submit supplemental BL data to Canada ACI system, as well as importers or their brokers filing entry for merchandise within Canada.

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