1.       Type of Manifest and details to be provided in Shipping Instructions.

Please confirm who is responsible for the Advance Manifest Customs filing:

• Are you a self-filer, do You file your own House Bill details for actual shipping parties?
• If “Yes", please provide as per below:
• United States shipment: SCAC Code / HBL# and any reference number(s)
• Canada shipments: HBL# and any reference number(s)
  Post code should be in format of " ANA NAN ", where A is Alphabet, N is number. Please also be reminded of the space in between
• Other country shipments: just a confirmation of self-filer is enough
• Is OOCL to complete your filing (House Bill) on your behalf?
• If “Yes", please provide as per below:
• All countries shipments: Name and Address of actual Shipper and Consignee.
  If several HBL's are required, due to several shippers or consignees involved in shipment, it is forbidden to show one of these parties on MBL, in that case on MBL we can show forwarder/agent details only and HBL numbers will reflect real state of involved parties.
   

2.       Where to provide AMS/ ACI details on MOC webpage.

AMS/ ACI details needs to be provided in first tab “Details" and in section “Other B/L Handling Instructions" while creating Instructions for Bill of Lading creation.

3.       Types of submission:

• Regular (details in AMS / ACI = details in SI / MBL). There is only MBL created, no HBL exists.
• Not regular (details in AMS ≠ details in SI / MBL). There are MBL and HBL created
• Self-filer. Customer is responsible for AMS /ACI submission, customer must send details to OOCL:
• United States shipment: SCAC Code / HBL# and any reference number(s)
• Canada shipments: HBL# and any reference number(s).
• Other country shipments: just confirmation of self-filer is enough.
  
  

4.       AMS / ACI submission is required for below countries:

• Africa (self-filer only)
• Canada
• China
• India
• Israel
• Japan
• Mexico
• Turkey
• USA

5.       Timeline for AMS /ACI submission

• AMS / ACI submission must be completed latest 24h before vessel calls to last T/S port, till that time all BL's must be created in OOCL system in ready status (all pending issues needs to be resolved)
• Process of data submission can start 48h before vessel calls to last T/S port, so:
• any changes are possible without penalty before 24h rule
• any changes after submission time are possible, only when HBL contains real shipper and real cnee, and requested changes in BL do not interfere with AMS / ACI submission data
• any changes after submission time are still possible and details on BL can be amend, but penalty of 5000USD may occur, besides additional charges of AAM and CMA. Process is called as “Late Filling" and it's possible only for HBL.  Customer must sign below LOI, which needs to be send afterwards to carrier OOCL for authorization
  

“Late Filing" is not possible if there is a change in type of submission, and customer can also receive penalty of 5000USD. Meaning if there is a change from self-filer to regular or from HBL to self-filer, or from HBL to regular or any other change. In that case customer needs to be notified via mail regarding possible penalties.

6.       AMS/ ACI submission contains below data

(any BL amendment required from customer after cut off, will cause in creating additional charges: AAM 40EUR and CMA 30EUR)

• SHIPPER
• CONSIGNEE
• NOTIFY
• SEAL NUMBER
• CARGO DESCRIPTION
• PIECE COUNT
• CONTAINER NUMBER
• WEIGHT
• PACKAGE TYPE
• FREIGHT TERMS (for China only)
  
   

7.       Additional info for customer:

• ACI Filing of HBL done by OOCL is not possible for Canada Imports (POD+FND Canada) starting 04.01.2021
• cargo control number for USA, Japan is: OOLU + BL number
• cargo control number for Canada is: 9082 + BL number (without OOLU prefix)
• carrier code for USA, Japan is: OOLU
• carrier code for Canada is: 9082
• quantity of cargo items and weight must be equal to quantity and weight of HBL references

• customer is fully responsible to provide clear and accurate details for AMS submission in case of Regular and Not regular shipments to be submitted by carrier OOCL
• customer is fully responsible to provide clear and accurate details for ACI submission in case of Regular shipments to be submitted by carrier OOCL
• it is forbidden to show any HBL details on MBL (like in cargo description field)
• customer is fully responsible for correctness of their submission in case of self-filer shipments
• customer is fully responsible for ISF submission
• OOCL makes AMS submission in case of: Regular and Not regular shipments
• OOCL makes ACI submission in case of: Regular shipments
• customer makes AMS/ ACI submission in case of: Self-filler shipments
• for Turkey submission, it is required that customer has actual and valid VAT number (also known as EORI number)