Implementation of the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations

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..... r Generals/ Director Generals under CBIC. Madam/Sir, Subject: Implementation of the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations. Kind reference is invited to the Circular No. 43/2020- Customs dated 30th September 2020 on the implementation of Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations. 2. Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations (SCMTR), 2018, were notified vide Notification No.38/2018-Customs (N.T.) dated 11.05.2018. The SCMTR seek to bring about transparency, predictability of movement, advance collection of information for expeditious clearance and supersedes the earlier regulations viz. Import Manifest (Vessels) Regulations, 1971 and Export Manifest (Vessels) Regulation, 1976 . The Regulations stip .....

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..... oth transition to the SCMTR regime. Directorate General of Systems has also issued various guidelines/advisory related to the registration process and filing requirements under the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations (SCMTR) for different stakeholders such as Shipping Lines, Freight Forwarders, Transhippers etc, who are integral to the implementation of the said regulations. The guidelines can be found at the following link (https://www.icegate.gov.in/SeaManifestRegulation.html). Directorate General of Systems has organized several webinar sessions with authorised carriers/agents, custodians, freight forwarders, console agents and other notified carriers. These outreach sessions were aimed at sensitizing them towards message f .....

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..... ts (ICD) and seaports. These ACUs/ATOs are required to file the stuffing reports (SF) and stripping reports (ST). Stuffing and stripping reports are required to be filed electronically by the Custodians including Terminal Operators wherever the cargo is being segregated or stuffed in different containers. Stuffing (SF) and Stripping (ST) messages will be filed for every equipment (container) giving the PCINs (Primary Cargo Identification Numbers)/MCINs (Master Cargo Identification Numbers) being stuffed into or stripped out of that container. Additionally, Custodians will also have to file notifications of actual time of arrival and departure of conveyance (ATE/ELR for Terminal Operators and AT/DT for other Custodians). The same has enabled .....

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