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| 8/9/2012 |
On Nov 1, 2012 the CBSA mandatory eManifest rquirement for highway mode will come into force |
On November 1, 2012 the Canada Border Services Agency’s mandatory eManifest requirement for highway mode will come into force. This means that your highway carriers must be ready to transmit advance cargo and conveyance data to the CBSA by this date!
Are your contract carriers, truck brokers, 3PL providers, and their drivers ready for this important change? If not, your shipments could be delayed and/or refused entry by CBSA at the border. If you haven’t already discussed and received assurances on the eManifest readiness of your highway supply chain partners, then I strongly urge you to do so now! This is crucial to ensuring smooth and disruption-free highway clearances for your business.
CBSA has recently sent eManifest communications to more than 21,000 registered carriers and 250 trucking and trade associations in efforts to increase eManifest implementation. Additional outreach to the top 500 high volume carriers is underway. Requests to the CBSA for their weekly eManifest Portal demonstrations, webinars and presentation copies have increased dramatically in the last few weeks. Despite these ongoing efforts, the CBSA is concerned by the large number of carriers who have not yet signed up to begin testing data transmissions for eManifest. If any of these carriers are moving your freight, then now would be a good time to encourage your service providers to to reach out to the CBSA and adopt eManifest in time for November.
The CBSA, I.E.Canada and other trade associations will continue to work together to reach all highway carriers and to offer the necessary information and help in implementing eManifest requirements before November.
I urge you to avoid the headaches, including business disruptions and costly delays by talking to your highway carriers today.
Source: IE Canada
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