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Implementation of Module for Transshipment of Cargo from a Seaport to Another Seaport in ICES

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..... the implementation of this module is given below: Gateway Port: The port in which the vessel arrived from other countries. Destination Port: The Port for which the containers are transshipped from other sea port (Gateway Port) Destination CFS: The CFS attached to destination port. 4. Features of the Module : The salient features of the module are as follows: 1. Declaration of Destination Port and CFS in IGM. 2. Filing of transshipment request at Service Center of the Gateway Port. 3. Approval of request by Customs Officer and generation of Transshipment Permit. 4. Option to transship cargo either to Destination Port or directly to a CFS associated with the Destination Port. 5. Elimination of local IGM at the Destination Port Site. 5) Steamer Agents/ Shipping Lines : a) FRESH FILING OF IGM: For sea to sea transshipment movement, Steamer Agents/ Shipping Lines are requested to follow the changes introduced for filing of IGM/Consol Manifest and their amendments at Gateway Port Site as follows: i) For transshipment of cargo, the field 'Port of Destination' was earlier restricted to ICD sites only. Now it is open to other Sea Sites also. F .....

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..... PER - BILL OF TRANSHIPMENT: As per Section 54 of Customs Act, 1962, Transhipper (who may be MLO/SA or Custodian, Transporter) has to file Bill of transshipment (TP) request for transshipment of cargo from current sea site (Gateway Port) to another sea site (Destination Port) or to a CFS attached to the destination site at Service Centre as given below. (i) IGM must have been filed at the Gateway site by the SA. Although not mandatory, it is suggested that Consol manifest may also filed before the filing of the Transshipment request. (ii) The applicant (or its authorized agent) shall submit the request for transshipment in a paper form annexed with this Public Notice as Annexure-I with the following information: a. Agency Type of the Applicant (SL/SA/MLO/TR) (Mandatory) b. Agency Code of the Applicant (As registered with ICES) (Mandatory) c. Destination Port Site Code (Port of Destination as per IGM) (Mandatory) d. Destination CFS Code (Port of Discharge as per IGM. This CFS Code) (Optional) e. IGM No. and Date (Mandatory) f. Nature of Cargo (Containerized/ Packaged/Cont.+Package) g. Bond Number (TP bond belonging to either MLO or Transporter) h. Mode .....

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..... mary travels back to the Service Center where the acknowledgement is displayed for the information of the Applicant who filed the TP request. 10. If the validation at the Primary end was successful (that is, TP request was accepted), a positive acknowledgement indicated by a message to that effect is displayed at the Service Center. If the validation at the Primary end was unsuccessful (that is, TP request was rejected), a negative acknowledgement (identified by Error Codes as per list given in Annexure II) are displayed at the Service Center. A request may have multiple errors. 11. Service Center module also provides facility for re-submission of a rejected request after necessary modification of the earlier job with modifications. This facility is provided by the menu option "Replicate TP Job". 12. If the request filed at the Service Center is successfully validated and accepted at the ICES Primary, then same gets integrated and listed as a submitted TP request in the queue of the Superintendent (Transshipment) at the Gateway Port Site after Inward Entry on the IGM is granted. Each submitted requested is identified by a combination of Job No. and Job date which is .....

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..... ation CFS Code is also specified, and the mode of transport is Train/ Road, then this TP will allow the transshipment directly to the specified CFS without touching the Destination Port to which the CFS is attached, if possible. 17. As soon as the Sea to Sea TP request is approved the details of the container with TP Number would be available in GAT role of the Preventive Officer at Gateway Port. By selecting the container, the Preventive officer at Gateway Port shall enter the seal number if new seal is affixed and the truck number in the system to generate the gate pass number. 18. TP messages will be introduced in due course in order to send EDI version of the TP to various stakeholders. Likewise, the re-credit of the TP Bond debited for the movement will also be introduced in due course. CHA/IMPORTER - B/E FILING: 19. As the Sea to sea transshipment module is being implemented, the existing Service Center BE module has been modified slightly in order to let the BE get associated with remote IGM filed at the Gateway Port Site. The Service Center Data Entry screen will ask for additional parameters in the IGM section. The changes in this section will affect ALL BE filing (ac .....

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