e-Manifest Ocean/Rail to Begin in Sept, with October Rollout to 3 Ports
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's July 2011 ACE Trade Account Owner Update (Version 2) states that the e-Manifest: Ocean and Rail (M1) Trade Pilot is expected to start in September 2011, and that CBP will initiate its rollout to the ports in October 2011, starting with Buffalo, Baltimore, and Brownsville.
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Only Parties that Have Completed Trade Testing Eligible for Pilot
According to CBP, the M1 Pilot will begin in September for parties that have completed trade testing, to file all rail and sea manifests and relevant ABI applications in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).
Once in the pilot, participants that have ACE Accounts will receive shared reports. In addition, an in-bond authorization edit will be availble for ACE manifest filers.
CBP also states that rail entry banks will be available for rail carrier accounts, and conveyance data will be loaded and availalble for carriers.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 07/18/11 news, 11071821 and 07/22/11 news, 11072227, for BP summary of CBP's announcement that the M1 Pilot would begin no earlier than August 1.)
CSMS# 11-000172, with link to July TAO, here.