CBP, Coast Guard Would be Affected by New IMO Electronic Exchange Requirement
CBP, the U.S. Coast Guard and other federal agencies would be affected by the International Maritime Organization Facilitation Committee's recently adopted amendment that would require electronic exchange of the pre-arrival and departure information (see 1604150039), said the Coast Guard on…
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its blog (here). Expected to become effective in 2018, the amendment is meant "to reduce the administrative burden on ships’s crews, owners, operators, agents and other parties who submit information for clearance," it said.