Sea Cargo Manifest & Transhipment

Regulations, 2018
General Guidance

Redefining Vessel Movement in Indian waters

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 Changing Times…
• Safe Framework
• Increased focus on Safety & Security
• Non Intrusive Inspection
• Pre Arrival Processing
• Sagar Mala
• Relaxation of Cabotage Rules (Cabotage laws apply to merchant ships in most
countries that have a coastline so as to protect the domestic shipping industry
from foreign competition, preserve domestically owned shipping infrastructure
for national security purposes, and ensure safety in congested territorial waters)
Current Process…
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 File Import General Manifest (Gateway a pt  File SB & Clearance
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 File Transshipment Request ( Local IGM) re
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 File BE W  Gateway EGM
 Match BE and IGM ( Local or Gateway)

Import

Export
 Actual landing details  Track & Trace of the cargo
 How is it being carried ? – Container, W  Consolidation
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 Track & Trace ab re c o u lu e  Bill of Lading details
 Segregation & Consolidation – Manual TP t… les
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SCMTR, 2018…
Supersedes
• Import Manifest (Vessels) Regulations, 1971,
• Export Manifest (Vessels) Regulations, 1976 and
• Transportation of Goods (through foreign territory) Regulations, 1965

Introduces
• Arrival Manifest in place of IGM
• Departure Manifest in place of EGM
• Arrival Transhipment Manifest in place of SMTP
• Departure Transhipment Manifest in place of Truck Summary

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Additional Features…
Covers reporting of all cargo in the ship rather than import/ export cargo (coastal
cargo, same bottom cargo)

Seeks additional details about every cargo reported (invoice value, HSN etc.)

Time of reporting is advanced to the port of departure

Ensures track and trace of the cargo reported

Includes features necessary for movement of vessel within India

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Layers of Reporting
The Three Streams…
 Vessel Movement – Foreign to India and India to Foreign
 Customs Inland Movement
 Movement of Cargo

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Vessel Movement
Intent…
 Advance intimation of the arriving/departing cargo
 Enhanced risk assessment and facilitation based on the manifest
declarations
 Complete information about a vessel available electronically – including
passenger/crew details, ship stores and same bottom cargo
 Track and Trace of every cargo entering/exiting Indian waters
 Streamlining of the manifest process and consequent amendments
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Types of Cargo…
 IM (Imported Goods)
 OB-DT (Domestic Transit)
 OB-FT (Foreign Transit)
 To be offloaded  CG (Coastal Goods)
 To remain on-board (OB)  EX (Export Goods)

Types of Movement…
 From foreign to India (FI)  From India to India (II)

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 JNCH KOC

Movement Scenario… TKD MUN COL Mundra

COL JNCH

JNCH JNCH SING JNCH MUN

TKD SING

F-I
I-I
KOC SING KOC

TKD MUN COL

KOC JNCH COL
JNCH
JNCH JNCH COL
JNCH JNCH JNCH
JNCH JNCH SING

I-I
SING COL SING
Cochin
KOC KOC KOC

SING COL COL

KOC KOC KOC

I-F
COL COL COL

SING SING SING

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Stakeholders…
 Authorised Sea Carriers(ASC): The Indian entity representing the Master of the
vessel that shall have to be registered with the Indian Customs to transact
business under the new regulations

 Authorised Sea Agents (ASA): The agents acting on behalf of the Authorised Sea
Carrier(ASC)

 Terminal Operators

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Reporting Events - To be Filed by ASC/ASA:
Before
 SAM – Sea Arrival Manifest
Departure at  SAA – Sea Arrival Amendment – can be filed without approval till the filing of application for entry
the last foreign inwards, with approval afterwards
port of call

 SEI – Sea Entry Inwards

On Arrival at the  SDM-Sea Departure Manifest –before departure from the Indian Port of Call
Indian port of  SDA -Sea Departure Amendment – without approval before the departure notification, with
call approval afterwards

After Departure
from the Indian  SDN – Sea Departure Notification
port of call
 Reporting Events - To be Filed by Terminal Operator
of the Port:
Before
Departure at the  VCN - Voyage No. generated for the vessel - ICES generates a unique rotation number – The same
last foreign port rotation number can be quoted from arrival till departure for a vessel at a port
of call

 ATA - Actual Time of Arrival – after the vessel has arrived the Terminal Operator shall give the
On Arrival at the actual time of Arrival giving information for the fields that are in the ATA Form
Indian port of call  CLA –Container Landed on Arrival – After the grant of Entry Inwards by the officer. Includes
container details and the time when the offloading is completed

Before Departure
 CLD- Container Loaded-Departure - After the completion of loading. Incl container
from the Indian details will be given and the time of completion of loading
port of call

After Departure
from the Indian  ATD (Sailing Report) – Actual Time of Departure
port of call
 On Arrival of the Before Dept. from After Dept. from
Before Dept. from
Vessel Indian port of call Indian port of call
last port of call
ASC/ASA

Grant
SAM SAA SEI EI/EO SDM SDA SDN
Operator
Terminal

VCN ATA CLA CLD ATD

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Regulatory Obligations…
 The ASC/ASA shall submit:
Arrival Manifest electronically, prior to departure from the last port of call to the Indian Port of
call
Departure Manifest electronically before departure from the Indian Port of call

 The submission of Arrival and Departure Manifest shall have to be complied

before departure from the last port/customs station of call to every Indian
customs station and Departure then on respectively

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 Compliance required at each step…
Before Dept. from
the Port of Loading Before Arrival Before Dept. After Dept.
 General Declaration  Application for Entry  General Declaration  Departure Notification
(III) – also includes Inwards (II) (III)– also includes
passenger/crew list  Vessel’s Store’s List (IV) passenger/crew list
 Cargo Declaration  List of Private property  Cargo Declaration
(VIA), (VIB) of the Master and (VIIA), (VIIB)
Crew (V)  Vessel’s Store’s List (IV)
 List of Private property
of the Master and
Crew (V)

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Customs Inland Movement (CIM)
Intent…
 End to end track and trace of import/export cargo till it is cleared for
home consumption/sails out of India
 Advance notification to Custodians on the arriving cargo for better
logistical planning
 Tracking of movement even to and from CFSs

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Stakeholders…
 Custodian
 Transhipper (ATP)

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Reporting Events…
 Transhipper:
 CIM-ED – Export Departure – Before departure of export cargo from an inland Customs station
 CIM-EA – Export Arrival – On arrival of export cargo at the next Customs Station
 CIM-ID – Import Arrival
 CIM-ID – Import Departure

 Custodian:
 Stuffing/Stripping Report (in case of Exports)
 ATD – Actual Time of Departure
 ATA – Actual Time of Arrival - On Arrival of the Truck/Train the officer/custodian

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 EXPORT

Inland Customs Station

Inland Customs Station Gateway Port
(Intermediate)

Filing of SF/ ST ED EA ED EA SF/ ST SDM

SB (CTD) (ATP) (ATP) (ATP) (ATP) (CTD)

Filing of IA ID IA ID SF/ ST SAM

BE (ATP) (ATP) (ATP) (ATP) (CTD)

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Cargo Movement
Intent…
 Identify each cargo ( Entered/Exit) uniquely.
 Use the Cargo details submitted for Risk/Facilitation
 Re-use the cargo details submitted for subsequent movements
 Track and trace – cargo details
 Seamless Segregation & aggregation process
 Online Approvals – no manual interface required
 Consolidated Cargo
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Stakeholders Involved…
 Freight Forwarders
 ASC, in absence of freight forwarders
 Custodians handling the cargo on segregation, Aggregation
 Transhippers (ATP)

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Unique Cargo Identifiers
PCIN – Primary Cargo Identification Number
 Unique Number assigned by Customs to identify a cargo contained in single Transport
Document mentioning Actual Buyer and Seller
 PCIN – 18 digit number (YYMC00XXXXXXXXXX00)

MCIN – Master Cargo Identification Number

 Unique Number assigned by Customs to identify the consolidated cargo contained in
consolidated Transport Document mentioning Freight Forwarder.
 Each MCIN will be an aggregation of multiple PCINs. Referring to an MCIN in any subsequent
manifest would mean reference to all the PCINs within.
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Cargo Summary Notification (CSN)…
 Cargo Details should be submitted to the Customs before Entry or Exit
as per prescribed tim elines.
 Primary responsibility of submission is with the ASC.
 When consolidated, ASC can fulfil that requirement, if supplementary
declaration is filed by NVOCC ( Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier)
 NVOCC/ASC can file cargo details earlier to manifest using CSN
 When CSN is numbered, PCIN would be returned for every primary
Transport Document (HBL) included in the CSN
 MCIN returned when Master BL details filed by ASC for the first time
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Referencing of Cargo
CSN – EN (entry)/EX (exit)/DM (domestic)
 Prime Loader files CSN with HBL details – consigner/consignee/itinerary/cargo details. For
exports, it can come directly from document number (Shipping Bill)
 For each HBL, PCIN is generated (Primary Cargo Identification No.)
 In the CSN – DM, i.e. I-I movement, the transhipper only has to quote the PCINs, or if all
PCINs under an MCIN are being carried together, then just quoting MCIN would do
 In case of segregation of cargo, the various PCINs under the original MCIN may subsequently
fall under different MCIN after re-aggregation. But the unique identifier for each cargo
would continue to be the original PCIN.

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 SAM - FI SAM - II
(ASC/ ASA) (ASC/ ASA)

CSN 1
(FF/NVOCC) CSN 3

MCIN 1
PCIN 1 (HBL1)
MCIN 1 (MBL1) {PCIN 1}
PCIN 2 (HBL2)
{PCIN 2}

CSN 4
CSN 2 MCIN 3
(FF/NVOCC) {PCIN 3}

PCIN 3 (HBL3) SF/ ST

MCIN 2 (MBL2)
PCIN 4 (HBL4) (CTD)

PCIN4 + BE
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Process Flow
 Sea Manifest Under New Regulations

NVOCC ASC/ASA Port Custom

Before Departure from Last Port of Call

Voyage finalized VCN generated VCN Rotation Number Generated

HBL details filed based CSNs Generated post

Request for CSN Generation
on VCN validation

CSNs Aggregated and

CSN submitted Manifest Details Received manifest details
Manifest created

Manifest amendment Manifest amend details Amendment accepted

without approval

On Arrival at Port of Call Request submitted Request Accepted

Entry Inward
Accepted post vetted by
ATA ATA
custom officer

Entry Inward Granted EI Grant

Entry Outward Granted EO Grant

CSNs aggregated &

CSN submitted on exit
Departure Manifest Departure Manifest Accepted after verification
(any time before loading)
created

Port Clearance Request Accepted

Amendment in departure Amend Departure

Accepted
manifest without approval Manifest

Container Loaded List Accepted

Container Loaded List Accepted

After Departure from Port of Call Details stored in Custom DB

Sailing Report ATD

Departure Notification DN Acceptance post vetting

Amendment in Departure Amend

Acceptance & stored in DB
Manifest with approval Departure Manifest
 File BE Registration File SB

Gateway Arrival Gateway

ICD/ LCS ICD/ LCS
Port Port
Manifest

Arrival –
ETP
Inland
Manifest Man
Application ifest
Departure
for – Inland
Entry Manifest
Departure Inward
– Inland
Manifest
Arrival –
Local Clearance Inland
(LC) Manifest

Transshipment Yes Cargo

Through Inland (TI) Unloaded
Land Cargo at
Transshipment CFS
Country (TC)

Segregation/
No Gateway Interim
Consolidation
Port Port
SMTP TI
Generation
Departure
TI
Manifest
Through TC
Through Sea
Land
Movement Domestic
within Cargo
Departure India Coastal Goods
– Inland
Manifest
Yes
Next Port
Arrival –
Inland
Manifest

Movement
Land outside
Border India
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Preventive
Officer role
Ent_apr role
(Entity
approval)