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- 1 - OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS CUSTOM HOUSE, W.ISLAND, COCHIN 682 009 Public Notice No. 14 / 2006 Sub :- Implementation of Software Module for Transshipment of Cargo from Port to another Port / ICD / CDS – reg. Attention of all importers, Custom House Agents (CHA), Steamer / Shipping Agents (SA) / Shipping Lines (SL), Custodians of imported goods, Officers of Customs and all others concerned is drawn to Public Notice No. 133/98 and Public Notice No.12/99 regarding computerized processing of B/E and S/B under ICES. Attention is also drawn to Public Notice No. 45/2001 , wherein computerized filing and processing of the IGMs under ICES has been introduced. 2. Transshipment of containerized cargo from one Port to another Port or ICD/CFS has been automated vide Trade Facility2/2005, Public Notices 1/2006 and 12/2006 with effect from 01.05.2006. All the procedural and software changes associated with the automation are consolidated in this Public Notice. 3. Normally there will not be any need to file a separate application for transshipment and the SMTP portion of the IGM itself would be treated as an application for transshipment provided the following conditions are satisfied:- (i) MLO’s obtain a one time registration with Custom House by filing an application in the format prescribed in Annexure ‘I’ to this pubic notice. (ii) The field relating to the “Port of destination” is duly filled in and its value is different than the “Port of discharge” and its value is port code of any valid Indian ICD/CFS. (iii) Shipping agents / MLOs register their bonds (either TP or GB), if they want to use their own bond for transhipment purposes. If they want to use carrier bond ( i.e. 3 rd party) then they must register the authorization from the agency whose bond is to be used for this purpose. This bond registration no. would be used for auto debiting purposes. (iv) The Bond value is calculated on the basis of the size of the container and not on the basis of Invoice value of the cargo contained in such containers. (In this case the bond amount would be calculated by the system on the default value linked to the size of containers which is picked up with reference to the ISO codes declared in the IGM. The option to calculate the bond amount on the basis of invoice value of cargo will not be available under this procedure as the invoice value is not available in the IGM) (v) Transhipment fee is paid through a PLA being maintained by the shipping agent / MLO with the Customs House.

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OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS

CUSTOM HOUSE, W.ISLAND, COCHIN 682 009

Public Notice No. 14 / 2006

Sub :- Implementation of Software Module for Transshipment of Cargo from

Port to another Port / ICD / CDS – reg.

Attention of all importers, Custom House Agents (CHA), Steamer / Shipping

Agents (SA) / Shipping Lines (SL), Custodians of imported goods, Officers of Customs

and all others concerned is drawn to Public Notice No. 133/98 and Public Notice

No.12/99 regarding computerized processing of B/E and S/B under ICES. Attention is

also drawn to Public Notice No. 45/2001 , wherein computerized filing and processing of

the IGMs under ICES has been introduced.

2. Transshipment of containerized cargo from one Port to another Port or ICD/CFS

has been automated vide Trade Facility2/2005, Public Notices 1/2006 and 12/2006 with

effect from 01.05.2006. All the procedural and software changes associated with the

automation are consolidated in this Public Notice.

3. Normally there will not be any need to file a separate application for

transshipment and the SMTP portion of the IGM itself would be treated as an application

for transshipment provided the following conditions are satisfied:-

(i) MLO’s obtain a one time registration with Custom House by filing an

application in the format prescribed in Annexure ‘I’ to this pubic notice.

(ii) The field relating to the “Port of destination” is duly filled in and its value

is different than the “Port of discharge” and its value is port code of any

valid Indian ICD/CFS.

(iii) Shipping agents / MLOs register their bonds (either TP or GB), if they

want to use their own bond for transhipment purposes. If they want to use

carrier bond ( i.e. 3rd party) then they must register the authorization from

the agency whose bond is to be used for this purpose. This bond

registration no. would be used for auto debiting purposes.

(iv) The Bond value is calculated on the basis of the size of the container and

not on the basis of Invoice value of the cargo contained in such containers.

(In this case the bond amount would be calculated by the system on the

default value linked to the size of containers which is picked up with

reference to the ISO codes declared in the IGM. The option to calculate

the bond amount on the basis of invoice value of cargo will not be

available under this procedure as the invoice value is not available in the

IGM)

(v) Transhipment fee is paid through a PLA being maintained by the shipping

agent / MLO with the Customs House.

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(vi) The agency transporting the containers to the destination ICDs is duly

registered with the Customs House and a carrier code is allotted to it.

4. As mentioned above , normally there will not be any need to file any separate

application for transshipment. However the request for transshipment will be required in

the following circumstances:-

(i) the applicant, is other than Shipping Agent and MLO namely, CHA and

importer.

(ii) the bond value is desired to be calculated on the basis of invoice value,

instead of the default method based on number of containers and container

size.

(iii) the TP fee is to be paid through Revenue Stamps or Challan.

(iv) the transshipment is not requested at the time of filing of IGM.

5. For treating the SMTP portion of IGM as request for transshipment , four new

fields namely Bond Registration number, Carrier agency code , mode of transport and

MLO Code are being introduced in cargo Line information ( Message 1B – SACHI 02

and Message 24 – CMCHI21) as this information is not available in IGMs but is required

for transshipment. The field relating to “ Bond Registration No.” has been introduced so

that the system can search for the bond which is required to be debited. The field relating

to “ Carrier Agency Code” is being added so as to capture the actual carrier of the

transshipped containers to the destination ICDs because in most of the cases the carrier is

a person other than the shipping agent / MLO and their bond is also required to be

debited. Similarly the field relating to “ Mode of Transport” is being added so as to

capture the mode by which the transshipped containers would be transported to the

destination ICDs. The revised formats of these messages are enclosed as Annexure- I and

II to this Public Notice.

6. Formats of the following messages which are required to be exchanged for

Transshipment of Cargo electronically among Customs, Port ,ICDs and SAs are

specified in Annexure – V ,VII, VIII and IX respectively to this PN.

Message Name Message No. From To

Request for Transshipment

req _trans

( Format in Annexure-V)

11

SACHI 16

Applicant Agency

(Shipping Agent/

MLO/ CHA/

Importer)

Customs

Acknowledgement for TP

Request

ack_trans

( Format in Annexure-VII)

11A

CHSAI22

Customs Applicant Agency

(Shipping Agent/

MLO/ CHA/

Importer)

Transshipment Permit

Trans

( Format in Annexure-VIII)

12

CHPOI 17

Customs Custodian (Port of

Origin/ Terminal

Operator/ Current

CFS)

Customs Carrier Agency

Customs Applicant Agency

(Shipping Agent/

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MLO/ CHA/

Importer)

Transshipment Permit

( Printable version)

trans_prn

( Format in Annexure-IX)

12A

CHSAI21

Customs Applicant Agency

(Shipping Agent/

MLO/ CHA/

Importer)

7. Functions

This Module will facilitate the following user functions: -

1. Treating the SMTP portion of IGM as transshipment application.

2. Filling of Transshipment Request

(a) Through Service Center

(i) Through Data Entry

(ii) Through Floppy submission

(b) Through Network Submission ( ICEGATE)

3. Appraisal and total or partial approval of Transshipment Requests

4. Closing of Lines after Cargo reaches its destination Port

5. Registration of Authorized Agencies

6. Registration and Management of PLA Accounts

8. Procedure of Transshipment of Cargo From one Port to another Port or

ICD/CFS

8.1 Submission of Transshipment Request ( In case of applicants other than

shipping agents and MLOs namely CHA and importer or when

transshipment is requested subsequent to filing of IGM )

(a) The Transshipment request for the movement of containerized cargo may be

filed

i) in a paper form , or

ii) in electronic form

(b) The request can be filed by one of the following Agencies :

i) Shipping Agent (S)

ii) Customs House Agent (CHA)-on behalf of importers of Self Owned

Containers (SOC ) only

iii) Importer – Only for self owned containers (SOC)

iv) Main Line Operator (M)

(c) The transshipment request can be filed after regular or prior IGM is filed.

Transshipment approval would , however, be granted only after actual arrival

of the cargo.

(d) The Shipping Agent, MLO , CHA and Importer and Carrier Agency

(Transporter) are required to obtain one time registration by filing a

registration request in a format given in the Annexure- III in the Service

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Centre. If they are already registered in a port then no separate registration is

required. At the time of filing of IGM or filing of Transshipment request, the

Agency type is validated by the system.

8.2 Filing of Transshipment Request in Paper Form

The Applicant Agency may file Transshipment Request in Paper form in the

format as specified at Annexure-IV to this PN ,in the Service Centre. A data entry staff at

the Service Centre will enter the information into the computer and generate a check list.

A unique job no. will also be generated. The Applicant will verify and certify the

correctness of the entered data. In case of any mistake in the data entry, the modification

option of the system will be used to correct the data and again checklist will be generated

for verification. This process will continue till data is certified as fully correct by the

Applicant Agent. Only after that , the request will be submitted and the job will go to the

queue of the proper officer in charge of TP Approval .

8.3 Filing of TP Request through EDI Message Format

(a) In case of filing of TP request in electronic form, the applicant shall use the

specified message format as given in Annexure-V to this PN for filing Transshipment

request. This can be submitted in two ways :

a- Through Floppy –Physically submitted at the Service Centre

b- Through Network-Submitted over Network ( ICEGATE) as EDI document

(b) The message file submitted either through floppy in the Service Centre, or

through network ( ICEGATE) , undergoes a Validation check in the system, where all

Syntax error and Data Error are checked. Only if the whole message is error free, than it

is loaded into the system and a Job No. and Date is generated by the system. The message

immediately appears on the screen of the approving officer for the TP. In case of error in

the file, a file containing the nature of error is generated by the system.

(c ) The applicant agency would receive an acknowledgement ( positive or negative

or partial ) as per the format as given in Annexure-VII to this PN.

9. Filing of TP request after filing the IGM In case of filing of TP request after filing of IGM the system will automatically

go for the full validation checks and in case of invalid data, error message will be

generated . In case of any error detected at the subsequent validation the invalid lines will

go to the error queue.

9.1 Selection of Line for Transshipment

The applicant may specify lines in 2 modes :-

a). All Lines destined for a particular Port / ICD ( Here individual lines/sub-

lines need not be specified and all lines for a given IGM and given Port of

Destination are automatically selected by the system )

b). Selected set of lines for a particular Port / ICD ( Here lines/ containers are

required to be specified explicitly )

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9.2 Specification of Lines / Containers for Transshipment

For the Service Centre Data Entry mode, Lines pertaining to FCL containers are

to be specified by their Line/Sub-line numbers, whereas lines belonging to LCL

containers are to be specified by the container number only. All lines belonging to one

LCL container have to be considered in one go. No individual line may be specified

because LCL cargo will be transshipped as a whole and part transshipment is not

allowed. For submission through EDI message format, however, only line-wise

specification is allowed and in case of LCL cargo, the applicant shall ensure that all lines

belonging to LCL cargo are specified.

10. Filling of TP Request before filing of IGM

(a) Normally a TP request is filed after filing the regular IGM. However, an option is

given to the applicant to file the TP Request after filing prior IGM only i.e. even before

IGM Line /Container details are filed. The TP request message will be loaded

provisionally into the system with very limited validations (like format checking .etc.).

Hence all the validations that are carried out at the time of filing TP request ( in case TP

request is filed after filing of IGM ) with regards to matching of Line/sub-line, container

type, destination port etc, will not be carried out. Request will be submitted as it is with

limited validations and all major-cross checking with IGM will take place during

approval stage only.

(b) In case of any mistakes, no error massage will be generated during request filing.

After full IGM Line details are filed the system will automatically go for the full

validation checks, and in case of invalid data, error message will be generated.

(c) In the Service Centre Data entry Mode also, in the absence of full IGM

Lines/Containers details, the request can be filed without online validation at the line

/container level. In case of any error detected at the subsequent validation ( after IGM

details are available), the invalid lines will go to the error queue . The Applicant will

have to file an amendment request for such line /container records. If however, the IGM

Line /Container details are available at the time of Data entry, then the data entry as per

the earlier specification (with full validation) will be done.

(d ) Since validation checks are carried out at the time of approval of transshipment

request, only valid lines will be considered by the proper officer for approval. The

remaining lines will be kept in the error queue and will have to be amended by the

applicant agency.

10.1 Selection of Line for Transshipment

The application may specify lines in 2 modes :-

1. All Lines destined for a particular ICD / CFS ( Here individual lines/sub-lines

need not be specified and all lines for a given IGM and given Port of Destination are

automatically selected by the system )

2. Selected set of lines for a particular ICD / CFS ( Here lines/ containers are

required to be specified explicitly)

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10.2 Specification of Lines / Containers for Transshipment

For the Service Centre Data Entry mode, Lines pertaining to FCL containers are

to be specified by their Line/Sub-line numbers, whereas lines belonging to LCL

containers are to be specified by the container number only. All lines belonging to one

LCL container have to be considered in one go. No individual line may be specified

because LCL cargo will be transshipped as a whole and part transshipment is not

allowed. For submission through EDI message format, however, only line-wise

specification is to be made and in case of LCL cargo, the applicant shall ensure that all

lines belonging to LCL cargo are specified.

11. Payment of TP Fees

The requisite fee of Rs.20/- is to be paid for processing each Transshipment

document. The fee can be paid through the following modes – which is to be specified in

the Transshipment request.

P – PLA

R – Revenue Stamps

11.1 PLA Account

For payment through PLA account, the shipping agent / MLO / applicant must

register a PLA account and deposit the requisite amount from time to time to keep the

sufficient balance in the said PLA. When a transshipment is granted, the System checks

for the existence of PLA account in the name of shipping agent / MLO / Applicant

Agency and automatically debits TP Fee from this account.

11.2 Revenue Stamp

In this mode, revenue stamps of required value are to be pasted on the physical

document in which the request is filed.

12. Furnishing of Bond

For moving goods from the Gateway Port to the destination Port, Transshipment

Bond supported by Bank Guarantee are required to be furnished by the shipping agent /

MLO / applicant before the transshipment is granted by Customs. The calculation of

Bond and BG amount varies according to type of applicant and container specification

and / or invoice value of Cargo.

12.1 Bond Specification

The shipping agent / MLO / applicant of a TP request can specify bond no. in the

following ways :

(a) Bond No. registered in the name of the shipping agent / MLO / applicant – in this

case shipping agent / MLO / applicant will specifically mention the Bond No. registered

in his own name and the system will check the existence, validity and credit balance for

the bond and use it for debiting purpose.

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( b) Bond No. registered in the name of the carrier—in this case shipping agent / MLO /

applicant will mention the bond no. of the carrier and the system will check the bond

status and also authority granted by the carrier to the shipping agent / MLO / applicant

and use the said bond for the debiting purpose.

12.2 Bond Account

All the shipping agent / MLO / applicant seeking Transshipment Request must

register either their own TP Bond or ensure the registration of carrier’s bond with

concerned Customs office through the use of Bond Module of the ICES Software. In case

of carrier’s bond the shipping agent / MLO / applicant shall register the authority given

by the carrier agency by submitting the bond authorization application as per the format

as at Annexure-VI to this public notice. The shipping agent / MLO / Applicant Agency

must ensure that the required TP/GB Bond with adequate balance should exist. Although

at the time of filing of request, this requirement is not enforced, however, at the time of

granting of TP, the permission will be held up if appropriate bond with required balance

is not found.

12.3 Bank Guarantee

Apart from the bond amount, a Bank Guarantee equivalent to 15% of bond value

is also required to be executed during granting of TP. The procedure of registering and

debiting of the BG Value is same as that of TP Bond. However, certain categories of

persons are exempt from executing the Bank Guarantee

12.4 Bond Amount calculation

(a) When a IGM having SMTP portion / transshipment request is filed, the system

identifies all the containers associated with these lines and checks the ISO code for these

containers as specified in the IGM. From the ISO code, container size (either 20’ or 40’)

is determind and based on this bond value calculation is made ( For 20’ Container – Rs.

6.00 Lakh and for 40’ Container – Rs. 12.00 Lakh ).

( b) Total bond value for all the lines / containers in a IGM having SMTP portion /

transshipment Request is determined automatically by the system and is debited from the

bond amount of the shipping agent / MLO / Applicant/Carrier Agency, as the case may

be , at the time of granting of transshipment.

(C) The Applicant can exercise the choice to override the default calculation of Bond

Value described above by specifying the invoice / assessable value of the Cargo Lines, if

these are known to him .It is also possible to furnish this value for a few lines and leave

others for default calculation method. The Invoice/ Assessable value is required to be

furnished in the applicable foreign currency along with the currency code. If these are not

valid, then the default calculation method will come into effect. The system will take care

to convert the foreign currency value to INR as per the exchange rate in force on the day

of submission of the request.

12.5 Re credit in bond account

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On submission of landing certificate by the shipping agent / MLO/ applicant

agency or on receipt of the same electronically from destination ICD , the bond account

pertaining to those lines would be credited.

13. Approval of Transshipment

After filing of IGM having SMTP portion or after a Transshipment request is

successfully filed through Service Centre or through Network, it immediately appears on

the queue of the Customs Officer authorized to grant transshipment. The said officer can

either grant the transshipment or reject the same . In case of Total / Partial rejection of

TP request the rejected lines will go to error queue and the shipping agent / MLO /

Applicant Agency can re-submit the request for transshipment as per the same procedure

by which earlier request was filed.

14. Generation of TP

After a request is granted, the Transshipment Permit is generated, which gives the

relevant details of the TP along with a list of containers to be transshipped. This permit is

generated both in

(a) Paper form – which is a printed copy of the Transshipment Permit and is handed

over to the shipping agent / MLO / Applicant Agency by the Authorized customs Officer.

(b) EDI Message Form – This is transmitted through the network ( ICEGATE) to the

following parties in the prescribed format as at Annexure- VIII to this public notice :-

i) Port of origin ( Terminal operator)

ii) Destination Port / ICD

iii) Applicant Agency / shipping agent / MLO

The applicant agency can integrate this message in their database and print the

Transshipment Permit in their office.

( c) EDI Message Form ( in printable form ) – This is transmitted through the

network ( ICEGATE) to the applicant agency in the prescribed text format as at

Annexure-IX to this public notice. In this case the transshipment permit can be printed

directly.

15. Closure of Transshipped Lines

(a) Closing of TP lines is the last step in the chain of processing involved in the

Transshipment of cargo .The lines for which TP is granted are physically transported to

the destination Port/ICD as per the TP permit.

(b) After the containers arrive at the destination ICD the carrier would submit a train

arrival summary at the destination ICD and a Landing Certificate is generated at the

destination ICD if it is an ICES location. The said landing certificate would be

transmitted electronically to this gateway port and the lines pertaining to the containers

for which the landing certificate has been received online from the destination ICD would

be closed automatically.

( c) In cases where destination ICD is not an ICES location , the landing certificate is

to be obtained by the Agency in whose name the TP was granted. This Landing

Certificate is to be submitted to the Authorized Officer in charge of Line Closing at the

port of origin from where the transshipment request was granted. The proper officer will

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use the Line Closing form which provides him with a pending queue for all lines already

approved but not yet closed. The proper officer will bring out the required set of lines

belonging to the relevant TP and then individually close lines as per the landing

certificate. It is not necessary that all the lines belonging to a TP set or an IGM should be

closed in one go as the closing will take place on submission of landing certificate.

16. Grievance Handling

Any difficulties faced in the implantation of the Public Notice may be brought to

the notice of the concerned Joint Commissioner / Additional Commissioner of Import

Department. For system related problems, the Trade may approach Deputy

Commissioner / Joint Commissioner EDI Section.

(D.D. INGTY)

COMMISSIONER

Issued in file No. EDP/32/2005.Cus.

Dated: 02.05.2006

Issued as per mailing list.

Copy to: Commissioner’s file/ Additional Commissioner/ Joint Commissioners/ All

Deputy Commissioners/ Assistant Commissioners/ Supdts (Prev.)/ Appraising Officers

/C.E. /P.A. to Commissioner/All Sections/A.C.A.O/ Airport/ A.C.C./Guard File/CHA

association/ Steamer Agents Association.

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Annexure-I

Message No. 1B : Cargo Manifest (SACHI02)

Message Name : cargo

From : Shipping Agent To Customs

Sr.

No

Field Description Field

Lengt

h

Type Vessel Final Suppl. Amend/

Deletion

1 Message Name 10 C cargo cargo cargo cargo

2 Message Type 1 C V F S A/D

3 Vessel Code (Call sign) 7 C K K K X

4 Voyage N o 10 C K K K X

5 IGMNO 5 N X X K K

6 IGM Date Date X X K K

7 Line No. 4 N K K K K

8 Sub line No 4 N X X X X

9 B/L No. 20 C M M M O

10 B/L Date Date M M M O

11 Port of Loading 6 C M M M O

12 Port of Destination 6 C M M M O

13 House B/L No.

(mandatory where

relevant)

20 C X X X X

14 House B/L Date

(mandatory where

relevant)

Date X X X X

15 Importer’s Name 35 C M M M O

16 Address 1 35 C M M M O

17 Address 2 35 C M M M O

18 Address 3 35 C O O O O

19 Name of any other

Notified Party

35 C O O O O

20 Address 1 35 C O O O O

21 Address 2 35 C O O O O

22 Address 3 35 C O O O O

23 Nature of Cargo 2 C M M M O

24 Item Type 2 C O O O O

25 Cargo Movement 2 C M M M O

26 Port of Discharge 10 C O O O O

27 Number of Packages 8 N M M M O

28 Type of packages 3 C M M M O

29 Gross weight (12,3) N M M M O

30 Unit of Weight 3 C M M M O

31 Volume (12,3) N O O O O

32 Unit of Volume 3 C O O O O

33 Marks of Numbers 300 C M M M O

34 Goods Description 250 C M M M O

35 UNO Code 5 C M M M O

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36 IMO Code 3 C M M M O

37 Tran. Bond Reg. No. 10 N O O O O

38 Carrier Agency Code 10 C O O O O

39 Mode of Transport 1 C O O O O

40 MLO Code 10 C O O O O

Line NO & Sub Line NO: As assigned by the Shipping Agents will be accepted. Agents

are to take note of the following:

� Only unique numeric values are accepted.

� Shall not have any special characters.

� No amendment of these parameters is allowed.

� Amendment, if required, can be done in two steps. One – Request shall be made for

deletion of line, two – submit supplementary line. Deletion is not permitted, if BE is

filed.

� Duplicate Line Numbers and duplicate Sub-line Numbers under the same Line

Number are not accepted.

� Re-use of deleted Line Numbers or Sub Line Numbers is not permitted

1. Line numbers have to be supplied by the Shipping / Steamer Agents. It is a

numerical value ranging from 1 – 9999.

2. House BL Number and Date and shall be given as NULL with field separators.

The Sub-line Number should be given as ‘0’.

Message Type 'V': Prior manifest (Message Type V) if submitted, the cargo and container

details can either be supplemented or amended with Message Type ‘S’ or ‘A’ or ‘D’.

Therefore, there will not be any cargo and container details with Message Type ‘P’.

If the Message Type ‘V’ is already submitted the IGM No and IGM Date fields are

mandatory.

BL No. : In case of imports of empty containers by Shipping Lines, regular BL number, if

not available, shall be filed as “EMPTY”. For such lines, rest of the fields are optional.

House BL No: If given, House BL date is mandatory.

Nature of Cargo: C - Containerised

P - Non-containerised – Packaged

LB - Liquid Bulk

DB - Dry Bulk

CP - Part of the consignment is Containerised

And remaining is Packaged but not

containerised.

For Code ‘C’ and ‘CP’, Message 1C has to be transmitted, otherwise Line information is

not accepted.

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Similarly, for Code ‘P’, ‘LB’ and ‘DB’, if Container information (Message 1C) is

transmitted, Line information is not accepted.

Gross Weight and Unit Quantity Code are mandatory for all the cargo types except Liquid

Bulk(LB) for which Gross Volume and Unit of Volume will be mandatory.

Item Type: GC - Govt. Cargo

UB - Un-accompanied Baggage

OT - Other Cargo

Cargo movement LC - Local Cargo

TC - Transhipment Cargo

TI - Transhipment to ICD - SMTP(Sub

Manifest Transhipment Permit)

Cargo Movement(Field No. 25) Port of Destination (Field No. 12)

Local Cargo (LC) Port Code where cargo is delivered. (Same as

Port of arrival in Message 1A)

Transhipment Cargo (TC) Refers to International Transhipment. Port Code

where cargo to be transhipped shall be given.

Transhipment to ICE (TI) Refers to Domestic transhipment. Indian Port

Code/ICD where line cargo to be delivered shall

be given

Number of Packages: Field is mandatory, if nature of cargo is ‘P’ or ‘CP’

For ‘CP’, number of packages only to be given (excluding Number of Containers)

Type of packages and description can be multiple. Only the numerically predominant type

is to be given.

Prior manifest: The Steamer Agent can file prior manifest in instalments till entry inward

is granted.

Amendments: Except IGM NO, IGM Date, Line No, and Sub Line No all other fields can

be amended.

Unit of Volume: Mandatory for Liquid Bulk.

Marks and Numbers: It is assumed that there will be Single Marks and Numbers for a

consignment. Not mandatory for Bulk cargo.

UNO/IMO Code: For non-hazardous cargo

UNO Code – ‘ZZZZZ’

IMO Code – ‘ZZZ’

Line deletion: On submission of Message Type ‘D’, the line details from Cargo Manifest

and the corresponding Container information will get deleted automatically on approval of

the request by the Customs. Separate request for Container deletion need not be sent.

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Port of Discharge (earlier termed as Destination Code) :

By default, it will be same as Port of arrival (refer field # 12 in Message 1A). If the cargo

is discharge through CFSs, CFS Code shall be given. Mode of discharge can be out of

charge, Local or International Transhipment Permit.

Transhipment Request (TP) related parameters

Only Shipping Agent can file the TP request with IGM. The TP fee will be debited

against the PLA Account of the MLO of the respective cargo lines.

The TP request is limited to containerised cargo only. TP Bond value will be calculated

on the basis of number of containers and container size.

The mandatory parameters for TP are –

Port of Destination (Sr. No 12) - Specify destination ICD Code

Cargo Movement (Sr. No 25) - Specify as ‘TI’

* TP Bond Regn No (Sr. No 37) - Specify TP Bond No

* Carrier Agency Code (Sr.No 38) - Agency, which is transhipping the cargo

* Mode of transport - Road/Train/Ship

* MLO Code -

This indicates the ownership of the cargo lines. The Transshipment Request for lines

belonging to different MLOs will be processed separately. MLO will be considered as the

applicant for the implicit TP request for the associated lines. Required TP Fee will be

debited from MLO’s PLA a/c. The TP approval Order will also be dispatched to the

MLO.

* Shall not be provided, if separate TP request is filed through Message –

SACHI16.

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TP Bond Registration No:

Transhipment or General Common Bond (TP or GB) Registration Number may be

provided.

The bond may be either of -

o 1st Party Bond: Bond Registered in the name of the Applicant (MLO)

o 3rd Party Bond: Bond Registered in the name of the Carrier (Transporter)

The request will not be processed, if the Bond Registration Number is not provided.

TP/GB bond shall be registered in ICES before filing the TP request. The bond can be

used against multiple TP requests till the value gets exhausted.

Carrier Code:

Carrier Agency responsible for transhipment of the cargo to the destination ICD has to be

mentioned the field is mandatory for TP request.

Mode of Transport:

• T - Train R - Road S – Ship

Alternate option for TP request:

The TP request can also be filed in the message format SACHI16 (Message Number 11),

shall be used under the following conditions:

A The applicant, if other than Shipping Agent , namely – Importer, CHA and MLO.

B The bond value is desired to be calculated on the basis of invoice value, instead of

the default method based on Number of containers and container size.

C The TP fee is to be made through Revenue Stamps or Challan

D Application, if not filed with IGM

Annexure –II

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Message No. 24 : Consol Manifest (CMCHI21)

Message Name : conscargo

From : Consol Agent to Customs

Sr. No. Field Type Length Final/

Supplement

Amend Delete

1 Message Name Character 10 M M M

2 Message Type Character 1 F/S A D

3 CARN NO Character 16 M M M

4 IGM No. Number 5 O O O

5 IGM year Number 4 O O O

6 Vessel Code Character 10 M M M

7 Voyage Number Character 10 M M M

8 Line Number Number 4 M M M

9 Sub-line Number Number 4 M M M

10 Master BL No. Character 20 M O X

11 Master BL Date Date M O X

12 Port of Loading Character 6 M O X

13 Port of destination Character 6 M O X

14 House BL No. Character 20 M O X

15 House BL Date Date M O X

16 Importer’s Name Character 35 M O X

17 Address1 Character 35 M O X

18 Address2 Character 35 M O X

19 Address3 Character 35 O O X

20 Name of Notified Party Character 35 O O X

21 Address1 Character 35 O O X

22 Address2 Character 35 O O X

23 Address3 Character 35 O O X

24 Nature of Cargo Character 2 M O X

25 Item Type Character 2 M O X

26 Cargo Movement Character 2 M O X

27 Destination Code Character 10 M O X

28 Total Packages Number 8 M O X

29 Type of Packages Character 3 M O X

30 Gross Weight Number 12,3 M O X

Sr. No. Field Type Length Final/

Supplement

Amend Delete

31 Unit of weight Character 3 M O X

32 Gross Volume Number 12,3 O O X

33 Unit of Volume Character 3 O O X

34 Marks and Numbers Character 300 M O X

35 Goods description Character 30 M O X

36 UNO Code Character 5 M O X

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37 IMO Code Character 3 M O X

38 Tran. Bond Reg. No. Number 10 O O X

39 Carrier Agency Code Character 10 O O X

40 Mode of Transport Character 10 O O X

41 MLO Code Character 10 O O X

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Annexure- III

Registration of Authorized Transshipment Agency

Application for Registration of Carriers (Shipping Line, Shipping

Agent, Airlines, MLOS) and CONSOL agents

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For official use:

Registration Number: Date:

Valid up to :

Bond Registration Number:

Signature of the Customs Officer

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Code

Category of the Agent Consol (CN) NA

Airlines (AL)

Shipping Lines (SL)

Shipping Agent (SA)

(MLO)Middle Line Operator (ML)

Details of the Firm/Company

PAN

Name of the firm/company

Category Pvt. Ltd/Partner-ship firm/

Proprietary

Registered Office Address

City

PIN

State

Email id

Telephone Numbers

Local Office Address

City

PIN

State

Email id

Telephone Numbers

ICEGATE ID

Details of the partners/Directors/Proprietors (For each person following

information is to be provided)

PAN (If available)

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Name of the person

Designation

Address

City

PIN

State

Email id

Telephone Numbers

List of authorized persons (For each authorized person following information

is to be provided)

PAN (If available)

Name of the person

Address

City

PIN

State

Email id

Telephone Numbers

Bond Details

Amount of bond

Bank guarantee details:

Name of the Bank

Bank branch code

Bank Address

Bank guarantee Number

Date of issue

Expiry date

Date: Signature of the applicant

Place:

Documents to be attached:

Copy of the contract OR

MOU for an authorizing agent OR

Agreement with the foreign authorizing agent.

Annexure- IV

Filing of Transshipment Application

(Service Centre Data Entry)

Application Form

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Agency Type (1 char )

Agency Code (10 chars max.)

IGM No. (5 digits max.)

IGM Date (DD/MM/YYYY)

Destination Port (6 Chars max.)

Mode of Transport (R/T/S) (1 char )

Mode of TP Fee (R/C/P) (1 char )

Bond No. (10 chars max.)

Select all lines (Y/N) (1 char )

Explanatory Notes :

a) Field Specification :

Line No Sub-line No Container No.

From To From To

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(Screenshot of Data Entry Screen for All-lines Mode)

Agency type – Mandatory – LOV Available.

Agency Code – Mandatory – LOV Available.

Note : Depending on Type of Agency, the Prompt will vary – like, SHA Code,

CHA Code etc. The LOV will also accordingly pertain to the specified Agency Type.

Agency Name – Display only

Note : Depending on Type of Agency, the Legend will vary – like, SHA Name,

CHA Name etc. The full name of the Agency will be displayed by the system.

IGM No. – Mandatory

Note : Only actual IGMs filed with the system are valid.

IGM Dt. – Mandatory

Note : Date formats like dd/mm/yyyy or dmmyyyy can be used, which will be

automatically converted to standard format by system.

Destination Port – Mandatory – LOV Available.

Note : Following validation conditions must be satisfied :

(a) Value must be one among the destination Port/ICDs specified for lines

under the given IGM.

(b) The Destination Port must be an Indian ICD/CFS.

(c) An entry for the ICD/CFS must exist in the Port Directory (d_cus_site)

maintained in all sites.

Mode of Transport – Mandatory. Valid Values :

� T - Train

� R - Road

� S – Ship

Mode of Payment of TP Fee – Mandatory – Valid Values :

� P – PLA Account

� R – Revenue Stamps

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Bond No. – Mandatory

Note : If not specified, system will search for valid bond registered in the name of

the applicant at the time of approval.

Select All Lines(Y/N) – Mandatory

Notes : Valid Values : Y or N.

if ‘Y’, then all the lines recorded in the IGM Line details for the given IGM and

Destination Code are automatically considered. A Confirmatory prompt appears, which

finishes the TP Data Entry Process for the ENTRY screen

If ‘N’, then individual lines/sub-line or container numbers are to be specified.

Please refer to the Explanatory Notes below.

(Screenshot of Data Entry Screen for line/container-wise Mode)

TP Job No. and TP Job Dt. – Display Only

Note : Displays system generated unique sequence and Current Date for

identifying the Entry Job. The Job No and Date has to be carefully noted down as in the

subsequent screens, this information needs to be furnished before proceeding further.

Container No. – (Null for FCL cargo, Mandatory for LCL Cargo).

Line No. From – (Null for LCL cargo, Mandatory for FCL Cargo).

Line No. To – (To specify the upper limit of a range of lines).

Sub-line From – (To specify a single sub-line or the lower limit of a range of sub-lines).

Sub-line To – (To specify upper limit of a range of sub-lines).

b) Explanatory Notes :

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� The lower part of the ENTRY screen shows how selected lines may be specified

either by Container No. (For LCL Cargo), or by Line/Sub-line No. (For FCL

Cargo).

� For ease of data entry, a range of lines/sub-lines can be entered through this

screen.

� If Container No. field is entered, then after validation, the cursor will come to the

Container No. field in the next record.

� If Container No. field is null then the cursor will go to the Line No From field. If

it is not null then one can enter Line No To. If both Line No From and Line No To

fields are entered (ie, a range of lines has been specified), then the cursor will go

to the next record and skip the subsequent fields (because all the associated sub-

lines for the range of line nos. are assumed to have been considered).

� If Line No From is entered and Line No To is null (i.e. only a single Line No has

been specified), then cursor will go to the sub-line details to get either a single

sub-line of the line or a range of sub-lines for the given Line No. If Sub-line No.

From and Sub-line No To are both left blank, then all the sub-lines for the give

Line No. will be considered.

� During storing in the database tables, however, all ranges will be expanded and

stored as individual line/sub-line combinations. Table below gives an example of

the various combinations of options available for entering Containers/Lines for

movement :

Line No Sub-line No Container

No. From To From To

Records to be entered into the database

table

2 A record with only the Cont No. = 2

5 Record(s) with all sub-lines for Line No = 5

5 3 A single record with Line No. = 5 and Sub-

line No. = 3

5 3 5 Three records with Line No. = 5 and Sub-

line Nos. 3,4,5

5 6 Records for all sub-lines for Line Nos. 5

and 6

End of Loop

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Annexure- V

Message No. 11 : Request for Transshipment (SACHI 16)

Message Name : req_trans

From : SHA/MLO/CHA/Importer to Customs

File Extension : .tpreq

Containerised Sr.

No.

Field Description Field

Lengt

h

Fiel

d

Typ

e

Line-wise Destination

wise

Non-

Conta

ne

rised

Bulk

1 Message Name 10 C req_trans req_trans req_tra

ns

req_tra

ns

2 Message Type 1 C F A D F A D F F

3 Agency Type 1 C M M M M M M M M

4 Agency Code 10 C M M M M M M M M

5 IGM No 5 N K K K K K K K K

6 IGM Date Date K K K K K K K K

7 Line Number 4 N K K K X X X K K

8 Sub Line No. 4 N K K K X X X K K

9 Destination Code 6 C K K K K K K M M

10 Mode of Transport 1 C M O X M O X M M

11 No. of Packages 8 N X X X X X X M X

12 Gross Quantity 12,3 N X X X X X X X M

13 Unit of Quantity 3 C X X X X X X X M

14 Invoice Value (FC) 15,2 N O O X X X X O O

15 Currency Code 3 C O O X X X X O O

16 Invoice value (in INR) 15 N X X X X X X M M

17 Duty (in INR) 12 N X X X X X X O O

18 Terms of Invoice 3 C X X X X X X M M

19 Tran. Bond Reg. No 10 N M O X M O X O O

20 Mode of Payment of

Transhipment fee

1 N M O X M O X O O

21 Carrier Agency Code 10 C M O X M O X

The TP request can also be filed in the message format SACHI16 (Message Number 11),

shall be used under the following conditions:

A The applicant, if other than Shipping Agent and MLO, namely – Importer and

CHA.

B The bond value is desired to be calculated on the basis of invoice value, instead of

the default method based on Number of containers and container size.

C The TP fee is to be made through Revenue Stamps or PLA

D Application, if not filed with IGM

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File Naming Pattern

<Agency_type><Agency_code><Date><SEQ_NO>.tpreq

Date format : DDMMYY and .tpreq is the file extension.

SEQ_NO is a 2-digit unique number generated at the sender’s end for each message sent.

This sequence is to be reset daily. The number range from 1 to 99.

Example : If the Agency Type is S (Shipping Agent), Agency Code LIBRA, Date of

sending of application is 11th July, 2004 (110704) and the sequence number of a message

for that day is 05 then the file name will be :

SLIBRA11070405.tpreq

Although ICEGATE will change the file name in course of transmission, the original

name is still specified in the ICEGATE header. Moreover, for the purpose of submission

of the message through floppy, the naming convention is important.

Explanatory Notes :

Field Specification :

• M – Mandatory

• K – Key Field

• O – Optional

• X – Not Required

Message Name :

Message Name will be part of the message tag, which will be as follows :

<manifest>

<req_trans>

……..

……..

<END-req_trans>

<END-manifest>

Message Type :

• F - Fresh

• A - Amendment

• D - Deletion

Agency Type :

• S - Shipping Agent

• C - CHA

• I - Importer

• M - Main Line Operator(MLO)

Agency Code :

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Only Registered Agencies can apply. SHA/CHA/Importer already registered with the

Customs Site will apply with the allotted Agency Code. MLO can get registered through

a form provided with this s/w before applying.

IGM No & Date :

TP Request is allowed for both Regular IGM and Prior IGM. In both cases, the IGM No

and Date as filed with the IGM module (prior case will have only vessel information)

must be specified.

Line No. & Sub-line No. :

These are mandatory fields in case of Line-wise specification (where a specified set of

lines are requested for transshipment).

In case of Destination-wise specification, these fields will be left blank (unspecified). The

system will automatically select all lines for the given destination (as specified in the

IGM) and create the transshipment request. Through this mode only a single record in the

transshipment request will be sufficient instead of explicitly specifying all individual

lines for the given destination.

Destination Code :

In case of Destination-wise specification, this is the key field used for determining the set

of lines, which will be automatically selected by the system.

Mode of Transport :

• T - Train

• R - Road

• S – Ship

TP Bond No:

Transhipment Bond Registration Number may be provided.

The bond shall be registered in the name of the applicant or in name of the carrier agency

(3rd party), which will transport the cargo to the destination.

The request will not be processed, if the Bond Registration Number is not provided.

TP bond shall be registered in ICES before filing the TP request. The bond can be used

against multiple TP requests till the value gets exhausted.

Mode of Payment of TP Fee :

• P – PLA Account C – Challan R – Revenue Stamps

Carrier Code: Carrier Agency responsible for transhipment has to be mentioned.

ICEGATE HEADER

The ICEGATE Header required for the message will be as below :

HREC**,ZZ,<Sender_ID>,ZZ,<Receiver_ID>,5,UN,D,<Message_ID>,,,01A

TPREQID/<File_Name>

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Here, <Sender_ID> is the Icegate Code of the Applicant (eg. LIBRA)

<Receiver_ID> is the Customs House Code (eg. INNSA1).

<Message ID> for this message is SACHI16

<File_Name> is the original name of the message file (viz.

SLIBRA11070405.tpreq)

ICEGATE FOOTER

The ICEGATE Footer will be

TREC**

Example of a Message with ICEGATE Header and Footer :

HREC**,ZZ,LIBRA,ZZ,INNSAI1,5,UN,D,SACHI16,,,01A

TPREQID/SLIBRA11070405.tpreq

<manifest>

<req_trans>

F^]10004^]03102002^]1^]1^]INNSA1^]T^]^]^]^]500^]USD^]^]^]^]199900092^

]P^]CONCOR^]

F^]10004^]03102002^]2^]1^]INNSA1^]T^]^]^]^]800^]USD^]^]^]^]199900092^

]P^]CONCOR^]

F^]10004^]03102002^]3^]1^]INNSA1^]T^]^]^]^]^]^]^]^]^]199900092^]P^]CO

NCOR^]

F^]10004^]03102002^]4^]1^]INNSA1^]T^]^]^]^]^]^]^]^]^]199900092^]P^]CO

NCOR^]

F^]10004^]03102002^]5^]1^]INNSA1^]T^]^]^]^]^]^]^]^]^]199900092^]P^]CO

NCOR^]

F^]10004^]03102002^]6^]1^]INNSA1^]T^]^]^]^]^]^]^]^]^]199900092^]P^]CO

NCOR^]

F^]10004^]03102002^]7^]1^]INNSA1^]T^]^]^]^]1000^]USD^]^]^]^]199900092

^]P^]CONCOR^]

<END-req_trans>

<END-manifest>

TREC**

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Annexure- VI

Carrier (3rd

Party) Bond Authority Registration

Data Entry Form Form

Agency Type (S/C/I/M) (1 char )

Agency Code (10 chars max.)

Carrier Code (10 chars max.)

Bond No. (10 chars max.)

BG Reqd. (Y/N) (1 char )

Agency Type � S - Shipping Agent

� C - Customs House Agent

� I - Importer

� M - Main-Line Operator

Agency Code - Any Applicant Agency already registered in the system.

Carrier Code –Must belong to the list of approved carrier agencies registered at the port

and one who has registered the bond in its name.

Bond No. –A bond registered by the Carrier with having adequate balance.

Note :

Applicant Agency will bring this form to Customs along with a written authority letter

from the Carrier Agency (3rd Party) authorizing the former to use the bond for debiting

purpose for all future TP Approvals applied by the latter. This will remain in force until

the bond balance gets exhausted.

After Entry of this form, the bond authority gets registered and the bond no. along with

carrier code can be quoted for all future TP applications until balance lasts.

This registration will be handled by the same authorized Customs Officer, who is in

charge of granting TP Approval.

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Annexure- VII

Message No. 11A : Acknowledgement for TP Request (CHSAI22)

Message Name : ack_trans

From : Customs to Applicant Agency File Extension : .ack

Containerised Sl.

No.

Field Description Field

Lengt

h

Field

Type Line-wise Destn.-wise

1 Message Name 10 C ack_trans ack_trans

2 Message Type 1 C F F

3 IGM No 5 N K K

4 IGM Date Date K K

5 Destination Code 6 C K K

6 Line Number 4 N K X

7 Sub Line No. 4 N K X

8 Remarks 200 C M M

Explanatory Notes :

1. File Naming Pattern

The Acknowledgement (Positive or Negative or Partial) message sent by Customs to the

Applicant will follow the following Message Naming Pattern :

Message Name Format : <Original Message>.ACK

As for example, if the original TP Request message sent by a Shipping Agent to Customs

is

SLIBRA11070405.tpreq

Then the acknowledgement message name will be

SLIBRA11070405.tpreq.ACK

2. Message Name :

Message Name will be part of the message tag, which will be as follows :

<manifest>

<ack_trans>

……..

……..

<END-ack_trans>

<END-manifest>

IGM No., IGM Date, Destination Code, Line No, Sub-line No :

As per the original message. These fields act as the key field for identifying a record.

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Remarks :

This is the actual data field in the message. For positive acknowledgement (i.e. record is

provisionally accepted as valid and sent for processing), the field will show OK. In case

of invalid record (i.e, record containing some error), the field will show the error

message(s). In case of multiple errors in the same record, they will be concatenated one

after the other in the same field. As for example :

Invalid Agency Code *** Destination Port cannot be current Port ***Invalid Bond

No.

3. ICEGATE HEADER

The ICEGATE Header required for the message will be as below :

HREC**,ZZ,<Sender_ID>,ZZ,<Receiver_ID>,5,UN,D,<Message_ID>,,,01A

TPACKID/<File_Name>

Here, <Sender_ID> is the Customs House Code(eg. INNSA1).

<Receiver_ID> is the Icegate Code of the receiver (who is also sender of the original

message) (eg. LIBRA)

<Message ID> for this message is CHSAI22

<File_Name> is the original icegate message filename

4. ICEGATE FOOTER

The ICEGATE Footer will be

TREC**

5. Example of a Message with ICEGATE Header and Footer :

HREC**,ZZ,INNSAI,ZZ,LIBRA,5,UN,D,CHSAI22,,,01A

TPACKID/XYZ1123.345

<manifest>

<ack_trans>

F^]1459^]01062004^]INBOM1^]27^]0^]*** No matching Destination+line exists in

IGM!^]

F^]1459^]01062004^]INBOM1^]28^]1^]OK^]

F^]1459^]01062004^]INBOM1^]29^]1^]OK^]

F^]1459^]01062004^]INBOM1^]30^]1^]OK^]

F^]1459^]01062004^]INBOM1^]31^]1^]OK^]

F^]1459^]01062004^]INBOM1^]32^]1^]OK^]

F^]1459^]01062004^]INBOM1^]33^]1^]OK^]

<END-ack_trans>

<END-manifest>

TREC**

In case of a format error, however, the message cannot be loaded and hence is totally

rejected. In that case, the acknowledgement message will not give record-wise error

message. Instead, a single line saying Format Error! Message Totally Rejected will be

shown. As for example :

HREC**,ZZ,INNSAI,ZZ,LIBRA,5,UN,D,CHSAI22,,,01A

TPACKID/XYZ1123.345

<manifest>

<ack_trans>

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Format Error! Message Totally Rejected.

<END-ack_trans>

<END-manifest>

TREC**

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Annexure- VIII

Message No. 12 : Transshipment Permit (CHPOI 17)

Message Name : trans

From : Customs to Origin Port,

to Terminal Operator,

to Destination Port/ICD,

to Applicant Agency File Extension : .tp

Sr.

No.

Field Description Field

Length

Field

Type

Contain-

erised

Non-

Containe

rised

Bulk

1 Message Name 10 C trans trans trans

2 Message Type 1 C F F F

3 SMTP No. 6 C M M M

4 SMTP Date Date M M M

5 IGM No 5 N K K K

6 IGM Date Date K K K

7 Voyage No 10 C M M M

8 Vessel Code 7 C M M M

9 Shipping Line 10 C M M M

10 Destination Code 6 C M M M

11 Carrier Code 10 O O O

12 Bond No 10 C M M M

13 Line Number 4 N M M M

14 Sub Line No. 4 N M M M

15 BL No. 20 C M M M

16 BL Date Date M M M

17 HBL No. 20 C O O O

18 HBL Date Date O O O

19 Consignee Name 35 C M M M

20 Cargo Descriptn 175 C M M M

21 Container No. 11 C M X X

22 Container Type. 3 C M X X

23 Seal No. 15 C O X X

24 No. of Packages 8 N O O O

25 Unit of Packages 3 C O O O

26 Gross Qty/Vol 12,3 N O O O

27 Unit of Qty/Vol 3 C O O O

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File Naming Pattern

(a) The TP Approval Message sent by Customs to TP Applicant Agent (like SHA,

CHA, Importer, MLO) (Through ICEGATE) will follow the following naming

pattern :

ICE_<Icegate ID of Agency>_<TP_No>.tp

.tp is the file extention.

Example : Agency Code is LIBRA and TP sequence no is 67, then the file name

will be

ICE_LIBRA_67.tp

Where 67 is the transshipment number.

(b) The TP Approval Message sent by Customs to Remote Destination Port/ICD

(Through ICEGATE) will follow the following naming pattern :

ICE_< Icegate ID of ICD>_<TP_No>.tp

.tp is the file extention.

Example : ICD Code is INPPG6 and TP sequence no is 67, then the file name

will be

ICE_INPPG6_67.tp

(c) The TP Approval Message sent by Customs to Custodian (like Port, Terminal

Operator or CFS) (Through Local EDI) will follow the following naming pattern :

<Custodian_ID>_<TP_No>.tp

.tp is the file extention.

Example : Custodian (CFS) code is INNSAI03, then the file name will be

INNSA103_67.tp

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Explanatory Notes :

1. Message Name :

Message Name will be part of the message tag, which will be as follows :

<manifest>

<trans>

……..

……..

<END-trans>

<END-manifest>

Note : The following fields in a particular message will always remain same :

SMTP No.

SMTP Date

IGM No.

IGM Date

Voyage No.

Vessel Code

Shipping Line

Destination Code

Carrier Code

Bond No.

The remaining fields will vary from record to record.

2. SMTP No. & Date :

SMTP No. & Date as generated by the system.

3. Carrier Code :

This refers to the Carrier/ Transport Agency responsible for carrying the goods from the

gateway port to the destination port/ICD after TP is obtained.

4. Container No :

Each Container is specified in a new line. In case of an line having more than one

container, there will be as many records as number of containers. Similarly, in case of

LCL Container, each line for a given container will be shown as a separate record with

container number repeating as many times.

5. No. of Packages and Unit of Packages :

In case of LCL container, these two fields will refer to the no. of packages and Unit of

package for the line as mentioned in the IGM Line information. In case of FCL container,

the no. of packages will refer to that mentioned in the IGM Container information and

Unit will always be ‘PKG’.

6. Gross Qty/Vol. And Unit of Qty/Vol :

In case of LCL container, Gross Qty/Vol. will refer to the Gross Weight (or Volume if

Wt is blank) for the line as mentioned in the IGM Line information. In case of FCL

container, Gross Qty/Vol. will be the Gross Weight of the Container as mentioned in the

IGM Container information and Unit will always be ‘TON’.

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7. ICEGATE HEADER

The ICEGATE Header required for the message will be as below :

HREC**,ZZ,<Sender_ID>,ZZ,<Receiver_ID>,5,UN,D,<Message_ID>,,,01A

TPID/<File_Name>

Here, <Sender_ID> is the Customs House Code(eg. INNSA1).

<Receiver_ID> is the Icegate Code of the receiver (viz, Applicant Agency or Remote

ICD)

<Message ID> for this message is CHPOI17

<File_Name> is the Customs- generated message filename

8. ICEGATE FOOTER

The ICEGATE Footer will be

TREC**

9. Example of a Message with ICEGATE Header and Footer :

HREC**,ZZ,INNSAI,ZZ,INPPG6,5,UN,D,CHPOI17,,,01A

TPID/ICE_INBOM1_49.tp

<manifest>

<trans>

F^]49^]08102004^]1459^]01062004^]3322^]DIDY^]GAC01^]INBOM1^]CONCOR^]20

0210823^]27^]1^]00104144209018^]21082002^]^]^]M/S.BHAGEERATHA

ENGINEERING LTD^]1 X 40' H/C S.T.C. 1 UNPACKED BOMAG PNUMATIC

TYRED ROLLER MODEL BW 24R^]CLHU8384650^]FCL^]729^]1^]PKG^]8^]TON^]

F^]49^]08102004^]1459^]01062004^]3322^]DIDY^]GAC01^]INBOM1^]CONCOR^]2

00210823^]29^]1^]00104124208039^]18082002^]^]^]STERLITE OPTICAL

TECHNOLOGIES LTD^]1 X 20' S.T.C. 1 CASE(S) SAID TO CONTAIN: QUARTZ

PRODUCTS 5 CASE(S) TUBES QUARTZ

GLASS^]TRIU3982943^]LCL^]868720^]6^]CAS^]3969^]KGS^]

F^]49^]08102004^]1459^]01062004^]3322^]DIDY^]GAC01^]INBOM1^]CONCOR^]2

00210823^]30^]1^]00104124208051^]18082002^]^]^]TOTAL TOOLS &

EQUIPMENT (P) LTD^]1 X 20' S.T.C. 1 PACKGE(S) SAID TO CONTAIN: HOT

SAWS FOR PIN HOLES^]TRIU3982943^]LCL^]868720^]1^]PKG^]400^]KGS^]

F^]49^]08102004^]1459^]01062004^]3322^]DIDY^]GAC01^]INBOM1^]CONCOR^]2

00210823^]31^]1^]00104124208052^]18082002^]^]^]TALBROS AUTOMOTIVE

COMPONENTS .LTD^]1 X 20' S.T.C. 2 PALLET(S) SAID TO CONTAIN: (=6

ROLLS) "NON- ASBESTOS GASKET

MATERIAL"^]TRIU3982943^]LCL^]868720^]2^]PLT^]1780^]KGS^]

F^]49^]08102004^]1459^]01062004^]3322^]DIDY^]GAC01^]INBOM1^]CONCOR^]2

00210823^]33^]1^]AAR22349^]18082002^]^]^]DIKSHA POLYMERS^]1 X 20' S.T.C.

2O BOXES ACRYLIC OFF-

CUTS^]AWSU1930958^]FCL^]003798^]20^]PKG^]21^]TON^]

<END-trans>

<END-manifest>

TREC**

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10. LOCAL EDI MESSAGE TRANSMISSION

In case of Message Transmission from Customs to Custodian (viz. Local Port/ Terminal

Operator / CFS), the same message is used. However, as this is not routed through

ICEGATE, the ICEGATE Header and footers will not be required in the message. Hence

the same Message example as shown above will be :

<manifest>

<trans>

<manifest>

<trans>

F^]49^]08102004^]1459^]01062004^]3322^]DIDY^]GAC01^]INBOM1^]CONCOR^]2

00210823^]27^]1^]00104144209018^]21082002^]^]^]M/S.BHAGEERATHA

ENGINEERING LTD^]1 X 40' H/C S.T.C. 1 UNPACKED BOMAG PNUMATIC

TYRED ROLLER MODEL BW

24R^]CLHU8384650^]FCL^]729^]1^]PKG^]8^]TON^]

F^]49^]08102004^]1459^]01062004^]3322^]DIDY^]GAC01^]INBOM1^]CONCOR^]2

00210823^]29^]1^]00104124208039^]18082002^]^]^]STERLITE OPTICAL

TECHNOLOGIES LTD^]1 X 20' S.T.C. 1 CASE(S) SAID TO CONTAIN: QUARTZ

PRODUCTS 5 CASE(S) TUBES

QUARTZGLASS^]TRIU3982943^]LCL^]868720^]6^]CAS^]3969^]KGS^]

F^]49^]08102004^]1459^]01062004^]3322^]DIDY^]GAC01^]INBOM1^]CONCOR^]2

00210823^]30^]1^]00104124208051^]18082002^]^]^]TOTAL TOOLS &

EQUIPMENT (P) LTD^]1 X 20' S.T.C. 1 PACKGE(S) SAID TO CONTAIN: HOT

SAWS FOR PIN HOLES^]TRIU3982943^]LCL^]868720^]1^]PKG^]400^]KGS^]

F^]49^]08102004^]1459^]01062004^]3322^]DIDY^]GAC01^]INBOM1^]CONCOR^]2

00210823^]31^]1^]00104124208052^]18082002^]^]^]TALBROS AUTOMOTIVE

COMPONENTS .LTD^]1 X 20' S.T.C. 2 PALLET(S) SAID TO CONTAIN: (=6

ROLLS) "NON- ASBESTOS GASKET

MATERIAL"^]TRIU3982943^]LCL^]868720^]2^]PLT^]1780^]KGS^]

F^]49^]08102004^]1459^]01062004^]3322^]DIDY^]GAC01^]INBOM1^]CONCOR^]2

00210823^]33^]1^]AAR22349^]18082002^]^]^]DIKSHA POLYMERS^]1 X 20' S.T.C.

2O BOXES ACRYLIC OFF-

CUTS^]AWSU1930958^]FCL^]003798^]20^]PKG^]21^]TON^]

<END-trans>

<END-manifest>

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Annexure- IX

Message No. 12A : Transshipment Permit/Approval (Print Version) (CHSAI23)

Message Name : trans_prn

From : Customs to Applicant Agency File Extension : .tp

This message is a plain text document containing the TP order which is printed in the

service center. The copy of the order, along with Icegate header and footer information is

sent to the TP applicant to allow him to take further printouts if required.

Sample Message

Indian Customs EDI System - Imports (ICES/I)

Sea Cargo Complex, CGO Complex, New Delhi CARGO TRANSHIPMENT APPROVAL ORDER

----------------------------------------------------------------

Transhipment permit for the following Lines/Containers for the Port of Destination

mentioned is hereby granted.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CARGO TRANSHIPMENT APPROVAL ORDER

TP Number : 25 TP Date : 08/09/2004

IGM RTN : 1459 IGM Date : 01/06/2004

Voyage No : 3322 Vessel Name : DIDY(CITY OF EDENBURG)

Port of Destination: Patparganj (INPPG6)

Shipping Line : (GAC01)

Transporter/Carrier: Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR)

Applicant Agency : LIBRA SHIPPING & LOGISTICS (LIBRA) (Shipping Agent)

CONT/BL/HBL NO. LINE/SUBLN PKG CARGO DESCRIPTION

SEAL NO./CONSIGNEE BL/HBL DT. WT/VOL

CLHU8384650(FCL) 27 1 1 PKG 1 X 40' H/C S.T.C. 1 UNPACKED

BOMAG

00104144209018 21/08/2002 8.75 TON PNUMATIC TYRED ROLLER

MODEL BW 24

Seal No: 729

Cnsgnee: M/S.BHAGEERATHA ENGINEERING LTD

TRIU3982943(LCL) 29 1 6 CAS 1 X 20' S.T.C. 1 CASE(S) SAID TO

CO

00104124208039 18/08/2002 3969 KGS NTAIN: QUARTZ PRODUCTS 5

CASE(S) TU

BES QUARTZGLASS

Seal No: 868720

Cnsgnee: STERLITE OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD

TRIU3982943(LCL) 30 1 1 PKG 1 X 20' S.T.C. 1 PACKGE(S) SAID

TO

00104124208051 18/08/2002 400 KGS CONTAIN: HOT SAWS FOR PIN

HOLES

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Seal No: 868720

Cnsgnee: TOTAL TOOLS & EQUIPMENT (P) LTD

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

TRIU3982943(LCL) 31 1 2 PLT 1 X 20' S.T.C. 2 PALLET(S) SAID

TO

00104124208052 18/08/2002 1780 KGS CONTAIN: (=6 ROLLS) "NON-

ASBESTOS G

ASKET MATERIAL"

Seal No: 868720

Cnsgnee: TALBROS AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS.LTD

TRIU3982943(LCL) 32 1 6 PLT 1 X 20' S.T.C. 6 PALLET(S) SAID

TO

00104124208055 18/08/2002 2916 KGS CONTAIN: NON ASBESTOS

PAPER

Seal No: 868720

Cnsgnee: TALBROS AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS LTD

Dated 20/09/2004 (Signature)

Authorised Officer(TP)

ICEGATE HEADER

The ICEGATE Header required for the message will be as below :

HREC**,ZZ,<Sender_ID>,ZZ,<Receiver_ID>,5,UN,D,<Message_ID>,,,01A

TPID/<File_Name>

Here, <Sender_ID> is the Customs House Code(eg. INNSA1).

<Receiver_ID> is the Icegate Code of the receiver (viz, Applicant Agency or Remote

ICD)

<Message ID> for this message is CHSAI21

<File_Name> is the Customs- generated message filename

ICEGATE FOOTER

The ICEGATE Footer will be

TREC**