| TO: All ocean
and river carriers
Full
migration to electronic submission of ocean and
river cargo manifests from 16 June 2006
The Government has introduced legislative amendments
to mandate the electronic submission of ocean and
river cargo manifests. Subject to the completion of
the legislative process, all manifests for ocean and
river cargoes must be submitted through electronic
means from 16 June 2006 onwards.
Tradelink provides the electronic manifests service
(EMAN) that will reduce the time and manpower resources
spent by the industry in submitting manifests to the
Government, thereby improving overall efficiency.
EMAN is also more environmentally friendly as carriers
no longer need to prepare three copies of paper manifests
for delivery to three different government departments.
To prepare for the full migration to electronic submission
on 16 June 2006, all ocean and river carriers are
urged to take immediate actions to get ready an appropriate
end user solution to use the EMAN service. In most
cases, this will involve individual user’s development
of a flat-file interface between its backend system
to Tradelink’s end user software, LogiNet Deluxe
for EMAN service. To help speed up the development
of the interface, Tradelink’s technical team
will provide users assistance/support wherever necessary
to make sure the solutions are developed and completed
before the deadline date. Tradelink will soon be contacting
the users to discuss their needs for technical assistance.
Alternatively, customers can call us at 2917 8866.
For more information of the government’s press
release about making online submission of ocean and
river cargo manifests mandatory, please visit the
following links:
English version : http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200602/24/P200602240085.htm
Chinese version: http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200602/24/P200602240086.htm |