At the Customs & Remarks tab you can enter the applicable customs information and let us know the quantity of Bills of Lading required and details regarding the responsibility for filing the AMS/ACI. You will also find a field for entering any remarks regarding your booking request.

The Customs reference (where applicable), you can define up to a maximum of 5 per shipment.

Entry field: Type

The type of customs entry, this will be determined by the country of export and can be selected via the drop down box.

Note: For shipments exporting from the US, this field will be prefilled with the reference type AES-IT and an additional field for the US-AES information will be displayed.

Entry field: Reference / ID

The unique customs reference/ID.

Entry field: US-AES

For shipments exporting from the US, this field will be displayed. In addition, the reference type field will be prefilled with the reference type AES-IT.

Please fill in this field by choosing an entry from the drop down list (press the arrow right hand side).

Bill of Lading Numbers

If you wish to receive the Original Bill of Lading Numbers with the booking confirmation, you may enter the quantity here (Not including the quantity of copies). Therefore, select the option “Original Bill of Lading (OBL) numbers:”.

If you want to define this later after the booking process, select “Not needed with booking confirmation”.

This section is only relevant, if your selected routing ends in the US or Canada or if it is a FROB routing with a port call in the US. (Note: FROB = Freight remaining on board)

Selection: House Bill filing

Self filer – Select this option if you will be responsible for filing the House Bill. In this case, you will also need to enter the SCAC code for shipments terminating in the US or the CAN 8000 for shipments terminating in Canada. In case of a FROB booking request you need to enter both.

Hapag-Lloyd to file House Bills – Select this option if you are not responsible for filing the House Bill. You will however need to select the quantity of House Bills per Bill of Lading. Please also request at least one OBL number in the previous section.

No House Bills to file / I do not know: If you are not responsible for filing the House Bill and you need no House Bills or do not know the number.

Entry field: Customer SCAC Code

Only relevant for Self filer.

Enter the SCAC Code if the end location of the routing of your booking request is in the US or if your routing is a FROB routing (ends in Canada but at least one port call is in the US).

Entry field: CAN 8000

Only relevant for Self filer.

Enter the CAN 8000 code if the end location of the routing of your booking request is in Canada.

Entry field: Requested Number of House Bills per B/L

If Hapag-Lloyd is to file the House Bills, you will need to select the quantity of House Bills per Bill of Lading required.

Check box: Export customs clearance performed by someone else

By checking this box you can let us know a third party will be responsible for handling customs clearance on your behalf.

Entry field: Performed by (address)

Here you can identify the details of the third party who will be responsible for handling customs clearance on your behalf.

Entry field: Remarks

Any additional remarks.

Note: This box can be used to provide any other instructions not already covered for example, the preferred collection depot for MH bookings and or special requirements regarding the container/loading specifications.