This is to remind carriers that Government has announced electronic submission of ocean and river cargo manifests would become mandatory with effect from 16 June 2006.

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 order to ensure the flat-file interface developed by ocean and river carriers meets with the Government’s requirements, Tradelink and the Government have made arrangement from 2 May 2006 to 30 May 2006 for carriers to conduct joint testing of the EMAN service. This is a great opportunity to clear any unforeseeable technical problems before the full migration. To join the joint testing, simply complete the enrollment form (you may download the enrollment form and the related Joint Test Procedures and Guidelines here).

For customers who are going to use our standalone LogiNet software to prepare and submit EMAN, we have also made available a series of training classes in May 2006 on the use of the software. To enroll, please click here.