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[email protected] CBP Rulemaking Perplexes Some Carriers Bill Harrison’s On April 7, the U.S. Bureau which was developed in imme- Though the requirement of Customs and Border diate response to the events of for electronic reporting of this Legacy to the Port Protection published a rule 9/11. information has long been which, among other require- “We applaud the fact that anticipated, the ultimate form Recalled ments, mandates the use of CBP and Coast Guard have it would take remained electronic reporting systems to worked together to streamline unknown. As a result, many submit crew and passenger certain data reporting through carriers have been unable to manifest. The rule offers two a single portal,” said Exchange do much in the way of options: air and passenger Vice President Lisa Himber, advance planning. And acc- vessel carriers, which for the “and we encourage these agen- ording to Terminal Shipping most part have long since auto- cies to continue along this line. President Rob Herb, the 60- mated crew and passenger However, as is often the case day implementation period manifesting, can utilize the when federal agencies imple- provides insufficient time to Advance Passenger Infor- ment new automated reporting determine the most efficient mation System, or APIS. systems, the new requirements reporting process or to address Carriers may also transmit this require a dramatic change in many of the questions which data through the Coast Guard business practice for the tradi- have arisen since publication electronic Notice of Arrival/ tionally less automated bulk of the rule.