SC 23-030 Please find below the adjusted Customs User Fees effective October 1, 2023. Class                                                                                                                           Code               Description                                                                Fee                  Limitation 491                  Commercial Vessel Arrival Fee                                 $553.55           $7,543.20 498                  Barge/Bulk Carrier Arrival Fee                                  $139.34           $1,900.05 494                  Private Aircraft…

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SC 23-029 The rollout of the Vessel Entrance and Clearance System (VECS) will allow vessel masters, operators, and agents to submit certain vessel entry and clearance data and requests to CBP electronically, instead of submitting paper forms, completely automating the…

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SC 23-028 Crew are persons serving in a capacity required for normal operation and service on board a vessel.  Non-crew are anyone else such as supernumeraries or passengers. Supernumeraries and passengers must be manifested on a passenger manifest (I-418) separate…

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SC 23-027 Notification to the New Orleans Trade Community that the New Orleans Marine Division will be closed from 9:00 AM – noon on Friday September 22, 2023, so that Port of New Orleans personnel can attend Vessel Entrance and…

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UPDATED 18SEPT2023: SC 23-026-2-A CBP Centralized Examination Station (CES) phones are repaired and are operational.  New Orleans Port Centralized Examination Station (CES) Address:  U.S. CBP.  Centralized Examination Station, 1601 Terminal Drive, Building #14, New Orleans, LA 70115. Hours of Operation: …

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SC 23-025-2 U.S Customs and Border Protection at MSY has continued to assist our Stakeholders with an informed compliance process as we exited the global pandemic. We have all seen change in the way our industry operates and conducts business.…

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SC 23-026 Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Area Port of New Orleans, by issuance of this Southern Currents, hereby provides guidance on the parole of crewmen. Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended, provides CBP with…

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SC 23-025 On July 20, 2023, the CBP Port Director, New Orleans, issued Southern Currents 23-021 soliciting comments on a request from Dupuy Storage and Forwarding, the operator of the Port of New Orleans’ CES, to change the CES Fee…

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SC 23-023-2 U.S. Customs and Border Protection [CBP], Port of New Orleans has recently noticed an increase in the variety and quantity of items being imported by the New Orleans Mardi Gras community which may be in violation of copyright…

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SC 23-024 HERE is the registration flyer for the CBP Vessel Entrance and Clearance System [VECS] vessel agent training in New Orleans, LA.  Vessel Agents should register for this event as follows: Scan the QR code on the attached flyer,…

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SC 22-022 From CBP Field Operations Headquarters: CBP has begun to roll out the Vessel Entrance and Clearance System (VECS) pilot program which is a complete digitization and automation of the vessel Entrance and Clearance process. VECS will allow vessel…

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SC 23-023 PURPOSE The purpose of this Notice is to invite written comments regarding the request (attached) by Dupuy Storage and Forwarding Company to change the fee schedule at the New Orleans CES.  Comments must be received in writing within…

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SC 23-020 Assistant Port Director Mark Choina will be detailed to the Port of Philadelphia, PA this summer as the Assistant Port Director, Trade.  During this time, New Orleans Chief George Rizk will serve as the acting Assistant Port Director,…

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SC 23-018 This notice is issued to clarify U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s policy regarding Manifesting Ship’s Stores, Equipment and Spares Ship’s Supplies, Stores, Equipment and Spares:  Accessories that are required for the maintenance or general operation of a vessel.…

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SC 23-017 This Trade Notice Updates and Replaces Trade Notice 06-010 issued on June 13, 2016 This notice is issued to clarify U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s policy regarding Petroleum Residue {Slops} and Petroleum Waste {Sludge} SLOPS:  Considered merchandise and…

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SC 23-016 Bunker:  Petroleum products loaded aboard “taken on” a vessel for consumption by that vessel.  Bunkers are not considered cargo for customs purposes. If a vessel master loads “takes on” bunkers in the New Orleans Tri-Port and then decides…

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SC 23-013        On Saturday, March 4, 2023, the CBP offices located on the Customhouse first floor, 423 Canal Street, Suite 186, will temporarily relocate due to water repairs to the Customhouse. On these dates, the CBP Marine Division will relocate…

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SC 23-014  Area Port of New Orleans ports of entry will accept printed copies of CBP Form I-95. The approved PDF version of the form may be downloaded from the CBP.gov website below. https://www.cbp.gov/document/forms/cbp-form-i-95-crewman-s-landing-permit Please note that the OMB Date…

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