SC 24-013 This notice is to inform vessel agents operating on the lower Mississippi River in the New Orleans Tri-port i.e., the consolidated ports of New Orleans, Gramercy and Baton Rouge for vessel entrance and clearance purposes, that Customs and…
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SC 24-012 Please find attached a Trade Notice regarding the 2024 Calendar Year Annual Permit User Fee for each permit held by an individual, partnership, association, or corporate broker. Fee: $174.80 Due: February 9, 2024 Details on this fee are…
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SC 24-011 Notification to the New Orleans Trade Community that telephones are temporarily inoperable at CBP offices inside the U.S. Customhouse. The vendor is working to restore telephone service as soon as possible. If you need to reach a CBP…
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SC 24-010 On the date listed above, CBP offices located on the Customhouse first floor, 423 Canal Street, Suite 186, will temporarily relocate due to a planned political demonstration in the area. On Sunday, the CBP Marine Division, Operations Desk,…
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SC 24-009 Please note the below operating hours for each of the Tri-Port Marine Desks for in person transactions. Appointments are required for all in-person transactions, to include paper entrances/clearances, and check and complete manifest drop off. New Orleans …
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SC 24-008 In-Person Appointments: Due to road closures and heavy vehicular and pedestrian traffic associated with Bayou Classic 2023 events, the Customhouse Marine Division will close at 2:00 PM on Friday November 24, 2023, for in-person, paper vessel entrance and clearance transactions.…
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SC 24-006 This trade notice is to inform vessel agents and other trade stakeholders of the availability of the Electronic Export Manifest to submit export manifests through the Automated Commercial Environment. To further streamline data collection and fully automate maritime…
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SC 24-003 Beginning Saturday November 3, 2023, the New Orleans Marine Desk will be open for New Orleans Tri-Port paper (non-automated) vessel entrance and clearance transactions from 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM on Saturdays and Sundays for in-person appointments. The…
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SC 24-004 Vessels that depart the CBP New Orleans Tri-Port, go beyond the territorial sea (three nautical miles out) to await orders, clean cargo holds or that have departed the United States for Customs purposes must obtain a CBP clearance.…
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SC 24-005 This trade notice is to inform vessel agents of updated and automated procedures for vessel delay in departures, clearance cancellations and the submission of bridge letters. Delay in Departures As stated in 19 CFR §4.60 (d), once a…
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SC 24-001 Payments For agents using the Vessel Entrance & Clearance System (VECS) within the Tri-Port (New Orleans, Gramercy and Baton Rouge), payments for vessel entrances must be submitted to the port that approves the entrance. When the vessel entrance…
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SC 24-002 This trade notice informs vessel carriers that the CBP Tri-Port (New Orleans, Gramercy, and Baton Rouge) is rescinding Southern Currents # 18-028 requiring a Customs Cargo Entry number i.e. consumption entry, Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) entry, In-bond number…
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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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