Changes to Sea Cargo Reporting

Scenario 1
The freight forwarder reports their HBOL cargo report to the ICS before the shipping company reports their OBOL cargo report to
the ICS. There are no Customs or AQIS interventions.
Description of Business Scenario
• Freight forwarder reports a House Bill of Lading (HBOL) for an
FCL container to the ICS using an OBOL number different to
that issued by the shipping company
.
• Shipping company reports the OBOL sea cargo report to the
ICS using their OBOL number
• There is no underbond move as the container is delivered
form the wharf
When the ocean bill number reported in the freight forwarder cargo report
does not match with the ocean bill number reported in the shipping
company ocean bill.
The current system behaviour and
result is:
• The shipping company OBOL
sea cargo report is rejected,
because it is identified as a
duplicate of the freight forwarder
HBOL sea cargo report by the
ICS;
• The freight forwarder must
withdraw and resubmit their sea
cargo report with the correct
OBOL number;
• The shipping company must
resubmit their sea cargo report
The changed system behaviour and
result is:
• The freight forwarder HBOL sea
cargo report is accepted by the
ICS;
• The shipping sompany OBOL
sea cargo report is accepted by
the ICS, and the derived OBOL
for the freight forwarder HBOL
sea cargo report is updated