Cargo waiver guides
Comprehensive, up-to-date handbooks for each African cargo tracking waiver — documents, steps, timelines and the latest import rules.
Start here — the certificate explained
What the document is, what every abbreviation means, and which destination uses which name.
ACD — Advance Cargo Declaration
ACD stands for Advance Cargo Declaration — an electronic customs filing made before a sea shipment loads. It is mandatory for Suda…
Read the guide →CTNCTN on shipping documents — carton or certificate
CTN means two different things on the same shipment. On a packing list it is the abbreviation for carton, a packaging unit. In a c…
Read the guide →HubCargo tracking note — every destination
A cargo tracking note is a mandatory electronic certificate destination customs require before a sea shipment arrives. Filed by th…
Read the guide →Country handbooks
Angola ARCCLA
The Angola ARCCLA certificate — still widely called the CNCA (Conselho Nacional de Carregadores de Angola) — is mandatory for ever…
Read the guide →ACIDEgypt ACID
The ACID (Advance Cargo Information Declaration) number is Egypt's mandatory customs requirement for all sea shipments to Alexandr…
Read the guide →ACDSudan ACD
The ACD (Advance Cargo Declaration) is Sudan's mandatory pre-loading customs requirement for every sea shipment discharging at Por…
Read the guide →BESCCameroon BESC
The BESC (Bordereau Électronique de Suivi des Cargaisons) is Cameroon's mandatory Electronic Cargo Tracking Note for all sea-freig…
Read the guide →FERIDR Congo FERI
The FERI (Fiche Électronique de Renseignement à l'Importation) is the mandatory Electronic Cargo Tracking Note (ECTN) that must ac…
Read the guide →BIETCGabon BIETC
The BIETC (Bordereau d'Identification Électronique des Transports et des Cargaisons) is Gabon's mandatory Electronic Cargo Trackin…
Read the guide →ECTNDjibouti ECTN
The ECTN (Electronic Cargo Tracking Note) is a mandatory customs requirement for sea shipments discharging at the Port of Djibouti…
Read the guide →ECTNSomalia ECTN
The ECTN (Electronic Cargo Tracking Note) is a mandatory customs requirement for sea shipments to Somalia's ports of Mogadishu, Be…
Read the guide →ECTNBurkina Faso ECTN
The ECTN / BSC (Bordereau de Suivi des Cargaisons) is Burkina Faso's mandatory cargo tracking note, issued under the authority of …
Read the guide →BSCSenegal BSC
The BSC (Bordereau de Suivi des Cargaisons) is required for sea shipments to Senegal, which discharge at Dakar. This guide covers …
Read the guide →BESCBenin BESC
The BESC (Bordereau Électronique de Suivi des Cargaisons) is required for sea shipments to Benin, discharging at Cotonou. This gui…
Read the guide →BESCBurundi BESC
The BESC (Bordereau Électronique de Suivi des Cargaisons) is required for sea shipments to Burundi, discharging at Bujumbura (via …
Read the guide →BESCCentral African Republic BESC
The BESC (Bordereau Électronique de Suivi des Cargaisons) is required for sea shipments to Central African Republic, discharging a…
Read the guide →BESCChad BESC
The BESC (Bordereau Électronique de Suivi des Cargaisons) is required for sea shipments to Chad, discharging at N'Djamena (Dry Por…
Read the guide →FESOEquatorial Guinea FESO
The FESO (Formulario Electrónico para el Seguimiento de Operaciones) is required for sea shipments to Equatorial Guinea, dischargi…
Read the guide →ECTNGambia ECTN
The ECTN (Electronic Cargo Tracking Note) is required for sea shipments to Gambia, discharging at Banjul. This guide covers the do…
Read the guide →SPNGhana SPN
The SPN (Smart Port Note) is required for sea shipments to Ghana, discharging at Tema and Takoradi. This guide covers the document…
Read the guide →CEEGuinea Bissau CEE
The CEE (Certificado Electrónico de Embarque) is required for sea shipments to Guinea Bissau, discharging at Bissau. This guide co…
Read the guide →BESCGuinea Conakry BESC
The BESC (Bordereau Électronique de Suivi des Cargaisons) is required for sea shipments to Guinea Conakry, discharging at Conakry.…
Read the guide →BSCIvory Coast BSC
The BSC (Bordereau de Suivi des Cargaisons) is required for sea shipments to Ivory Coast, discharging at Abidjan and San Pedro. Th…
Read the guide →ACDKenya ACD
The ACD (Advance Cargo Declaration) is required for sea shipments to Kenya, discharging at Mombasa. This guide covers the document…
Read the guide →BESCLiberia BESC
The BESC (Bordereau Électronique de Suivi des Cargaisons) is required for sea shipments to Liberia, discharging at Monrovia. This …
Read the guide →BSCMadagascar BSC
The BSC (Bordereau de Suivi des Cargaisons) is required for sea shipments to Madagascar, discharging at Toamasina, Majunga and Tul…
Read the guide →BESCMali BESC
The BESC (Bordereau Électronique de Suivi des Cargaisons) is required for sea shipments to Mali, discharging at Bamako (Dry Port v…
Read the guide →BESCNiger BESC
The BESC (Bordereau Électronique de Suivi des Cargaisons) is required for sea shipments to Niger, discharging at Niamey (Dry Port …
Read the guide →ECTNRepublic of Congo ECTN
The ECTN (Electronic Cargo Tracking Note) is required for sea shipments to Republic of Congo, discharging at Pointe-Noire. This gu…
Read the guide →CTNSierra Leone CTN
The CTN (Cargo Tracking Note) is required for sea shipments to Sierra Leone, discharging at Freetown. This guide covers the docume…
Read the guide →ECTNSouth Sudan ECTN
The ECTN (Electronic Cargo Tracking Note) is required for sea shipments to South Sudan, discharging at Juba (Dry Port via Mombasa)…
Read the guide →BESCTogo BESC
The BESC (Bordereau Électronique de Suivi des Cargaisons) is required for sea shipments to Togo, discharging at Lome. This guide c…
Read the guide →ACDYemen ACD
The ACD (Advance Cargo Declaration) is required for sea shipments to Yemen, discharging at Aden, Hodeidah and Mukalla. This guide …
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