see also: in ACE e-Manifest: Rail and Sea:   ACE-e-Manifest: Rail and Sea – The 45 Day Countdown Has Begun (pdf - 112 KB.)   Export Manifest Expansion Notice (pdf - 29 KB.)   Create and Maintain Ocean Conveyances (pdf - 476 KB.)   Coast Guard and CBP Move Forward with ACE (doc - 108 KB.)   Trade Preparation Required: AMS Decommissioning for Rail and Sea Manifests (pdf - 92 KB.)   e-Manifest: Rail and Sea Information Notice (pdf - 203 KB.) ...more on cbp.gov: ACE e-Manifest: Rail and Sea on the web:   e-Manifest: Rail & Sea (M1) Webinar

ACE e-Manifest: Rail and Sea (M1) - Now is the Time to Get On Board!

(06/20/2012)On June 13 and 14, CBP hosted two webinars for the ocean and rail carrier community, highlighting the steps necessary to begin using ACE rail and sea manifest and the necessity to begin the process sooner rather than later. A recording of the webinar is available online, free of charge, at: (

The six month transition to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) e-Manifest: Rail and Sea is in progress, and the date for decommissioning all rail and sea manifest processing in the Automated Manifest System (AMS) is getting closer.

Effective September 29, 2012, ACE will be the only approved system for transmitting required advance rail and sea cargo information and Automated Broker Interface (ABI) in-bond transactions to CBP.

As of June 20, 2012, 88% of ocean carriers and 47% of ABI software developers impacted by the transition to M1 have either completed or are in the on-boarding process. All rail carriers are either in production or currently testing. If you are part of the 12% of the ocean carriers or the 53% of the ABI software developers who are not yet testing ACE e-Manifest: Rail and Sea, now is the time to contact your Client Representative for assistance.

It can take up to twelve weeks to complete the programming and certification testing required to begin transmitting rail and sea cargo information via ACE. If you submit sea cargo information or if you file ABI in-bond transactions or receive broker download information via ABI, you or your software provider must transition to ACE, and there is no time to waste.

How to Get On Board

In order to ensure that EDI messages for rail and sea manifest and ABI in-bond transactions do not fail, it is essential that by September 29, 2012:

1. The required programming changes are completed,
2. Certification testing in completed is coordination with your Client Representative, AND
3. The switch to production for ACE e-Manifest: Rail and Sea is made.

For additional information, please view the webinar and visit the ACE e-Manifest: Rail and Sea webpage or contact your Client Representative immediately. ( ACE e-Manifest: Rail and Sea )

As of June 29, 2012 only three months remain to complete all of the steps necessary to make the transition to ACE rail and sea manifest filing.