The Canada Border Services Agency recently published CN 15-023, Interim eManifest Requirements Respecting Empty Highway and Rail Conveyances and In-transit Highway and Rail Conveyances.
Highway and rail carriers are responsible for electronically transmitting conveyance data for empty conveyances arriving in Canada. Highway and rail carriers are also required to electronically transmit conveyance data for in-transit movements.
Highway carriers, who are unable to electronically transmit ACI data for empty conveyances, will be required to continue to verbally report empty conveyances at the FPOA.
The CBSA encourages highway carriers to transmit electronic conveyance data for empty conveyances. If, due to logistical constraints carriers are unable to provide the driver of the empty conveyance with the required bar-coded lead sheet to report the conveyance, the following process will be accepted by the CBSA:
(a) Carriers may transmit multiple conveyance reports in advance, and maintain a supply of pre-printed lead sheets in company conveyances. Conveyance reports transmitted to CBSA remain valid for a period of up to 90 days in advance of arrival.
(b) When it is determined that a conveyance will be returning to Canada empty, the carrier will send a correction (pre-arrival change) to one of the conveyance reports already transmitted, with the correct data for that conveyance.
(c) The driver will present that lead sheet to the CBSA at the time of arrival.
This notice is available in its entirety on the Canada Border Services Agency website.