Tuesday, April 15, 2008

IAG / Aust Customs Cargo Advice Notice: 2008 / 03
New Integrated Cargo System Regular Outage Window

We have now received the latest Australian Customs Cargo Advice Notice: 2008 / 03

Each week Customs has scheduled outages to the Integrated Cargo System (ICS)
and / or the Customs Connect Facility (CCF) for system maintenance as well as software and hardware upgrades as required.

After consultation with critical reporters in the ICS and the members of the Industry Action Group (IAG), Customs has decided to replace the weekly 2x2 hour windows with a single weekly window of 4 hours from midnight to 04:00 hours on Wednesday mornings. Historically this period has minimal transaction volumes and it is a window likely to cause least disruption to industry business practice.

Please click here to view the full advice:

http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/notices/ACCA_0803.pdf

For further information reply to the contact details contained in the Advice. For enquiries regarding the Integrated Cargo System please contact cargosupport@customs.gov.au or alternatively call 1300 558 099.

Australian Cargo Customs Advices - general info

All previous Australian Cargo Customs Advices (ACCA's) that have evolved from the Industry Action Group (IAG) forum are accessible at:

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=5740

To receive these and other ICS related information direct from Customs you need to be added to the "ICS / CMR Mailing List" by going to the Customs homepage under "who we are" then "join our mailing lists", or directly at:

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=4280

(through this site, access is also available to other mailing lists including dissemination of Australian Customs Notices)

Outage Notifications

Customs are looking to have a revised notification service in place in the New Year. Until then, if someone wants to be added to the outage notification list, they should email: User Support icsbus@customs.gov.au and ask to have their email address added.

Please advise all concerned.

Juana Mulherin

Executive Assistant

Australian Federation of International Forwarders Ltd (AFIF)

Suite 403, Level 3

152 Bunnerong Road

Eastgardens NSW 2036

Tel: (61 2) 9314 3055

Fax: (61 2) 9314 3116