Thursday, April 24, 2008

IAG / Aust Customs Cargo Advice Notice: 2008 /04
ICS Outage Notification for Final Phase of IT Transition

We have now received the latest Australian Customs Cargo Advice Notice: 2008 / 04

The ICS will be unavailable from Saturday 17 May, 1600 hrs AEST to Sunday 18 May, 0200 hrs AEST.

To access this advice go to:

http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/notices/ACCA_0804.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.

Thank you and kind regards,

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