Ship Arrival Notification System, an electronic application for advance notice of vessel arrival in Russian ports, is planned to be develop by the end of 2011, an officer of Baltiysk Customs told PortNews.
The Baltiysk Customs office, which has held a meeting recently to focus on some issues of the new Technological Scheme of processing ships, said that the advance notice of vessel arrival must be submitted 24 hours prior to arrival, or 4 hours, if the transition is less than 24 hours. The BC office said that the original certificate is not required.
The e-application is being developed to facilitate the border and customs control procedure of a ship upon her arrival at Russian ports.