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Country Information > West Africa > Côte d'Ivoire Waiver
Information [ Cargo
Tracking Note ]
[ BSC - implementation ] Type: BSC New deliverance Procedure of Bordereau de Suivi
des Cargaisons [BSC] via the Internet - Office Ivoirien Des Chargeurs [OIC]
- 11/05/05
Cargo Tracking Note - Crosstrades Information Only - 22/08/02 A port cargo traffic control system has been introduced and an integral document that is apart of this is the CTN. CTN's are to be issued by an agent nominated by the country's shippers council. So far the Shippers Council of Ivory Coast has nominated Sintrans Asia Servies in Singapore as its agent to issue the CTN. A CTN is to be issued for shippment out of the following territories:
There are four classes of cargo that require a CTN: 1) Containerised
shipment: Each of which must be covered by a separate CTN. Tranit cargo destined for Côte d'Ivoire's neghbours is
exempt from the CTN. jImplementation of the BSC for Northern Europe and the Med has started since 15/5/2002 (Decree reference N°0340 dated 12/11/01) although no official message from OIC has been send to any syndicate or announced in local newspapers. The price per BSC for these regions are EURO 25 per BSC document. France will start implementation of the BSC from 1/6/2002. The cost of the BSC in France will only be EURO 23 per BSC document. The OIC (Côte d'Ivoire Shippers Council) has been appointed as managing agents responsible for the cargo tracking notes and will work closely with the port authorities, Customs and the Ivorian Government. Unlike other countries that have a BSC system there will be no penalty incurred but omissions may lead to delay in releasing cargo. The use of the tracking note at this time is to gather statistical information which will be held on a central database. Please note that the carrier is not involved or held responsible in any way. There are 6 copies of the form to be allocated as follows:
The forms are sold to the shippers in the form of a notebook containing five (5) BSC at the minimum, at the price of 15.000F CFA (23 Euros) by the OIC. The OIC has appointed sub agents. OTAL are currently trying to get hold of the complete list. In the meantime, Antaser Afrique is the general agent for North Europe. Blank forms can be purchased from Antaser Afrique for 25 Euro's. Please click here for a contact details. For containerised /general cargo the BSC will be charged per bill of lading. For vehicles the BSC will be charged per unit. If more than one vehicle is indicated on the bill of lading, then one BSC document will be issued per bill of lading indicating all vehicles although for each individual vehicle the BSC tax will be charged. A BSC should be completed as follows:
Once filled in and signed by the shipper or its agent, all sheets of the BSC have to be submitted to the Office Ivoirien des Chargeurs or its agent for validation 5 working days at the latest after the vessel's departure. The Syndicat des Transitaires also validate BSCs for Gabon, Benin and Burkina Faso. They will start acting as OIC agents as from 1st June 2002 Procedure
In absence of a BSC delivered at the port of loading (POL), a BSC can be obtained with the OIC at port of discharge at the price of the BSC at loadport plus 100% extra fee. The information given in this document has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing. Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot accept liability for an consequences due to inaccuracies in this information. "THE CARRIER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MISSING OR INCORRECT IDR/CRI NUMBERS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY REMAINS WITH THE MERCHANT. ANY FINES/ PENALTIES LEVIED AGAINST THE CARRIER ARE FOR THE MERCHANT'S ACCOUNT"
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