Information concerning the ETA in the import manifest
As a result of the blockade of the Suez Canal numerous delays and changes of the sailing schedule are to be expected in the near future. We would like to remind you to keep your manifest data up-to-date, especially in case of significant delays. The ETA within the import manifest is a very important criterion for the confirmation of apreliminary ATB number and the temporary storage of the container.
The time of discharge may not deviate more than 7 days from the ETA, in order that the discharge message of a container can be assigned to a specific voyage and thus it's manifest.
If you notice, that a container won't go into temporary storage – e.g. if you received the status 914 -, although you did not receive an error message, please check if the ETA has been specified correctly. After the suitable correction the IMP will try to confirm the ATB number.