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About To Ship A Cargo To An African Country?
We’ll be delighted to assist you get the best freight rates, best routing, transit time to Africa. With as many as 54 countries on the African continent, finding the right partner to help you ship your cargo to the second largest continent in the world and optimize your profit without compromising the high quality of the service you expect and deserve is not easy.
In CMS EXPRESS you have an experienced, knowledgeable and efficient partner that is on your side. With our extensive network of freight carriers and NVOCC serving the continent and sharing our passion for excellent customer service, we strive to provide to our clients in the USA, Canada, Mexico and the rest of the world the best possible combination of cost, transit time and service aligned with their requirements.
Sea Shipments bound for many African countries require among other documents an Electronic Cargo Tracking Note (ECTN) also known as BESC or BIETC in Gabon, FERI in DR Congo, CNCA in Angola, FESO in Equatorial Guinea, ACD, ENS in Nigeria etc…
WHAT IS THE BESC / ECTN CERTIFICATE?
The ECTN is a mandatory certificate required by many African countries for any type of cargo entering their borders by sea or land, to effectively control the traffic flow of goods going in. On the waiver certificate you have full details of the shipment: shipper, consignment information, OBL number, vessel name, shipping method, type and size of cargo (20’, 40’ HC, GP, RF container cargo, liquid bulk, dry bulk, breakbulk, RO-RO), value of goods transported, sea freight cost, incoterms, the list goes on. ECTN Certificates are necessary government tools for statistics, revenue and safety control in compliance with the International Ships and Ports Facility Code of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on security and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) recommendations on Trade Facilitation.
Each country has its own regulation and procedure when it comes to ECTN regulation. Getting your shipment certified can be time consuming, complicated and expensive if the filing is not done timeously and correctly, but with us you can have peace of mind. CMS Certificates is your one stop ECTN partner. No matter where your shipment to Africa is going, if you require a waiver certificate, we will provide assistance with all the information you need.