ISSUING ECTN FOR SHIPMENTS TO LIBYA

Tripoli | September 23rd, 2015

The Electronic Cargo Tracking Note (ECTN) regulations which will come into force from October 1^st 2015 (date of Bill of Lading), has been put in place in the State of Libya following a Ministerial order by the Minister of Finance and the Director of Customs. All shipments to and from Libya including all cargo in transit shall be required to have an ECTN number.

The shipper or his forwarder are required as per the regulation, to apply and be issued with an ECTN at the port of loading. The issued ECTN which is a main component for the import custom clearance upon arrival in Libya, must be validated at the port of loading.

One ECTN will cover each Bill of Lading and the ECTN unique number must be indicated on the Bill of Lading and Cargo Manifest.

Failure on the shipper to comply to above regulation will result to attracting huge penalties and or fines. Cargoes not covered by a valid ECTN will not be cleared through the local Customs until presentation of the final ECTN also and appropriate fines will be charged.

Africa Shipping Logistics is fully compliant to issue out ECTN/ BESC for all your import shipments destined for Libya. For any further information regarding costs, facilitation and or assistance with your cargo ECTN application to Libya, please call us on: +31 10 476 02 41 or email: info@africashippinglogistics.com and ensure that you cargo is ECTN compliant!