ACI Seafreight setup
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Contents
- 1 ACI CARRIER table
- 2 COMPANY → DAKOSY
- 3 ADMIN → EDI → EDI PARTNER
- 4 CUSTOMS → CANADIAN CUSTOMS → ACI CARRIER
- 5 ADDRESSES → Address tab → EDI references sub tab
- 6 COMPANY → GENERAL COMPANY PARAMETER → Order data tab
- 7 CUSTOMS → CANADIAN CUSTOMS → ACI LOCATION CODES
- 8 ADMIN → CS ADMIN → CS CODES EXT
- 8.1 Amendment Codes
- 9 ADMIN → STATUS TYPES → STATUS EVENTS
Function in the order
ACI CARRIER table
You must load the aci_carrier_t table with the shipping companies and its CBSA codes that you use for the ACI filing/eManifest.
To do this, please contact CargoSoft.
The carrier codes are used as a prefix in the Primary and Previous CCN fields and are provided with a search function in the Carrier field.
COMPANY → DAKOSY
Deposit forwarder code for ACI tab
Your forwarder code is stored in COMPANY → DAKOSY for each client.
Thus, the forwarder code is pre-assigned in the tabs ACI and ACI Consolidation in the Forwarder field.
ADMIN → EDI → EDI PARTNER
Enter an EDI partner ACI.
Here userID is entered in the ID Sender field and accountID of the customer in the Own ID field.
CUSTOMS → CANADIAN CUSTOMS → ACI CARRIER
The shipping companies and their CBSA codes that you use for the ACI declaration/eManifest are stored in the ACI Carrier master data.
The carrier codes are used as prefixes in the Primary and Previous CCN fields and are provided with a search function in the Carrier field.
Pre-assign ACI carrier code in the order
Settings can be made in the basic data for automatic pre-assignment of the carrier code in the ACI taband in the ACI Consolidation tab as a 4-digit entry in Primary and Previous CCN.
ADDRESSES → Address tab → EDI references sub tab
Deposit carrier code for ACI
The relevant carrier code can be stored for each carrier that is available in the basic data ADDRESSES and with which Export to Canada is carried out.
On the sub tab EDI references the carrier code is entered in the field Reference for the qualifier ACICC (Insert line in the context menu).
This reference is then preassigned in the ACI filing in the Carrier field in the order if the carrier address is used in the order.
The carrier address must be used in one of the 8 (9) order addresses and identified as such in the general company parameters → pls see below.
COMPANY → GENERAL COMPANY PARAMETER → Order data tab
Nominate carrier address as one of the order addresses
In this tab you assign one of the addresses to the address of the carrier/shipping company for your seafreight shipments.
Section Addresses → Section Seafreight → Field Export Carrier: Enter the address number that contains your shipping company address in the TMS order.
CUSTOMS → CANADIAN CUSTOMS → ACI LOCATION CODES
There are Location codes available for the fields in the ACI tabÂ
Port of Discharge - ACI Location Code andÂ
Place of Delivery - ACI Warehouse Location Code.
Columns Port Code/SublocationCode in the search result .
These codes are issued by Canadian Customs and must be sent as such when you file ACI data.
Record location codes in consignee addresses
To pre-assign the locations in the ACI tab, they can be stored on the Consignee.
In the address of the consignee, select the Address tab → EDI references sub tab.
Enter in the Qualifier field
Code ACILC for the Location and
Code ACIWH for the Warehouse Location.
Then fill in the code for the ReferenceÂ
of the Port of Discharge - ACI Location Code and
of the Place of Delivery - ACI Warehouse Location Code.
ADMIN → CS ADMIN → CS CODES EXT
Amendment Codes
There are different Amendment codes for ACI B/L data in the ACI tab as well as for the Closing in the ACI Consolidation tab.
They are provided by Canadian Customs and are deposited in CS Codes Ext by CargoSoft.Â
ADMIN → STATUS TYPES → STATUS EVENTS
The status events have already been created for ACI Seafreight using the provider DAK-ACI.
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