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CBP Issues Vessel Entrance and Clearance System Notice

CBP will establish a new Vessel Agency Portal Account in ACE and will decommission the "Cartman and Lighterman Portal Accounts due to a lack of usage by the public," the agency said in a notice released July 19. "Account ownership…

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will be a prerequisite for eligibility in the forthcoming Maritime Forms Automation Test pilot, which will allow Vessel Agency Account users to file electronic Vessel Entrance and Clearance Statements through the Vessel Entrance and Clearance System (VECS)," the agency said in the notice. A CBP official recently said the VECS notice would be coming soon (see 2207180051).