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Spring 2012

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THE FORWARDER Spring 2012

At A Glance03 Air Canada Celebrates 75th Anniversary

04 Risky Road to Recovery

06 Get a Head Start on Paperless Export Declarations: No More B13A

09 CIFFA Central Region Presents the “Forwarders Choice Awards Gala Dinner”

10 New 2012 Forwarder Choice Award Voting

13 CIFFA 63rd AGM Call to Meeting

14 Consequences of Non-Compliant Wood Packaging: It Could Happen To You

19 ACI eManifest is Just Around the Corner

23 The ICAO Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air

26 CIFFA Announces the 2012 Young Freight Forwarder of the Year Canada

28 CIFFA Certificate Programs Recognized by FIATA

29 CIFFA Signs Education Agreement with UAE

30 CIFFA Announcements

31 Thank You to National Sponsors for 2012

32 Benefits of CIFFA Membership Correlates to Continued Growth

32 Building Strength From Within

34 2013 CIFFA Membership Directory Rates

34 The Forwarder Magazine 2012 Advertising Rates

THE FORWARDERThe Voice of Freight Forwarding in Canada • Spring 2012

Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association170 Attwell Drive, Suite 480, Toronto, Ontario M9W 5Z5

Tel: 416-234-5100 • Toll Free: 866-282-4332 • Fax: 416-234-5152 • Email: [email protected]

At the launch celebrations of Air Canada’s 75th anniversary at Toronto Pearson International Airport in March guests were treated to a tour ofthe amazing new Boeing 787 – Dreamliner aircraft which are on order to Air Canada. Donna Letterio, DHL Global Forwarding; Lise-MarieTurpin, Air Canada Cargo; Brian Pedersen, Kuehne + Nagel; Peter Teixeira, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics; Brian MacAlpine. �

Air Canada Celebrates 75th Anniversary

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Risky Road toRecovery

Up feels good. Economies spend most of theirtime in that space. Growth-orientation is in the DNA of theeconomic system - so much so, that with alarming regularitywe get carried away, setting the stage for recession. Nobodylikes recessions, but they do keep us in check over the longrun. But if there's something we humans have a really hardtime with, it's a sideways economy. As the past two yearsillustrate, economies move sideways about as easily aselevators do. We're still in this difficult phase. Is this our 'newnormal' global economy, or like recessions, is there some hopethat this too shall pass?

Data suggest strongly that we won't be in the 'flat zone'forever. Recession took the world economy to a lower level ofactivity that has helped to use up the excesses that piled up atthe end of the last growth cycle. We are now getting to the pointwhere the economy is ready to rise again to normal activitylevels. Unfortunately, recovery is being severely threatened by

By Peter Hall, Chief Economist, Export Development Canada

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risks that metastasized in the flat years: financial market weakness,out-of-control sovereign debts in developed economies, politicalunrest and a pervasive sense of unease.

Does the world economy stand a chance? Fortunately, in spite of theturbulence, the US economy is showing signs of life. Growth issteadily rising on a broad front. Consumers have increased spendingconsistently over the past year, at the same time keeping savingslevels high. US housing markets are on the mend, and constructionis rising. On the business front, orders are consistently flowing in ata double-digit pace. Growth is happening on a broad base, in acontext of weak world growth, against market expectations, in anenvironment of unusual pessimism and without an additional roundof aggressive stimulus. If momentum continues, it will lead the US -and ultimately the world - into the next growth cycle.

US-centric growth is clearly good news for Canada, which will beamong the first economies to benefit. Canada has also been diversifyingtrade to fast-growing, non-traditional markets, so prospects forimpressive export sales well into the future are looking up.

It almost sounds too good to be true. Aside from the risks alreadymentioned, are there any other headwinds Canada may encounter?Currency risk is top-of-mind. The recent move to parity has manyexporters worried that recovery means resumption of a steadyupward trend - manageable in the commodity trade space, butfurther punishment for manufacturers.

Fears are well-founded. Recession has revealed Canada's solid fiscaland financial market fundamentals. Our commodity base hasattracted investors and added to our general reputation as aninvestment safe-haven. A robust domestic economy has alsoattracted key foreign investments. These factors have boosted thecurrency in the down-times; many feel that recovery will only fuelthe Canadian dollar's ascent, as commodity prices take off.

But will they? Massive liquidity injections in recent years have likelyboosted asset prices as banks hesitated to convert much of themoney into loans. When the economy recovers and businessopportunities improve, lending activity is likely to rise, at the expenseof asset prices. This could be the first recovery that actually sees acorrection in commodity prices. If so, the loonie could be in for a bitof a slide.

Although upbeat - Canadian exports are forecast to rise 7 per centthis year and next - this story suggests that the coming months couldbe a wild ride, and that true recovery will be accompanied by unusualmovements in key variables. Doubtless it will be a time of multi-regional currency volatility, requiring extra diligence in currency riskmanagement. The need for hedging programs and other currencyrisk strategies will only moderate once the next growth cycle is infull swing.

Transaction risk is also likely to be elevated. Canadian exporters areincreasingly going into new markets. In addition, more businesseswill be exporting, given trade's superior growth potential. At the sametime, economic uncertainty will further increase the possibility ofnon-payment, suggesting extra attention to securing guaranteesand/or insuring payments.

Near-term volatility isn't a pleasant prospect, but we have lived withincreased risk for the past three years, and can weather a few moremonths of the same. Think of it as a necessary evil - a final turbulentphase that paves the path to recovery and the stability of steady,broadly-based growth. �


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With Customs Notice CN12-001, issued last January,the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced its intentionof eliminating paper B13A export declarations starting April 2012.Freight forwarders are preparing to support this initiative and helpmove exporters to the Canadian Automated Export Declaration(CAED), or to the less popular G7.

Considering the large number of small and medium sized exportershandled by CIFFA Member firms, communications and planning willplay a significant role in the smooth implementation of the new re-quirements. At a workshop presented to new Ontario food exporterson behalf of the Ontario Ministry of Food Agriculture and Rural Affairs(OMAFRA) earlier this year, CIFFA Executive Director Ruth Snowdenremarked on the lack of knowledge these potential new exportershave regarding their responsibility to register their Business Numberfor export and their responsibility to file an export declaration. “Theseare the cranberry growers, cheese manufacturers, vintners and con-fectioners who will begin exporting their world class products to newmarkets. They will be shipping samples to tradeshows around theworld and filling orders from Asia to Brazil to the Middle East. Theseare the prospective customers of CIFFA members and they need helpto get registered and ready for CAED.”

Many freight forwarders have begun to prepare for the new require-ment. In CAED one can view all registered exporters, but unless in-ternal IT staff can figure out a solution, there is no way to export thelist from CAED. Nonetheless, the list tells which are registered andgood to go with the paperless world and which customers have tobe contacted and informed of the new regulations. Customer agree-ments may have to be updated and RC59 Business Consent Formcompleted and submitted to the CRA, allowing the forwarder to filea CAED on behalf of the exporter who previously prepared its ownB13A paper declaration. In some cases, the exporter will want toregister and complete the CAED directly, taking responsibility for ac-curate and timely filing of its export declarations. Like any significantchange, frequent and precise communication is important.

CIFFA is a firm supporter of ‘mandatory electronic export reporting’. Ina letter to several government Ministers in the fall of 2009, we said,“The introduction of a mandatory electronic export reporting systemwould contribute significantly to the creation of a more competitive en-vironment for Canada’s entire export supply chain - exporters, carriersand freight forwarders and a more secure environment for all Canadi-ans.“ Although the new Reporting of Exported Goods Regulations are

not expected until the end of 2014, elimination of the paper B13A nowis an excellent first step.

Exporters and freight forwarders will benefits from the elimination ofthe paper B13A, including:

• Less preparation, print and handling costs; • Elimination of the requirement to present B13As physically at

a CBSA office for stamping, which since the removal of the boxfrom the counter at most Customs ports, has consumed con-siderable time and expense;

GET A HEAD START ON PAPERLESS EXPORT DECLARATIONS:

No More B13A

Export Reporting of VehiclesExport declarations are not required for shipments exported forconsumption in the United States. However, the vehicle identifi-cation number from all vehicles to every destination must be ad-vised to the CBSA before export, including vehicles sent to theUSA. Vehicles exported as personal effects, which require noexport declaration, still must have a VIN reported. The CBSA hasconsulted industry and is working on an alternative solution toreporting of vehicles. Check the eBulletin for more information.

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• CAED software features which drives compliance in exportdeclaration completion and thus leads to fewer AMPs.

• Increased opportunity for the freight forwarder to provide ad-ditional billable services on behalf of exporters.

There are some challenges to paperless reporting. Questions havebeen raised as to how easily small and new exporters are able toregister their Business Number for export. EXW shippers, althougheligible to file the export declaration, often decline to allow use oftheir business number. Under EXW Incoterms2010, export reportingis the responsibility of the buyer and so the freight forwarder can becaught in the middle: Is the non-resident exporter registered for theCAED? Did the forwarder include fees for preparation of the exportdeclaration included in the EXW quotation? With no paper to fall backon, by 2014 it is expected every exporter must be registered.

Today, export permits must be presented with the export declarationin paper. How quickly will that requirement be changed to allowelectronic export permit filing and eliminate the need to print a copyof the CAED? DFAIT and the CBSA are working on electronic permitsand are expected to have a solution soon. For other government de-partments (OGDs) it seems that paper will be the norm for manyyears to come. �

Since Bill S-9 was passed in May 2010, the CBSA has stepped upsignificantly its efforts to thwart crimes perpetrated by organizedcriminals, including the trafficking of vehicles. Examinations ofexport containers have increased at all ports as the CBSA attemptsto understand how and where the export of stolen vehicles occursand to interdict these illegal exports.

Last January, Leighton Millwood was convicted of attempting to ex-port stolen vehicles out of Canada, and is now facing a sentence ofup to five years in federal prison. Mr. Millwood called himself a freightforwarder. He was not a CIFFA Member. He did have stolen vehiclesin his control which he claims were provided to him for export.

If they handle vehicles for export, freight forwarders and shippersneed to document, implement and strictly adhere to proceduresthat may help protect their business.

Some best practices that every forwarder handling vehicles for ex-port should implement:

• Require a copy of the ownership papers before accepting abooking and before accepting a vehicle at your loading facility.

• If the shipment is a personal effects export, require proof of identity. (Perhaps a copy of the passport and the driver’s license.)

• Register for VINLock at www.vinlock.ca. Run every vehicleidentification number through the VINLock database beforeyou accept the vehicle at your facility. (Your name, the time,date and VINs in these checks are recorded and available forverification by CBSA and law enforcement).

• Record the VINLock authorization number on the export dec-laration and on the bill of lading. The CBSA will recognize theauthorization number and know you have done the check.

• Be alert for suspicious quotation or booking requests. Don’taccept payment on a credit card – the charges can be re-versed sometimes up to 90 days after the export.

The CBSA examines export containers containing vehicles. Some-one will pay the examination fee and suffer the delay. There is achance you could decrease your examination rate if you followthese suggestions. Ensure you have a documented process inplace and that you use the process every time you export a vehicle.

Vehicle Exports – Don’t end up behind bars

CIFFA Workshops “Essentials of Export’CIFFA’s ½ day training “Essentials of Export’ is designedspecifically to identify the regulatory environment underwhich exports are handled. ‘The training material is cur-rent and has been updated this month for the new pa-perless export declarations. It even includes instructionson how to pull up your list of registered exporters onCAED,” commented facilitator Kim Gallacher, Delmar.‘The training covers export permits and the Export Im-port Permit Act as well as the Reporting of ExportedGoods Regulations that freight forwarders and exportershave to know.’

“Essentials of Exporting” training is available in live, fa-cilitated webinars and in class. Participants will learnabout the options available to them, the requirements bymode of transport, export reporting procedures, the im-pacts of the changes to the regulations and much more.

We invite freight forwarders and their clients to registerfor this ½ day workshop.

Toronto

April 18 Incoterms 2010 (AM) Letters of Credit (PM) April 19 Cargo Insurance (AM) Essentials of Exporting* (PM)

Montreal

Workshop Schedule

April 17 Incoterms 2010 (AM) Letters of Credit (PM) April 18 Protecting your Business with CIFFA STCs (AM) Essentials of Exporting* (PM)

Web-based

May 15-16 Essentials of Exporting* May 23-24 Incoterms 2010

More Information: To register: We offer 20% discount, if 3 or more Registrations received together. *The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced the new Mandatory Electronic Export Reporting Policy for exporters. Effective April 1, 2012, the CBSA will take steps to eliminate the manual reporting process form (B13A) for exporters and implement mandatory electronic reporting. We are offering Essentials of Exporting Workshop through web-based and classroom options.

http://www.ciffa.com/education_topical.asphttps://www.ciffa.com/education_register.asp

Workshop ScheduleToronto Montreal Web-based


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The new site provides standard formalonline learning including courses, tests,videos, and webinars. However this newsite also offers the “informal” learningthat traditionally happens within a classroom.

In a class, students talk, interact, and self correct each other during group work, etc.

New online training will offer a “social media” element to their learning. The benefit of this is to provide a learningenvironment where each student can discuss the courses with each other, form study groups and share ideas,links and multimedia that will enhance the learning experience.

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Further to By Laws Article V, Section 4, notice is hereby given of the Annual General Meeting to be held in Montreal, QC on Thursday,May 3, 2012,

For those that cannot attend, please make sure to send your proxy tothe Secretariat, properly signed, by fax: 416-234-5152. A copy of theproxy is available on the website www.ciffa.com, Members ‘ Area(Member login is required).

According to the Association By Laws, Article V, Section 5, a nominatingcommittee has been formed and is chaired by Ms. Donna Letterio of DHL,Mississauga, who can be contacted at [email protected].

CIFFA is now calling on Regular Members for nominations to the Na-tional Board of Directors (NBD). There are 6 positions up for renewalconsisting of a two year term.

The following directors, whose terms have expired this year, haveagreed to stand for a further 2 year term:

• Chris Gillespie, Gillespie-Munro Inc., Montreal • Paul Glionna, Universal Logistics, Thornhill• William Gottlieb, David Kirsch Forwarders, Montreal • Paul Lobas, ITN Logistics, Calgary

There are two positions each consisting of a two year term thatare available to the membership for nomination to the Board.

Any regular Member interested in submitting their name to become aDirector on the National Board must submit their interest to the Nom-inating Chair as listed above. The nomination must outline the name,position/profile and company affiliation and be accompanied by fivesponsoring signatures of current regular Members of CIFFA.

As per by-laws, Members must submit their nominations to theNominating Chair or the CIFFA Secretariat by April 16, 2012,which is no later than two weeks before the Annual GeneralMeeting to be held May 3, 2012.

Even though there is no charge to attend the AGM, registration is required for seating purposes. Register online atwww.ciffa.com/events_register.asp - use the drop down box tochoose Annual General Meeting.

CIFFA 63rd AGM Callto Meeting

Member EventIn conjunction with the AGM, CIFFA is presenting a discussion panelwith experts on a topic of interest. The panel will be preceded by“Lunch with the Board” and followed by the AGM. There will be acost recovery fee of $55.00 (plus taxes) for the lunch & panel event.Register online www.ciffa.com/events_register.asp

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The enforcement of regulations designed to keep ourplants safe – whether from Dutch Elm Disease which decimated our elmsin the 1960s or the Asian Longhorn Beetle which is today chomping its waythrough our forests and suburban landscapes, is not negotiable. CIFFAmembers, however, must be aware of the considerable the risk they facewhen an import container is shipped from overseas or an export containeris loaded here with non-compliant wood packaging. The risk is extreme,especially with consolidation containers. Just one non-compliant wood pal-let in an inspected container could be enough to trigger refusal and re-ex-port of the entire container.

To begin, we outline the regulatory environment that exists in Canada,as provided by the Canada Border Services Agency.

As a signatory country to the International Plant Protection Convention(IPPC), Canada administers the provisions of International Standards forPhytosanitary Measures No. 15: Regulations of Wood Packaging Materialsin International Trade (ISPM 15). This regulation requires that all woodpackaging material used in International trade be treated in accordancewith the standard. When this standard was adopted in 2006, Canada andthe United States (U.S.) agreed not to apply requirements to wood pack-aging material originating from and moving between the two countries.Subsequently, all wood packaging material arriving in Canada from coun-tries other than the U.S. must either be stamped with the official IPPC mark,or be accompanied by a valid phytosanitary certificate.

Only non-manufactured wood packaging material is regulated under ISPM15 — manufactured wood packaging constructed of materials such asplywood and wood shavings are not subject to these requirements. In allinstances, regardless of whether the material is non-manufactured or man-ufactured, wood packaging material must be free from living pests andsigns of living pests.

While the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) remains respon-sible for the policy aspects of ISPM 15, the inspection of wood pack-aging material and the enforcement of ISPM 15 at the border areamong the designated responsibilities that were transferred to theCanada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in 2005. While the U.S. en-forces ISPM 15 in all modes at U.S. ports of entry, the CBSA has con-centrated its efforts on inspecting and enforcing ISPM 15-complianceat Canada’s major commercial marine ports of entry.

In Canada, all wood packaging material used in international trademust be compliant with ISPM 15. The importation or in-transit move-ment of untreated, nonmanufactured wood packaging material into orthrough Canada originating from any area of the world, except the con-tinental U.S., is prohibited.

The CFIA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and PlantHealth Inspection Service have determined that the existing CanadaU.S. ex-emption on ISPM 15 will be removed. This full implementation of ISPM 15 willbe phased-in upon publication of the U.S.’ Final Rule in the Federal Register.The reason cited for fully implementing ISPM 15 between Canada and the U.S.is the growing number of newlyintroduced pests of concern in both countries,and increased risk of pest introduction from cargo originating offshore.

The CBSA takes its responsibility for enforcing ISPM 15 seriously, and worksclosely with the CFIA to effectively manage and respond to emerging threatsto Canada’s forests. The movement of invasive alien species (IAS) throughincreased global trade is one of the fundamental causes of pest introductionsinto Canada, and non-compliant wood packaging material is considered ahigh-risk pathway for these IAS to enter Canada.

The introduction of the Asian long-horned beetle, emerald ash borer andother regulated pests now established in parts of North America are thoughtto be linked to international shipments that contained non-compliant woodpackaging material. Invasive pests can result in economic losses — stem-ming from eradication and control costs in the millions of dollars, loss of ex-port markets, and loss of Canadian industry and tourism jobs and dollars —as well as irreversible damage or loss of forests and forest ecosystems.Therefore, when the CBSA intercepts noncompliant wood packaging mate-rial, it takes immediate action to mitigate the risk.

When non-compliant wood packaging material is detected, both the ship-ment and the wood packaging material will be ordered removed fromCanada. In cases where compliant wood packaging material is mixed with

Consequences of Non-Compliant Wood Packaging:

It Could Happen To You

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non-compliant wood packaging material, the entire shipment will bedeemed non-compliant and refused entry into Canada.

The wood packaging material must be compliant at the time it leaves thecountry of origin. Therefore, deconsolidation and repacking within Canadaare not permitted. In addition, treatment within Canada is not permittedunless there is evidence of living pests, in which case the wood packagingmaterial will be treated prior to being ordered removed to mitigate the riskof pest escape. However, this treatment does not render the shipment com-pliant, and the shipment will still be ordered removed from Canada. All costsassociated with the removal (including treatment, if required) of non-com-pliant wood packaging material are at the expense of the importer or personin care and control of the shipment at the time of entry into Canada.

The CBSA recognizes that refusals due to non-compliant wood packaging ma-terial is a costly scenario for importers, and is committed to working with im-porters to increase awareness of wood packaging material import requirements— as well as other food, plant, animal and related product import regulations.

Editor’s comments: Last month a consolidated container from the UKwas called for examination at the Port of Montreal. An investigating CBSAofficer identified several pallets as not marked in compliance with ISPM15. There was no evidence of infestation and there were no bugs pres-ent. Nonetheless, one individual CBSA officer at the port, who is allowedto take these irrevocable decisions, following the regulations, refusedentry and ordered removal of the container from Canada.

Were there consequences? You bet. Cost of delay:Expected to be seven (7) weeks, the costs of delay will be thousands andthousands of dollars.

• Manufacturing line down. • Critical tradeshow missed and new sales not made. • Possible importer bankruptcy. Goods were purchased on an LC, the

BL was presented and the seller paid. The importer missed the de-livery date and the order was cancelled. No sale.

• Some shipments once arrived back at the UK, to be flown back to Montreal.

Excerpt from a letter written by one of the importers in the container to the CBSA, requesting release of their shipment from the container. The request wasnot successful.

“Without this product's being released and deliveredas we stand now, we would have to halt our productionthis Thursday, lst March, 2012. This interruption in pro-duction will result in a potential sale loss of more than$500,000. The product in the shipment has a long-leadtime (6 months. We have just used our last inventoryand would need your assistance and understanding fora quick release of the shipment so that we can con-tinue our production.”

Soft Costs: • Customers will be lost. Long time customers have notified the NVOCC

that they have switched providers. • The relationship between the origin forwarder and the destination for-

warder will be strained.• Dozens of e-mails, phone calls, consultations with legal counsel and

insurance providers, management time.• Possible claims and litigation.

Hard Costs: • Return the container to origin and re-ship back to Canada

+/- $5,000.00• Import back to the UK, unload and re-load, and all the UK and Canadian

Customs entries • Container inspection fees

CIFFA continues to raise our concerns to the CBSA regarding decisions torefuse entry to consolidated containers which have no evidence of infestationor bugs. To refuse entry on a consolidated container for marking infractionsonly is not the best solution for Canada or for Canada’s traders. The CBSAmust have some facility to evaluate the risk of allowing the compliant ship-ments in against the cost and damage of refusing the entire container. Fullcontainers are different: One shipper, one consignee, one penalized party.

There is little one can do about the costs and delays inherent in the CBSA’s con-tainer inspection program. There are steps one can take to mitigate the muchgreater costs when a container contains non-compliant wood packaging. �

Mitigate Your Risk• Just because you have not yet had a container examined

and stopped, does not mean that your consolidated con-tainers are fully compliant.

• Communicate with agents, with the warehouse loadingyour export containers, with all employees and most im-portantly with shippers. All wood packaging must betreated and marked according to ISPM15 regulations.

• Marking is critical. Every pallet and crate must be marked.Instruct your agents to double check with any suppliers toensure approved facilities are not only treating the palletscorrectly but are also branding correctly.

• Review your agency agreements. Ensure your origin agentis responsible for the shipments they load into containersdestined to Canada.

• Review your customer communications. Ensure that im-porters understand their liabilities if a shipper uses non-compliant wood packaging in a less-than-container-loadshipment.

• Alert Canadian exporters to the regulations and their re-sponsibilities. Other countries such as Australia and Ger-many are almost as strict as Canada.

• If you are responsible for loading containers for export,document the need you’re your warehouse to verify allwood packaging has ISPM15 marks.

• Talk to your Errors and Omissions insurance provider andask if your policy cover this situation.

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Canada’s Advance Commercial Information (ACI)eManifest program for cross-border highway carriers looked to be in trou-ble last year when implementation timelines were delayed until late fall.

Today, however, the gear shift is “in drive” and it is full speed ahead atthe Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). The conclusion is that theexpected deployment of ACI in just over six months will require truckcarriers to submit eManifest information electronically to Customs priorto their vehicles arriving at a border crossing for Canada. Exactly howthis new regime will change the cross-border world of Canadian im-porters though has not been made completely clear.

At the moment, ACI program participation for crossing trucks is voluntaryas the Canadian Government encourages carriers to ramp up. It’s ex-pected that this step will ensure they have a proper process in placewell before the November 1st deadline. Non-compliant trucks at thattime may be denied entry into the country and by May next year, heftyfines will be added as further “incentive” to comply with these newlyimposed rules.

Difference Between ACI and ACEThe Canadian roll-out complements the Automated Commercial Envi-ronment (ACE) program on the American side of the border, which wascompleted in 2007/2008. Anyone involved at that time would agree thatit was a nightmare, because many carriers and brokers left their prepa-rations to the very last minute and because of system delays on the Gov-ernment side.

So what’s the difference between ACI and ACE?

Essentially they are geared to be the same – your eManifests must besent electronically to Customs (CBP for U.S. and CBSA for Canada) beforethe truck arrives at a port crossing going into either country. Both gov-

ACI eManifest is Just Around the Corner

ernments also offer a free web portal that businesses can log into andprocess their eManifest, designed primarily to satisfy the needs of smallvolume transportation companies or carriers with intermittent cross-bor-der shipment needs.

eManifests were only mandatory for trips into the U.S., but now Canadahas started its own rollout or “countdown”. In just a matter of months,e-submissions will also be required for journeys northbound to Canada.All of the technical and legal challenges carriers, customs brokers andforwarders already overcame and built into your daily operational work-flow could essentially be doubled.

Risks of Getting it WrongGetting it wrong means risking trucks being held at the border. WhenCustoms officials hold shipments, delivery times are missed, and rev-enue is lost.

Getting it wrong means paying steep monetary penalties. As of the dateof writing, Ottawa had not yet set out fines for non-compliance, but weknow from our friends in the U.S. that their fines are $5,000 for a firstoffence and $10,000 each time thereafter...

Getting it wrong also means delays and missing the chance to bid onanother shipment ... your share of the estimated $1.8 billion worth ofgoods and services crossing the Canada/U.S. border every day.

To mitigate the risks, carriers need to take stock of their cross-bordervolume, and the rest of the decision tree branches out after that.

For small volumes, the free government portals might be adequate. Beaware though that these types of sites do not typically have the func-tionality that a medium or larger volume business requires, nor wouldthey have the advanced features that more complex shipment types mayneed. Also, features to make repeat shipments easier or help simplifythe trip setup process or provide data retention (i.e. going back the # ofyears stipulated by each side of the border), simply don’t exist in thesegovernment portals.

On the other end of the spectrum, some companies with large volumes,might have sufficient IT resources to try to do it on their own, connectingdirectly with the CBSA.

For everybody else in between, solutions from third-party technologyproviders are perhaps the most economical and practical way forward.

The CBSA has recently announced March 2013as the target date for the freight forwardereManifest data implementation. Final eCCRDwith definitions, mappings and technical requirements are expected by September/October 2012.

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consider important?• A provider should be knowledgeable and have a strong track

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There are Advantages To ACIBack when ACE was being implemented in the U.S., the North Americancarrier community could be heard loudly questioning the need for aneManifest system. The same complaints can be heard today with ACIjust around the corner.

But there are subtle advantages. On the one hand for the country, eMan-ifest is designed by government to create safer borders. On the otherhand, for businesses in general, it means management is forced to payattention to what needs to be done, and provide those in operationswith the appropriate tools and technology to support this new eManifestcompliance need - whether it be with the free portals, a third party so-lutions provider or a system developed in-house.

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For some FIATA members, the ICAO Technical Instructions may be a bitof a mystery. This article will help to unlock the mystery by describingICAO, the Technical Instructions, the Dangerous Goods Panel, and therole they all play in ensuring dangerous goods are transported safely.

Noncompliance: Not an OptionThe May 11, 1996 crash of ValuJet Flight 592 in the Florida Evergladesremains a sobering reminder of why we need dangerous goods regula-tions and why complying with them is so important. One hundred andten people lost their lives that day when a fire, initiated by the actuationof chemical oxygen generators which were improperly prepared, pack-aged, and indentified, caused the aircraft to crash into the ground.

Although “ValuJet” is probably the first word that comes to the minds ofmany involved in the transport of dangerous goods when they considerthe potential consequences of noncompliance, it was an earlier accidentwhich prompted the need for international regulations. In 1973, a Boeing707 freighter crashed at Boston’s airport, killing all three crew membersonboard. It crashed when smoke from a fire became so intense that thecrew could no longer maintain control. The cause of the fire was a re-action between nitric acid and sawdust which was used as packagingmaterial. The nitric acid was improperly packed, there was no indicationthat the crew knew what had been loaded on the aircraft, and those in-volved had no training in dealing with dangerous goods. In short, thehipment was not transported safely.

ICAO and Dangerous GoodsThe Boston accident made governments aware that, with the exception ofa few countries, there was no direct government control over the transportof dangerous goods by air. A mechanism was needed to provide such con-trol internationally, and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO),a specialized agency of the United Nations, was able to provide that mech-anism. ICAO was established in 1944 with the signing of the Conventionon International Civil Aviation (also known as the Chicago Convention). Itsmandate is to ensure the safe, efficient, and orderly evolution of internationalcivil aviation and to foster the planning and development of internationalair transport. After the Boston accident, ICAO canvassed opinion from itsmember countries (“Contracting States”) as to how the future dangerousgoods requirements should be produced. This led to the development ofAnnex 18 to the Chicago Convention — The Safe Transport of DangerousGoods by Air and the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dan-gerous Goods by Air, commonly known as the Technical Instructions, theInstructions, or simply the TIs.

The Technical InstructionsFrom a legal perspective, the Technical Instructions are the only authenticregulations for the international transport of dangerous goods by air.Under the provisions of the Chicago Convention, ICAO’s 190 ContractingStates are required to have inspection and enforcement procedures toensure that dangerous goods are being carried in compliance with theTechnical Instructions. As such, every State must adopt the requirementsof the Instructions into their national laws. This system results in safetystandards which are essentially consistent throughout the world.

The Technical Instructions are based on the Recommendations of theUnited Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of DangerousGoods (the Model Regulations) and the International Atomic EnergyAgency’s Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material. Infact, the regulations for all modes of transport are based on these samedocuments. This allows for the smooth and safe transport of dangerousgoods between air, sea, rail, and road modes. In keeping with the biennialcycle of the Model Regulations, a new edition of the Instructions is pub-lished every two years. The Technical Instructions are available in fivelanguages: English, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.

The Dangerous Goods PanelICAO’s Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) is responsible for developing andmaintaining the technical accuracy of the Technical Instructions. A group

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of nineteen experts nominated by seventeen Contracting States and twointernational organizations make up the DGP. They meet on a regular basisto discuss changes to the United Nations Model Regulations and issuesunique to air transport. They try to harmonize the Technical Instructions withthe Model Regulations as much as possible, but there are times when con-ditions unique to air transport force the DGP to consider different and oftenmore stringent requirements. Recommendations for amendments to theInstructions are made from the DGP to ICAO’s technical and governing bod-ies. If approved, the amendments are incorporated in a new edition of theTechnical Instructions, published by decision of the Council of ICAO. If nec-essary, addenda and/or corrigenda are published between the two-yearpublication cycles and are made available on ICAO’s public website(www.icao.int/anb/fls/dangerousgoods).

Other Dangerous Goods RegulationsSince the Technical Instructions are the legal source of regulations for thesafe transport of dangerous goods by air, all other regulations for air mustbe based on them. Although there may be differences in the layout andthe structure, the content is virtually the same. The Instructions are dividedinto eight parts and four attachments: Part 1 — General; Part 2 — Clas-sification of Dangerous Goods; Part 3 — Dangerous Goods List, SpecialProvisions and Limited and Excepted Quantities; Part 4 — Packing In-structions; Part 5 — Shipper’s Responsibilities; Part 6 — PackagingNomenclature, Marking, Requirements and Tests; Part 7 — Operator’sResponsibilities; and Part 8 — Provisions Concerning Passengers andCrew. The attachments contain the list of proper shipping names in UNnumber order, a glossary, State and operator variations, and an index.

Because the legal regulations for all modes of transport follow the samestructure as the UN Model Regulations, anyone familiar with the regula-tions for sea, road, or rail would find it easy to adapt to the structure ofthe Technical Instructions.

Compliance: Everyone’s ResponsibilityIt is believed, even to this day, that there has never been an accident orincident which resulted from dangerous goods that were being trans-ported in compliance with the Technical Instructions. Accidents or inci-dents have occurred because one — or usually more — of therequirements was ignored. The Valujet accident provides a stark reminderthat there is no room for complacency. Everyone involved in transportingdangerous goods must recognize the important role they play in ensuringsafety. ICAO and the Dangerous Goods Panel will continue to work dili-gently to ensure the Instructions are kept technically sound and up-to-date. It is up to governments, shippers, freight forwarders, operators, andeveryone else involved in transporting dangerous goods to ensure theprovisions in the Technical Instructions are complied with. �

For additional information on the ICAO Technical Instructions, contact Ms. Lynn McGuigan at [email protected].

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CIFFA is proud to announce Salman Ali, ITN Logisticsas the 2012 Young Freight Forwarder of the Year forCanada. The CIFFA prize includes a cheque for$1500.00. As the CIFFA winner, Salman now com-petes for the International YIFFA with a prize total ofapproximately $20,000.00 (estimated) including apaid trip to the FIATA World Congress in Los Angelesand trips to participate in various training programsaround the world.

Salman emigrated to Canada from Pakistan in 1997.Since his graduation in 2005 from the University ofWindsor with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) De-gree, Salman has worked in the freight forwardingindustry. He has continued to invest in his future by receiving theCIFFA Certificate and Advanced Certificate in International FreightForwarding and continues his commitment to life-long learning.

Salman’s fascination with Supply Chain Manage-ment started early and it was this passion that hasled him to his current position of Customer ServiceRepresentative at ITN Logistics. He appreciatesthat ITN Logistics has embraced the concept of in-vesting in their employees helping to promoteeach individual’s growth and the growth of thecompany.

In addition to playing squash & badminton, Salmanenjoys various hobbies, including reading bookson personal development. He has also volun-teered at Sick Kid’s Hospital in Toronto.

Salman is very honoured to accept CIFFA’s Young Freight Forwarderof the Year Award for 2012. He is looking forward to the opportunityof representing Canada in the International Competition. �

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Zurich - The Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) and the National Association of Freight and Logistics (NAFL) of the UnitedArab Emirates have reached an exceptional partnership in Education and Training.

Mr. Marc Bibeau, President of CIFFA, announced at the recent FIATA Headquarters meeting in Zurich that CIFFA has negotiated access rights to itsEducation programs (textbooks and workbooks) to the NAFL to assist them in the development and delivery of professional vocational training in in-ternational freight forwarding for the industry in UAE. “Both of our organizations recognize the importance of education in supporting our membersas they provide the highest level of quality and professional services to their clients. To that end the CIFFA Board of Directors is pleased to advancethis partnership with our counterpart association from the UAE”.

Ms. Ruth Snowden, Executive Director at CIFFA and a driving force behind the association’s high quality education programs, commented “Whilefreight forwarders must meet the compliance challenges of their individual nations, we, as global supply chain organizations, also share a numberof common factors. We are pleased to be able to assist with the forwarding of education around the world through this milestone arrangement.” �

CIFFA Signs Education Agreement with UAE

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Garry Mooney, VP Gillespie Munro is the representative to the Port Metro Vancouver Land Use Developmentstakeholder process.

Melanie Bedard, has taken on the freight forwarder representation on the BCCCSub-Committee for CARM. Melanie is Vice President, Canadian Customs Operationsat Milgram & Company Ltd. and the current Chair of the Canadian Society of CustomsBrokers. Melanie obtained her Qualified Customs Broker status with Canada Customsin 1988, her Professional Customs Broker status in 2004 and she graduated with high-est honors from the CIFFA Module II course in June 2002. Melanie thrives on being atthe forefront of change and bringing forward important issues to valued governmentand industry partners.

Wayne Bibeau, is Director of Corporate Standards & QA at OEC Group. Lifelonglearning is important in this position and Wayne is a graduate of the CIFFA Module IIprogram [today known as the Advanced Certificate] and holds the CIFFA Cargo Secu-rity Coordinator certificate. With his varied experience in Ocean Freight and Trans-portation Logistics over the past 20 years, Wayne is well prepared to represent thefreight forwarding community at the critically important Cargo Control and SufferanceWarehouse BCCC Sub-Committee.

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Since our 2011 fall issue of The Forwarder, CIFFA has welcomed11 new Regular Members and 16 new Associate Members.

Benefits of CIFFA Membership Correlates to Continued Growth

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AllCargo Express Inc.

AOG International

Axsun Inc.

Blue Arrow Cargo Corporation

DB (Donya Bar) International Logistics Ltd.

Maritime World Logistics Inc.

Nissin Transport (Canada) Inc.

Priority Worldwide Services Canada

Rock-It-Cargo Canada ULC

Rush Freight Global

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AVEC Insurance Managers Inc.BFL Canada Risk and Insurance Inc.

Canadian PacificCN Rail

Cre-O-Pack Packaging International Inc.FedEx Express Canada Ltd.

First AirIsaacs & Co.

ITCargo ServicesNew Bhandal Transport Inc.

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Regular members who were in good standing as of January 1st havetwo years to become fully compliant. Prospective Regular applicantsmust fulfill the criteria upon filing the application with the Secretariat.

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The Membership Directory will be distributed to over 1500 companies including Regular and Associate members in additionto various government offices, associations, all advertisers, as well as Canadian foreign trade missions. Again this year, alladvertisements will be organized into an “Advertising Extract” document which will be posted on our website,www.ciffa.com, found under the Membership Directory menu, titled “2013 Membership Directory Advertisers”. Directyour enquiries to the CIFFA Secretariat at [email protected].

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Cargomax International Inc. Cargopedia Inc. Carson International Cavalier International Air Sea Freight Ltd. CEVA Freight Canada Corp. Challenger Logistics Inc. Checkpoint Logistics Inc. CJL Logistics Inc. CMS Shipping Colbeck & Clarke Inc. Cole International Inc. Comage Container Lines Inc. Conova Logistics Inc. Consolidated Shipping Line, Inc. ContainerWorld Forwarding Services Inc. Convoy Logistics Providers Courtney Agencies Ltd. CrossBorder Solutions Inc. Cyberfreight Systems Inc. Damco Canada David Kirsch Forwarders Ltd. DB (Donya Bar) International Logistics Ltd. DB Schenker Delmar International Inc. Destination Logistics Inc. Deugro (Canada) Inc. DHL Global Forwarding (Canada) Inc. Dimerco Express (Canada) Corporation Dolbec Y. Logistique International Inc. DSV Air & Sea Inc. Ecu-Line Canada Inc. Eurofret Canada Inc. Euroworld Transport, a Division of Calyx Transportation Group Inc. Expeditors Canada, Inc. Eztrans Logistics Ltd. Farrex Freight Systems Ltd. Farrow International, Division of Russell A. Farrow Limited Fast Freight Forwarding Co. FedEx Trade Networks Transport & Brokerage (Canada) Inc. Flying Fresh Air Freight Freight Partners International Inc. Freight Systems (Canada) Inc. Freightcan Global Inc. Frontier Forwarding Ltd. Garroni International Logistics Corporation Geo Express International Geodis Wilson Canada Ltd. Gillespie-Munro Inc. Global Freight Solutions Inc.

GMW Freight Services (Canada) Ltd. Golden Jet International Freight Forwarders Inc. GTI Global Freight Systems GTO Global Logistics Inc. Guy Tombs Limited Harte & Lyne Limited Hartwick O'Shea & Cartwright Ltd. HECNY Transportation (Canada) Ltd. Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Inc. ICECORP Logistics Inc. Imperial Logistics Inc. InfoTech Sea and Air Freight Services, dba Transgroup Worldwide Logistics International Fastline Forwarding Inc. International Transportation Group Inter-Transport Ltd. IPE Logistics (Canada) Inc. ITN Logistics Group J. René Hébert Ltée. jas Forwarding Worldwide Inc. JF Hillebrand Canada Inc. Kelron Logistics Group of Companies Kintetsu World Express (Canada) Inc. KRG Logistics Inc. KTI Logistics Ltd. Kuehne + Nagel Ltd. Latin American Cargo (LAC) LCL Navigation Ltd. LFI Laurentide Forwarders (Canada) Inc. List Transport Inc. Livingston International Inc. Locher Evers International LOGFRET Inc. Logikor Inc. Logistics Plus Canada Ltd. Lomas Logistics, a division of L. V. Lomas Limited Lyman Container Line, Division of LCL Canada Limited Lynden Canada Co. M.A.P. International Freight Inc. M.O.T. Intermodal Shipping Inc. Maisliner Logistics Maltacourt (Canada) Ltd. Manitoulin Global Forwarding Mannix Freight Services Mantoria, Inc. Maple Freight Partnership Maritime World Logistics Inc. Mathers Logistics MC Freight Systems MELLOHAWK Logistics Inc.

Mercator Transport International Inc. Metras Shipping & Forwarding Inc. MFS Mendelssohn Freight Services, [MFS] Inc. Mid Forwarding Inc. dba Worldwide Animal Travel Milgram International Shipping MSM Worldwide Near North Customs Brokers Inc. Nippon Express Canada Ltd. Nissin Transport (Canada) Inc. North American Cargo Solutions Inc. O.T.S. Global Logistics Inc. Ocean Transportation Services Freight Forwarding Inc. Oceanair Cargo International Odyssey Shipping Ltd. OEC Overseas Express Consolidators (Canada) Inc. Omnitrans Inc. One Blue World Logistics Inc. OTX Logistics Canada Limited Outaouais Moving Inc. Overseas Container Forwarding Inc. P & T International Forwarding Ltd. Pacific Overseas Forwarding Inc. Panalpina Inc. Patriot Freight Services Inc. Pentagon Freight Services Canada Ltd. Perishables International Transportation Inc. PF Collins International Trade Solutions PGA Trading & Shipping Inc. Phoenix Bathurst Fret-Freight Inc. Polaris Transportation Polimex Forwarding Corp. Priority Air Cargo Priority Worldwide Services Canada Project Logistics Consulting Ltd. Purolator International Ltd. Quad City Port Services, Inc. Ranger Express Forwarding Inc. Ray-Mont Logistics Renaissance International Freight Forwarding Inc. Ridgeway North America Limited Rock-It Cargo Canada ULC Rodmarc Enterprises Inc. ROE Logistics Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada Inc. Roleco Trading & Forwarding Inc. Ronco Freight International Rutherford Global Logistics Savino Del Bene Corp. (Canada) SDR International Freight Inc. SDV Logistics/Logistiques

(Canada) Inc. Sea Air International Forwarders Ltd. Sea Cargo Air Cargo Logistics Inc. Sea Projects Alliance Inc. Secure Freight Systems, Inc. Shipco Transport Inc. Shuttle Freight Logistics Inc. Skyway International Freight Forwarders Ltd. SPI International Transportation Strategic Shipping Canada Inc. Synergex Logistics Corp. Texcom Shipping Inc. Thompson, Ahern & Co. Ltd. TLS International Inc. Toll Global Forwarding (Canada) Ltd. Total Logistics Partner Ocean Consolidators Inc. Trade Link International Ltd. Traffic Tech Inc. Transera International Logistics Ltd. TransOcean Transport Agency Canada Ltd. Trans-Pro Logistic Tri-Ad International Freight Forwarding Ltd. Tri-Alliance Freight Services Inc. Triumph Express Service Canada Inc. UE Canada Inc., Global Logistics Services Unifreight International Ltd. United Cargo Link Ltd. Universal Logistics Inc. UPS Supply Chain Solutions UTC Overseas Canada Inc. UTi, Canada Inc. V. Alexander Transport Systems (Canada) Ltd. Viamar Scilla Transport International Inc. Vinpac Lines (Canada) Inc. W. G. McKay Limited Weiss-Rohlig Canada Inc. Welke Global Logistics Ltd. Westport Freight Services Inc. Whizdom International Freight Services Inc. Wide Range International Inc. Willson-Green International Limited World Wide Logistics Inc. YBC Fortis Logistics Inc.


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