Attend the Definitive ACAS Web Seminar or View the Recording

A joint U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) program, Air Cargo Advanced Screening (ACAS) require data to be submitted to U.S. Customs Border Protection (CBP) any time before cargo is loaded at a foreign airport.

ACAS will come into force on June 12th, 2019 after a 12 months grace period. The clock is now ticking toward the final enforcement date. At a practical level, are you ready? Join us for a web seminar, Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS), The Definitive Educational Event, applicable to:

  • Customs brokers
  • Container freight stations
  • Express consignment carrier facilities
  • Air carriers

Our web seminar has all the information you need to enable compliance at a practical level.

Key Focus Areas:Join me as I cover how to rapidly achieve comply ahead of this critical milestone date. Registrants will receive a complimentary recording of the event and all materials for your records. Unable to attend?  A recording will also be available here after the web seminar.

  • The Goal of ACAS: Is there a fine structure?
  • The History of ACAS: Lessons learned and best practices
  • A Practical Overview: How to quickly and easily onboard
  • High-Level Details and Deep Technical Dive: Topics for a broad range of participants
  • The Global Perspective: The larger picture of security filing trends worldwide
  • Using Technology: Leveraging electronic communications and a web-based portal for compliance
  • And more

How Descartes Can Help

Descartes has been involved with the ACAS pilot since its inception. We understand the requirements of small, mid-size and large forwarders, as well as carriers. Descartes ACAS solution seamlessly helps filers collect, validate and submit an ACAS submission within the required timeframes. Options include a web-based solution as well as system-to-system connectivity. Our solution can help filers seamlessly submit the required data elements including:

  • Air waybill number
  • Shipper name and address
  • Consignee name and address
  • Cargo description
  • Total quantity based on the smallest external packing unit
  • Total weight of cargo
  • Flight departure message
  • And other optional details

What’s different about Descartes is our adaptable, turnkey architecture and extensibility With the U.S. among many countries that are deploying similar security filing programs worldwide, getting on board with an extensible solution is critical. Our expertise and flexible range of options can help the air cargo industry rapidly achieve compliance, and do it what it does best—move freight.

Ask us more about our solutions for Air Cargo Advanced Screening.