How to Release Goods from General Order
There are three
items that Aladdin Transportation must have in order to release a shipment:
-
A CF3485 Lien
Notice with the release statement signed by the carrier or terminal.
This document may either be presented as an original document to us by the
consignee
or their agent or may be faxed by the carrier or terminal to our office.
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A release
document from U.S. Customs, either CF3461 Entry / Immediate Delivery or
CF7512 Inbond document (in case the goods are being exported). The consignee
or their
broker will provide this document.
-
Payment of the
General Order charges to Aladdin Transportation by the consignee or their
agent.
What can a Customs Broker do to expedite release of General Order
-
Immediately
contact Aladdin Transportation. We will fax you an invoice with the General
Order charges and advise you of the liens that have been filed. You
should always put
the General Order number on the entry you file with U.S. Customs.
-
Contact the
lien holders (such as the carrier or terminal), make arrangements to pay
their charges and request that they fax Aladdin Transportation the lien
release when
the charges are paid. For ocean shipments, make sure that the Bill of Lading
is properly
surrendered or a letter of indemnity is presented to the carrier.
We must have a lien notice with the lien release statement signed even if no
money
is due the carrier.
-
When the
release comes from U.S. Customs, fax this to Aladdin along with your delivery
order and check covering the General Order charges.
Aladdin Transportation’s Policies
No shipments will be released without a
fax copy of the Lien Notice with the release statement signed.
This includes shipments with no money due to the terminal/carrier. We simply
cannot release shipments
without a statement in writing from the terminal/carrier that all funds due have
been collected and that the
shipment is fully authorized by the relevant parties to be released.
All charges paid to Aladdin must be paid
in cash (exact funds only) or by cashiers check (payable in U.S.
Funds). For established local Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders, we will
accept faxes of their checks,
contingent on the proviso that the original is mailed the same day.
We will not accept personal checks from the consignee.
Merchandise that remains in the General
Order warehouse without a Customs release, or a lien release will
continue accrue General Order charges. In situations where the consignee, their
agent or U.S. Customs
provides our office with a Customs release but the consignee or their agent has
not resolved the lien(s) the
shipment will remain under ‘quasi’ General Order – accruing charges but is no
longer eligible for government
auction.
However, as the bond requirements have
been fulfilled with the U.S. Customs release, the warehouse will only
retain the shipment for a reasonable period of time, which will be determined on
a case by case basis. Factors
bearing on the decision to continue to retain the shipment will include the
responsiveness of the consignee and
their efforts to resolve the remaining outstanding issues and charges.
When the consignee and/or their agent
fails to resolve the remaining outstanding issues and charges and the
terminal manager determines that a reasonable time has elapsed and that a
reasonable effort has been made to
inform the consignee and their agent of their obligations, the goods will be
sold or otherwise destroyed.
Notice to Customs Brokers
Any local Customs Broker who wants to be
on our list of participating brokers, to clear General Order
Merchandise for the general public, must send our office a fax, on their
letterhead, to our office stating
that they would like to be added to our list of participating General Order
brokers. Whenever a consignee
without a broker calls requesting a recommendation, we will provide this list to
them.
Sample CF3461
Summary of CF3461 field entry for General Order Release:
14.
Location of goods: Z846 Aladdin Transportation Inc.
18.
G.O. Number: Show General Order Number for Shipment
29.
Exam Site: Aladdin Transportation Inc. Z846
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