TORONTO — Canadian National announced it is offering shippers a fully-integrated electronic process to manage rail intermodal shipments under Canada’s Customs Self-Assessment Program (CSA).
This means CN’s retail intermodal customers, as well as third-party shippers, can benefit from the railway’s automated process for CSA-approved companies importing goods into Canada. CN’s electronic process also provides a paperless rail intermodal option to CSA importers now using highway carriers.
CN is designated as a low-risk carrier under CSA, a new Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) program designed to expedite the cross-border movement of goods of CSA-accredited importing companies
CSA importers using CN Intermodal services will benefit from reduced Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) requirements. In addition, these importers will be able to file a consolidated record of imports with the CCRA, instead of individual customs entries.
The key to CN’s CSA program is the customer’s EDI bill of lading at the point of origin, which activates the CSA “triggers” on the electronic manifests that CN sends to Canada Customs.
William Berry, CN’s vice-president, intermodal, said: “CN is pleased to have developed a fully electronic, end-to-end CSA process for the rail intermodal market. It’s another example of how we’re making it easier for customers to do business with CN.”
To find out more about how this new process can help your business, please contact CN’s Customs Manager at 204-934-8332 or 1-800-267-9779.
Canadian National Railway Company spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key cities of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, St. Louis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America.