Thanks to Dennis Bryant at Holland & Knight for advising that the United States Coast Guard National Vessel Movement Center (NVMC)
reports that the final version of its electronic Notice of Arrival/Departure
(e-NOA/D) is available. According to Bryant, electronic submission of the NOA fulfills the Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) Advance Passenger Information System (APIS)
requirement and that caution must be exercised in completing and submitting NOA/D to
avoid inadvertent errors and unintended duplications.
This should be of great assistance to Masters and to shore side agents involved in filing and updating NOAs. As is widely known in the maritime community, the USCG is now strictly enforcing the NOA requirements, the violation of which carries a maximum penalty of $32,500 per occurrence.
