‘Time for hauliers to get ACM-ready’

With the deadline looming for electronic submission of manifests to SA Revenue Service by road transport operators, Compu-Clearing has developed a solution that will take care of all the administrative hoops for the transport operator, says managing director Mario Acosta- Alarcon. “By the beginning of next year Customs will enforce the ACM (Automated Cargo Management) system for road hauliers who move cargo across our borders,” said Acosta-Alarcon. “Failure to comply will force trucks to queue in the ‘manual’ lane at the borders, while their EDI-ready counterparts will pass the controls in no time,” he said. “We’re offering a dedicated cloudbased system, built using the cCloud platform,” he said. “It’s easy to use and without the burden of long-term contracts. If a transporter needs to start sending road manifests to Sars, all he needs to do is register with us and by the time Customs enforces the ACM Road, our application will be taking care of the communication.” Compu-Clearing will also provide assessment of the registration process free of charge through specialists who have been handling this on behalf of customers for many years, he added. “If the transporter is large enough to have manifest data in some sort of electronic format and he doesn’t want to recapture it, we will integrate the data into our system at no cost.” While freight forwarders, airlines and shipping lines have been sending manifests electronically to Sars for some time, the roadfreight industry has until now been excluded. The latest moves will bring them into line with the rest of the industry.