CBP Delays Ocean House Bill Release in ACE Until June, Official Says

CBP is delaying its deployment in ACE of ocean house bill release until June, while it addresses some “fine tune issues” that have arisen with disposition codes, said Brad Slutsky, CBP director-cargo and security controls, in remarks at a National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones Legislative Summit Feb. 14. “It is very close to deployment,” he said.

The latest CBP ACE schedule had listed a March 5 deployment date for ocean house bill release, but the deployment has been complicated by the complex interactions among ocean terminals, ocean carriers, container freight stations and non-vessel operating common carriers, not to mention foreign-trade zones. “There's a lot of room for some intricacies to come up,” said Slutsky, who took over Jim Swanson’s former role in November (see 2202150045). “We’re ironing out the last few issues there,” he said.