Sierra Leone

WAIVER REQUIREMENTS

ECTN

Electronic Cargo Tracking Note

The Republic of Sierra Leone is a country located on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by 2 countries: in the South-East by LIBERIA and in the North-East by GUINEA.

The Sierra Leone Ports Authority in 2002 issued a decree that requires all sea cargo destined for their country to have a Cargo Tracking Note (CTN).

Some shipping lines may not load cargo without the CTN number.

Port

FREETOWN

Documents and Information required

Bill of Lading or booking confirmation from the Shipping line
Commercial invoice: currency must be mentioned in $ or €
Freight charges in the same currency as mentioned on the commercial invoice
H.S. code
ETS & ETA
Country of Origin of the goods
Custom document

Additional information

It is not mandatory to mention a CTN number for Sierra Leone on the Master Bill of Lading
A pre-validated ECTN document should be completed and validated within 5 working days. If not, the ECTN will be cancelled. All costs involved will be for the applicant’s account.

Procedure

Submit the required documents by email or online.
You will be sent a draft for pre-validation and an invoice, typically within the same day.
Once your payment has been received and you approve the draft, a validation will be sent with the CTN number.

Timeline

The ECTN must be validated before the vessel arrives at the destination.
The CTN is validated by the authorities in the destination country, the process from submitting a request to final validation can take more than 3 days.

Penalties

Cargo arriving without a Cargo Tracking Note may be subject of fines and delays.

Quotation request

NOTE: Your information will only be used to send your quote within the following 24/48H

CTN Request

NOTE: Response emails often go to the spam folder if ibescbusiness.com is not a “trusted sender”, please check your spam folder if you do not receive a submission verification in your inbox.

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