AMS and U.S.

HBL Manual

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Table of Contents

Logging into AWS’ AMS Transmission and Online Bill of Lading

System ....................................................................................................... 3
Selecting the Type of B/L “from non-USA to USA” ...................................................... 3
Create B/L & AMS ..................................................................................... 5
Have rates for the U.S. B/L you wish to create filed with FMC? .................................. 5
AMS Entry ................................................................................................................... 6
AMS Report ............................................................................................. 15
Checking the status of your AMS Transmission ........................................................ 15
Edit AMS.................................................................................................................... 17
Delete AMS ............................................................................................................... 19
Create Bill of Lading after finish AMS transmission ................................................... 20
B/L Report ............................................................................................... 25
Tips .......................................................................................................... 26
How to Manage Template .......................................................................................... 26
How to Create & Save Template ............................................................................ 26
How to search and sort in Template List ................................................................ 28
Request Port .............................................................................................................. 29
Field Description ........................................................................................................ 30
How to save B/L DRAFT ............................................................................................ 32
How to save Template for AMS Entry ........................................................................ 34
Frequently Asked Questions on AMS: ....................................................................... 36

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Logging into AWS’ AMS Transmission and Online Bill of
Lading System
From the homepage of www.allworldshipping.com input your user ID and password and
hit enter or click on the “Log in” button.

Selecting the Type of B/L “from non-USA to USA”

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For those who are AMS certified users, you can click at For a Non USA Origin to USA
Destination BL LICK HERE link, then there will be pop up message below appear,
please be note that AWS HBL is for use on shipments of LCL and FCL ISO container
cargo only. No break-bulk or non-containerized shipment is allowed. Then please click
OK.

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Creating U.S. HBL

Create B/L & AMS

From the Main Menu page, you can select the Create B/L, Viewing the B/L Report, and
AMS Report, viewing the History of your created B/L and AMS Reports.

To create a New Bill of Lading, click Create B/L button.

Note: According to the U.S. customs Regulations, when AWS agents are utilizing the
AWS SCAC code “AWSL” and the AWS B/L are being issued for U.S.-destined
shipments, the transmission of AMS MUST be sent via AWS’ AMS system only.

Have rates for the U.S. B/L you wish to create filed with FMC?

Before you can create U.S. Destination B/L, you will see the following screen.

Please note that according to the U.S. FMC’s official notification, it is imperative that for
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all shipments to and from the U.S., rates need to be kept record and filing. So when you
are using the All World Shipping B/L then the rates need to be filed under All World
Shipping Tariff.

In case you have not filed rates with FMC, please select No. Upon selecting No, the
Tariff Filling Template will appear in another window then you need to fill in the form and
submit to us and we will file the rate for you. After you submit the form to us, then switch
back to BL & AMS window.

In case you have already filed the rates with FMC through our service provider, please
select Yes button and proceed.

AMS Entry

Upon select Yes, you will see Create a New AMS Entry screen as below.

Please begin by entering your BL information. The first 2 sections are Shipper Info and
Consignee Info:

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For document contains the rule and regulation of how to submit AMS according to the
requirement of FMC, you can download AMS FAQ in AWS website.

The shipper and consignee information must be entered exactly as it appears on

your Bill of Lading. The shipper and consignee section are to be used for the ultimate
shipper and consignee. And the consignee’s address needs to be in USA unless it is
FROB Cargo. You can create and save Shipper and Consignee information for use on
future files by clicking on the Select template. Please see on page 34 for how to create
the template.

Address One field is a required field. For Address Two, you can continue input address
detail. And please fill in City, Country, State and Zip code in each proper field, do not
include City, Country, State, Zip code in Address One or Address Two field. If you have
Contact name or tel, please input in Contact Name field.

Note: Throughout the AMS entry process yellow fields with the star at the back mean
that this information is mandatory.

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The “Notify Info” (Intermediate Consignee) and “Also Notify Info” sections also need
to be entered as it appears on you B/L. However Also Notify Info is optional field and
only need to be entered if such parties are listed on your B/L.

The Shipment Information section of the next screen allows you to enter the B/L
information for your shipment.

The House Bill Number field would be automatically generated by the system once your
AMS transmission is submitted. The AWS Bill of Lading number has 10 Alpha-Numeric
Characters.

Select the name of the contracting carrier who has issued you the Master B/L in the field
Contract Carrier SCAC (SNP #1).

Enter the MBL number, PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE CARRIER’S SCAC CODE
AS PART OF YOUR MASTER BILL NUMBER.

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The Vessel Name would be the name of the final vessel that will arrive in the USA (Port
of Discharge). Vessel Flag and ETA POD (port of discharge) also need to be entered.
The Voyage number is restricted to a maximum of 5 alphanumeric characters.

Contract Carrier SCAC, Master Bill Number, Vessel Name, Vessel Flag, ETA and
Voyage number need to be obtained from the Shipping Line.

Enter the city, country name in which the pre-carrier took possession of the cargo, if
listed on the BL in Place of Receipt

Select ETD Port of Loading both date and time.

Select the port in which the cargo was laden on board from the Port of Loading list.

Select the Port of Discharge for this shipment. Note: If FROB Cargo, select first U.S.
port of call

Select the Last Foreign Port from where the vessel departed before arriving in the U.S.

If this shipment is moving to an inland U.S. port, enter the city name in Place of
Delivery.

Enter the Total Kilos for this BL in whole numbers. No decimals and no comma.

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Select the Unit of Measure (PCS) for this BL.

There are 4 Types of Bill of Lading Type in the AWS AMS system

• Regular Bill of Lading: Used for regular BLs for shipment to the U.S..
• Foreign Cargo Remaining Onboard (FROB): Shipments that are destined for
a foreign destination, but the vessel will call in U.S. ports prior to the final foreign
destination. Foreign Cargo remains on board the vessel and never discharges
in the U.S..
• Empty Equipment and Goods Astray are primarily used by carriers.

To save this B/L information and enter the freight/container information, click on the
Save Shipment and Enter Container button.

A new screen will appear requesting you to enter Container Information in the “Create a
New Container Entry” screen.

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Enter the container number in two parts, the Equipment Initial followed by the Numeric
portion of the Container #. Note: For SOC container that has no Equipment Initial,
please enter first 4 digits of container number in Equipment Initial then the rest of
container number in Container # field.

Select the Equipment Type from the drop down list.

Select the Type of Service from the drop down list.

Enter the appropriate Seal Number(s) if freight is containerized.

Enter the Unit Quantity for this Container along with the correct Unit of measure
(Carton, Piece, Drum, etc).

HTS Number can obtain from shipping line and enter HTS number is optional but we
recommend you to input HTS number for ease of U.S. custom process. You can check
HTS number at http://hts.usitc.gov/ or click at HTS Lookup link.

Value is necessary if the shipment move in-bond out of the United States on a
paperless IE or T&E.

Enter the total Kilos associated with the container - Whole Numbers Only.

Country of Origin is an optional.

In Free Form Description, enters a clear and accurate description of the freight as
listed on the Bill of Lading. If the cargo description is clearly in violation of the 24-hour
rule -- a blank description, “FAK”, “STC” (no other description), “consolidated cargo”,
"general merchandise", “26 pallets”, "various retail merchandise", or another similarly
vague description – U.S. Customs Services will issue a "do not load message" on these
shipments and your shipment will miss the vessel.

Enter the Marks and Numbers as listed on the Bill of Lading.

If there is no Hazardous Material leave the Hazardous Info section blank, and click
Save Container Information.

Hazardous Info

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If this shipment contains hazardous material, you require to enter the Hazardous Info in
this section.

UN Number: A code representing the identification number assigned to the hazardous

material.

Hazardous Material Class: A code representing the hazardous class or division

designated for the material in the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG)
code.

Flashpoint Temperature: A code representing the lowest temperature at which the

vapor of a hazardous combustible liquid will ignite in the air.

Contact Name/Number: The name and/or phone number of the person or department
to contact in case of an emergency.

Description Label: The proper shipping name of the material designated as hazardous.

After completing this information click Save Container Information. You will now see
the container information has been saved to the shipment.

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To view the contents of the container, click on the Container Number.

To add another container to this shipment you can complete the Container Information
and click Save Container Information button. The new Container information will be
saved and included in the Container List above.

If you are done with this shipment and ready to submit this B/L to U.S. Customs
Services, click on the “Send Information to AMS” button.

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The system will generate a detailed report on the AMS transmission and will appear as
in the format below. Please check all the detail carefully. In case you wish to make any
changes, please use the “Back to Container Form” button

If the details are correct, please Confirm and send to AMS.

Upon Confirming, the AMS transmission would be sent to U.S. Customs. The Bill of
Lading number would automatically generate through the AWS system at this
stage. The following screen would then appear.

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AMS Report
Checking the status of your AMS Transmission

In order to check the status of your AMS Transmission, please select AMS Report to
view the details. You can select AMS Report from above screen or from main menu.

The AMS Report gives you the details of all transmissions which you have made to U.S.
Customs using All World Shipping’s Online AMS Transmission.

In Remarks column, it is the latest status of this shipment received from U.S. customs.
The Status that you should get is 1Y means MVOC-NVOC Bill of Lading match.

In order to browse through the Transmission History and the details transmitted, place
your cursor on the B/L Number and Click. The transmission report along with AMS

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Message Results and AMS Information transmitted would appear on a separate screen.

In AMS report, you can also Edit AMS transmission, Delete AMS transmission or
Create a B/L. If a B/L is deleted it will no longer be attached to an existing manifest.

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Edit AMS

If you wish to edit any details of AMS transmission that you have already submitted, you
can click Edit AMS button on the screen.

You will enter the Modify AMS screen. You can change the detail of Shipper Info,
Consignee Info, Notify Info, Also Notify Info, Shipment Information that you want and
then click Save Shipment and Enter Container Info button.

Then you will enter Modify Container Information screen, the list of saved container will
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be listed in the table. If you wish to edit the detail of each container, you can click at the
Container Number and then the information will appear in the below section where you
can update the change and then click Save Container Information button after you
finished. The new information will be saved and list in the above table. Or if you wish to
remove the container that has already been saved, you can check-mark each container
at the back box and then click remove button at the table header. Then that Container
Number will be deleted from the list.

When you have saved all the changes, you can click Send Information to AMS button.
Then the system will show the detailed report for you to check again. You can click
Confirm and Send to AMS button. And then the new information will be sent to U.S.
custom.

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Delete AMS

If you wish to delete the AMS transmission that you have already submitted, you can
click Delete AMS on the screen.

After you delete the AMS transmission, the Status will change to DELETING.

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Create Bill of Lading after finish AMS transmission

Once you are satisfied with the AMS Transmission, please click Create B/L on the
screen.

The Bill of Lading screen will appear and the related data in AMS input page will
automatic transfer into Bill of Lading format. You can edit the B/L’s details as per your
requirements.

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You can see on page 30 for each fields’ description. In this screen, the fields that are
highlighted with yellow color are mandatory, for example Document Number,
Destination Agent, Ocean Carrier, Rate Source, Port of Loading, Port of Discharge,
Type of Move and Mode

Select Templates are available for Shipper field, Consignee field, Notify Party field and
Destination Agent. (please see on page 26 for how to manage Templates)

The B/L NUMBER will be automatically assigned by the system after you click Approve
button.

NUMBER OF PACKAGES (Container type) = there are 4 fields (4 rows) for you to
input information.

If this is FCL shipment, you have to input the first 2 fields by input number of
unit in the 1st field and then in the 2nd field which is drop down list you can select
the unit type (container size & type) ie 20’DV.

If this is LCL shipment, you have to input only the last 2 fields by input number
of unit in the third field and then in the forth field which is drop down list you can
select the unit type (package type) ie CARTON. ***For LCL shipment, do not
enter detail in the first 2 fields***

And if the port name in the list is not match with the name that you want then you can
click the Request and send us the request. Please see on page 29 for how to request
for port.

Add DESCRIPTION OF COMMODITIES you can click this button to add more row of
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commodities.

Once you finish input all details in the B/L, you may wish to either Preview the B/L or
save it as a draft for further editing by clicking at Use Draft button. Please see on page
32 of how to create B/L Draft.

In Issued at you can specify the location city where this AWS HBL will be issued. The
filed at the back will be default with the Country where you company located.

In By, the system will be default with your Company Name.

The Date is default with Today date. Please do not Back Date the B/L.

If you’re satisfied with the details of the B/L, click Preview.

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The screen will show a draft of the Bill of Lading which has been created in Acrobat.
The reverse side of the Bill of Lading containing the clauses which it needs to be printed
first by Click to see back side of B/L.

After click to see back side of B/L, term and conditions will pop up in a new window. You
can print the back side and then use that same paper to print the front side later.

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After print Back side, then you can close down the window and then go back to previous
screen. You may either return to Back to Edit the B/L or Approve the B/L.

If Approved, the system will assign the B/L number to that specific B/L and then the B/L
would be created in Acrobat which you can either Save or Print the B/L.

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B/L Report
You can click B/L report to see the list of all B/L number that you have create.

You can select each B/L to see detail by click on the B/L number that you want and then
the .pdf filed will appear in another screen. You can also Revise or Void each B/L
number that you have created by clicking at the button in front of each B/L number.

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Tips
How to Manage Template

How to Create & Save Template

Click Select Template button in each Shipper, Consignee, Notify Party or Destination
Agent field to save the detail of your regular Shipper, Consignee, Notify Party or
Destination Agent.

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The new window will pop up and you can type in the detail and then click Save button.

The detail will be saved and listed in the Template List below. And next time if you want
to use that specific detail, you can click on the name in the Template List and then click
Select button.

The selected name will appear in the Bill of Lading screen.

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How to search and sort in Template List

You can search the company name in Template List by click Show all then all company
name will appear. Or you can search by click on each alphabet ie A then only the
company name that start with that A will appear.

You can sort the company name in Template List by click one time at the header of
Template List then system will sort the name in Acesdening Order and if you click again
then system will sort the name in Decesdening order.

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Request Port

Click Request button to request to add new port name in the drop down list.

Then the Request Port window will pop up. Please specify the Port Name, Country,
Expiry Date and Email address. In Port to be shown, please specific name of port in
the format that you want to show in the B/L. We will confirm back by email once the port
has been added to the system. After finish input detail, you can click Submit button and
then click close to close the window.

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Field Description

SHIPPER = shipper name and address for this shipment.

CONSIGNEE = consignee name and address for this shipment.
NOTIFY PARTY = notify party name and address for this shipment.
DOCUMENT NUMBER = master B/L number for this shipment. This is the required field
that you must enter some information.
EXPORT REFERENCES = this is an optional for you to input some references
DESTINATION AGENT = name and address of your agent at destination, please input
complete detail for easy reference and no delay when the cargo arrive destination.
POINT (STATE) OF ORIGIN OR F T Z NUMBER = you can input inland place at origin
or the free trade zone number if any for your shipment’s reference.
EXPORT INSTURCTIONS = special instruction to export this shipment.
PRE-CARRAGE BY = Mode of transport before main carrier.
EXPORT VESSEL / VOYAGE = main carrier (vessel) name and voyage #.
PLACE OF RECEIPT BY PRE-CARRIER = place of receipt of cargo at origin.
PORT OF LOADING = port of loading for cargo at origin.
PORT OF DISCHARGE = port of discharge for cargo.
PLACE OF DELIVERY = place of delivery of cargo at destination.
OCEAN CARRIER = select name of actual shipping line (VOCC) who ship this
shipment. The name of co-loader who is forwarder company or NVOCC is not accept
here.
RATE SOURCE = select source of rate for this shipment whether from specific AWS
service contract number, Co-Loader offering, Tariff rate from shipping line direct, Other
service contract number (in case rate from consignee for nominated shipment, or rate
from your own contract number).
LOADING PIER / TERMINAL = Name of loading pier or terminal (if any)
TYPE OF MOVE = please specify the service type of your shipment ie FCL/FCL,
LCL/LCL, FCL/LCL, LCL/FCL.
CONTAINERIZED, YES OR NO = AWS BL is only for containerized shipment, this field
is always select Yes. For shipment that is not loaded in container ie Break bulk
shipment, AWS BL cannot be issued.
MODE LCL or FCL = select whether shipment is LCL or FCL.
MARK AND NUMBERS = input detail of Mark and numbers of the cargo.
NUMBER OF PACKAGES (Container type) = there are 4 fields (4 rows) for you to
input information.

If this is FCL shipment, you have to input the first 2 fields by input number of
unit in the 1st field and then in the 2nd field which is drop down list you can select
the unit type (container size & type) ie 20’DV.

If this is LCL shipment, you have to input only the last 2 fields by input number
of unit in the third field and then in the forth field which is drop down list you can
select the unit type (package type) ie CARTON. ***Do not enter detail in the first
2 fields.***

DESCRIPTION OF COMMODITIES = the detail of your commodity.

GROSS WEIGHT (kilos) = gloss weight of your cargo in kilos. You cannot input comma
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in this field however the decimal can be entered here.
MEASUREMENT (CBM) = the measurement of your cargo in cubic meter.
DECLARED VALUE = the value of cargo shipped under this B/L.
FREIGHT RATE TABLE = to input the freight rate detail of this shipment.
NON RATED BILL OF LADING = you can checkmark here and the detail of FREIGHT
RATE TABLE will not shown on printed B/L.
ISSUED AT = the location of the issuing office ie Bangkok, Thailand. Country will be
default by your company location.
By = your company name ie All World Shipping Corp.
Date = B/L date by dd/mm/yy. Do not back date this field.

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How to save B/L DRAFT

After you click Use Draft button, you will enter B/L DRAFT screen. You can save the
detail as a draft / template for future use by entering the name of the draft in DRAFT
TITLE NAME.

Then score down to click Save Button at the bottom of screen and the detail will be
saved under a specific name in the Draft List.

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If you wish to use this specific draft, you can click on the name in the Draft List and then
click Select button.

The selected draft B/L’s detail will appear in the Bill of Lading screen.

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How to save Template for AMS Entry

Click Select Template button in each Shipper Info, Consignee Info, Notify Info or Also
Notify Info section to save the detail of your regular Shipper, Consignee, Notify Party or
Also Notify.

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The new window will pop up and you can type in the detail and then click Save button.

The detail will be saved. And next time if you want to use that specific detail, you can
click on the name in the Template List and then click Select button.

The selected name will appear in the Create a New AMS Entry screen.

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Frequently Asked Questions on AMS:

Q. My MBL has 16 characters, your systems only allows for 12.

A. This field is limited by U.S. Customs Services; you should not use the
Carrier’s SCAC code as part of you BL number. The Carrier’s SCAC code is
selected as a separate part and will be automatically sent to U.S. Customs
Services.

Q. I have a consolidated container, how do I report this.

A. Since AMS is designed to report by BL number, and you have multiple
BLs in this container, you need to report the same container number for
each BL. You only report the contents that relate to that BL.

Q. My agent overseas is not aware if a shipment will clear U.S. Customs

Services at the port of discharge or if it will move in-bond to and inland port for
clearance.
A. Most NVOs that participate in AMS have the agents overseas enter all BLs as
“Regular Bill of Lading”. Their counterparts here in the U.S. would take
responsibility for changing to an “In-Bond Bill of Lading” and submitting the
update to US Customs Services.

Q. I made a mistake, is U.S. Customs going to fine me?

A. We at AWS have no control over what issues U.S. Customs Services may
penalize or deny loading for AMS issues. Issues such as these can be address
with the U.S. Customs Services 24 Hour Rule Help Desk.

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