U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has proposed a new security filing rule for ocean cargo in response to the regulations for advance electronic shipping data in the SAFE Port Act of 2006.

While the rule has not yet been finalized, it is expected to require that importers or their designated agents will have to file ten additional data elements (identifying in detail the manufacturer, consolidator, buyer, and receiver of goods) 24 hours prior to vessel lading at the foreign seaport.

In addition, carriers must file detailed stowage plans within 48 hours of vessel departure from the port of origin and submit container status messages on an ongoing basis. This combination of ten additional importer data elements and two additional carrier data sets is the source of the widely-used shorthand term for the rule: 10+2.