How does the Auto-Closing process work for FCL shipments?
The close message is closing out the related parent BL. For FCL the close message will close out the Carrier's MBL. In addition, CBSA requires that in order to close out a consolidated HBL the related consolidated HBL must be on file or the close message will be rejected. However, it is NOT necessary for the carrier's MBL to be on file prior to sending the close message that closes out the carrier's MBL.