If my company is a master loader, and we submit all House bills on time, but the co-loaders beneath my company do not, then how do we rectify that problem? Or does the cargo just not load?
This reflects the multiple tiers of the consolidation scenario.
If a client is a master loader freight forwarder and they have co-loader freight forwarder partners beneath them that also need to submit their respective House bills, the key will be the Cargo Complete message. An indication to the master loader (who submits a consolidated House bill) that their co-loader partners have not completed their electronic House bills is if the master loader does not receive the Cargo Complete notice on the consolidated House bill. This means the CBSA has not received the House bills within the mini-consolidation. In this instance, the master loader would need to reach out to their co-loader partner to ensure they submit their part of the consolidation before the cargo is loaded otherwise the CBSA will not have the complete cargo that is required from a risk assessment perspective.