The shipmaster of a foreign trading vessel intended for entry into Japan is obliged to file the date and time of departure from a port of loading as one of the date elements to be filed in the Pre-arrival filing (the current rules).

The “Departure Time Registration (ATD)” will be established so that the shipping company, who keeps updated on the vessel operational information at a port of loading and has to report under the Pre-departure filing (the new rules), can also process the procedure.

Therefore, after the foreign trading vessel departs from a port of loading, the shipping company, who files at the port of loading in the Pre-departure filing (the new rules), will conduct the “Departure Time Registration (ATD)” and then the shipmaster or his/her agent, who needs to file in the Pre-arrival (the current rules) filing, confirms the filed date and

time of departure in the “ATD” and make corrections, if necessary.