Cargo tracking documents compared
The names differ by destination. Here is what each pair has in common, where they differ, and which one your shipment needs.
- ECTNBESCElectronic tracking note for the port of discharge · Electronic cargo tracking note, validated before loadingECTN and BESC are the same kind of document: a cargo tracking note, under the name each destination gives it. Which one you need depends only on where the cargo is going.
- ECTNCTNElectronic tracking note for the port of discharge · Cargo tracking noteECTN and CTN are the same kind of document: a cargo tracking note, under the name each destination gives it. Which one you need depends only on where the cargo is going.
- BESCCTNElectronic cargo tracking note, validated before loading · Cargo tracking noteBESC and CTN are the same kind of document: a cargo tracking note, under the name each destination gives it. Which one you need depends only on where the cargo is going.
- BSCBESCCargo tracking note, validated before loading · Electronic cargo tracking note, validated before loadingBSC and BESC are the same kind of document: a cargo tracking note, under the name each destination gives it. Which one you need depends only on where the cargo is going.
- ACIDACDAdvance cargo information number, obtained before shipping · Advance declaration of the cargo, filed before loadingACID and ACD are different documents. The ACD is filed at origin by the shipper, exporter or freight forwarder; Egypt’s ACID is registered by the Egyptian importer on NAFEZA, who passes the number to the shipper.