As advised in the media last week, there were two separate incidents of incendiary devices catching alight at carrier’s cargo hubs. This has led to Transport Canada placing an embargo on air cargo with the below restrictions.
Shipments tendered for destination (or via) Canada on behalf of a freight forwarder or Known Agent must have the following message added to either the airwaybill or the e-AWB (added to the OSI line):
“These shipments originated from a shipper that has established business relationship per Transport Canada SMIACEurope-Asia-29Aug2024”
