McAfee CERS Port - Manual (Page 19)

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4. Entering a NEW Reportable Departure Notification
Introduction A Reportable Departure Notification (Hazmat) must be entered onto CERS for: -
Any sea-going merchant vessel (irrespective of size) departing a UK port and carrying
dangerous or polluting goods.
The operator, agent or master of such a ship must provide the required departure hazmat
notification to the port authority* prior to departure of the vessel from the loading port or, if
the destination is unknown at departure then as soon as this information becomes available.
The port authority is the UK departure port if departing UK and is the UK arrival port if
departing from a non-EU port.)
The port authority shall, upon receipt, input the departure hazmat notification received from
the operator, agent or master onto CERS.
Reportable
Departure
Notification In order to enter a departure notification of Dangerous or Polluting Goods (HAZMAT) to the
system, you should first open the Notifications section of the collapsible Navigation Menu
and then choose Reportable Departure Notification.