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Ref. about ECTN of Africans countries

According to regulations successively implemented by African countries since 2010, goods to various regions in Africa must obtain a CTN NO. before shipment, and indicate the cargo tracking number (CTN NO) on the bill of lading and manifest, otherwise it may As a result, the shipping company refused to issue the original ocean bill of lading, the destination port customer was unable to clear customs and the resulting high government fines.
CTN NO. is the acronym for English Cargo Tracking Note Number. BESC is the abbreviation of French Bordereau Eletronique de Suivi des Cargaisons. The English abbreviation is CTN or ECTN.
The following is the abbreviation of the requirement documents implemented by African countries:
ECTN/CTN/BESC: Central African Republic, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Chad, Benin, Togo, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso, Senegal
BSC: Ivory Coast, Madagascar
CNCA: Angola
FERI: Democratic Republic of the Congo
BIC/BIETC: Gabon
ACD/ENS: Guinea, Lion Rock, Madagascar, Nigeria

Note: The above abbreviations are different, but they all mean the cargo tracking note, such as;

Among them, BIC in Gabon BIC is the French abbreviation. The full French name is BORDEREAU D’IDENTIFICATION DES CARGAISONS. BIETC is also the abbreviation of the French full name, which has the same meaning. The CRN in Gabon CRN is the English abbreviation, the full English name: CARGO REGISTRATION NOTE.
ENS is the English abbreviation of Entry Summary Number, which means electronic cargo tracking form in Chinese.

If you have any inquiries or needs for cargo tracking note apply, please contact our PIC.
Mr.Vincent Pon / Blossom Chia