Coastal carriage exemption simplifies documentation and mandates coastal manifests and marking for eligible vessels while allowing limited preventive checks. Vessels exclusively carrying coastal goods and operating from coastal or EXIM berths are exempted from Sections 92, 93, 94, 95, 97 and sub-section (1) of Section 98 of the Customs Act; where loading/unloading occurs at EXIM berths, Sections 30 and 41 apply and a new coastal manifest format requires Masters or agents to submit arrival and departure manifests in duplicate. Containers and non-containerised cargo must be marked for coastal carriage and sealed; preventive officers may carry out random checks with prior approval.