Boarding procedure streamlining requires pre-notification, document readiness, authentic feedback, and boarding officer endorsement.
The notice requires steamer agents to give advance berthing notice and prepare requisite documents for Boarding Officer scrutiny, mandates use of a revised feedback form with genuine responses from the vessel Master, and directs Boarding Officers to endorse commencement approval on the hard copy Shipping Journal/Arrival Report immediately after boarding.

Customs EDI System enables electronic filing and automated processing of import/export declarations and integrated bond management.
The public notice mandates use of ICES 1.5 and ICEGATE for electronic filing of Bills of Entry, Shipping Bills and manifests at Kollam Port; requires prior registration of IE Codes, Brokers, Shipping Agents and DGFT licences; enforces standardized currency, country, port and unit codes; and provides for automated validation, duty computation, assignment to appraising groups, query/response workflow and integrated bond and licence ledger management for assessment, transit/transhipment processing and re crediting.

Green Channel facility for cruise passengers permits Indian nationals to travel between Indian ports on foreign cruise vessels.
Green Channel facility is authorised for international cruise passengers disembarking for tourism, allowing expedited customs processing. A cabotage relaxation permits foreign-flag cruise vessels to call at multiple Indian ports and to transport Indian nationals between Indian ports on domestic legs for tourism; customs and port authorities must implement these allowances and report implementation difficulties to the Board.

Bank Realisation Certificate compliance required for exporters; failure may prompt administrative action and drawback recovery measures.
Exporters must submit Bank Realisation Certificates or negative statements for specified drawback EDI shipping bills to the Deputy Commissioner of Customs (Export), ICD Mulund, Mumbai, in accordance with the BRC module and prior Board instructions. Failure to furnish these documents within the prescribed short period will attract administrative action and initiation of recovery proceedings under the Customs statutory and Drawback Rules, with recovery of drawback amounts effected in terms of those rules.

Monetary limits on departmental appeals restrict filing for matters below thresholds, subject to prior instruction conditions.
Monetary limits for filing departmental appeals require administrative officers to stop initiating or continuing appeals below prescribed thresholds; these limits apply to pending cases and immediate action must be taken to identify matters under the new thresholds, subject to the procedural and exception conditions of earlier Board instructions.

Drawback claims require prompt submission of supporting documents to resolve queries for early disbursal; contact drawback cell for assistance.
Exporters are directed to submit prompt replies and corroborative documents addressing technical queries-such as non submission or non availment of CENVAT Credit certificates, Proforma Invoices, Letters of Credit and Bank Realisation Certificates-so that pending drawback claims can be processed and liquidated through the EDI system; contact the Deputy/Assistant Commissioner, Drawback Cell, CC(P), W.B., Kolkata for assistance.