Assembled from the trip
Border Desk pulls the driver, the truck and its plate, and each load's commodity, weight and piece count into the crossing, and scores readiness on a checklist where each gap links to the screen that fixes it.
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ACE — Automated Commercial Environment
ACE — the Automated Commercial Environment — is US Customs and Border Protection's trade system. For a highway carrier it is where the electronic truck manifest is filed before a truck reaches the United States: the conveyance, its crew and every shipment aboard.
Also called: ACE eManifest, ACE truck manifest, e-Manifest
- Who deals with it
- The carrier is responsible for it, under its SCAC. Dispatch usually prepares it, in the ACE portal or through a service provider.
- When it shows up
- Before arrival: at least one hour ahead, or 30 minutes ahead for FAST shipments.
- What usually goes wrong
- A trailer plate that does not match the trailer actually hooked, a driver swapped after filing, a vague commodity description, or a shipment added at the last minute without amending.
ACE, explained
The ACE eManifest is the carrier's filing, as distinct from the entry the customs broker files for the goods. It describes the truck, the trailer, the driver and any other crew, and lists every shipment aboard, each identified by a shipment control number that begins with the carrier's SCAC.
CBP must receive it at least one hour before the truck reaches the first US port of arrival, or 30 minutes before for shipments cleared under the FAST programme. Both filings get called "the manifest" in conversation, which is how they get confused. The practical split: the broker handles the goods, and the carrier handles ACE for the truck carrying them.
Because the broker's entry is matched to the truck through the shipment control number, a clean entry does not help if the ACE manifest is wrong or late. The truck is the problem.
How Lanexa handles it
This lives mainly in eManifest, where 273 catalogued capabilities are live. Each item says which plan it is on.
Control numbers from your SCAC
Each shipment control number is your SCAC plus the load's probill, derived rather than typed, and the lead sheet prints the trip number as a scannable barcode.
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The clock on screen
Every crossing shows a countdown against its ETA, and dispatch is alerted when arrival is close and the crossing is still not filed.
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Questions about ACE — Automated Commercial Environment
What is ACE?
ACE — the Automated Commercial Environment — is US Customs and Border Protection's trade system.
For a highway carrier it is where the electronic truck manifest is filed before a truck reaches the United States: the conveyance, its crew and every shipment aboard.
Who files the ACE eManifest, the carrier or the broker?
The carrier. The customs broker files the entry for the goods; the carrier files the eManifest for the truck, its crew and the shipments aboard, and the two are matched through the shipment control number.
How far ahead must an ACE eManifest be filed?
CBP must receive it at least one hour before the truck reaches the first US port of arrival, or 30 minutes before for shipments cleared under FAST.
How does Lanexa help with ACE eManifests?
Lanexa prepares them on the Fleet plan: the crossing, the control numbers and the barcoded paper, ready to file in the ACE portal.