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89-2023: Scheduled Outage: Friday 21 April to Saturday 22 April 2023 – MARS

17 April 2023

Who does this notice affect?

All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.

Information

Due to scheduled maintenance, the Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) will be unavailable from 22:00 Friday 21 April to 01:00 Saturday 22 April 2023 (AEST).

Action

Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.

88-2023: Service Disruption: Sunday 23 April 2023 - BICON

17 April 2023

Who does this notice affect?

All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.

Information

Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, BICON users may experience several intermittent outages from 16:00 to 23:59 Sunday 23 April 2023 (AEST).

Action

Users are advised to frequently save any in-progress permit applications during this maintenance period.

87-2023: Scheduled Outage: Saturday 22 April to Sunday 23 April 2023 – DAFF Messaging

17 April 2023

Who does this notice affect?

All users of the below systems:

  • Agriculture Import Management System (AIMS)
  • Import Management System (IMS)
  • Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS)
  • Integrated Cargo System (ICS)
  • S-Cargo
  • Seasonal Pests (SeaPest)
  • Self-Assessed Clearance Paperless (SAC Paperless)

Information

Due to infrastructure maintenance, there will be delays to DAFF messaging from 23:00 Saturday 22 April to 04:00 Sunday 23 April 2023 (AEST).

IAN 2023-16: NEXDOC Dairy – Single electronic window (SEW) outage

Date of issue: 17 April 2023

Date of effect: 22 April 2023

Attention:

Registered dairy exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders, approved export permit issuers and EDI users.

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.

Purpose

To notify Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) system users of a planned outage to the Department of Home Affairs Single Entry Window (SEW) system.

86-2023: Conclusion of the Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) flight season and BPL vessel inspections

17 April 2023

Who does this notice affect?

This notice is of interest to international vessel masters, shipping agents and importers of timber and timber products.

What has changed?

The Ministry of Primary Industries New Zealand (MPI NZ) has advised the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department) that the 2022-2023 flight season of the Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) beetle will conclude at midnight, 2400 hours on 13 April 2023.

85-2023: Reminder to have your say on how we manage offshore treatment providers

17 April 2023

Who does this notice affect?

Offshore biosecurity treatment providers, and associated industry members, operating under one of the department’s government to industry offshore treatment assurance schemes.

What has changed?

This is a reminder to complete our survey seeking feedback on how we manage offshore treatment providers and our offshore treatment assurance schemes.