Press Release
For Immediate Release
Date: 18 December 2012
Total: 4 pages

NACCS SIGNS SERVICE PROVIDER AGREEMENTWITH ‘CARGOSMART LIMITED’REGARDING ADVANCE FILING RULES

Kawasaki, Japan- 18 December 2012- Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated
System, Inc. (NACCS Center) signed the agreement with Service Provider ‘CargoSmart
Limited’ (Hong Kong SAR) to connect each other’s system to enable Carriers and NVOCCs inforeign countries, the filers of the newly enacted Japan’s Advance Filing Rules, to reportelectronically through NACCS to Japan Customs as details shown in the attachment.
*Advance Filing Rules: On March 30, 2012, a bill to amend part of the Customs Law
passed through the Diet in Japan. This amendment enacts the Advance Filing Rules,
which require a vessel operator or a NVOCC to electronically submit information on
maritime container cargoes to be loaded on a vessel intended to entry into a port inJapan, to Japan Customs in principle no later than 24 hours before departure of thevessel from a port of loading. The electronic report from foreign filers will be madethrough service providers authorized by NACCS Center.
For further information, please visit NACCS Center website. Advance Filing Rules page has
information on such as operations of the rules and list of authorized Service Providers.
http://www.naccs.jp/e/afr/index.html

Contact Information on this Press Release
Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System, Inc.
Planning and Research Department
Takaaki Kanrei, Hidetoshi Aramaki(Attachment)

Tel ：+81-44-520-6278 Fax：+81-44-520-6247
1E-mail: afr-c@naccs.jp

Service Provider Agreement with ‘CargoSmart Limited’◆The date of Agreement: 18 December 2012
◆The place of Agreement: NACCS Center Headquarters(Solid Square West Tower 8th Fl. 580 Horikawa-cho,Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki city, Kanagawa, Japan)◆Person signed the agreement
NACCS Center: Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System, Inc.
Mr. Takuo Yoshimoto
President & CEO
Service Provider: CargoSmart Limited
Mr. Steve Siu
CEO【Signing the agreement】

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◆ Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System, Inc.
Mr. Takuo Yoshimoto, President & CEO
I am very pleased to share that NACCS Center and CargoSmart signed the service
provider agreement on Advance Filing Rules at our headquarters today.
Japan’s Advance Filing Rules, which will be implemented in March 2014, require avessel operator or NVOCC to electronically submit detailed information on maritime
container cargoes to be loaded on a vessel intended to entry into a port in Japan inprinciple no later than 24 hours before departure of the vessel from a port of loading.
Therefore, NACCS Center focuses its effort to establish a network with service
providers who have developed their businesses at major seaports which haveJapan-bound container routes. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the third largest port in
the world by the yearly container throughput, CargoSmart has considerable
experience in customs and logistics solutions with numerous global customers. We
are confident that partnering with CargoSmart makes a significant step to ensuresmooth operations of Advance Filing Rules.
We are delighted that we conducted the signing ceremony today and look forward tocooperate even closer to build the system and be ready for March 2014.

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Mr. Steve Siu, CEO“ Leveraging over 12 years of shipment management systems experience,CargoSmart offers comprehensive solutions throughout the entire shipment cycle
including customs filings to help global customers keep their cargo moving,” said
Steve Siu, chief executive officer of CargoSmart. “The cooperation between
CargoSmart and NACCS Center allows us to extend our trade compliance solutions tohelp carriers and NVOCCs meet Japan Customs’ new requirements.”
CargoSmart Limited is a Software as a Service (SaaS) global shipping and logistics
solutions provider that enables shippers, consignees, logistics service providers, andcarriers to keep cargo moving and delivered on time. Through online tools andintegration services, CargoSmart customers can plan, process, and monitor thecritical path of multiple-carrier shipments and communicate in-depth, timely
information to key supply chain associates. CargoSmart launched its services in
October 2000 and has helped over 22,000 customers lower transportation
management costs, streamline operations, and reduce the risk of late shipments.
CargoSmart currently offers solutions to help shippers, consignees, logistics service
providers, and carriers comply with United States and European Union regulations
and streamline their processes to collect, consolidate, and transmit shipment
information. CargoSmart and NACCS Center will closely cooperate to integrate theirsystems before the new rules go into effect in March 2014.

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