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CBP Had e-Manifest: Ocean & Rail (M1) Backlog on Jan 27

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued CSMS message #12-000026 announcing that the ACE M1 system (e-Manifest: Ocean and Rail) experienced a backlog of messages beginning at 11:15 EST on January 27, 2012. This backlog caused trade notifications and message…

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processing to slow down dramatically. The underlying reason for the backlog was alleviated around 15:30 EST the same day. The estimated time to work through the backlog was up to two hours. Normal processing times was expected to be restored by 17:30 EST.