Guidelines on CIC report submission / searching in APCIS

CIC report form is integrated into the inspection reporting tool. It is available for submission via a list of inspections displayed on the “Ship Data” page.

CIC Report Submission

Questionnaire

Please, follow the below steps to submit a CIC report to the APCIS system:

a.      Fill in and submit an initial inspection report according to the standard procedure for inspection report submission.

b.     Click the tab “Ships” to enter the Ship search page;

c.      Find the relevant ship by IMO No., call sign, or ship name;

d.     Open the “Ship data” page by clicking on the relevant ship record displayed in search results;

e.      Find the “Inspections” section displaying a table with Inspections records on the “Ship data” page;

f.       Find the last column called “CIC” in the table with Inspections records;

g.     To open the CIC report form, click the symbol “+” displayed in the “CIC” column corresponding to the saved inspection report conducted during the CIC period;

h.     Fill in the form of CIC report in accordance with Guidelines for PSCOs on the CIC and Data Validation Rules;

i.       Click the “Add” button to submit the CIC report.

 

CIC Report Search

This function allows to find the required CIC report by date range, authority, ship or flag.

Please, follow the below steps to search for a CIC report in the APCIS system:

a.      Click on “CIC” tab to enter the “CIC search” section;

b.     Indicate the necessary search parameters from the options provided using calendars, applicable drop-down lists, and other search parameters;

c.      Press “Search” button;

d.     Open the required CIC report by clicking on the relevant CIC report record displayed in search results.