Abu Dhabi, UAE — UAE’s Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Security has asked transporters in the Emirates to register in the Electronic National System for Tracking Trucks and Shipments by 30 October 2023.
Those who fail to register by this date will be fined AED1,000 for the first month, and AED100 for each subsequent month, with a maximum of AED5,000.
Major General Suhail Saeed Al Khaili, Director-General of the Authority, said that the National System for Tracking Trucks and Shipments is one of the latest customs projects aimed at supporting the customs security system in the country, facilitating trade movement and raising the level of security and road safety.
This is achieved by monitoring the movement of trucks and shipments in the country from the first port of entry until it reaches its final destination in the country through electronic tracking devices that are installed on shipments and trucks at the country’s ports, allowing monitoring of its movement around the clock.
The application of the National System for Tracking Trucks and Shipments is in line with the Authority’s plan to support the system of customs control over the movement of trucks and shipments, ensure their safe arrival at the set time, and monitor violations and abuses that may occur, which include transit trucks, hazardous materials transport trucks, restricted material transport trucks, goods with high customs duties transport trucks.
The registration in the system shall be carried out by the target groups, through the license holder or his legal representative submitting a registration application in the system via the website https://register.entsts.ae and attaching the documents required to complete the registration process (vehicle license, company activity, truck plate number, etc.).
This will be followed by setting an appointment for the applicant to install the tracking devices on the truck, where the specialized company installs the tracking devices on the truck, which means that it enters the system and is subject to the tracking and monitoring system adopted in the country.
The list of categories concerned with registration in the system includes owners of means of transporting goods such as transit trucks, hazardous materials transporting trucks, restricted materials transporting trucks, goods with high customs duties transporting trucks, and any other trucks that are determined by the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Security.
