Overview

Since 1st January 2021 all vehicles carrying consignments from the UK to the EU and Northern Ireland have been required to submit a Safety & Security Declaration (SSD) to the Import Control System (ICS) of the country where the vessel or train you are travelling on discharges (i.e. Calais, Santander, Dublin, Belfast etc). These SSDs are used by border authorities to analyse the potential risk caused to their territory by goods crossing their borders. SSDs are not documents connected with collection of customs duties and/or taxes.

In order to process this export Safety & Security Document (SSD) all UK companies must ensure they have an EU EORI number for travel to Europe and a XI EORI number for travel to Northern Ireland. Harbour Shipping offers our clients advice on how to find an EU EORI or an XI EORI number. Contact us to find out more.

Harbour Shipping Export SSD Service

Harbour Shipping provides a full around-the-clock 24/7 support service to our clients where we can submit the Safety & Security Declarations (SSDs) to the relevant country on our clients' behalf. If you would like us to do export SSDs for your company, why not become a Harbour Shipping client today? 

NB According to the European Union Customs Code the “carrier” is responsible for submitting the Safety & Security Declarations (SSDs) so Harbour Shipping offers this as another of our quick and convenient freight support services. 

For more information please e-mail or call James Evans (Sales Support Manager):

[email protected] or call +44 (0) 1304 200 908

Alternative contact information:
Call +44 (0) 1304 211919
Email [email protected]