DAFF - ISN : 226-2026 Scheduled Service Disruption: Tuesday 27 October to Wednesday 28 October 2026 - Multiple Systems

26 October 2026

Who does this notice affect?

All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information.

All clients submitting the below declarations:

• Full Import Declaration (FID)
• Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)
• Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)
• Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)
• Cargo Report Personal Effects (PE)
• Master Consolidator Declaration Forms

All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment.

Information

Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, the following systems may experience intermittent service degradation (e.g. slowness and/or an inability to load some pages) from 23:00 Tuesday 27 October to 02:00 Wednesday 28 October 2026 (AEDT):

• Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS)
• Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS)
• Cargo Online Lodgement System Business to Government (COLSB2G)

Action

Clients anticipating responses from the department in relation to the above-listed declaration types may also experience some delays in receiving these responses during the maintenance period.

All users of the above listed systems are advised to await the completion of this planned maintenance period before attempting to access these services.

The department apologises for any inconvenience caused.