PARS Shipment Search Feature (CBSA)

This article is part of the BorderConnect PARS Software Guide

How to check the status of PARS shipments in BorderConnect

Training video: How to check the status of PARS shipments in BorderConnect.

Search for Canadian Shipment page

This guide explains how to search BorderConnect's PARS Checking software for a particular shipment or group of shipments.

Recent shipments are usually easiest to find from Newest Shipments. The search feature is useful when you need to find older shipments or build a list of shipments matching specific criteria, such as shipments released at a particular port or shipments associated with a particular driver.

To access the PARS Shipment Search page, open the PARS Shipments menu and select Search Shipments.

The page has two main areas:

• the search section; and
• the results section.

Search section

The search section lets the user search for shipments using different filters. By default, the page shows recent shipments. Adjusting the search options allows the user to find older shipments, date ranges, specific cargo control numbers, ports, or driver-related shipments.

Common search options include:

• Cargo Control Number / PARS number - find one specific shipment.
• Date range - search shipments created or processed during a selected period.
• Port or release office - find shipments associated with a specific CBSA release office or border crossing.
• Driver - find shipments associated with a driver profile or manually assigned driver.

The action buttons are:

Search

Runs the search using the selected filters and displays matching shipments in the results section.

Reset

Resets the search options to the default recent-date range and clears other filters.

Clear

Clears the search fields so the user can enter new filters.

Results section

PARS shipment search results

The results section displays shipments that match the selected search options. The total number of matching results is shown, and pagination arrows can be used when there is more than one page of results.

Each matching shipment may show:

• Date and time - when CBSA processed or updated the shipment status.
• Cargo Control Number - the PARS number or CCN for the shipment.
• Transaction Number - the unique reference number assigned by the customs broker.
• Release Office - the CBSA office where the shipment obtained release or is expected to obtain release.
• Driver - driver information associated with the shipment in BorderConnect. This can be added automatically from an ACI eManifest or driver profile PARS sequence, or manually with the Assign Driver link.
• ACI Trip Status - if BorderConnect ACI is also used, the current status of the ACI eManifest containing this PARS number, or a link to create a new ACI eManifest.
• ACI Shipment Status - if BorderConnect ACI is also used, the current status of the matching ACI shipment, or a link to create a new ACI shipment.

When a create link is available, BorderConnect can prefill some information from the PARS record, such as port of arrival and cargo control number.

Shipment details

Detailed view of an accepted PARS shipment

Click View on an individual shipment to open additional details. Depending on the information available, the detail page can include:

• broker information;
• service option used by the broker;
• sublocation;
• container numbers;
• delivery instructions;
• comments added by BorderConnect users; and
• an option to send a status query for the shipment.