Digitoll for sea transport

You must submit information about the vessel and all cargo on board no later than 24 hours before the vessel´s first port call in Norway. If the voyage takes less than 24 hours, the information must be submitted when departing from the foreign port.

Three messages must be submitted covering: the transport, the master consignment(s) and the house consignment(s).

Once these messages have been submitted, you have fulfilled the notification and disclosure of information obligation.

Vessels calling at multiple Norwegian ports must submit MO-messages each port call. However, the process can be simplified by reusing information from the first submission.

You must submit a customs declaration containing detailed information about the goods and the customs procedure under which they will be placed. This is known as the declaration obligation.

The declaration must be submitted before, or at the lastest when, the goods cross the border.

All goods must also be available for customs inspection. This is known as the presentation obligation.

For Digitoll and sea transport, this obligation applies when the vessel arrives at the port where the goods are to be unloaded.

Digitoll does not change the documentation requirements.

The vessel operator must therefore carry transport documents as before. Physical documentation is also required in cases where this is specifically mandated, such as for manual procedures including ATA, NATO, TIR and for permits relating to weapons, CITES-listed goods, and similar controlled goods.

Read more about submitting documentation in advance.

• You can submit data via: Norwegian Customs’ MO APIs for sea transport, SafeSeaNet Norway or a combination of both.
• Regardless of the method, messages must be linked before border crossing. The transport message must contain a list of keys linking to the master consignment. The house consignment message must include a reference to the master consignment. In short: Both the transport message and the consignment message must be linked to the master consignment.
• Alternatively, you can link using your own linking messages in our relation API. Description of Relation API
• The house consignment message must also include a reference to the customs declaration in TVINN.
• Note: In SSNN, the term “declaration of goods” refers to the notification and information obligation (MO). This must not be confused with the customs declaration submitted in TVINN.
• In SSNN, there are four ways to submit MO messages:
  1. The shipping company submits all information in SSNN: Transport, master consignment, and house consignments with declaration links.
  2. The shipping company submits transport and directly linked consignment: Used when there is only one consignment to one consignee in Norway)
  3. The shipping company submits transport and master consignment; freight forwarder or owner submits the consignment: This means that the shipping company submits the transport notification and the master consignment declaration in SSNN, while the freight forwarder or cargo owner submits the consignment declaration via an API for Notification and Information Obligation (MO) for sea transport.
  4. The shipping company submits only the transport message: Freight forwarder or owner submits master and house consignments.

• Declarations can be submitted in the TVINN customs system up to five days before arrival.
• Declarations for Digitoll must be submitted to office 441002.
• The declaration date must be the expected arrival date – up to five days in the future. This means that the date of submission should not be used as the declaration date unless it matches the planned unloading date.
• Submitting early increases the likelihood that the declaration is processed before arrival.
• From 15 May 2026, calendar-based automatic release of declarations is no longer allowed in Digitoll. Instead, declarations must be linked to MO messages so they are released upon vessel arrival.
• The current exemption from declaration when placing goods in customs warehouses will largely be discontinued on 1 March 2027. Until then: Goods may still be placed in a warehouse using current methods, and existing goods registration numbers can be used in Digitoll in combination with MO messages.
• If goods are not registered in a warehouse, they can be declared for free circulation up to five days before arrival.
• If using warehouse procedures: A goods registration number must be valid on the arrival date. Numbers registered before the arrival date are not allowed. In most cases, the declaration date matches the goods number date. These requirements will also apply to temporary storage (warehouse type E) in the future.
• The direct transport scheme will be discontinued on 1 March 2027. From that date, it will no longer be possible to transport goods directly or use a goods identification number without a customs declaration to a customs warehouse.