Indian Customs Requires Bottle or Bolt Seals on all Containers
Effective October 1, 2005, all ocean containers either arriving or discharging all ocean terminals in India will require bottle or bolt seals. Indian Customs will refuse to load or discharge containers without an affixed bolt or bottle seal. In addition, Indian Customs will require the seal number to be documented on the manifest.

To assist our customers’ in their responsibility of compliance with this new India instruction, possible vendors of the ISO/PAS 17712 compliant bottle seal are as follows:

One Seal Inc.
628 Route 10, #2
Whippany, NJ 07981
(973) 599-1155
oneseal@onesealusa.com
www.oneseal.com

Stoffel Seals Corporation
P.O. Box 825
Nyack, NY 10960
(800)344-4772
www.stoffel.com

Elite Seals
374 H St. PMB A533
Chula Vista, CA 91910
sales@eliteseals.com
www.eliteseals.com

Please ensure that all containers destined to the Indian ports have a bolt seal affixed to the container at the shipper’s premises.
Any questions contact Tony Collini by phone at 410-863-0211 or tonyc@jsconnor.com.