PBN Filing
Pre-Boarding Notifications for Irish port entry, pre-lodged and paired.
A Pre-Boarding Notification is the Irish equivalent of a gate pass for RoRo trailers. It ties your AIS import or AES export references to a specific vehicle and sailing, and it is the document the ferry operator and Revenue use to decide whether a truck can board and what routing it receives after discharge. We prepare and lodge PBNs on Revenue's Customs RoRo system, pair them with the underlying declaration MRNs, and monitor the channel assignment (green, orange, red) so drivers know their next step before the ramp.
What's included
- PBN creation on the Customs RoRo system
- Import and export declaration pairing
- Channel monitoring (green, orange, red)
- Sailing time change re-issue
- Bilingual driver-ready copy
How it works
- 1
Collect references
MRNs, vehicle registration, sailing details.
- 2
Lodge PBN
Pre-Boarding Notification prepared and submitted.
- 3
Pair & verify
Declarations paired with the PBN and status confirmed ready.
- 4
Monitor channel
Green/orange/red channel tracked and communicated to the driver.
Frequently asked
Who needs a PBN?
Every RoRo trailer entering an Irish port with goods requiring a customs declaration needs a PBN to link vehicle, sailing and declaration.