FAL Form 2 – Cargo Declaration

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cargo declaration form maritime document standardized form

FAL Form 2 – Cargo Declaration is a standardized maritime document used worldwide to report cargo details for ships in port, as prescribed by the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic.

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Label	Occurrences
FAL Form 2 – Cargo Declaration canonical	4
IMO FAL Form 2	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1851660 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FAL Form 2 – Cargo Declaration
Context triple: [Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic, setsStandard, FAL Form 2 – Cargo Declaration]

A. FATCA Form 8938
FATCA Form 8938 is an IRS tax form used by certain U.S. taxpayers to report specified foreign financial assets under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.
B. Form 944
Form 944 is an annual IRS tax form that certain small employers use to report federal income tax withheld and Social Security and Medicare taxes.
C. Form D
Form D is a notice filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that companies use to report certain exempt securities offerings, typically under Regulation D.
D. Form 940
Form 940 is an annual IRS tax form that employers use to report and pay federal unemployment (FUTA) taxes.
E. Form W-3
Form W-3 is a transmittal form used by employers to summarize and submit all employees’ W-2 wage and tax statements to the Social Security Administration.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FAL Form 2 – Cargo Declaration
Target entity description: FAL Form 2 – Cargo Declaration is a standardized maritime document used worldwide to report cargo details for ships in port, as prescribed by the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic.

A. FATCA Form 8938
FATCA Form 8938 is an IRS tax form used by certain U.S. taxpayers to report specified foreign financial assets under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.
B. Form 944
Form 944 is an annual IRS tax form that certain small employers use to report federal income tax withheld and Social Security and Medicare taxes.
C. Form D
Form D is a notice filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that companies use to report certain exempt securities offerings, typically under Regulation D.
D. Form 940
Form 940 is an annual IRS tax form that employers use to report and pay federal unemployment (FUTA) taxes.
E. Form W-3
Form W-3 is a transmittal form used by employers to summarize and submit all employees’ W-2 wage and tax statements to the Social Security Administration.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cargo declaration form ⓘ maritime document ⓘ standardized form ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	FAL Form 2 – Cargo Declaration ⓘ surface form: IMO FAL Form 2
appliesTo	ships calling at ports of contracting governments to the FAL Convention ⓘ
complements	customs cargo reporting requirements ⓘ
complianceWith	standards and recommended practices of the FAL Convention ⓘ
contains	description of goods ⓘ gross weight of cargo ⓘ information on marks and numbers of packages ⓘ measurement or volume of cargo ⓘ name and nationality of ship ⓘ number and kind of packages ⓘ port of discharge ⓘ port of loading ⓘ total number of containers or packages ⓘ voyage number or reference ⓘ
format	electronic data interchange ⓘ paper form ⓘ
goal	reducing administrative burdens on international shipping ⓘ simplifying and standardizing cargo documentation ⓘ
jurisdiction	contracting governments to the FAL Convention ⓘ
language	usually completed in English or another agreed language ⓘ
legalStatus	recommended standard under the FAL Convention ⓘ
linkedTo	advance cargo information systems in some states ⓘ
partOf	standardized FAL forms under the FAL Convention ⓘ
prescribedBy	Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic ⓘ
purpose	facilitating clearance of ships and cargo in ports ⓘ harmonizing cargo reporting requirements between states ⓘ
regulatingBody	International Maritime Organization ⓘ
relatedTo	FAL Form 1 – General Declaration ⓘ FAL Form 3 – Ship’s Stores Declaration ⓘ FAL Form 4 – Crew’s Effects Declaration ⓘ FAL Form 5 – Crew List ⓘ FAL Form 6 – Passenger List ⓘ FAL Form 7 – Dangerous Goods Manifest ⓘ
scope	cargo carried on board a ship ⓘ cargo remaining on board ⓘ cargo to be discharged at a port ⓘ cargo to be loaded at a port ⓘ
usedBy	customs authorities ⓘ port authorities ⓘ shipmasters ⓘ shipping agents ⓘ
usedFor	reporting cargo details of ships in port ⓘ
usedIn	international maritime traffic ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic → setsStandard → FAL Form 2 – Cargo Declaration ⓘ

FAL Form 1 – General Declaration → relatedTo → FAL Form 2 – Cargo Declaration ⓘ

FAL Form 2 – Cargo Declaration → alsoKnownAs → FAL Form 2 – Cargo Declaration ⓘ

this entity surface form: IMO FAL Form 2

FAL Form 3 – Ship’s Stores Declaration → relatedTo → FAL Form 2 – Cargo Declaration ⓘ

FAL Form 4 – Crew’s Effects Declaration → isUsedWith → FAL Form 2 – Cargo Declaration ⓘ

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