Welcome to the Vessel Entrance and Clearance System training
for vessel agents. This is lesson 1, Vessel Agent Login.
Access to VECS is through the ACE Secure Data portal.
The ACE Secure Data portal may be accessed by navigating to
ACE.CBP.gov
And selecting the Trade user login button.
Once you arrive to the login screen, simply add your user ID,
your password,
And select login.
After a successful login, you will need to navigate to and
click on:
References.Next you will navigate to and click on Legacy Ace.
From this screen you will need to navigate to and select
Accounts,
from the tabs on top,
and then,
From the drop-down menu, under select Account Type,
navigate to and select a Vessel Agency,
then click the Go button.
After you click the Go button you will see your ACE user Top
Account
on the bottom left under Accounts.
Select the plus [+] symbol to expand your account.
Then select your Vessel Agency hyperlink.
Once you select your Vessel Agency hyperlink
you will see
on the top right of the screen a button that says Launch VECS.
Select Launch VECS.
Congratulations, you are now in the Vessel Entrance and
Clearance System and login is complete.