Tag: single window

IMO-Singapore project to implement digital ship clearance system in the Port of Lobito, Angola, with the aim to support more ports in future.

The 45th session of IMO's Facilitation Committee (FAL 45) took place virtually from 1 to 4 June 2021. Among others, the meeting approved amendments making it mandatory for public authorities to use single window systems for electronic information exchange, and took a systemic approach to addressing the issue of corruption during ships' calls.

Effective 2 June 2021, licensed shipping lines and agents operating in Kenya will be mandated to use the Maritime Single Window System (MSW) to electronically prepare and submit vessel pre-arrival and pre-departure declarations to the government agencies at the Port of Mombasa.

A joint IMO-Singapore project seeks to create a Maritime Single Window ship clearance system in a pilot port, with a view to supporting more ports in future. IMO has now issued a call for expressions of interest from countries with a medium-sized port to take part in the pilot.

UK MCA ran a consultation and concluded to a new method by which passenger numbers and passenger information is required to be transmitted; By December 20 2023, for vessels to which the regulations apply, passenger numbers must be reported digitally to the relevant authorities either via the National Single Window (‘NSW’) or via the ship’s Automatic Identification System (‘AIS’). 

The pandemic situation has highlighted the relevance of digitalization and new ways of working, which should continue beyond the immediate crisis situation, said speakers during a webinar on ship-shore relations.

The Liberian Registry announced it is providing online, real-time access through a ‘single window’ to data on all statutory certificates issued by Class and its Recognised Organisations (RO), through a new data exchange with ROs.

Under the sidelines of this year’s Global Marine Forum, which took place in Singapore 30-31 October, Heng Swee Keat, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, announced the launch of ‘digitalPORT@SG’, country’s maritime single window system that aims to drive decarbonisation and digital transformation.

The European maritime single window environment, which was agreed in early February 2019, aims to address the issue of numerous, non-harmonised reporting obligations by linking the existing national maritime single windows together in a coordinated and harmonised way. The reform will improve interoperability between various systems, making it much easier to share and reuse data.

Electronic information exchange and data harmonization, work for a maritime single window and maritime corruption guidance were the key themes on the agenda of IMO's FAL Committee, during its 43rd session on 8-12 April 2019.