Rapid technological improvement has led to the adoption of a variety of port data collaboration platforms both in the developed and developing worlds. Apart from the Port Community Systems (PCS), trade, and Maritime Single Windows (SW) operate in the same port logistics operational environment. The concept of SW is associated with facilities that allow trade and transport parties to lodge standardized information and documents to fulfil all import, export, and transit-related regulatory requirements. PCSs are access points which allow traders to exchange electronic information in a standard format and related to a specific activity, with relevant private parties and with regulatory government agencies. Interconnectivity and interoperability between platforms represent the next wave of the digital transformation of ports. Three systems - Port Community Systems (PCS), the Maritime Single Window (MSW) and Trade Single Window (TSW) - are critical to increased interconnectivity and interoperability. Boundaries between different platforms are starting to break down, paving the way for true single-submission and data collaboration across trade and transport supply chains. More countries are expected to reinforce interconnectivity and interoperability between the three platforms. Putting in place the necessary legal, regulatory, and institutional pillars to support the development of single-submission platforms is critical to the successful adoption of any digital platform.
Authors
- Disclosure Date
- 2024/10/04
- Disclosure Status
- Disclosed
- Doc Name
- The Role of Trade and Maritime Single Windows : Port Community Systems
- Pages
- 26
- Product Line
- Advisory Services & Analytics
- Published in
- United States of America
- Rel Proj ID
- 1W-Port Community Systems For Sustainable Maritime Trade Facilitat -- P176587
- Unit Owning
- Prosperity-TIC-Trade and RI (ETIRI)
- Version Type
- Final
- Volume No
- 1
Table of Contents
- Key Takeaways 2
- 1. Introduction 4
- 1.1. The context 4
- 2. Data collaboration platforms at ports 5
- 3. The Maritime Single Window 6
- 3.1. MSW under the FAL Convention 6
- Box 1. The FAL Convention 6
- 3.2. The European MSW environment 7
- 3.3. The EMSWe Regulation 20191239EU 9
- 3.4. MSW as a trade facilitation instrument 10
- 3.5. MSW and PCS complementarity 11
- Box 2. Port Call optimization 12
- 4. The Trade Single Window TSW 14
- Box 3. The Korean UNI-PASS 16
- 4.1. Linkages between PCS and TSW 17
- Box 4. VUCEs legal framework 17
- Box 5. Jamaica interoperability 17
- 5. Conclusion 19
- Appendix 1. Port call process 20
- Appendix 2. Global implementation of WTO TFA Article 10.4 Single Window 22
- 38.8 22
- 52.0 22
- 68.0 22
- 87.2 22
- Appendix 4. Import cargo clearance business process map at the Port of Accra Ghana 24
