HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON STRENGTHENING INTER‐ISLAND AND LOGISTICS Suva, FIJI 23‐25 July 2013 FACILITATION OF MARITIME TRANSPORT Julian Abril Julian Abril Head of Section of Facilitation Head of Section of Facilitation Maritime Safety Division Maritime Safety Division International Maritime Organization International Maritime Organization [email protected][email protected]
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HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON STRENGTHENING INTER‐ISLAND AND LOGISTICS
Suva, FIJI23‐25 July 2013
FACILITATION OF MARITIME TRANSPORT
Julian AbrilJulian AbrilHead of Section of FacilitationHead of Section of Facilitation
• Unnecessary paperwork is a problem in most industries – maritime transport is no different.
• Important tool against the poverty and the economy growth of the Economy of a Country.
• Specific problem: Complexity of the port: different activities, authorities and private interests conquer in the port: utmost importance of the coordinationbetween the actors in the clearance of the ship and her cargo.
• Balance between security/responsibility of the port State and the facilitation.
Cutting the Red Tape
• Documents required by customs, immigration, health and other public authorities: same information in different forms depending the authority.
• Facilitation measures comprise the two main elements:‐ Facilitation of shipping documentation;
and‐ Facilitation of trade documentation.
Importance of the Facilitation in the Economy
• Transport is a key factor in the growth of the Economy.
• Time has direct impact to the increase of transport costs: efficient transport.
• Ship’s daily freight is very high, and any delay during transport makes the costs to increase.
• There is a need to reduce the time scales of a ship: determine the documents and procedures needed for port State’s appropriate control.
Analysis of FAL Convention• Adopted on 9 April 1965.
• Number of Contracting Governments 115.
• 58 IMO Member States are not part of FAL yet.
• 16 articles. Annex: 7 sections.
• It is not compulsory.
• Applies equally to ships on coastal and non‐coastal navigation, not applicable to warships and pleasure crafts.
• Manual of the FAL Convention.
FAL Convention ‐ Objectives
• Prevent unnecessary delays in maritime traffic: simplifying and minimising formalities, documents and procedures
• Promote co‐operation between Contracting Governments
• Uniformity in formalities (documents) and procedures (clearance)
• Reduce to a (maximum) of 7 the number of declarations which can be required by public authorities
• The annex contains:– Standards: those measures necessary and practicable in order to facilitate international maritime traffic. Contracting Governments that finds impracticable to comply with Standards, shall inform the IMO and notify differences between its own practice and such standard;
– Recommended Practices:measures which the application is desirable. Contracting Governments are urged to bring their formalities, documentary requirements and procedures into accord with Recommended Practices insofar as practicable. They shall notify the IMO thereof
• Ratify the FAL Convention, and promote its effective implementation.
• National FAL Committee: FAL recommends the creation of a coordinator body for the effective national implementation of the measures of the FAL Convention; it may simplify documents, procedures and it is the forum for meeting the administrations and the private interests.
• Promotion of EDI and Single Window in the port: coordination administrations and business. Complexity SW depending on country situation and needs.
Administrative burden for seafarers
• FAL looks for harmonization, and this is a long walk to make…maritime trade facilitation is a process of continuous improvement, similar to ISO 9000…
• During FAL 38 Denmark made a presentation regarding administrative burden experience of a Danish Master.
Key issues of the presentation• The master of the ship that visited 6 European ports had to present more than 80 documents for the clearance of the ship, further 42 documents previously sent by email.
• The problem is not only the high number of documents requested, but the own formats adopted by some countries, and even different formats in the same country