IMO SET DEADLINE FOR MEMBERS ON MARITIME SINGLE WINDOW SYSTEM


IMO SET DEADLINE FOR MEMBERS ON MARITIME SINGLE WINDOW SYSTEM

Following the adoption by IMO’s Facilitation Committee of amendments to the FAL Convention (Convention on International Maritime Traffic), IMO in a two-day symposium held recently in London, has said that from January 1st 2024, ports around the world must adopt Maritime Single Windows, MSWs, system for the electronic exchange of information required on ships’ arrival at a port, their stay and their departure.

The symposium, themed “Maritime Single Window 2024– A window of opportunities” was jointly organized by IMO, IAPH and BIMCO, with the support of the International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA). 

The symposium host experts from across the shipping and ports sectors explored how MSWs fit with national digitalization strategies, the best approach to designing and implementing MSWs to suit Member States’ maritime trade facilitation objectives and objectives to achieve the greening of shipping. 

Concept of interoperability and understanding how to apply industry standards to harmonize electronic data exchanges, as well as port call data requirements, and the development of strategic partnerships were discussed at the symposium.

The IMO Secretary General, Mr Kitack Lim, at the opening of the symposium in London Headquarters said that making MSWs mandatory from 1 January 2024 was not only “a significant step towards accelerating digitalization in the maritime trade”, but also “an opportunity for all stakeholders in shipping, and a necessary step forward”. 

Lim  praised progress made in recent years by the shipping and port industries and pledged IMO’s support to Member States in finding tangible solutions to the forthcoming new obligations under the FAL Convention to  accelerate the digitalization and decarbonization aspirations of international shipping. 

In his remarks,  IAPH’s President, Subramaniam Karuppiah, warned against the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and also emphasized that the maritime industry is seriously lagging behind in its move to digitalization.

The President Designate of BIMCO,   Nikolaus Schues on his part described Maritime Single Window as “an opportunity to be exploited and one we cannot afford to miss”.  


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