Port Community Systems: Lessons from Global Experience
Overview
Port Community Systems (PCS) are designed to enhance the efficiency and coordination of port operations through the integration of various stakeholders, including shipping companies, customs authorities, terminal operators, and other related entities. This report draws on global experiences and aims to provide a set of guiding principles to assist in the reform of national trade facilitation and logistical frameworks.
Key Acronyms
- ACCS: Air Cargo Community Systems
- AEO: Authorized Economic Operator
- B2B: Business to Business
- BCO: Beneficial Cargo Owner
- DCSA: Digital Container Shipping Association
- DSI: Digital Standards Initiative (of ICC)
- EDI: Electronic Data Interchange
- EMSA: European Maritime Safety Agency
- EU: European Union
- IAPH: International Association of Ports and Harbors
- IATA: International Air Transport Association
- ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization
- ICC: International Chamber of Commerce
- ICT: Information and Communications Technology
- IMO: International Maritime Organization
- IPCSA: International Port Community Systems Association
- ITPCO: International Taskforce on Port Call Optimization
- JSON: JavaScript Object Notation
- LEI: Legal Entity Identifier
- MSME: Micro Small, and Medium Enterprise
- MSW: Maritime Single Window
- NTFB: National Trade Facilitation Body
- NTFC: National Trade Facilitation Committee
- OGA: Other Government Agencies
- PCS: Port Community System
- PCSO: Port Community Systems Operator
- PPP: Public-Private Partnership
- PSC: Port Community System
- SIDS: Small Island Developing States
- SPS: Sanitary and Phytosanitary
- SSP: Single Submission Portal
- TEU: Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit
- TFA: Trade Facilitation Agreement
- TOS: Terminal Operator System
- TRS: Time Release Studies
- TSW: Trade Single Window
- ULD: Unit Load Device
- UML: Unified Modeling Language
- UN EDIFACT: United Nations rules for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport
- UN/CEFACT: United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business
- UNECE: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- WBG: World Bank Group
- WCO: World Customs Organization
- WCO SAFE: WCO Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Trade
Lead Authors
- Satya Prasad Sahu: Senior Trade Facilitation Specialist, World Bank
- Periklis Saragiotis: Senior Private Sector Specialist, World Bank
- Olivier Hartmann: Senior Private Sector Specialist, World Bank
- Daniel Saslavsky: Senior Economist, World Bank
- Pascal Ollivier: President of Maritime Street, Advisor to international financial institutions on digital port infrastructure and maritime trade supply chain
Acknowledgments
The report was a collaborative effort between the World Bank and the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH). Special thanks go to the Secretariat of the International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) for their support in connecting the World Bank-IAPH team with its members. Significant contributions were also made by various experts and organizations, including:
- Javier Gallardo: Chairman of IPCSA & Director, Portic, Barcelona PCS
- Nico De Cauwer: Secretary General of IPCSA & Business Architect, Digitalization & Port Community Projects
- Inga Morton: General Manager, IPCSA
- Hans Rook: Former Chairman, IPCSA
- Justin T Wardle: Port Manager at RAK Ports Group, UAE
- Mees van der Wiel: Senior International Advisor, Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA)
- Alexandre Sánchez: PCS Director, Port Authority of Valencia
- Sven Reimers: Business Development, DAKOSY AG
- Dmytro Iakymenkov: Specialist, Standards in Data Modelling & Business Processes, Ukraine
- Remi Julien: President, MGI (Marseille Gyptis International)
- Amar More: CEO, Kale Logistics Solutions Private Ltd.
- Chris L Wellisz: Communications Specialist, World Bank
- Marc Juhel: Senior Transport Specialist, Wind and Tides
- Prakhar Bhardwaj: STC, The World Bank
- Julian Abril: Head of Facilitation, International Maritime Organization
- Martina Fontanet: Technical Officer, Facilitation, International Maritime Organization
- Eranda Kotelawala: Chief Executive Officer, Solomon Islands Ports Authority and South East Asia and Ocean