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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
Maritime Safety DivisionMaritime Safety DivisionInternational Maritime OrganizationInternational Maritime Organization
[email protected]@imo.org
IMO – specialized UN agency
• London headquarters
• Annual budget £30+ million
• Secretariat – 300 staff
• 170 Member States
• IGOs and NGOs
• Main Conventions: 98.9 % world tonnage
• IMO – NO “POLICING” MANDATE
Trade facilitation at sea
• 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
Standardized forms
1 IMO General Declaration2 IMO Cargo Declaration3 IMO Ship’s Stores Declaration4 IMO Crew Effects Declaration5 IMO Crew List6 IMO Passenger List7 Dangerous Goods Manifest
Solutions for a more efficient maritime transport
• 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
World Bank’s Doing Business 2013Country Figures
Trading rank across borders
Documents Time (days)Costs US$ per Container
SingapurGNI per capita (US$) 42930
Population 5.2 m1
Export: 4 5 456
Import: 4 4 439
UzbekistanGNI per capita (US$) 1510
Population 29.3 m185
Export: 13 80 4585
Import: 14 99 4750
AustraliaGNI per capita (US$) 65477
Population 22.6 m44
Export: 6 9 1100
Import: 7 8 1120
FijiGNI per capita (US$) 3680
Population 0,9 m111
Export: 10 22 655
Import: 10 23 635
Country FiguresTrading rank across
bordersDocuments Time (days)
Costs U0S$ per Container
New ZealandGNI per capita (US$) 36648
Population 4.4 m25
Export: 5 10 870
Import: 6 9 825
PhilippinesGNI per capita (US$) 2210
Population 94.9 m53
Export: 7 15 585
Import: 8 14 660
Papua New GuineaGNI per capita (US$) 1480
Population 7.0 m120
Export: 7 23 949
Import: 9 32 1130
SamoaGNI per capita (US$) 3190
Population 0,2 m66
Export: 5 25 690
Import: 6 28 775
Solomon IslandsGNI per capita (US$) 1110
Population 0.6 m86
Export: 7 24 1070
Import: 5 20 1037
TongaGNI per capita (US$) 3580
Population 0.1 m77
Export: 6 22 755
Import: 6 26 740
Papua New GuineaGNI per capita (US$) 2870
Population 0.2 m132
Export: 7 21 1690
Import: 8 20 1690