Portal highlights the report “Port Community Systems: Lessons from Global Experience” jointly developed by IAPH with the World Bank
Time, as they say, is money, and nowhere is this truer than in the increasingly competitive arena of international trade. Imagine waiting for days just to get cargo clearances while your perishable cargo is being ruined and your clients complain.
A sophisticated digital platform for port management known as a Port Community System can virtually erase this problem. A PCS slashes paperwork and red tape by linking, in real time, a port’s many stakeholders – from customs agencies and port management to shipping and logistics companies and freight forwarders.
Yet many low- and middle-income countries face technical and financial constraints to the adoption of PCS. They risk falling further behind as advances in digital technology accelerate.
That concern motivated the publication of a new report IAPH jointly developed with the World Bank. The report, “Port Community Systems: Lessons from Global Experience,” is a step-by-step guide to setting up and operating a PCS. It includes detailed case studies showing how PCS have improved port efficiency around the world.
A copy of the report with a summary, thematic chapters and case studies, is now available here.
Readers can also download the report scanning the following QR code :
About IAPH
Founded in 1955, the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) has developed into a global alliance of 189 port authorities as well as 162 port-related businesses. Comprised of over 80 different nationalities across the world’s continents, member ports handle over one third of the world’s sea-borne trade and well over 60% of the world container traffic. IAPH leads global port industry initiatives on decarbonisation and energy transition, risk and resilience management, and accelerating digitalisation in the maritime transport chain. The IAPH’s World Ports Sustainability Program has grown into the reference database of best practices of ports applying the UN Sustainable Development Goals and integrating them into their businesses – iaphworldports.org.
About the World Bank Group
With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet.