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THE NORTH-ADRIATIC MULTIPORT February 6 th 2009 - Letter of Intent April 17 th 2009 Memorandum of Understanding March 1 st 2010 - Presidents of the ports of Koper, Ravenna, Trieste and Venice signed the Articles of Association of NAPA (North Adriatic Ports Association) November 29 th 2010 Rijeka Port Authority became formally partner of the NAPA 2
REASONS of NAPA Geographic position of North Adriatic (especially for Far East markets via Suez Canal). Congestion of North European ports. Saturation of inland infrastructures. Unbalanced regional development (North South). Negative environmental impact. Global market conditions (reallocation of existing flows of goods, new businesses). Increasing competition of Black Seaports. NAPA S key principle: Coopetition Cooperate internationally compete internally 3
FIELDS of COOPERATION Land transportation and hinterland connections. Marketing and Promotion. Short Sea Shipping and Motorways of the sea. Quality and efficiency of port operations. Safety, security and environmental protection. Information technologies and communication systems. Passenger sector. 4
Total Budget: 2.885.000 TEN-T financing (50%): 1.442.500 Duration: 1.04.2010 30.06.2013 Goal: the creation of a Northern Adriatic Single Window through the development of a common ICT platform enabling an efficient information exchange between the NAPA, and all the actors involved in the intermodal transport processes 5
Member States involved: Italy and Slovenia Third Country: Croatia Institutions: Venice Port Authority (Coordinator) Ravenna Port Authority Trieste Port Authority Port of Koper Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport Rijeka Port Authority (Observer) 6
To enhance efficiency and productivity of NAPA activities. To foster a better inter-modal competitiveness and balanced modal distribution achievement. To provide an up-to-date and complete port operation application. To reduce administrative costs of document handling and communication. To reduce the time required by the cargo to cross a port node. To integrate in one network all ports enabling the entire NAPA to exchange information and documents. To provide a complete information interoperability in a region crossed by Corridors I and V. 7
The project consists in the following main activities: 1. analysis activity: a. state of the art of NAPA ports organization and processes, b. NAPA ports market study, c. assessment of the existing ICT systems at the NAPA ports, d. identification of the requirements of a common e-platform, e. definition of the standards to be used for data exchange and sharing; 2. development activity: a. improvement of the existing Port Community Systems at the NAPA ports (ICT interventions and harmonization of NAPA ports IT systems), b. setting up an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) application for integration and data sharing, c. implementation of a prototype consisting in a web portal of the NAPA ports, integrated with the enhanced NAPA ports PCS and the EDI application. 8
Organization and processes state of the art The first step of the project is an accurate analysis about the organization and the processes of NAPA ports, in order to obtain the basic data to define the requirements and standards to be used to improve the existing Port Community Systems and to create an e-platform based on an EDI application and a common web portal. Road and train transport Gate in Gate out Customs clearance ICT System Shipping process Cargo handling ASSESSMENT 9
ICT systems analysis An important component of the project is the analysis of the state of the art of the ICT systems working at present at the NAPA ports and the identification of the reccomendations about possible updates and/or new developments, also based on an accurate cost-benefit analysis. The collected info will be the basis to improve the ICT systems of NAPA ports and to develop the EDI components. Arrival Cargo Manifest, Departure Cargo Manifest, Loading List, Customs readiness, Bill of lading, Customs papers, Customs clearance, Customs Communication network Shipping process Electronic generation of documents Electronic Data Interchange ICT System General Declaration, Pre-Arrival, Notice of Arrival, Garbage Declaration, Retention of waste on board Departure Declaration, Pilots operations, Tugs operations, Cargo process Gate in Gate out, Train transport, Road transport, Co-modal transport, Tracing and tracking of means, Data Warehouse Redundancy and Business Continuity Transports Electronic Port Clearance Import/Export processes, Cargo processes, Dangerous goods, Freight handling, Goods packaging and category, Goods storage, 10
Requirements identification Definition of users and system requirements for the improvements of the existing NAPA Ports Community Systems and for the IT integration among the NAPA ports. Improvements ICT System enhancement of information and data exchange (in order to allow the dialog between PCS and the IT systems of Port Community operators) enhancement of harmonization of port processes (in order to semplify the ports processes and to make easier the dialog among NAPA Ports) enhancement of harmonization of IT systems (in order to create the conditions for an efficient documents and data exchange based on common logics and standards) development of new PCS components (in order to improve the electronic generation of documents and, in general, the automation of port and logistics processes) Integration of the NAPA Port Community Systems and of the NAPA ports with the main logistics corridors 11
Definition of standards for EDI Definition of the standards to be used for the improvement of the data exchange within a NAPA port and among the NAPA ports. Venezia Data exchange Ravenna Trieste UN/EDIFACT ANSI ASC X12 XML FTP HTTP POP3 SMTP Koper Document exchange 12
The e-platform of NAPA ports Venezia EDI component EDI component Ravenna Trieste Koper EDI component EDI component 13
Thank you for your attention! Antonio Revedin Venice Port Authority tel.: +39 0415334284 email: antonio.revedin@port.venice.it 14