N E W S L E T T E R M A Y-J U N E 2 0 1 4 Dear Reader, Welcome to the May - June 2014 Newsletter of the e-mar Project. We have successfully presented the latest project developments to the Independent Reviewer Board in February 2014. The reviewers commented on the satisfactory progress of the work saying a significant amount of work was accomplished [ ] it became clear that the emar EMSF models and the Ecosystem have matured and that several state of the art applications (such as e-purchasing and e-drawings), decision support and optimization tools are now ready to be assessed and validated by different stakeholders during the final year of the project. Our intention now is to move forward and put in action all the emar tools and engage the European Maritime Community. Indicatively, emar develops: ecrewing systems Port Community Integration APIs Optimisation services Shipping e-maritime Interfaces Transport Logistics e-maritime Solutions Port e-maritime Interfaces Interfacing e-maritime with SSN You may find more information and interesting material in the project s website, http://www.emarproject.eu. Jenny Rainbird Senior Project Manager, BMT Group Ltd Project Manager, emar Project For more information, please contact the Project Manager Jenny Rainbird: jrainbird@bmtmail.com, Project Communications Ioannis Koliousis: igk@decisiondyn.com Media Partners of Decision Dynamics Constantinos Tachtsidis: ct@brandscommunication.com, Mary Efthymiatou: me@brandscommunication.com
NEWSLETTER MAY-JUNE 2014 p.2 CASE STUDIES & CURRENT TRENDS Notes October 2014, Presentation of emar in MTEC2014 http://www.mtec-conf.org/registration.php Invitation for an emar Presentation on May 2014 http://www.emarproject.eu/default.aspx?newsid=2242&t=32 Access Points: The emar AP Innovations An Ecosystem member is typically a company that participates in a commercial context and, in this process, connects with other members to exchange information. Ecosystem s members vary in characteristics, service provisions, objectives but they all have something in common: (a will for) sharing efficiently and effectively information, no matter if they are Shipping Service Providers, Logistics Services Providers, Governmental bodies, or anything else. Up to now, this communication is bi-directional, that is, the receiver gets the message from the sender(s) and this is replicated as many times as needed. The problems include multiplication of the same information and non-standardized information. Initiated by the PEPPOL project, developing Access Points has helped streamline this process. emar takes this one step further, fully supporting the Access Point technology, supporting all relevant equipment and processes and making it significantly easier to adopt emaritime Access Points. With emar AP, the exchange of documents and information between providers and consumers becomes easier. The emar Ecosystem supports a standard set of information types (SSD, TSD, TEP, GII, TS, TSP*) whereas the emar Ecosystem Infrastructure provides the gateway among Ecosystem members. A federated network of emar Access Points connected to each other using a common set of standards, within a community. Maritime Logistics Service Providers offer their business as a value added service to their peer Maritime Logistics Service Consumers. The emar infrastructure has been designed to supplement existing network services by providing the means for a participant to interconnect services instead of replacing existing services. Furthermore, the emar Ecosystem takes full benefit of the zappdev environment, enabling agility in the organizations but also enabling new entrepreneurs to quickly gain technology sufficiency and readiness to participate the Ecosystem. The emar AP now controls access, caches or discovers and invokes software services on the Ecosystem, based on the emaritime Strategic Framework EMSF, processing instructions of the Message. The emar zappdev based Access Points, significantly reduce barriers to entry for a newcomer and enables all companies easily and effectively integrate not only their existing but also their potential business services. * want to learn more about these abbreviations? Visit www.emarproject.eu or send an email: media@brandscommunication.com
NEWSLETTER MAY-JUNE 2014 p.3 CASE STUDIES & CURRENT TRENDS Interfacing of Transport Networks The prototype emar shipping platform (www.danaosplatform.com) was released in May 2014 by the emar Project Partners. DANAOS, EBOS, Inlecom and CLMS pulled their resources together and developed an innovative directory of e-maritime services which is already in use by shipping companies for day to day operations. The emar shipping platform transforms maritime legacy services into advanced e-services and currently hosts the following services: Ship Voyage Monitoring: enabling cooperation between the Shipping Company and the Charterer e-purchasing improving cooperation between the Shipping Company and the Supplier e-drawing, enabling cooperation between the Shipping Company and the Technical/Repair Yard/Purchasing executives and departments e-crewing, facilitating interaction between shipping companies and crew candidates. In its full operation, the emar Platform will provide high end and high impact services, including: Strategic Fleet Management: Emphasise on traditional strategies such as market segmenting, fleet scheduling and business networking including cooperative planning of resources. Personnel management and training systems: Manage terms of employment for seagoing personnel and offer high-end recruitment process coordination and crew assignment. Chartering: Manage and monitor the chartering process: rates and trends from brokers, brokers reports, communication between charterers and vessels, company alerts. Ship condition monitoring, maintenance and emergency support systems: Controls and monitors the efficiency of the ship by advanced management processes
NEWSLETTER MAY-JUNE 2014 p.4 CASE STUDIES & CURRENT TRENDS Single Windows: a roadmap for the Maritime Community From the e-maritime perspective a successful Single Window system should achieve the following functions in order to fulfil improving competitiveness of maritime transport: Simplify administrative procedures for co-modality, providing interoperability between this Single Windows platforms and regulatory compliance reporting systems; Improve the utilization of maritime transport resources by supporting maritime transport stakeholders to establish and manage competitive business networks; Support improved efficiency of shipping services (e.g. cost/ton-km) and enhancing the attractiveness of short sea shipping for efficient door-to-door supply chains (improved service reliability, environmental impact and ease of use); Support the development of European Ports as key logistics hubs; Our analysis has shown, that the developmental pathways of National Single Windows (NSWs) for maritime transport differ from country to country, however, all are somehow interlinked to Port Single Windows which in turn are increasingly linked with Port Community Systems (PCSs). Currently, the following two electronic submission scenarios are widespread: 1. Ship formalities information is submitted to Port Community Systems from which the information is passed to a National Port Authority for authorising entry or exit. The information is then passed to a National maritime application from which the SSN notifications are handled; the PCS also handles intercommunications for Customs clearance; 2. Ship formalities information is submitted to a National Maritime Single Window or National SSN application acting as a Single Window for communications to both SSN and Customs. While the landscape in Europe is characterized by a network of existing Port Community Systems and Customs Single Windows, the challenge for Europe is to build upon these long-established existing systems and transform them into broader National Single Windows that correspond to the single entry point criteria. Inevitably, this covers all government agencies and should fulfil all import, export, and transit-related regulatory requirements. For a more comprehensive idea on the Single Windows, please visit INLECOM s Single Window and Development Guide http://www.inlecom.com/ default.aspx?articleid=3194 emar Snapview emar Financials Module includes: Marine Accounting and M.I.S o Designed for multi-company, multi-group, multi-currency Accounting support. Support of Voyage Accounting and Analysis, Running Cost Reporting, Cash Flow Analysis including accruals. Suitable for Ship management, Ship owning, Ship holding Groups, Operators, Agents, Bunker Traders, etc. Budgeting System o Specially designed for the Accounting department of a Shipping company. Designed to support all types of calculations and the user can budget: Running Costs, Income, Profit, Financing Costs, Credit Line, Voyage Budgeting, etc. Payments Module o Specially designed for Accounting Department. Selection of Outstanding Payables due in certain period. Supports partial payments, on account payments and bank transfers. Selection of Invoices, Prepayments and Credit Notes to be included at a certain remittance emar Ship Operations module includes: Ship Status o Provide optimizations regarding the current status of a ship. Voyage Information o Provide different optimizations Information regarding ship voyage. Cargo Details o Provide different optimizations Information regarding cargo emar SSN Integration Module includes: Ship pre-arrival security information form (SOLAS regulation XI-2/9 and article 6.3 of regulation (EC) No. 725/2004) FAL 1 form (IMO General Declaration) FAL 2 form (International Dangerous Cargo Manifest) FAL 3 form (IMO Ship store declaration) FAL 4 form (Crew effect declaration) FAL 5 form (Crew list) FAL 6 form (Passenger list) Dangerous Goods Manifest Maritime Declaration of Health Ballast Management Information Waste Declaration Cargo agent s Discharging order Cargo agent s Loading order For more information, or to submit a request or ideas, please send an email:@igk@decisiondyn.com
NEWSLET TER MAY-JUNE 2014 p.5 EMAR IN THE PRESS emar SPOKEPERSONS Tags: emaritime, seamless Information exchange, advanced maritime management systems, European Commission, new technologies, 7th framework, transportation Contact Persons: Jenny Rainbird, Project Manager jrainbird@bmtmail.com Ioannis Koliousis, Project Communications, igk@decisiondyn.com Media Partners of Decision Dynamics, Project Communications Partner Constantinos Tachtsides & Mary Efthymiatou media@brandscommunication.com More information http://www.emarproject.eu/. MEDIA PARTNER
NEWSLETTER MAY-JUNE 2014 p.6 Bmt Group Ltd Danaos Shipping Company Det Norske Veritas As Ebos Technologies Ltd Econsult Betriebsberatungesellschaft MBH European Community Shipowners Associations Conseil Europeen De L equipment Naval ICAP Shipping Ltd Inchcape Shipping Services Holdings Limited Inlecom Systems Ltd Interporto Bologna Spa European Association For Forwarding, Transport, Logistics and Customs Service Maritime Administration Of Latvia Marlo AS MJC2 Ltd Market & Opinion Research International Limited Planung Transport Verkehr Ag Shipserv Ltd Societe De Gestion De Terminaux Informatiques Syddansk Universitet University Of Piraeus Research Centre Port Authority of Valencia Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas CLMS (UK) Limited The Royal Ministry Of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Fiskeri Og Kystdepartementet Consorzio IB Innovation Canterbury Christ Church University Decision Dynamics Limited emar receives funding from the EC s 7th Framework Programme DG Mobility and Transport. The content of the publication herein is the sole responsibility of the emar Project Consortium and it does not necessarily represent the views expressed by the European Commission or its services. The general and specific provisions of the emar Project Consortium Legal Disclaimer apply to this publication. Grant Agreement No SST.2010.5.2-5.\265851