The director of Ports and Infrastructures, João Silva, announced yesterday in Luanda that from January 2024 digitalization will become mandatory for national ports located in different provinces
According to João Silva, who was speaking during the 1st Technical Council of the National Maritime Agency (AMN), within the scope of the digital transformation of the port and logistics sector, underway in the country, the Ports of Luanda have already joined the so-called Single Port Window (JUP), Lobito and Namibe. JUP is a customer service platform via the web, whose objectives aim to increase the efficiency of ports using technology, ensure greater fluidity of information between economic agents operating in the sector, simplify and dematerialize processes and procedures, reduce time and costs of loading and unloading goods.
When passing on the experience of the Port of Luanda, the head of the institution’s Management Department, Edson Nunes, said that JUP has facilitated communication between the different stakeholders, namely the General Tax Administration (AGT), Migration and Foreigners Services (SME), Captaincy, Dispatchers, Shipping Agents, among others. The adoption of technology has led to a reduction in the time it takes for freight forwarders to collect goods and the entire bureaucratic process with documentation, with Edson Nunes clarifying that, from five days, the invoice can now be issued within 30 minutes. Harbor.
“Today, with JUP, any and all relationships with the Port of Lunada are only possible using this tool”, said the person in charge, adding that using a smartphone you can access this platform for consultation and payments. The Port of Luanda is the largest logistics center in the country, through which more than 80 percent of the merchandise moved by sea passes annually, operating on average 3 thousand 900 ships and 12 million tons.
The Technical Council aims to provide tools and knowledge for better operationalization of the maritime and port sector, as well as sharing experiences and knowledge on security in maritime-port operations, with a focus on the ship-port interface.