Ministers meet to move ahead with Single Waterway Window project

The Executive Secretary and the National Secretary of Ports and Water Transport of the Ministry of Infrastructure (MINFRA), Marcelo Sampaio and Diogo Piloni, respectively, met on January 20 with representatives of the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service (RFB), representatives of the Ministry of Economy’s Special Secretariat of Foreign Trade (SECEX) and the Digital Government Secretariat (SGD), and with the Federal Data Processing Service (SERPRO) for the presentation and approval of the implementation schedule for the Single Waterway Window. This project refers to the integration of two systems: Porto sem Papel (PSP), managed by MINFRA, and the Single Foreign Trade Portal (PUCOMEX), managed by the RFB and SECEX.

“This is one of the main digital transformation projects at MINFRA. We took another important step towards the federal government’s mission to reduce bureaucracy and reduce costs for the country. The unification of these two systems will have a positive impact on the port logistics sector and thereby increase Brazil’s competitiveness, ”said Sampaio.

The Secretary also recalled that the Single Waterway Window is an opportunity to fully carry out the restructuring and optimization of cargo and logistical clearance processes. “I believe it will make life easier for companies that drive the Brazilian economy. We researched users in the sector and went to the ports and saw what the main problems were, in order to solve them”, he concluded.

The meeting also authorized the creation of a joint working group that will detail the planning and implement the project, and the participants of each body were defined. In addition, they discussed the performance guidelines of SERPRO, the technological arm that operates and develops the two systems and that will operationalize the integration.

Secretary Diogo Piloni added that the project is integrated with other initiatives in the portfolio: “This project will generate greater efficiency for carrying out port operations, together with other initiatives for modernization and digital transformation in Brazilian ports,” he said.

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