Brazil managed to reduce ship waiting times in nearly two weeks

Brazil plans to announce at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) summit that, in the country’s 35 public ports, foreigners will encounter ship waiting times no longer than seven days to dock. Previously, the average waiting time for clearance was 20 days. The goal for this year is to reduce it to four days.

According to the Ministry of Ports and Airports, such improvement is due to the “Porto sem Papel” program, something akin to the Paperlworkess Ports Program, which is operating at full steam in 85% of private terminals (TUPs).

About 95% of Brazil’s trade with other countries passes through these ports.

The IMO meeting will take place in London, United Kingdom, in early April. During it, the Brazilian delegation will present how it managed to modernize the system that streamlines international maritime traffic.

Today, a digital platform has integrated internal systems and fee payment venues from the Navy, Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency), and the Federal Police. It also standardized redundant registrations between ports.

An artificial intelligence-based platform assesses procedures and documents electronically.

Previously, each ship had to fill out a series of documents to be authorized to dock and undock when it arrived at Brazilian ports.

There were 112 paper forms, totaling more than 2,000 pieces of information that had to be filled out by hand.

The Paperworkless program was created in 2011 and has gradually been expanded. This year, the last remaining public port, in Porto Velho, was included in the system.

Source: Folha de S. Paulo

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