MCP PLC

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MCP plc

• Maritime Cargo Processing Plc was set up to
  manage, market, sell, develop and enhance the
  integrated port information system, known as the
  Felixstowe Cargo Processing System (FCPS).

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FCPS

• Central system/database in Felixstowe
• 75 of the UKs maritime container throughput
• 3000 users throughout the UK
• Introduced 28 January 1984

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FCPS Communities

• Aberdeen
• Bristol
• Chatham
• Coatbridge
• East Midlands Airport
• Edinburgh
• Felixstowe
• Glasgow
• Grangemouth
• Harwich

• Hull
• Immingham
• Ipswich
• Liverpool
• Sheerness
• Teesport
• Tilbury
• Thamesport
• Tyne

Felixstowe
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Felixstowe prior to FCPS
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1982
30 error rate
clearance times 4-5 days
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Average Clearance Times
Reduced from 4 to 5 days to

• one hour or less

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FCPS Functionality

• Vessel/Voyage processing
• Imports
• Exports
• Customs Declarations
• ICD/ERTS
• Transhipments
• Road/Rail Transportation
• Dangerous Goods
• Maritime Statistics

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Felixstowe using FCPS
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Reducing Paper

• Manifests and amendments
• Release notes
• Bonded removal documents
• Outturn reports
• Local transhipment documentation
• Commercial (lines) release
• Rent acceptance
• Delivery orders
• Export delivery advice
• Devan requests and outturns

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Reducing Paper

• Customs examination and sealing advices
• Export arrivals
• Export load lists
• Loading reports
• Export Customs declarations
• Ship planning notifications and amendments
• Hazardous goods reporting
• Customs LE profiling, scanning, etc
• Govt Agencies - examination, detentions, etc

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Reducing Paper
Community System - 2003

• 49 million transactions
• 75 million EDI messages
• 500 companies making EDI Customs entries
• 100 shipping lines using EDI facilities
• 132/160 services using FCPS Marstats

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Port of Felixstowe
Benefits

• Improved customer service
• Better utilisation of resources
• Reduced capital expenditure
• Evolution towards automation
• Increased profitability

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Shipping Lines
Benefits

• Availability of real-time information
• Improved equipment usage/dwell times
• Faster turn round of vessels
• Internal systems efficiency
• Better customer service

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Customs Other Govt Agencies
Benefits

• Security
• Easy access to information
• Speed of information - manifests
• Anti-smuggling
• Reduced documentation
• More efficient use of manpower resources

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FCPS
Designed by the Trade for the Trade

• Port Authority/Wharfingers
• Freight Forwarders
• Shipping Lines/Agents
• Customs (Local and Headquarters)
• Hauliers
• OGAs

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System Requirements

• Enhanced FCPS
• Browser based
• Fully auditable
• Secure
• Reliable and scalable
• Interfacing to existing systems

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Summary - Destin8

• A port solution based on 20 years of practical
  experience and proven operation
• Latest technology
• Platform independent
• Solution for individual ports or country wide
• 20 users to 2000 users
• Rollout in UK from September 2005

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