The Maritime Single Window System (MSW), a e-system that seeks to enhance efficiency at the port will go live tomorrow.
The tool that has been developed by the Kenya Trade Network Agency (KenTrade) and Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) will be used by licensed shipping line agents operating in Kenya to electronically prepare and submit vessel pre-arrival and pre-departure FAL declarations to the government agencies at the Port of Mombasa.
Other agencies involved are; Kenya Maritime Authority, Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), State Department of Immigration, Port Health, National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) and the Kenya Coast Guard Service.
According to a statement, KenTrade, through the E-Maritime Module (Kenya Maritime Single Window System) seeks to provide harmonized and simplified ship to shore clearance procedures to the maritime stakeholders as part of its mandate for trade facilitation.
Kenya is among the 120 member states that have ratified the FAL Convention.
The FAL Convention recommends the use of the “Single Window” concept in which the agencies and authorities involved exchange data via a single point of contact.
The FAL Convention recommends the use of the “Single Window” concept in which the agencies and authorities involved exchange data via a single point of contact.
The following FAL forms have been automated on the MSW for submission for approval by the relevant Government Agencies:
- IMO FAL form 1 – General declaration
- IMO FAL form 2 – Cargo declaration
- IMO FAL form 3 – Ship’s stores declaration
- IMO FAL form 4 – Crew’s effects declaration
- IMO FAL form 5 – Crew’s list
- IMO FAL form 6 – Passenger list
- IMO FAL form 7 – Dangerous Goods Manifest
Others include;
- Last Ports of Call
- Maritime Declaration of Health Form
- Waste & Fuel Declaration Form
- International Ship and Port Facility Security & SOLAS Forms
- Ship Certificates (IMO, Flag State, Class Society, Radio Equipment)
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