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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).
FCPS
• Central system/database in Felixstowe
• 75%+ of the UK’s maritime container throughput
• 3000 users throughout the UK
• Introduced 28 January 1984
• Aberdeen
• Bristol
• Chatham
• Coatbridge
• East Midlands Airport
• Edinburgh
• Felixstowe
• Glasgow
• Grangemouth
• Harwich
• Hull
• Immingham
• Ipswich
• Liverpool
• Sheerness
• Teesport
• Tilbury
• Thamesport
• Tyne
Felixstowe
FCPS Communities
Felixstowe prior to FCPS
PORTHEALTH
PORTAUTHORITY
CUSTOMS
CONSIGNOR
CARRIER
HAULIERWHARFINGER
CUSTOMSBROKER
LINEAGENT
CONSIGNEE
100
1982
paper mountain
HMC COMPUTER
(London)
clearance times
4-5 days
30% error rate
one hour or less
Reduced from
4 to 5 days
to
Average Clearance Times
FCPS Functionality
• Vessel/Voyage processing• Imports• Exports• Customs Declarations• ICD/ERTS• Transhipments• Road/Rail Transportation• Dangerous Goods• Maritime Statistics
Felixstowe using FCPS
PORTAUTHORITY
CUSTOMS
CONSIGNOR
PORTHEALTH
CARRIER
HAULIERWHARFINGER
CUSTOMSBROKER
LINEAGENT
CONSIGNEE
FCPS
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
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
Reducing Paper
• 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
Community System - 2003
Port of Felixstowe
• Improved customer service
• Better utilisation of resources
• Reduced capital expenditure
• Evolution towards automation
• Increased profitability
Benefits
Shipping Lines
• Availability of real-time information
• Improved equipment usage/dwell times
• Faster turn round of vessels
• Internal systems efficiency
• Better customer service
Benefits
Customs & Other Govt Agencies
• Security
• Easy access to information
• Speed of information - manifests
• Anti-smuggling
• Reduced documentation
• More efficient use of manpower resources
Benefits
Designed by the Trade for the Trade
FCPS
• Port Authority/Wharfingers
• Freight Forwarders
• Shipping Lines/Agents
• Customs (Local and Headquarters)
• Hauliers
• OGAs
System Requirements
• Enhanced FCPS• Browser based• Fully auditable• Secure• Reliable and scalable• Interfacing to existing systems
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