{"id":15900,"date":"2024-09-20T06:12:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T05:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/?p=15900"},"modified":"2024-09-20T06:12:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T05:12:59","slug":"south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa lays plans for Maritime Single Window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15901\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leading maritime stakeholders in South Africa are laying the groundwork to advance maritime digitalization in the country through the establishment of a Maritime Single Window (MSW) system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A multi-stakeholder workshop held in Durban (10 &#8211; 12 September), organized by the IMO and South Africa\u2019s Department of Transport, focused on the next practical steps to implement the mandatory digital platform.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since 1 January 2024, all IMO Member States are required to use a single digital platform or &#8220;Maritime Single Window&#8221; for collecting and exchanging information with ships during port calls. This system simplifies the processes for the arrival, stay, and departure of vessels, significantly improving the efficiency of global shipping operations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over 60 representatives from key government agencies participated in the workshop, including the Department of Transport (DoT), Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA), South African Revenue Service (SARS), Border Management Authority (BMA), as well as ship agents and the South African Association of Ship Operators and Agents (SAASOA).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bringing all relevant stakeholders together, the workshop examined the key requirements of the International Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL Convention) concerning the digitalization of ship clearance processes at ports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Participants heard from two IMO experts from the Port of Bilbao, one of the largest ports in Spain, and from International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) who shared their experiences in maritime digitalization. Discussions explored the potential challenges that South Africa could face in developing an MSW, as well as success factors.<\/p>\n<p>Source : IMO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading maritime stakeholders in South Africa are laying the groundwork<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,1726,442,1767],"tags":[1493,2687,1364,1308,31,32,1485,1297,3097,1388,45,897],"class_list":["post-15900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","category-digitalisation-en","category-news-en","category-south-africa","tag-africa-en","tag-daily-news","tag-digitalization-en","tag-international-maritime-organization-imo","tag-maritimafrica","tag-maritime","tag-maritime-in-africa","tag-maritime-industry-en","tag-maritime-single-window-msw","tag-news","tag-shipping-en","tag-south-africa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South Africa lays plans for Maritime Single Window - Maritimafrica<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Africa lays plans for Maritime Single Window - Maritimafrica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Leading maritime stakeholders in South Africa are laying the groundwork\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Maritimafrica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/maritimafrica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-20T05:12:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fb393d26362e592a3b75669654ebb24\"},\"headline\":\"South Africa lays plans for Maritime Single Window\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-20T05:12:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa\",\"daily news\",\"digitalization\",\"International Maritime Organization (IMO)\",\"MARITIMAFRICA\",\"maritime\",\"Maritime in Africa\",\"maritime industry\",\"Maritime Single Window (MSW)\",\"news\",\"shipping\",\"South Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blog (en)\",\"Digitalisation (en)\",\"News (en)\",\"South Africa\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\\\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa lays plans for Maritime Single Window - Maritimafrica\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-20T05:12:59+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":900},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"South Africa lays plans for Maritime Single Window\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Maritimafrica\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MARITIMAFRICA\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/cropped-newlogo-2hd-scaled-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/cropped-newlogo-2hd-scaled-2.jpg\",\"width\":2559,\"height\":1165,\"caption\":\"MARITIMAFRICA\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/maritimafrica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/maritimafrica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/maritimafrica\\\/?viewAsMember=true\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fb393d26362e592a3b75669654ebb24\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/81ca09740c41559a026653580868c7910d1dd1bc0206489d055620a799e794d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/81ca09740c41559a026653580868c7910d1dd1bc0206489d055620a799e794d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/81ca09740c41559a026653580868c7910d1dd1bc0206489d055620a799e794d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"South Africa lays plans for Maritime Single Window - Maritimafrica","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"South Africa lays plans for Maritime Single Window - Maritimafrica","og_description":"Leading maritime stakeholders in South Africa are laying the groundwork","og_url":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\/","og_site_name":"Maritimafrica","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/maritimafrica","article_published_time":"2024-09-20T05:12:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8fb393d26362e592a3b75669654ebb24"},"headline":"South Africa lays plans for Maritime Single Window","datePublished":"2024-09-20T05:12:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\/"},"wordCount":253,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium.jpg","keywords":["Africa","daily news","digitalization","International Maritime Organization (IMO)","MARITIMAFRICA","maritime","Maritime in Africa","maritime industry","Maritime Single Window (MSW)","news","shipping","South Africa"],"articleSection":["Blog (en)","Digitalisation (en)","News (en)","South Africa"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\/","url":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\/","name":"South Africa lays plans for Maritime Single Window - Maritimafrica","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium.jpg","datePublished":"2024-09-20T05:12:59+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium.jpg","width":1200,"height":900},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-lays-plans-for-maritime-single-window\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"South Africa lays plans for Maritime Single Window"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/","name":"Maritimafrica","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/#organization","name":"MARITIMAFRICA","url":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-newlogo-2hd-scaled-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-newlogo-2hd-scaled-2.jpg","width":2559,"height":1165,"caption":"MARITIMAFRICA"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/maritimafrica","https:\/\/x.com\/maritimafrica","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/maritimafrica\/?viewAsMember=true"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8fb393d26362e592a3b75669654ebb24","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/81ca09740c41559a026653580868c7910d1dd1bc0206489d055620a799e794d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/81ca09740c41559a026653580868c7910d1dd1bc0206489d055620a799e794d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/81ca09740c41559a026653580868c7910d1dd1bc0206489d055620a799e794d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Promoting-the-MSW-in-South-Africa_medium.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15902,"href":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15900\/revisions\/15902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}