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Maqta Gateway team at a recent event.

Abu Dhabi Ports on track to set up Maqta Gateway

ABU DHABI, September 2, 2015

Abu Dhabi Ports (ADP), a top operator of ports, completed the halfway mark of stage I implementation of Maqta Gateway, with which ADP sees full integration of all electronic messaging for transactions processing among port users.

The testing of these message flows will continue with the relevant partners, Abu Dhabi Customs and Abu Dhabi Terminals, a statement said.

Maqta Gateway will expedite and streamline trade across the Emirate by converting and implementing all port operations through a single point-of-access. Stage I of the Project is expected to be completed by end of this year.

Purpose-built by the trade community for the trade community, Maqta Gateway Project was inaugurated on 16 December 2014 as a state-of-the-art port community system (PCS).

Maqta Gateway is designed in line with international standards that will serve the community by interlinking all of the relevant parties involved in Abu Dhabi’s growing import and export trade business by offering a single point-of-access and real-time information.

Abu Dhabi Ports completed an in-depth project analysis and business study on Maqta Gateway in collaboration with Portic and IDOM Consulting in December 2014.

Stage I, currently ongoing, looks to serve shipping lines and shipping agents, with focus on containerised traffic. Although Stage I is specific to shipping lines and shipping agents, all Maqta Gateway users will benefit from this stage via information services offered: vessel schedules, cargo tracking and other strategic information that will help users set action plans accordingly. The plan is to integrate other user profiles, including clearing agents, and all cargo types in the near future.

“Maqta Gateway offers optimisation, efficiency, automation and transparency, covering the trade process end-to-end. The implementation of a single point-of-access will be highly beneficial for the Abu Dhabi Government, the trade community, and wider society”, said Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, CEO Abu Dhabi Ports.

“We welcome our customers, users and other stakeholders to take part in upcoming workshops and facilitate the development of Maqta Gateway, ensuring a robust port community system that benefits the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the wider trade community as whole.”

Noura Al Dhaheri, Ports Community System manager, Abu Dhabi Ports, said: “Maqta Gateway is an integrated system. To manage the success of such a complex system, we have developed the software with the highest industry standards and adopted agile approach in project management. This approach is highly flexible and adaptable to the changing demands from different stakeholders and engages them  to achieve high quality solutions in minimum time.”

For Abu Dhabi, Maqta Gateway offers better risk management, improved levels of security and increased revenue yields with enhanced trader compliance. Trade communities will benefit from transparent and predictable interpretation and application of rules, better deployment of human and financial resources, decreasing costs and improving customer service, and thereby seeing appreciable gains in productivity and competitiveness. – TradeArabia News Service




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