At a workshop held in the Asharqia Chamber yesterday
Government agencies confirms its commitment to the "Atamta" services in support of investment in the logistics sector.
Participants in the workshop "Achievements of Government Agencies in the Maritime Sector and the Logistics Sector" stressed the importance of the services provided by these authorities, which are witnessing successive developments, most notably the introduction of the state of automation in all agencies working in this regard (the General Authority for Ports and the General Authority for Customs, The General Authority for Transport, the General Directorate of Border Guards, and the Information Exchange Company.
The workshop, which was moderated on Thursday, December 5 at the headquarters of the Asharqia Chamber, the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Logistics Committee Bandar bin Rafi al-Jabri, a number of information and discussions reflecting the development of services provided to investors in the field of maritime transport. Logistics at the General Authority of Ports Abdullah Al-Munif. He said that we have 9 industrial and commercial ports with a capacity of 673 million tons. These ports have already handled 8.6 million TEUs, pointing out that Saudi ports have made excellent progress in the global index of quality and competitiveness of port services from 44th to 40th place.
He reviewed the achievements of the General Authority for Ports compared to 2017 and 2019, saying that the container turnover rate in the port does not exceed five days during the current year, and was in 2017 about 14 days, and that the productivity of the crane jumped from 24 containers per hour during the year before last The waiting time of the vessel from the berth to start operations is now 45 minutes, it was within 90 minutes two years ago, and the average waiting time of the vessel from the end of operations to the departure of the berth was 90 minutes decreased to 60 minutes, And after re-engineering procedures that were adopted during the baseline The sale of the past will decrease this period further and compete with international ports. The turnover rate in the ports applied by the trucks project is within 30 minutes from 180 minutes, and the general cargo handling rate of 3 thousand tons per day rose to 7 thousand tons.
He pointed to a number of projects that have been completed, most notably accelerating the process of ship travel, night inspection of containers, the project of truck management in Dammam and others, as well as the establishment of the commercial section and launch a plan to communicate with investors of the maritime sector and the conclusion of alliances with shipping companies at the local, regional and international levels and start implementation The alliance strategy was also issued, and several regulations were issued regulating the work of maritime agents, inspection procedures and the like, which regulated the work in ports and the maritime sector and removed many of the lack of transparency that the maritime sector was suffering from.
Hatem Al-Zahrani of the General Authority for Transport (Maritime Transport Sector) explained that the Authority plays the role of legislator and regulator in the maritime transport industry by issuing licenses and supervising the application of regulations and regulations on maritime vessels flying the Saudi flag and its workers, and also working on the implementation of international treaties and agreements issued. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) with all relevant authorities, pointing out that the vision of the Authority is (Towards a safe, efficient, integrated and environmentally friendly transport for sustainable development), and carries the message that: "Regulating and developing the activities of land, sea and rail transport to provide a transport environment. Enough Of high quality and appropriate cost, based on the latest technologies and promote investment opportunities in the transport industry to achieve economic and social development goals. "
He added that the trip beneficiary or investor to operate and exercise the activity required to perform 9 steps were shortened during the current year to 4 steps, because the Authority has developed a precise methodology to solve the problems of enforcement by reading the previous regulations, has become all services are automated through the portal These include the issuance of six licenses for the required activities and various certification services. He revealed that the middle of December will be adding a certificate of civil liability for damage to oil pollution, and a certificate of insurance of civil liability for damage to fuel pollution, and that by the end of this month will be Issuance of cooperation The first quarter of the year 2020 will be issuing certificates of rapid units, exemption, continuous record and so on.
Capt. Engineer Saud Alshehri (from the General Directorate of Border Guard) has said that the border guard duties in the ports is the guard and security control, and what falls under that of the activities of inspection and security and conduct patrols and other, our purpose first and last is to provide a safe environment in all ports, from a base "for an investment without security."
One of the improvements made by the Border Guards is to improve the procedures for obtaining permits, such as eliminating the requirement of a zakat certificate and ensuring the validity of the commercial register for registration of entities at the Saul portal. In addition, he canceled the requirement of clearing the border guards from customs procedures, excluding them by using the order number, dispensing with the necessity of having the picture in temporary and daily permits, and enabling the companies operating in ports to renew the date of entering the ports one month before the completion.
He reviewed the most prominent services that can be obtained from the portal of Saul, has been registered in one year more than 4 thousand facilities, permits exceeded 612 thousand permits, an increase of 300% .( ........) From the General Authority of Saudi Customs that the current strategic plan of the Authority is to reduce documents and integration with other bodies, the launch of the vision of the God of the first place regionally in providing distinct customs services to become the Kingdom of global logistics platform "and we are always keen on Facilitate trade and achieve customer satisfaction, contribute to community security, and increase non-oil revenues He pointed out that the Authority has taken several measures to improve the work, including the container management program, canceling the departure of ships, developing the loading and unloading works, and automating the provisions of the provision of supplies and the provision of ships. He pointed out that the automation taken by the Authority contributed to the provision of more than 18 million galleries, more than 53 million kilometers is the distance traveled to finish transactions, more than 593 thousand letters, as well as more than two million hours of work spent in data entry, and 6 ml Any hours spent as a result of manual deliveries, as well as contribute to the preservation of the environment by shortening these transfers, etc. Muhannad Al-Mutairi from the Saudi Exchange Company for Information Exchange (Tadawul) spoke about the Fasah platform that deals with suppliers, customs brokers, and port operators. Train operators, freight forwarders, courier, air freight, car dealerships, and private laboratories offer 135 cross-platform services.
