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