MCP plc Maritime Cargo Processing Plc was set

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

FCPS Communities • Aberdeen • Hull • Bristol • Immingham • Chatham • Ipswich • Coatbridge • Liverpool • East Midlands Airport • Sheerness • Edinburgh • Teesport • Felixstowe • Tilbury • Glasgow • Thamesport • Grangemouth • Tyne • Harwich Felixstowe

Felixstowe prior to FCPS

1982 30% error rate HMC COMPUTER (London) paper mountain clearance times 4 -5 days

Average Clearance Times Reduced from 4 to 5 days to one hour or less

FCPS Functionality • Vessel/Voyage processing • Imports • Exports • Customs Declarations • ICD/ERTS • Transhipments • Road/Rail Transportation • Dangerous Goods • Maritime Statistics

Felixstowe using 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 Community System - 2003 • 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

Port of Felixstowe Benefits • Improved customer service • Better utilisation of resources • Reduced capital expenditure • Evolution towards automation • Increased profitability

Shipping Lines Benefits • Availability of real-time information • Improved equipment usage/dwell times • Faster turn round of vessels • Internal systems efficiency • Better customer service

Customs & Other Govt Agencies Benefits • Security • Easy access to information • Speed of information - manifests • Anti-smuggling • Reduced documentation • More efficient use of manpower resources

FCPS Designed by the Trade for the Trade • Port Authority/Wharfingers • Freight Forwarders • Shipping Lines/Agents • Customs (Local and Headquarters) • Hauliers • OGAs

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System Requirements • Enhanced FCPS • Browser based • Fully auditable • Secure • Reliable and scalable • Interfacing to existing systems

Summary - Destin 8 • 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