Guadeloupe Port Community System

Challenge
- To set up an efficient community system in order to monitor the cargo entering and leaving the port area
- To become the main logistics hub of the Caribbean due to the fluidity of cargo transshipment through Guadeloupe
- To respond to the new trend of international trade in terms of safety-security and raise in global freight volumes exchanged
- To also automate procedures in the air transit of goods
Solutions
- Implementation of the Caribbean’s very first Port Community System [ADEMAR +] in 2002, and the 3rd generation, AP+ in 2008
- Establishment of PCS local operator CEIBA (Computerized Information Exchange Center Branch Antilles) to operate the system and ensure user support
- Skills transfer from SOGET to CEIBA team and change management support
- Development of specific features such as air cargo procedures or transportation order tool
Benefits
- Improves economic and commercial productivity of the Caribbean islands through the exchange of data allowed by the Port Community System
- Increases the ability to respond to threats and opportunities highlighted by globalization
- Complies with new international standards
