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