MUMBAI: Mumbai Port Trust, JNPT, Indian Port Association (IPA) along
with Portall jointly organised PCS 1x road show in Mumbai on 24th July
in Mumbai Port’s Premises to sensitise all the major stakeholders of the
benefits offered by upgraded version Port Community System (PCS) 1x.
Mr Sanjay Sethi, IAS, Chairman, JNPT, inaugurated the event in the
presence of Mr Rohit Singla, IRS, Joint Commissioner, JNCH, Mr Manish
Jaiswal, Group CTO, Portall, Mr Sudhir Kanvinde, Executive Director, IT,
IPA, alongwith Senior Officials of Mumbai Ports, JNPT, IPA and
Portall.
Port Community System (PCS) is intended to integrate the electronic
flow of trade related document/information and function as the
centralized hub for the ports of India and other stakeholders like
Shipping Lines/Agents, Surveyors, Stevedores, Banks, Container Freight
Stations, Customs House agents, Importers, Exporters, Railways/CONCOR,
Government regulatory agencies, etc. for exchanging electronic messages
in secure manner.
Mr. Sanjay Sethi, IAS, Chairman JNPT in his opening remarks pointed the
benefits for the stakeholders of using PCS 1x as PCS is a
comprehensive, highly secure extensible and scalable solution that meets
the requirements of the trade community, Ports, Banks and Government
Agencies and seamlessly integrates them over the internet coordinating
all the activities in and around Port and beyond.
The Primary outcome of the PCS is to achieve excellent level of
enterprise integration for different players across different ports,
thereby increasing the business value for all the players in the Port
Community and improve the Ease of Doing Business.
He also pointed that in all around 27 major stakeholders are already
onboard and the talks are already in advance stages for adding another
2-3 important stakeholders. He also added that long pending demand of
payment aggregator to be added on PCS 1x has been finalised with an
agreement with Razorpay.
ome of the main objectives of the PCS highlighted during the event were as follows -
1. A Centralized Web-Based Application, which act as single
window, for the Port Community Members/Stakeholders to exchange messages
electronically in secure fashion.
2. Reduce transaction time & cost in Port Business
3. Achieve paperless regime in Port Sector
4. Implement an e-commerce portal for Port Community
5. Data respository for Research and Analysis
To summarize, the implementation of PCS in India transforms Indian
Ports from antiquated Ports to modern Ports by bringing in a paperless
regime.
It minimises transaction time and cost to Indian export-import trade.
Contribution of PCS to Indian trade, though not quantifiable in exact
terms, will definitely herald new chapter in India by way of e-trade.
However, it is expected to reduce a transaction cost at ports and
empowered Indian Ports to join the premier league of international
technology advanced e-ports.
The Road show was well attended by the cross section of trade and it
was also informed that the road show in Mumbai evoked highest response
from the trade with over 160 attendees.
