AP+
AP+ key figures:
- 85% improvement by dematerialising document for stakeholders in the logistics chain
- 95% of the French ocean freight (containerised and conventional)
- 100% of the French customs systems interconnected with AP+
- The world’s major ship owners use the system
AP+ Cargo Community System, a truly tri-modal single window
AP+ optimises, aggregates, automates, orchestrates and secures the processes related to the professions of private and public stakeholders in a logistics community.
AP+ is a true single window that is adaptable to maritime, air and land transport.
A high-performing Cargo Community System based on a Public/Private Partnership
AP+ was implemented for the 1st time by MGI in the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille on September 21, 2005.
Based on collaboration between the Marseille and Le Havre port communities, AP+ connects all the stakeholders in the logistics chain in order to provide a smooth flow of information exchanges and goods.
AP+ continuously evolves in terms of the trades so that it can integrate the new needs of transport professionals, customs authorities and port authorities. Needs are identified through inter-professional workshops and processes are optimised and integrated into software changes.
On a technical level, AP+ relies on leading edge information technology companies that are leaders in their field: IBM, Oracle and Illicom, in order to guarantee the soundness and longevity of the system.
AP+ is operational in
- Mainland France
- Marseille-Fos, Le Havre, Bordeaux, Rouen, Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, Fécamp, Caen, Dieppe, Calais, Sète and La Rochelle as well as the river port of Paris-Gennevilliers and the Medlink Port platforms (Arles, Avignon-Le Pontet, Valence, Vienne-Sud, Lyon, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Mâcon, Chalon-sur-Saône and Pagny)
- Overseas Territories
- Martinique: port of Fort-de-France
- French Guiana: port of Dégrad-des-Cannes, port of Kourou-Pariacabo, river port of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
- Guadeloupe: port de Pointe-de-Grives, port de Basse-Terre
- Mayotte: Ports of Longoni and Dzaoudzi
- In other countries
- Algeria: ports of Algiers, Oran, and Skikda
- Mauritius: port Louis
- Benin: port of Cotonou
Advantages of implementing the Cargo Community System
Simplification of processes
Decrease in the number of processes and documents exchanged.
Dematerialisation of documents
Faster treatment of a vast amount of information.
Automation
Decrease in the data processing time.
Integration
Elimination of redundant data entries thanks to the interfaces between systems.
Making data acquisition more reliable.
Anticipation
Decrease in the global cycle time.
