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Can we have an overview about<br />
Maqta Gateway and its main facilities?<br />
Established in 2016, Maqta Gateway<br />
LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary<br />
of Abu Dhabi Ports and is a central<br />
pillar of the company’s strategy to be<br />
a leader in the development of integrated,<br />
digital, global trade. Maqta<br />
Gateway is the developer and operator<br />
of the first Port Community<br />
System in the United Arab Emirates;<br />
Maqta PCS (mPCS), facilitating the<br />
exchange of goods and the movement<br />
of people, and contributing to<br />
the sustainable development of Abu<br />
Dhabi.<br />
Maqta Port Community System<br />
(mPCS) standardizes and secure all<br />
the information exchange among<br />
port stakeholders, customers and<br />
governmental authority entities;<br />
providing a single window to all port<br />
services with system-to-system integration.<br />
With real-time information<br />
and service accessibility on all digital<br />
platforms, mPCS accelerates business<br />
development and trade in the<br />
Emirate.<br />
How many services does Maqta<br />
Gateway provide?<br />
Maqta PCS has exceeded 116 services,<br />
which expand beyond from the<br />
seaside operations to the yard side<br />
operations, to the gate side, landside<br />
and all the way into the industrial<br />
zone and the free zone of KIZAD as<br />
well. We also provide smart services<br />
through our recently launched mobile<br />
application called “Manara” which<br />
especially designed for registered users<br />
on the Maqta Port Community<br />
System, enabling them to get realtime<br />
updates of the status of their<br />
shipments as they reach their destination.<br />
We are very proud to announce that<br />
we recorded more than 3.6 million<br />
transactions in the system since its inception"<br />
To what extent Maqta Gateway<br />
does facilitate the maritime trade<br />
in Abu Dhabi?<br />
We have started measuring the<br />
impact of Maqta Gateway since our<br />
initial operations with our stakeholders<br />
in order to see how the system<br />
can add a value to the whole supply<br />
chain and to the whole trade process<br />
of importing and exporting. We<br />
found out that during 2016, for a<br />
limited number of services and customers,<br />
we managed to save more<br />
than 217,000 hours of workload<br />
in order to speed up the trade. We<br />
have also made a very recognizable<br />
progress with mega shipping lines<br />
such as MAERSK LINE that has fully<br />
adapted our services which shows<br />
how IT and smart technology can<br />
improve and facilitate our entire life<br />
not only in the maritime sector.<br />
Since its inception, how many<br />
transactions were conducted and<br />
recorded vessel entries through<br />
Maqta Gateway and what is the<br />
value of them?<br />
We are very proud to announce<br />
that we recorded more than 3.6 million<br />
transactions in the system since<br />
its inception. In addition, we are serving<br />
100% of the shipping agents in<br />
Abu Dhabi as well as importers and<br />
exporters who are logging to the system.<br />
We have logged more the than<br />
38,000 vessel trips to the system<br />
and now it has become mandated<br />
for any vessel to come to any commercial<br />
port in Abu Dhabi to log into<br />
Maqta Gateway and to finish all the<br />
processes though it.<br />
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