The second TOC Africa conference was held in Tanger Med, Morocco, on 20 and 21 September. Pascal Ollivier, chairman of IAPH’s Data Collaboration Committee and president of Maritime Street, moderated a panel on digitalising maritime and logistics in Africa. Pascal emphasised the approaching IMO deadline for member states to install a Maritime Single Window and recalled the five take aways that came from the symposium that IAPH organised with BIMCO and IMO on the subject at the beginning of this year: (1) focus on the legal framework from day one; (2) the importance of coordinated border management, (3) principles of public-private data collaboration, (4) the roadmap from MSW to the port call process and, (5) technical assistance from IMO and partners such as the World Bank. Pascal also referred to the publications that IAPH prepared with the World Customs Organization and the World Bank, which will be presented at the forthcoming IAPH World Ports Conference in Abu Dhabi. The panel included Tarik Maaouni (National Port Agency of Morocco), Chawki Benouarrek (Tanger Med Group), Nabil Boumezzough (Tanger Alliance), Gabriel Ferrús (SEAPort Solutions / Valenciaport Foundation) and Raoul Tan (Port of Rotterdam).
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Tarik Maaouni, Chawki Benouarrek, Pascal Ollivier, Nabil Boumezzough, Gabriel Ferrús and Raoul Tan
