PRANA - ANTILLES - changements système ESEACLEAR

J'annonce à tous les voiliers navigant dans les antilles que le système ESEACLEAR qui allait relativement bien, vient de faire un pas en arrière selon la revue Caribbean Compas d'aout 2012 et l'information sur le site www.eseaclear.com

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Regional Customs Body CCLEC Terminates Use of ESeaClear

CCLEC’s ITC Officer, Aaron Smith, reports: The Caribbean Customs Law

Enforcement Council (CCLEC) wishes to advise the public that the working relationship

between the developer of eSeaClear, Digital Port Control Ltd., and CCLEC has

been terminated effective June 30th, 2012.

Consequently, CCLEC, and by extension Customs Administrations in the region,

no longer support the eSeaClear brand, service and application (eSeaClear) and

as a result the CCLEC End Users Licence Agreement and Privacy Policy which

facilitated the capturing of data for clearance purposes have been withdrawn

from eSeaClear.

CCLEC is very mindful of the consequent impact of discontinuing this service to the

public and sincerely apologies for any convenience caused. Please be assured that

CCLEC is expeditiously embarking on the development of a new system which

would service the changing requirements for the clearance and facilitation of

yachting arrivals in the region across border agencies; this will in turn provide a more

rewarding user experience to all parties involved. In the meantime, yacht skippers

should proceed with Customs clearance procedures that were in place before or

have been in place alongside the eSeaClear electronic system.

For more information contact the CCLEC Secretariat at (758) 453-7705/2556 or

Secretariat@cclec.net.

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Meanwhile, Bob Potter, CEO of Digital Port Control Ltd. reports: An expanded

eSeaClear service will launch in Antigua & Barbuda on July 25th, 2012. The

eSeaClear team has been working closely over the past several months with all

three border agencies involved with the Clearance process there: Immigration,

Customs and Port Authority.

The results should speak for themselves in significantly improving the clearance

experience for all visitors arriving and departing by yacht at one of the three compliant

clearance ports: English Harbour, Jolly Harbour and Deep Water Harbour.

Improvements in training, computer equipment and bandwidth will serve to expedite

ALL formal border procedures. Antigua & Barbuda have set the new standard

for eSeaClear compliance and as such will be the only country where eSeaClear

will be immediately available. Other countries will be encouraged to become fully

compliant, and as they come online, will be announced on the eSeaClear website.

We hope that several will make it by December, in time for the upcoming season.

For more information visit www.eseaclear.com.

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Selon ESEACLEAR

Seul Antigua est maintenant complètement complient

For visitors using eSeaClear, not all countries provided a consistent experience. Based on user-feedback we heard that, while it did indeed live up to expectations in some countries, in other locations the process was disappointing. No doubt as a user, you will have your own stories to tell…and hopefully share with us.

Upon investigation, we found that the shortcomings were due to several reasons, the most common being: lack of adequate training, old computer equipment, and slow Internet connections.

Working closely with the border authorities in Antigua and Barbuda during the first six months of 2012, we established the minimum baseline infrastructure that is required to ensure that eSeaClear works smoothly across all agencies: Immigration, Customs and Port Authority.

Antigua and Barbuda are the first, and at present the only country to be fully compliant to the new expanded eSeaClear service standard.

As other countries achieve compliance, they will be added to the list of locations where you can use eSeaClear to speed the clearance process.

For past-users of eSeaClear who are disappointed in the apparent scaling back of the service, perhaps the old adage is appropriate: "short-term pain for long-term gain" ...

Stay tuned as we start to grow the country list again.

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Prana (Louise et Denis)

pranaqc@gmail.com

VA2DPI

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