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facilitated the capturing of data for clearance purposes have been withdrawn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
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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)
VA2DPI
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