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The great success of the 4 th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet has confirmed the positioning of this event, becoming now the annual rendezvous of public and private actors in the ecosystem of foreign trade. The 2018 edition will remain engraved in the annals insofar as it coincided with the reception in Morocco of two other international events, namely the annual conference of the International Port Community System Association (IPCSA), as well as the 5 th Single Window Conference, organized by the United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT). This concentrate of world events, which is being held for the first time in Africa, is another eloquent testimony of the pioneering role played by Morocco in the development of the concept of the Single Window of Foreign Trade and, in general, in improving the electronic business. Known and recognized, the Kingdom’s trade facilitation efforts earned it a ranking never before achieved in the World Bank’s latest Doing Business report. At PORTNET S.A., we are delighted to have actively contributed to this dynamic of reforms involving the public and private sectors. The PortNet Single Window has reached a true stage of maturity that allows it to enthusiastically address the new challenges that arise. We will ensure that we maintain this spirit of innovation by remaining attentive to the needs of the cross-border trading community. PortNet has been, is and will always be at the service of national competitiveness.. Good reading! Jalal BENHAYOUN PORTNET S.A. Multi-channel payment solution extended to ANP customers HIGHLIGHT Great success for the 4 th Annual Conference of single window Portnet. Newsletter 11 /18 36 SUBJECT OF THE MONTH Tr@de Direct A new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

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Page 1: 11 /18 36 - PORTNET S.A. · the pioneering role played by Morocco in the development of the concept of the Single Window of Foreign Trade and, in general, in improving the electronic

The great success of the 4th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet has confirmed the positioning of this event becoming now the annual rendezvous of public and private actors in the ecosystem of foreign trade The 2018 edition will remain engraved in the annals insofar as it coincided with the reception in Morocco of two other international events namely the annual conference of the International Port Community System Association (IPCSA) as well as the 5th Single Window Conference organized by the United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UNCEFACT) This concentrate of world events which is being held for the first time in Africa is another eloquent testimony of the pioneering role played by Morocco in the development of the concept of the Single Window of Foreign Trade and in general in improving the electronic business Known and recognized the Kingdomrsquos trade facilitation efforts earned it a ranking

never before achieved in the World Bankrsquos latest Doing Business report At PORTNET SA we are delighted to have actively contributed to this dynamic of reforms involving the public and private sectors The PortNet Single Window has reached a true stage of maturity that allows it to enthusiastically address the new challenges that arise We will ensure that we maintain this spirit of innovation by remaining attentive to the needs of the cross-border trading community PortNet has been is and will always be at the service of national competitiveness

Good reading

Jalal BENHAYOUN

PORTNET SA

Multi-channel payment solution extended to ANP customers

HIGHLIGHT

Great success for the 4th Annual Conference of single window Portnet

Newsletter 11

18

36

SUBJECT OF THE MONTH

Trde Direct A new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

- 2 -

THANKSThe organization of the annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet went well on 12 and 13 November 2018 in Casablanca The event was a great success with over 800 participants from around the world Our thanks go to the Ministry of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water for the sponsorship and support given to this new edition

A special mention for our sponsors and partners for their contributions and all the attention paid to this great annual meeting We send them our warmest thanksFinally all the merit and recognition go back to the professionalism of the organizing committee and to the strong mobilization of the teams of PORTNET SA

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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NEWSBlockchain in the heartOf a seminar organized by APRAM

The Professional Associat ion of Marit ime Agents Consignees of Ships and Charters of Morocco (APRAM) organized on Wednesday November 14 2018 in Casablanca a seminar on the stakes and perspectives of the Blockchain technology in Morocco The CEO of PORTNET SA Jalal Benhayoun took part in this event under the theme laquoBlockchain consequences on the port and maritime professionsraquo The meeting was attended by representatives of the public and private sectors in particular the actors of the maritime and ICT sectors as well as eminent national and international experts

The discussions focused on the effects of the Blockchain on charters ship management and shipping agents The technology of Blockchain that allows the exchange

peer-to-peer information in a secure way is expected to revolutionize the maritime sector

laquoThe Blockchain could provide an answer to the new consumer trends that are now complicating the maritime sector This technology could govern our ecosystem It is thus necessary to create trust between the various actors and to create different synergies to guarantee security traceability and confidentialityraquo said Abdelaziz Mantrach APRAM President

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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PortNetMulti-channel payment solution extended to ANP customers

The Single Window of Foreign Trade Procedures PortNet has just announced the generalization of the first multi-channel payment solution for customers of the National Ports Agency (ANP)

These latter can now choose between online payment by credit card or via one of the bank channels managed by the Fatourati platform (e-Banking m-Banking m-Payments ATMs Banking services or physical proximity networks and any other approved channel)

To accompany the concerned customers a user guide has been published by PortNet Everything is largely detailed on it from the launch of authentication to the payment of the invoices

The Guide provides appropriate explanations about the application m a n a ge m e n t a n d v i ew i n g o f invoices

ANP customers who do not have access to PortNet are invited to subscribe to the Single Window services as soon as possible

IPCSA-CNUCEDPortNet model presented at expert meeting in GenevaPORTNET SA took part in the multiannual meeting of transport commercial logistics and Trade Facilitation experts held from 21 to 23 November 2018 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva Initiated by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Commerce Development (UNCTAD) this event is an extension of the discussions of the fifth session focused on the link between commercial logistics and the sustainable development by 2030The exchanges during the sixth meeting focused especially on the rise of digitization and its role in border

trade facilitation In this context the experience of the PortNet Single Window was presented during a session on Community Port Systems organized on November 23 2018 in collaboration with the International Port Community System Association (IPCSA) The debates during this session allowed to clarify certain and diverse concepts and to share some thoughts about the electronic exchange of data and the integration of Single Windows and Port Community Systems

NEWS

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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Covey methodNew training sessions for the benefit of PORTNET SAAfter a first wave organized in October 2017 PORTNET SA employees benefited from new training sessions on November 16 and 17 2018 on laquo7 habits of very effective peopleraquo

This training inspired by the work of Stephen R Covey proposes a new management approach that acts on the levers of personal and interpersonal effectiveness of the manager Developed according to several modules provided by the multinational FranklinCovey the Covey Method helps leaders discover how to inspire trust and build credibility with their associates It frees the talents and energy of a team

The concept of laquo7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleraquo helps achieve superior results by making individuals and leaders more effective through practical experience that leads to higher productivity better communication social relationships strengthened and increased influence

Here are the 7 Habits advocated by the Covey method1 Be proactive2 Know from the start where you want to go3 Prioritize priorities4 Think win win5 Seek first to understand then to be understood6 Enjoy the synergy7 Sharpen your faculties

NEWS

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 6 -

Morocco ranking by Doing Business indicator 2019 Versus Doing Business 2010

Doing Business PortNet at the heart of the national plan to improve the business climate

Several speakers at the Fourth Annual Single Window Conference held in Casablanca on November 12 and 13 2018 highlighted PortNetrsquos major role in improving the business environment in Morocco

Efforts in this area have been repeatedly praised by many international institutions including the World Trade Organization (WTO) In the latest World Bank report on the business climate laquoDoing Business 2019raquo Morocco was placed 60th in the world ranking compared to 69th a year

earlier In terms of facilitation of foreign trade procedures the solutions deployed by PORTNET SA in coordination with the actors of the port logistics chain have borne fruit Thus in terms of the laquocross-border traderaquo indicator Morocco has moved up to 62nd place in the latest laquoDoing Businessraquo ranking gaining 42 points since 2016

NEWS

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Source National Business Environment Committee

Cross-bordertrade

Insolvencyinformation

Contractsexecution

Companycreation

Granting of buildingpermits

Connectionto electricity

Ownershiptransfer

Obtainingloans

Minority investorsprotection

Taxes payment

DB 2010 DB 2019

- 7 -

OCI PORTNET SA participates in the 34th COMCEC Ministerial Meeting in IstanbulThe 34th Ministerial Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) took place from 26th to 29th November 2018 at the Istanbul Congress Center (Turkey) under the theme laquoTrade Facilitation Improvement of Customs Risk Management Systems in OIC Member Statesraquo The Opening Ceremony took place on November 28th 2018 under the chairmanship of HE Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of the Republic of Turkey and President of the COMCEC

The 34th Session of the COMCEC underscored the importance of having an effect ive Customs Risk Management System to facilitate trade among OIC member countries In addition they emphasized the need to strengthen regional integration customs modernization digitization and exchange of experiences and good practices

The day of Thursday 29th November 2018 was reserved for special sessions marked by the participation of high level representatives of Member States and OIC institutions as well as other international organizations NGOs think tanks private sector organizations and universities around the world

PORTNET SA took part in the extraordinary session focused on laquoThe challenges of customs modernization and possible solutionsraquo alongside other bodies including the Turkish Customs Administration the Intergovernmental Organization for International Rail Transport as well as the World Customs Organization The purpose of this session was to build on successful experiences in the reform and modernization of Customs administrations The exchanges focused on the fundamental role of public-private partnership the harmonization of procedures with international standards and the need to strengthen coordination between all administrations involved in the cross-border trade chain

IPCSA brings together Its members meeting and expands its networkThe International Port Community System Association (IPCSA) members meeting took place on Wednesday 14 November 2018 in Casablanca This meeting is an extension of the IPCSA Annual Conference held in Casablanca and for the first time in Africa simultaneously with the annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet The network IPCSA has been enriched during this meeting

with the arrival of five new members The president of the IPCSA handed over the membership plate to four of the five new organizations Port of Los Angeles (USA) Community System of the Port of Djibouti Trade-Van (Taiwan) DRC SEGUCE (Democratic Republic of Congo)The 5th new member to join the IPCSA is the port of Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

NEWS

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Addis Ababa PORTNET SA Present at the first African Forum of National Trade Facilitation Commissions

A Moroccan delegation composed by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Trade the Administration of Customs and Indirect Taxes (ADII) ONSSA the ANP and PORTNET SA took part in the inaugural edition of the African Forum National Trade Facilitation Commissions 27th-29th November 2018 Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Following a similar global event organized by UNCTAD in Geneva in January 2017 the work of this Forum focused on the role of African regional organizations and the role of National Trade Facilitation Committees (NCEs) in implementation of trade facilitation provisions in the framework of the African Agreement on the Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) but also on dematerialization initiatives at points of entry the participation of the private sector in the CNFEs coordination of the tasks of the different border services or the role of the transit corridors

The event allowed the Moroccan delegation to reconnect with a number of international organizations UNCTAD UNECE WTO MDG etc It is also an opportunity to highlight the successful model of the PortNet SA Single Window the fruit of a shared and concerted vision involving all the players in foreign trade Participants in the Addis Ababa Forum agreed to continue working towards the standardization of control quality and certificates quality at the international level

Standardization is seen as one of the keys to the success of free trade agreements for trade in Africa The pilot experience of the Phytosanitary Certificate laquoE-Phytoraquo initiated by the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) with the support of PORTNET SA has also been highly praised by international organizations

NEWS

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- 9 -

HIGHLIGHT

Great success for the 4th Annual Conference of Single Window PortNet

More than 800 participants from around the world from the public and private sectors took part in the Fourth Annual PortNet Single Window Conference held on November 12th and 13th 2018 in Casablanca

A wide range of nationalities more than thirty were present as well as renowned experts including representatives of prestigious international organizations UN CEFACT UNCTAD IPCSA AACE ICDT World Bank etc

The 2018 edition of this annual meeting of the foreign trade community coincided with two other international events all aimed at improving the cross-border logistics chain This is the Fifth International Conference on the Single Window Concept organized by the United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation (UN CEFACT) as well as the annual Conference of The International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) The holding in Morocco of these two events with international influence is a sign of confidence and recognition of the progress made by the Moroccan single window in terms of trade facilitation and improvement of the business climate

Initiated jointly by the National Ports Agency (ANP) and PORTNET SA under the auspices of the Ministry of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water the Annual Conference of the Single Window was placed this year under the theme laquopublic and private community intelligence serving your integrated efficient and innovative supply chainraquo A subject which as Nadia Laraki CEO of the National Ports Agency and President of the Board of PORTNET SA has pointed out laquoadheres to the High Orientations of His Majesty King Mohammed VI May God assists him in his vision of putting citizens and economic operators at the center of interest of administrations and the public service through the constant search for new innovative and daring solutions for the competitiveness of our ecosystem and our economyraquo

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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For two days Casablanca has become a world capital for Single Windows a hub for exchanging experiences and successful practices around the world laquoToday more than ever the competitiveness of countries in the global market increasingly depends on their ability to innovate continuously and to tame new technologies in all sectors by reinventing processes and challenging the methods adopted In the fields of logistics ports and the international Supply Chain this race for innovation is illustrated notably by the implementation of real Single Windows and disruptive community platforms that have made it possible to qualitative leaps in improving their performance and competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

Faced with a constantly changing environment the Single Windows bring tangible solutions to the various issues and meet the legitimate aspirations of public and private stakeholders in the international trade ecosystem Speakers at the Annual Conference were unanimous in hailing the progress made by the Moroccan Single Window PortNet whose services are now extended to all commercial ports under the authority of the National Ports Agency

The meeting in Casablanca was an opportunity to review of the achievements for the year 2018 marked by the launch of new dematerialized solutions via PortNet In particular the first Community solution for exchange and multi-channel payment of International Supply Chain related bills the generalization of the exchange of control results between the Customs and the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) services the launch of the laquoTrade Senseraquo portal with the support of the World Bank etc

During the same year the PORTNET SA teams worked on the technical preparation of other new paperless management solutions for National Telecommunication Regulatory Agency (ANRT) approvals Delivering Certificates Exit Certificates and making prior appointments at the exit of the containers of the ports and finally the requests of exemption from customs laquoWe are delighted with the accomplishments achieved through the active contribution of all stakeholders public and private That said we are aware of the challenges that remain the legitimacy of the aspirations of all economic operators and the projects to be finalizedraquo said Mohamed Najib BOULIF Secretary of State to the Minister of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water in charge of Transport in a speech delivered at the opening of the Conference

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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Back in images on the 4th Edition of the PortNet Single Window Annual Conference

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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HIGHLIGHT

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STRONG MOMENTSPortNet Single Window Annual ConferenceScreening of the new Institutional Film of PORTNET SA

Signature of the Convention laquoTrde Directraquo with the banking sector

The 4th Annual Single Window Conference was marked by the projection of the new institutional film of PORTNET SA

The story is told by our friend the container laquoContaraquo the world champion of the Supply Chain Inspired by beautiful images reflecting the dynamics of cross-border trade the film traces the fabulous story of the PortNet One-Window born from the convergence of several strategic visions

laquoContaraquo invites you to follow its journey along the supply chain to discover the many benefits of dematerializing foreign trade formalities via the PortNet platform

Lasting 4 minutes 46 seconds the institutional film highlights commitments to sustainable development and the preservation of natural resources With its laquoZero Paperraquo objective more than 800000 trees in paper equivalent

One of the f lagsh ip measures announced at the PortNetrsquos single window annual conference is the one on launching a dematerialized management solution of documentary

credits via PortNet A first in the world Conventions were ratified on this occasion with three banking organizations namely Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du

Maroc At the end of a pilot phase associating these three institutions the new service will be generalized to all the banks of the place (see more details in laquoSubject of the monthraquo

or even the equivalent of the annual fuel consumption of 17000 cars which are saved each year through PortNet

The institutional film is available at httpsurlzfr8n8r

Nadia Laraki President of the Board of PORTNET SA and Ahmed Rahhou CEO of CIH

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA et and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Transactional Bank Attijariwafa Bank Group Mouawia ESSEKELLI

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA and Mohamed Kettani Hassani Member of the Executive Board in charge of the Credit Development Sector of Morocco

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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SUBJECT OF THE MONTHTrde DirectA new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

A first in the world The Single Window of Foreign Trade PortNet joins forces with the banking sector to develop an innovative solution for the electronic management of documentary credits The announcement was made on the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the 4th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet Tuesday November 12 2018 in Casablanca

Called laquoTrde Directraquo the new solution takes the form of a unified multi-bank multi-user platform for all importing and exporting companies

It enables both banks and PORTNET SA users to better manage the whole life cycle of documentary credits letters of credit standby letters of credit documentary remittance letters and certain transactions Non-documentary such as simple transfersThe new service will be the subject of a preliminary study At the annual PortNet Single Window Conference framework agreements have been ratified between on the one hand

PORTNET SA and on the other hand three banking institutions Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du Maroc At the end of a pilot phase involving these three banks the new service will be generalized to all banks in the area

laquoTrde Directraquo has many advantages for the bank the economic operators and their partners abroad bull Standardization harmonization and unification of the

processing processes of the transactions concerned (letters of credit standby letters of credit letters of documentary remittance etc) which results in an improvement in the costs and deadlines of treatment for all concerned

bull A consolidated multi-bank view of documentary transactions for companies operating with several banks

bull An improvement in competitiveness and the level of digital maturity by giving SME-TPEs an electronic customer centric platform open to several banks and public and private partners

bull Make available to the entire ecosystem a practical and innovative way to collaboratively and digitally contribute to the processing and monitoring of data and documents necessary for the accomplishment of operations while avoiding reintroduction for each stakeholder a document or the entry of data previously supplied by another stakeholder

The Trde Direct solution has the advantage of obtaining a consolidation of documentary operations for a company that works with several banks and thus simplifies the management of several operations Responding to the complexity of this activity this new tool which allows a single entry of information on a single computer window will provide banks economic operators and their partners abroad with easy management and effective monitoring international transactions significantly reducing the risk of errors

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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NEWSPAPERPortNet SA7 years of existence and an unprecedentedoperational performance

PortNet demonstrates that in Morocco There is a real desire to accomplish things

33800 customers 39000 users and a range of dematerialized services These are the latest indicators of PORTNET SA The single window deployed since 2011 to serve the integration of the international supply chain ecosystem continues to grow Over the last seven years this platform has boosted Moroccorsquos cross-border trade logistics chain laquoWe have gained an ecosystem that is able to work and improve every day The unique feature of our single window is that it is a system open to all companies and targets all procedures that may interest the economic operator and serve its competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

The creation of a single window is based on a number of fundamental principles The challenge is to ensure operational and efficient management of this tool to win the trust of the customer laquoCustomer satisfaction is constantly changing This requires us to continually improve our processes to support the demands of customers who are becoming more and more constraining laquosays Benhayoun Another big challenge to take up the laquonon intrusivenessraquo of the business guaranteeing the operator a saving of time and cost It is worth pointing out that PortNet currently manages all foreign trade users and incorporates more than three quarters of the chain for export Since its deployment deadlines have significantly shortened from 14 days to less than a week resulting in a significant cost optimization

Ivonne Higuero Director of Economic Cooperation and Trade Division-ECE-UN What we can see is that there is a strong will to do things There is also an energy that is present particularly in the case of the single window shops like PortNet in order to comply with international standards Morocco is among the countries that want to raise their level in this area to facilitate international trade Morocco is very active in this area it is also one of the particularities that we have noticed

There were many international prorcurcers for the international commitrity because of the multiplicity of stakeholders making trade more difficult because it simply becomes more expensive Collaboration between the public and private sectors was very limited The private sector found difficulties in exporting

Because of this lack of collaboration Morocco has managed to overcome this problem by strengthening the public-private partnership The country also continues to make efforts to ease the cumbersome administrat ive procedures which wil l surely substantially change the trade in Morocco We can already say that the changes are beginning to be noticeable

Friday November 16 Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

Sunday 18 November Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 18 -

Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

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The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

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CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

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THANKSThe organization of the annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet went well on 12 and 13 November 2018 in Casablanca The event was a great success with over 800 participants from around the world Our thanks go to the Ministry of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water for the sponsorship and support given to this new edition

A special mention for our sponsors and partners for their contributions and all the attention paid to this great annual meeting We send them our warmest thanksFinally all the merit and recognition go back to the professionalism of the organizing committee and to the strong mobilization of the teams of PORTNET SA

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 3 -

NEWSBlockchain in the heartOf a seminar organized by APRAM

The Professional Associat ion of Marit ime Agents Consignees of Ships and Charters of Morocco (APRAM) organized on Wednesday November 14 2018 in Casablanca a seminar on the stakes and perspectives of the Blockchain technology in Morocco The CEO of PORTNET SA Jalal Benhayoun took part in this event under the theme laquoBlockchain consequences on the port and maritime professionsraquo The meeting was attended by representatives of the public and private sectors in particular the actors of the maritime and ICT sectors as well as eminent national and international experts

The discussions focused on the effects of the Blockchain on charters ship management and shipping agents The technology of Blockchain that allows the exchange

peer-to-peer information in a secure way is expected to revolutionize the maritime sector

laquoThe Blockchain could provide an answer to the new consumer trends that are now complicating the maritime sector This technology could govern our ecosystem It is thus necessary to create trust between the various actors and to create different synergies to guarantee security traceability and confidentialityraquo said Abdelaziz Mantrach APRAM President

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 4 -

PortNetMulti-channel payment solution extended to ANP customers

The Single Window of Foreign Trade Procedures PortNet has just announced the generalization of the first multi-channel payment solution for customers of the National Ports Agency (ANP)

These latter can now choose between online payment by credit card or via one of the bank channels managed by the Fatourati platform (e-Banking m-Banking m-Payments ATMs Banking services or physical proximity networks and any other approved channel)

To accompany the concerned customers a user guide has been published by PortNet Everything is largely detailed on it from the launch of authentication to the payment of the invoices

The Guide provides appropriate explanations about the application m a n a ge m e n t a n d v i ew i n g o f invoices

ANP customers who do not have access to PortNet are invited to subscribe to the Single Window services as soon as possible

IPCSA-CNUCEDPortNet model presented at expert meeting in GenevaPORTNET SA took part in the multiannual meeting of transport commercial logistics and Trade Facilitation experts held from 21 to 23 November 2018 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva Initiated by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Commerce Development (UNCTAD) this event is an extension of the discussions of the fifth session focused on the link between commercial logistics and the sustainable development by 2030The exchanges during the sixth meeting focused especially on the rise of digitization and its role in border

trade facilitation In this context the experience of the PortNet Single Window was presented during a session on Community Port Systems organized on November 23 2018 in collaboration with the International Port Community System Association (IPCSA) The debates during this session allowed to clarify certain and diverse concepts and to share some thoughts about the electronic exchange of data and the integration of Single Windows and Port Community Systems

NEWS

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 5 -

Covey methodNew training sessions for the benefit of PORTNET SAAfter a first wave organized in October 2017 PORTNET SA employees benefited from new training sessions on November 16 and 17 2018 on laquo7 habits of very effective peopleraquo

This training inspired by the work of Stephen R Covey proposes a new management approach that acts on the levers of personal and interpersonal effectiveness of the manager Developed according to several modules provided by the multinational FranklinCovey the Covey Method helps leaders discover how to inspire trust and build credibility with their associates It frees the talents and energy of a team

The concept of laquo7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleraquo helps achieve superior results by making individuals and leaders more effective through practical experience that leads to higher productivity better communication social relationships strengthened and increased influence

Here are the 7 Habits advocated by the Covey method1 Be proactive2 Know from the start where you want to go3 Prioritize priorities4 Think win win5 Seek first to understand then to be understood6 Enjoy the synergy7 Sharpen your faculties

NEWS

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 6 -

Morocco ranking by Doing Business indicator 2019 Versus Doing Business 2010

Doing Business PortNet at the heart of the national plan to improve the business climate

Several speakers at the Fourth Annual Single Window Conference held in Casablanca on November 12 and 13 2018 highlighted PortNetrsquos major role in improving the business environment in Morocco

Efforts in this area have been repeatedly praised by many international institutions including the World Trade Organization (WTO) In the latest World Bank report on the business climate laquoDoing Business 2019raquo Morocco was placed 60th in the world ranking compared to 69th a year

earlier In terms of facilitation of foreign trade procedures the solutions deployed by PORTNET SA in coordination with the actors of the port logistics chain have borne fruit Thus in terms of the laquocross-border traderaquo indicator Morocco has moved up to 62nd place in the latest laquoDoing Businessraquo ranking gaining 42 points since 2016

NEWS

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Source National Business Environment Committee

Cross-bordertrade

Insolvencyinformation

Contractsexecution

Companycreation

Granting of buildingpermits

Connectionto electricity

Ownershiptransfer

Obtainingloans

Minority investorsprotection

Taxes payment

DB 2010 DB 2019

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OCI PORTNET SA participates in the 34th COMCEC Ministerial Meeting in IstanbulThe 34th Ministerial Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) took place from 26th to 29th November 2018 at the Istanbul Congress Center (Turkey) under the theme laquoTrade Facilitation Improvement of Customs Risk Management Systems in OIC Member Statesraquo The Opening Ceremony took place on November 28th 2018 under the chairmanship of HE Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of the Republic of Turkey and President of the COMCEC

The 34th Session of the COMCEC underscored the importance of having an effect ive Customs Risk Management System to facilitate trade among OIC member countries In addition they emphasized the need to strengthen regional integration customs modernization digitization and exchange of experiences and good practices

The day of Thursday 29th November 2018 was reserved for special sessions marked by the participation of high level representatives of Member States and OIC institutions as well as other international organizations NGOs think tanks private sector organizations and universities around the world

PORTNET SA took part in the extraordinary session focused on laquoThe challenges of customs modernization and possible solutionsraquo alongside other bodies including the Turkish Customs Administration the Intergovernmental Organization for International Rail Transport as well as the World Customs Organization The purpose of this session was to build on successful experiences in the reform and modernization of Customs administrations The exchanges focused on the fundamental role of public-private partnership the harmonization of procedures with international standards and the need to strengthen coordination between all administrations involved in the cross-border trade chain

IPCSA brings together Its members meeting and expands its networkThe International Port Community System Association (IPCSA) members meeting took place on Wednesday 14 November 2018 in Casablanca This meeting is an extension of the IPCSA Annual Conference held in Casablanca and for the first time in Africa simultaneously with the annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet The network IPCSA has been enriched during this meeting

with the arrival of five new members The president of the IPCSA handed over the membership plate to four of the five new organizations Port of Los Angeles (USA) Community System of the Port of Djibouti Trade-Van (Taiwan) DRC SEGUCE (Democratic Republic of Congo)The 5th new member to join the IPCSA is the port of Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

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Addis Ababa PORTNET SA Present at the first African Forum of National Trade Facilitation Commissions

A Moroccan delegation composed by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Trade the Administration of Customs and Indirect Taxes (ADII) ONSSA the ANP and PORTNET SA took part in the inaugural edition of the African Forum National Trade Facilitation Commissions 27th-29th November 2018 Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Following a similar global event organized by UNCTAD in Geneva in January 2017 the work of this Forum focused on the role of African regional organizations and the role of National Trade Facilitation Committees (NCEs) in implementation of trade facilitation provisions in the framework of the African Agreement on the Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) but also on dematerialization initiatives at points of entry the participation of the private sector in the CNFEs coordination of the tasks of the different border services or the role of the transit corridors

The event allowed the Moroccan delegation to reconnect with a number of international organizations UNCTAD UNECE WTO MDG etc It is also an opportunity to highlight the successful model of the PortNet SA Single Window the fruit of a shared and concerted vision involving all the players in foreign trade Participants in the Addis Ababa Forum agreed to continue working towards the standardization of control quality and certificates quality at the international level

Standardization is seen as one of the keys to the success of free trade agreements for trade in Africa The pilot experience of the Phytosanitary Certificate laquoE-Phytoraquo initiated by the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) with the support of PORTNET SA has also been highly praised by international organizations

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HIGHLIGHT

Great success for the 4th Annual Conference of Single Window PortNet

More than 800 participants from around the world from the public and private sectors took part in the Fourth Annual PortNet Single Window Conference held on November 12th and 13th 2018 in Casablanca

A wide range of nationalities more than thirty were present as well as renowned experts including representatives of prestigious international organizations UN CEFACT UNCTAD IPCSA AACE ICDT World Bank etc

The 2018 edition of this annual meeting of the foreign trade community coincided with two other international events all aimed at improving the cross-border logistics chain This is the Fifth International Conference on the Single Window Concept organized by the United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation (UN CEFACT) as well as the annual Conference of The International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) The holding in Morocco of these two events with international influence is a sign of confidence and recognition of the progress made by the Moroccan single window in terms of trade facilitation and improvement of the business climate

Initiated jointly by the National Ports Agency (ANP) and PORTNET SA under the auspices of the Ministry of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water the Annual Conference of the Single Window was placed this year under the theme laquopublic and private community intelligence serving your integrated efficient and innovative supply chainraquo A subject which as Nadia Laraki CEO of the National Ports Agency and President of the Board of PORTNET SA has pointed out laquoadheres to the High Orientations of His Majesty King Mohammed VI May God assists him in his vision of putting citizens and economic operators at the center of interest of administrations and the public service through the constant search for new innovative and daring solutions for the competitiveness of our ecosystem and our economyraquo

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For two days Casablanca has become a world capital for Single Windows a hub for exchanging experiences and successful practices around the world laquoToday more than ever the competitiveness of countries in the global market increasingly depends on their ability to innovate continuously and to tame new technologies in all sectors by reinventing processes and challenging the methods adopted In the fields of logistics ports and the international Supply Chain this race for innovation is illustrated notably by the implementation of real Single Windows and disruptive community platforms that have made it possible to qualitative leaps in improving their performance and competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

Faced with a constantly changing environment the Single Windows bring tangible solutions to the various issues and meet the legitimate aspirations of public and private stakeholders in the international trade ecosystem Speakers at the Annual Conference were unanimous in hailing the progress made by the Moroccan Single Window PortNet whose services are now extended to all commercial ports under the authority of the National Ports Agency

The meeting in Casablanca was an opportunity to review of the achievements for the year 2018 marked by the launch of new dematerialized solutions via PortNet In particular the first Community solution for exchange and multi-channel payment of International Supply Chain related bills the generalization of the exchange of control results between the Customs and the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) services the launch of the laquoTrade Senseraquo portal with the support of the World Bank etc

During the same year the PORTNET SA teams worked on the technical preparation of other new paperless management solutions for National Telecommunication Regulatory Agency (ANRT) approvals Delivering Certificates Exit Certificates and making prior appointments at the exit of the containers of the ports and finally the requests of exemption from customs laquoWe are delighted with the accomplishments achieved through the active contribution of all stakeholders public and private That said we are aware of the challenges that remain the legitimacy of the aspirations of all economic operators and the projects to be finalizedraquo said Mohamed Najib BOULIF Secretary of State to the Minister of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water in charge of Transport in a speech delivered at the opening of the Conference

HIGHLIGHT

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Back in images on the 4th Edition of the PortNet Single Window Annual Conference

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STRONG MOMENTSPortNet Single Window Annual ConferenceScreening of the new Institutional Film of PORTNET SA

Signature of the Convention laquoTrde Directraquo with the banking sector

The 4th Annual Single Window Conference was marked by the projection of the new institutional film of PORTNET SA

The story is told by our friend the container laquoContaraquo the world champion of the Supply Chain Inspired by beautiful images reflecting the dynamics of cross-border trade the film traces the fabulous story of the PortNet One-Window born from the convergence of several strategic visions

laquoContaraquo invites you to follow its journey along the supply chain to discover the many benefits of dematerializing foreign trade formalities via the PortNet platform

Lasting 4 minutes 46 seconds the institutional film highlights commitments to sustainable development and the preservation of natural resources With its laquoZero Paperraquo objective more than 800000 trees in paper equivalent

One of the f lagsh ip measures announced at the PortNetrsquos single window annual conference is the one on launching a dematerialized management solution of documentary

credits via PortNet A first in the world Conventions were ratified on this occasion with three banking organizations namely Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du

Maroc At the end of a pilot phase associating these three institutions the new service will be generalized to all the banks of the place (see more details in laquoSubject of the monthraquo

or even the equivalent of the annual fuel consumption of 17000 cars which are saved each year through PortNet

The institutional film is available at httpsurlzfr8n8r

Nadia Laraki President of the Board of PORTNET SA and Ahmed Rahhou CEO of CIH

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA et and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Transactional Bank Attijariwafa Bank Group Mouawia ESSEKELLI

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA and Mohamed Kettani Hassani Member of the Executive Board in charge of the Credit Development Sector of Morocco

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SUBJECT OF THE MONTHTrde DirectA new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

A first in the world The Single Window of Foreign Trade PortNet joins forces with the banking sector to develop an innovative solution for the electronic management of documentary credits The announcement was made on the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the 4th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet Tuesday November 12 2018 in Casablanca

Called laquoTrde Directraquo the new solution takes the form of a unified multi-bank multi-user platform for all importing and exporting companies

It enables both banks and PORTNET SA users to better manage the whole life cycle of documentary credits letters of credit standby letters of credit documentary remittance letters and certain transactions Non-documentary such as simple transfersThe new service will be the subject of a preliminary study At the annual PortNet Single Window Conference framework agreements have been ratified between on the one hand

PORTNET SA and on the other hand three banking institutions Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du Maroc At the end of a pilot phase involving these three banks the new service will be generalized to all banks in the area

laquoTrde Directraquo has many advantages for the bank the economic operators and their partners abroad bull Standardization harmonization and unification of the

processing processes of the transactions concerned (letters of credit standby letters of credit letters of documentary remittance etc) which results in an improvement in the costs and deadlines of treatment for all concerned

bull A consolidated multi-bank view of documentary transactions for companies operating with several banks

bull An improvement in competitiveness and the level of digital maturity by giving SME-TPEs an electronic customer centric platform open to several banks and public and private partners

bull Make available to the entire ecosystem a practical and innovative way to collaboratively and digitally contribute to the processing and monitoring of data and documents necessary for the accomplishment of operations while avoiding reintroduction for each stakeholder a document or the entry of data previously supplied by another stakeholder

The Trde Direct solution has the advantage of obtaining a consolidation of documentary operations for a company that works with several banks and thus simplifies the management of several operations Responding to the complexity of this activity this new tool which allows a single entry of information on a single computer window will provide banks economic operators and their partners abroad with easy management and effective monitoring international transactions significantly reducing the risk of errors

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NEWSPAPERPortNet SA7 years of existence and an unprecedentedoperational performance

PortNet demonstrates that in Morocco There is a real desire to accomplish things

33800 customers 39000 users and a range of dematerialized services These are the latest indicators of PORTNET SA The single window deployed since 2011 to serve the integration of the international supply chain ecosystem continues to grow Over the last seven years this platform has boosted Moroccorsquos cross-border trade logistics chain laquoWe have gained an ecosystem that is able to work and improve every day The unique feature of our single window is that it is a system open to all companies and targets all procedures that may interest the economic operator and serve its competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

The creation of a single window is based on a number of fundamental principles The challenge is to ensure operational and efficient management of this tool to win the trust of the customer laquoCustomer satisfaction is constantly changing This requires us to continually improve our processes to support the demands of customers who are becoming more and more constraining laquosays Benhayoun Another big challenge to take up the laquonon intrusivenessraquo of the business guaranteeing the operator a saving of time and cost It is worth pointing out that PortNet currently manages all foreign trade users and incorporates more than three quarters of the chain for export Since its deployment deadlines have significantly shortened from 14 days to less than a week resulting in a significant cost optimization

Ivonne Higuero Director of Economic Cooperation and Trade Division-ECE-UN What we can see is that there is a strong will to do things There is also an energy that is present particularly in the case of the single window shops like PortNet in order to comply with international standards Morocco is among the countries that want to raise their level in this area to facilitate international trade Morocco is very active in this area it is also one of the particularities that we have noticed

There were many international prorcurcers for the international commitrity because of the multiplicity of stakeholders making trade more difficult because it simply becomes more expensive Collaboration between the public and private sectors was very limited The private sector found difficulties in exporting

Because of this lack of collaboration Morocco has managed to overcome this problem by strengthening the public-private partnership The country also continues to make efforts to ease the cumbersome administrat ive procedures which wil l surely substantially change the trade in Morocco We can already say that the changes are beginning to be noticeable

Friday November 16 Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

Sunday 18 November Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

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Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

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The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

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NEWSPAPER

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CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

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Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

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NEWSBlockchain in the heartOf a seminar organized by APRAM

The Professional Associat ion of Marit ime Agents Consignees of Ships and Charters of Morocco (APRAM) organized on Wednesday November 14 2018 in Casablanca a seminar on the stakes and perspectives of the Blockchain technology in Morocco The CEO of PORTNET SA Jalal Benhayoun took part in this event under the theme laquoBlockchain consequences on the port and maritime professionsraquo The meeting was attended by representatives of the public and private sectors in particular the actors of the maritime and ICT sectors as well as eminent national and international experts

The discussions focused on the effects of the Blockchain on charters ship management and shipping agents The technology of Blockchain that allows the exchange

peer-to-peer information in a secure way is expected to revolutionize the maritime sector

laquoThe Blockchain could provide an answer to the new consumer trends that are now complicating the maritime sector This technology could govern our ecosystem It is thus necessary to create trust between the various actors and to create different synergies to guarantee security traceability and confidentialityraquo said Abdelaziz Mantrach APRAM President

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PortNetMulti-channel payment solution extended to ANP customers

The Single Window of Foreign Trade Procedures PortNet has just announced the generalization of the first multi-channel payment solution for customers of the National Ports Agency (ANP)

These latter can now choose between online payment by credit card or via one of the bank channels managed by the Fatourati platform (e-Banking m-Banking m-Payments ATMs Banking services or physical proximity networks and any other approved channel)

To accompany the concerned customers a user guide has been published by PortNet Everything is largely detailed on it from the launch of authentication to the payment of the invoices

The Guide provides appropriate explanations about the application m a n a ge m e n t a n d v i ew i n g o f invoices

ANP customers who do not have access to PortNet are invited to subscribe to the Single Window services as soon as possible

IPCSA-CNUCEDPortNet model presented at expert meeting in GenevaPORTNET SA took part in the multiannual meeting of transport commercial logistics and Trade Facilitation experts held from 21 to 23 November 2018 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva Initiated by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Commerce Development (UNCTAD) this event is an extension of the discussions of the fifth session focused on the link between commercial logistics and the sustainable development by 2030The exchanges during the sixth meeting focused especially on the rise of digitization and its role in border

trade facilitation In this context the experience of the PortNet Single Window was presented during a session on Community Port Systems organized on November 23 2018 in collaboration with the International Port Community System Association (IPCSA) The debates during this session allowed to clarify certain and diverse concepts and to share some thoughts about the electronic exchange of data and the integration of Single Windows and Port Community Systems

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Covey methodNew training sessions for the benefit of PORTNET SAAfter a first wave organized in October 2017 PORTNET SA employees benefited from new training sessions on November 16 and 17 2018 on laquo7 habits of very effective peopleraquo

This training inspired by the work of Stephen R Covey proposes a new management approach that acts on the levers of personal and interpersonal effectiveness of the manager Developed according to several modules provided by the multinational FranklinCovey the Covey Method helps leaders discover how to inspire trust and build credibility with their associates It frees the talents and energy of a team

The concept of laquo7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleraquo helps achieve superior results by making individuals and leaders more effective through practical experience that leads to higher productivity better communication social relationships strengthened and increased influence

Here are the 7 Habits advocated by the Covey method1 Be proactive2 Know from the start where you want to go3 Prioritize priorities4 Think win win5 Seek first to understand then to be understood6 Enjoy the synergy7 Sharpen your faculties

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Morocco ranking by Doing Business indicator 2019 Versus Doing Business 2010

Doing Business PortNet at the heart of the national plan to improve the business climate

Several speakers at the Fourth Annual Single Window Conference held in Casablanca on November 12 and 13 2018 highlighted PortNetrsquos major role in improving the business environment in Morocco

Efforts in this area have been repeatedly praised by many international institutions including the World Trade Organization (WTO) In the latest World Bank report on the business climate laquoDoing Business 2019raquo Morocco was placed 60th in the world ranking compared to 69th a year

earlier In terms of facilitation of foreign trade procedures the solutions deployed by PORTNET SA in coordination with the actors of the port logistics chain have borne fruit Thus in terms of the laquocross-border traderaquo indicator Morocco has moved up to 62nd place in the latest laquoDoing Businessraquo ranking gaining 42 points since 2016

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Source National Business Environment Committee

Cross-bordertrade

Insolvencyinformation

Contractsexecution

Companycreation

Granting of buildingpermits

Connectionto electricity

Ownershiptransfer

Obtainingloans

Minority investorsprotection

Taxes payment

DB 2010 DB 2019

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OCI PORTNET SA participates in the 34th COMCEC Ministerial Meeting in IstanbulThe 34th Ministerial Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) took place from 26th to 29th November 2018 at the Istanbul Congress Center (Turkey) under the theme laquoTrade Facilitation Improvement of Customs Risk Management Systems in OIC Member Statesraquo The Opening Ceremony took place on November 28th 2018 under the chairmanship of HE Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of the Republic of Turkey and President of the COMCEC

The 34th Session of the COMCEC underscored the importance of having an effect ive Customs Risk Management System to facilitate trade among OIC member countries In addition they emphasized the need to strengthen regional integration customs modernization digitization and exchange of experiences and good practices

The day of Thursday 29th November 2018 was reserved for special sessions marked by the participation of high level representatives of Member States and OIC institutions as well as other international organizations NGOs think tanks private sector organizations and universities around the world

PORTNET SA took part in the extraordinary session focused on laquoThe challenges of customs modernization and possible solutionsraquo alongside other bodies including the Turkish Customs Administration the Intergovernmental Organization for International Rail Transport as well as the World Customs Organization The purpose of this session was to build on successful experiences in the reform and modernization of Customs administrations The exchanges focused on the fundamental role of public-private partnership the harmonization of procedures with international standards and the need to strengthen coordination between all administrations involved in the cross-border trade chain

IPCSA brings together Its members meeting and expands its networkThe International Port Community System Association (IPCSA) members meeting took place on Wednesday 14 November 2018 in Casablanca This meeting is an extension of the IPCSA Annual Conference held in Casablanca and for the first time in Africa simultaneously with the annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet The network IPCSA has been enriched during this meeting

with the arrival of five new members The president of the IPCSA handed over the membership plate to four of the five new organizations Port of Los Angeles (USA) Community System of the Port of Djibouti Trade-Van (Taiwan) DRC SEGUCE (Democratic Republic of Congo)The 5th new member to join the IPCSA is the port of Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

NEWS

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Addis Ababa PORTNET SA Present at the first African Forum of National Trade Facilitation Commissions

A Moroccan delegation composed by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Trade the Administration of Customs and Indirect Taxes (ADII) ONSSA the ANP and PORTNET SA took part in the inaugural edition of the African Forum National Trade Facilitation Commissions 27th-29th November 2018 Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Following a similar global event organized by UNCTAD in Geneva in January 2017 the work of this Forum focused on the role of African regional organizations and the role of National Trade Facilitation Committees (NCEs) in implementation of trade facilitation provisions in the framework of the African Agreement on the Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) but also on dematerialization initiatives at points of entry the participation of the private sector in the CNFEs coordination of the tasks of the different border services or the role of the transit corridors

The event allowed the Moroccan delegation to reconnect with a number of international organizations UNCTAD UNECE WTO MDG etc It is also an opportunity to highlight the successful model of the PortNet SA Single Window the fruit of a shared and concerted vision involving all the players in foreign trade Participants in the Addis Ababa Forum agreed to continue working towards the standardization of control quality and certificates quality at the international level

Standardization is seen as one of the keys to the success of free trade agreements for trade in Africa The pilot experience of the Phytosanitary Certificate laquoE-Phytoraquo initiated by the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) with the support of PORTNET SA has also been highly praised by international organizations

NEWS

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HIGHLIGHT

Great success for the 4th Annual Conference of Single Window PortNet

More than 800 participants from around the world from the public and private sectors took part in the Fourth Annual PortNet Single Window Conference held on November 12th and 13th 2018 in Casablanca

A wide range of nationalities more than thirty were present as well as renowned experts including representatives of prestigious international organizations UN CEFACT UNCTAD IPCSA AACE ICDT World Bank etc

The 2018 edition of this annual meeting of the foreign trade community coincided with two other international events all aimed at improving the cross-border logistics chain This is the Fifth International Conference on the Single Window Concept organized by the United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation (UN CEFACT) as well as the annual Conference of The International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) The holding in Morocco of these two events with international influence is a sign of confidence and recognition of the progress made by the Moroccan single window in terms of trade facilitation and improvement of the business climate

Initiated jointly by the National Ports Agency (ANP) and PORTNET SA under the auspices of the Ministry of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water the Annual Conference of the Single Window was placed this year under the theme laquopublic and private community intelligence serving your integrated efficient and innovative supply chainraquo A subject which as Nadia Laraki CEO of the National Ports Agency and President of the Board of PORTNET SA has pointed out laquoadheres to the High Orientations of His Majesty King Mohammed VI May God assists him in his vision of putting citizens and economic operators at the center of interest of administrations and the public service through the constant search for new innovative and daring solutions for the competitiveness of our ecosystem and our economyraquo

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For two days Casablanca has become a world capital for Single Windows a hub for exchanging experiences and successful practices around the world laquoToday more than ever the competitiveness of countries in the global market increasingly depends on their ability to innovate continuously and to tame new technologies in all sectors by reinventing processes and challenging the methods adopted In the fields of logistics ports and the international Supply Chain this race for innovation is illustrated notably by the implementation of real Single Windows and disruptive community platforms that have made it possible to qualitative leaps in improving their performance and competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

Faced with a constantly changing environment the Single Windows bring tangible solutions to the various issues and meet the legitimate aspirations of public and private stakeholders in the international trade ecosystem Speakers at the Annual Conference were unanimous in hailing the progress made by the Moroccan Single Window PortNet whose services are now extended to all commercial ports under the authority of the National Ports Agency

The meeting in Casablanca was an opportunity to review of the achievements for the year 2018 marked by the launch of new dematerialized solutions via PortNet In particular the first Community solution for exchange and multi-channel payment of International Supply Chain related bills the generalization of the exchange of control results between the Customs and the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) services the launch of the laquoTrade Senseraquo portal with the support of the World Bank etc

During the same year the PORTNET SA teams worked on the technical preparation of other new paperless management solutions for National Telecommunication Regulatory Agency (ANRT) approvals Delivering Certificates Exit Certificates and making prior appointments at the exit of the containers of the ports and finally the requests of exemption from customs laquoWe are delighted with the accomplishments achieved through the active contribution of all stakeholders public and private That said we are aware of the challenges that remain the legitimacy of the aspirations of all economic operators and the projects to be finalizedraquo said Mohamed Najib BOULIF Secretary of State to the Minister of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water in charge of Transport in a speech delivered at the opening of the Conference

HIGHLIGHT

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Back in images on the 4th Edition of the PortNet Single Window Annual Conference

HIGHLIGHT

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STRONG MOMENTSPortNet Single Window Annual ConferenceScreening of the new Institutional Film of PORTNET SA

Signature of the Convention laquoTrde Directraquo with the banking sector

The 4th Annual Single Window Conference was marked by the projection of the new institutional film of PORTNET SA

The story is told by our friend the container laquoContaraquo the world champion of the Supply Chain Inspired by beautiful images reflecting the dynamics of cross-border trade the film traces the fabulous story of the PortNet One-Window born from the convergence of several strategic visions

laquoContaraquo invites you to follow its journey along the supply chain to discover the many benefits of dematerializing foreign trade formalities via the PortNet platform

Lasting 4 minutes 46 seconds the institutional film highlights commitments to sustainable development and the preservation of natural resources With its laquoZero Paperraquo objective more than 800000 trees in paper equivalent

One of the f lagsh ip measures announced at the PortNetrsquos single window annual conference is the one on launching a dematerialized management solution of documentary

credits via PortNet A first in the world Conventions were ratified on this occasion with three banking organizations namely Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du

Maroc At the end of a pilot phase associating these three institutions the new service will be generalized to all the banks of the place (see more details in laquoSubject of the monthraquo

or even the equivalent of the annual fuel consumption of 17000 cars which are saved each year through PortNet

The institutional film is available at httpsurlzfr8n8r

Nadia Laraki President of the Board of PORTNET SA and Ahmed Rahhou CEO of CIH

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA et and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Transactional Bank Attijariwafa Bank Group Mouawia ESSEKELLI

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA and Mohamed Kettani Hassani Member of the Executive Board in charge of the Credit Development Sector of Morocco

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SUBJECT OF THE MONTHTrde DirectA new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

A first in the world The Single Window of Foreign Trade PortNet joins forces with the banking sector to develop an innovative solution for the electronic management of documentary credits The announcement was made on the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the 4th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet Tuesday November 12 2018 in Casablanca

Called laquoTrde Directraquo the new solution takes the form of a unified multi-bank multi-user platform for all importing and exporting companies

It enables both banks and PORTNET SA users to better manage the whole life cycle of documentary credits letters of credit standby letters of credit documentary remittance letters and certain transactions Non-documentary such as simple transfersThe new service will be the subject of a preliminary study At the annual PortNet Single Window Conference framework agreements have been ratified between on the one hand

PORTNET SA and on the other hand three banking institutions Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du Maroc At the end of a pilot phase involving these three banks the new service will be generalized to all banks in the area

laquoTrde Directraquo has many advantages for the bank the economic operators and their partners abroad bull Standardization harmonization and unification of the

processing processes of the transactions concerned (letters of credit standby letters of credit letters of documentary remittance etc) which results in an improvement in the costs and deadlines of treatment for all concerned

bull A consolidated multi-bank view of documentary transactions for companies operating with several banks

bull An improvement in competitiveness and the level of digital maturity by giving SME-TPEs an electronic customer centric platform open to several banks and public and private partners

bull Make available to the entire ecosystem a practical and innovative way to collaboratively and digitally contribute to the processing and monitoring of data and documents necessary for the accomplishment of operations while avoiding reintroduction for each stakeholder a document or the entry of data previously supplied by another stakeholder

The Trde Direct solution has the advantage of obtaining a consolidation of documentary operations for a company that works with several banks and thus simplifies the management of several operations Responding to the complexity of this activity this new tool which allows a single entry of information on a single computer window will provide banks economic operators and their partners abroad with easy management and effective monitoring international transactions significantly reducing the risk of errors

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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NEWSPAPERPortNet SA7 years of existence and an unprecedentedoperational performance

PortNet demonstrates that in Morocco There is a real desire to accomplish things

33800 customers 39000 users and a range of dematerialized services These are the latest indicators of PORTNET SA The single window deployed since 2011 to serve the integration of the international supply chain ecosystem continues to grow Over the last seven years this platform has boosted Moroccorsquos cross-border trade logistics chain laquoWe have gained an ecosystem that is able to work and improve every day The unique feature of our single window is that it is a system open to all companies and targets all procedures that may interest the economic operator and serve its competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

The creation of a single window is based on a number of fundamental principles The challenge is to ensure operational and efficient management of this tool to win the trust of the customer laquoCustomer satisfaction is constantly changing This requires us to continually improve our processes to support the demands of customers who are becoming more and more constraining laquosays Benhayoun Another big challenge to take up the laquonon intrusivenessraquo of the business guaranteeing the operator a saving of time and cost It is worth pointing out that PortNet currently manages all foreign trade users and incorporates more than three quarters of the chain for export Since its deployment deadlines have significantly shortened from 14 days to less than a week resulting in a significant cost optimization

Ivonne Higuero Director of Economic Cooperation and Trade Division-ECE-UN What we can see is that there is a strong will to do things There is also an energy that is present particularly in the case of the single window shops like PortNet in order to comply with international standards Morocco is among the countries that want to raise their level in this area to facilitate international trade Morocco is very active in this area it is also one of the particularities that we have noticed

There were many international prorcurcers for the international commitrity because of the multiplicity of stakeholders making trade more difficult because it simply becomes more expensive Collaboration between the public and private sectors was very limited The private sector found difficulties in exporting

Because of this lack of collaboration Morocco has managed to overcome this problem by strengthening the public-private partnership The country also continues to make efforts to ease the cumbersome administrat ive procedures which wil l surely substantially change the trade in Morocco We can already say that the changes are beginning to be noticeable

Friday November 16 Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

Sunday 18 November Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

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Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 19 -

The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

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NEWSPAPER

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CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

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PortNetMulti-channel payment solution extended to ANP customers

The Single Window of Foreign Trade Procedures PortNet has just announced the generalization of the first multi-channel payment solution for customers of the National Ports Agency (ANP)

These latter can now choose between online payment by credit card or via one of the bank channels managed by the Fatourati platform (e-Banking m-Banking m-Payments ATMs Banking services or physical proximity networks and any other approved channel)

To accompany the concerned customers a user guide has been published by PortNet Everything is largely detailed on it from the launch of authentication to the payment of the invoices

The Guide provides appropriate explanations about the application m a n a ge m e n t a n d v i ew i n g o f invoices

ANP customers who do not have access to PortNet are invited to subscribe to the Single Window services as soon as possible

IPCSA-CNUCEDPortNet model presented at expert meeting in GenevaPORTNET SA took part in the multiannual meeting of transport commercial logistics and Trade Facilitation experts held from 21 to 23 November 2018 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva Initiated by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Commerce Development (UNCTAD) this event is an extension of the discussions of the fifth session focused on the link between commercial logistics and the sustainable development by 2030The exchanges during the sixth meeting focused especially on the rise of digitization and its role in border

trade facilitation In this context the experience of the PortNet Single Window was presented during a session on Community Port Systems organized on November 23 2018 in collaboration with the International Port Community System Association (IPCSA) The debates during this session allowed to clarify certain and diverse concepts and to share some thoughts about the electronic exchange of data and the integration of Single Windows and Port Community Systems

NEWS

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Covey methodNew training sessions for the benefit of PORTNET SAAfter a first wave organized in October 2017 PORTNET SA employees benefited from new training sessions on November 16 and 17 2018 on laquo7 habits of very effective peopleraquo

This training inspired by the work of Stephen R Covey proposes a new management approach that acts on the levers of personal and interpersonal effectiveness of the manager Developed according to several modules provided by the multinational FranklinCovey the Covey Method helps leaders discover how to inspire trust and build credibility with their associates It frees the talents and energy of a team

The concept of laquo7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleraquo helps achieve superior results by making individuals and leaders more effective through practical experience that leads to higher productivity better communication social relationships strengthened and increased influence

Here are the 7 Habits advocated by the Covey method1 Be proactive2 Know from the start where you want to go3 Prioritize priorities4 Think win win5 Seek first to understand then to be understood6 Enjoy the synergy7 Sharpen your faculties

NEWS

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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Morocco ranking by Doing Business indicator 2019 Versus Doing Business 2010

Doing Business PortNet at the heart of the national plan to improve the business climate

Several speakers at the Fourth Annual Single Window Conference held in Casablanca on November 12 and 13 2018 highlighted PortNetrsquos major role in improving the business environment in Morocco

Efforts in this area have been repeatedly praised by many international institutions including the World Trade Organization (WTO) In the latest World Bank report on the business climate laquoDoing Business 2019raquo Morocco was placed 60th in the world ranking compared to 69th a year

earlier In terms of facilitation of foreign trade procedures the solutions deployed by PORTNET SA in coordination with the actors of the port logistics chain have borne fruit Thus in terms of the laquocross-border traderaquo indicator Morocco has moved up to 62nd place in the latest laquoDoing Businessraquo ranking gaining 42 points since 2016

NEWS

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Source National Business Environment Committee

Cross-bordertrade

Insolvencyinformation

Contractsexecution

Companycreation

Granting of buildingpermits

Connectionto electricity

Ownershiptransfer

Obtainingloans

Minority investorsprotection

Taxes payment

DB 2010 DB 2019

- 7 -

OCI PORTNET SA participates in the 34th COMCEC Ministerial Meeting in IstanbulThe 34th Ministerial Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) took place from 26th to 29th November 2018 at the Istanbul Congress Center (Turkey) under the theme laquoTrade Facilitation Improvement of Customs Risk Management Systems in OIC Member Statesraquo The Opening Ceremony took place on November 28th 2018 under the chairmanship of HE Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of the Republic of Turkey and President of the COMCEC

The 34th Session of the COMCEC underscored the importance of having an effect ive Customs Risk Management System to facilitate trade among OIC member countries In addition they emphasized the need to strengthen regional integration customs modernization digitization and exchange of experiences and good practices

The day of Thursday 29th November 2018 was reserved for special sessions marked by the participation of high level representatives of Member States and OIC institutions as well as other international organizations NGOs think tanks private sector organizations and universities around the world

PORTNET SA took part in the extraordinary session focused on laquoThe challenges of customs modernization and possible solutionsraquo alongside other bodies including the Turkish Customs Administration the Intergovernmental Organization for International Rail Transport as well as the World Customs Organization The purpose of this session was to build on successful experiences in the reform and modernization of Customs administrations The exchanges focused on the fundamental role of public-private partnership the harmonization of procedures with international standards and the need to strengthen coordination between all administrations involved in the cross-border trade chain

IPCSA brings together Its members meeting and expands its networkThe International Port Community System Association (IPCSA) members meeting took place on Wednesday 14 November 2018 in Casablanca This meeting is an extension of the IPCSA Annual Conference held in Casablanca and for the first time in Africa simultaneously with the annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet The network IPCSA has been enriched during this meeting

with the arrival of five new members The president of the IPCSA handed over the membership plate to four of the five new organizations Port of Los Angeles (USA) Community System of the Port of Djibouti Trade-Van (Taiwan) DRC SEGUCE (Democratic Republic of Congo)The 5th new member to join the IPCSA is the port of Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

NEWS

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Addis Ababa PORTNET SA Present at the first African Forum of National Trade Facilitation Commissions

A Moroccan delegation composed by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Trade the Administration of Customs and Indirect Taxes (ADII) ONSSA the ANP and PORTNET SA took part in the inaugural edition of the African Forum National Trade Facilitation Commissions 27th-29th November 2018 Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Following a similar global event organized by UNCTAD in Geneva in January 2017 the work of this Forum focused on the role of African regional organizations and the role of National Trade Facilitation Committees (NCEs) in implementation of trade facilitation provisions in the framework of the African Agreement on the Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) but also on dematerialization initiatives at points of entry the participation of the private sector in the CNFEs coordination of the tasks of the different border services or the role of the transit corridors

The event allowed the Moroccan delegation to reconnect with a number of international organizations UNCTAD UNECE WTO MDG etc It is also an opportunity to highlight the successful model of the PortNet SA Single Window the fruit of a shared and concerted vision involving all the players in foreign trade Participants in the Addis Ababa Forum agreed to continue working towards the standardization of control quality and certificates quality at the international level

Standardization is seen as one of the keys to the success of free trade agreements for trade in Africa The pilot experience of the Phytosanitary Certificate laquoE-Phytoraquo initiated by the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) with the support of PORTNET SA has also been highly praised by international organizations

NEWS

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HIGHLIGHT

Great success for the 4th Annual Conference of Single Window PortNet

More than 800 participants from around the world from the public and private sectors took part in the Fourth Annual PortNet Single Window Conference held on November 12th and 13th 2018 in Casablanca

A wide range of nationalities more than thirty were present as well as renowned experts including representatives of prestigious international organizations UN CEFACT UNCTAD IPCSA AACE ICDT World Bank etc

The 2018 edition of this annual meeting of the foreign trade community coincided with two other international events all aimed at improving the cross-border logistics chain This is the Fifth International Conference on the Single Window Concept organized by the United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation (UN CEFACT) as well as the annual Conference of The International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) The holding in Morocco of these two events with international influence is a sign of confidence and recognition of the progress made by the Moroccan single window in terms of trade facilitation and improvement of the business climate

Initiated jointly by the National Ports Agency (ANP) and PORTNET SA under the auspices of the Ministry of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water the Annual Conference of the Single Window was placed this year under the theme laquopublic and private community intelligence serving your integrated efficient and innovative supply chainraquo A subject which as Nadia Laraki CEO of the National Ports Agency and President of the Board of PORTNET SA has pointed out laquoadheres to the High Orientations of His Majesty King Mohammed VI May God assists him in his vision of putting citizens and economic operators at the center of interest of administrations and the public service through the constant search for new innovative and daring solutions for the competitiveness of our ecosystem and our economyraquo

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- 10 -

For two days Casablanca has become a world capital for Single Windows a hub for exchanging experiences and successful practices around the world laquoToday more than ever the competitiveness of countries in the global market increasingly depends on their ability to innovate continuously and to tame new technologies in all sectors by reinventing processes and challenging the methods adopted In the fields of logistics ports and the international Supply Chain this race for innovation is illustrated notably by the implementation of real Single Windows and disruptive community platforms that have made it possible to qualitative leaps in improving their performance and competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

Faced with a constantly changing environment the Single Windows bring tangible solutions to the various issues and meet the legitimate aspirations of public and private stakeholders in the international trade ecosystem Speakers at the Annual Conference were unanimous in hailing the progress made by the Moroccan Single Window PortNet whose services are now extended to all commercial ports under the authority of the National Ports Agency

The meeting in Casablanca was an opportunity to review of the achievements for the year 2018 marked by the launch of new dematerialized solutions via PortNet In particular the first Community solution for exchange and multi-channel payment of International Supply Chain related bills the generalization of the exchange of control results between the Customs and the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) services the launch of the laquoTrade Senseraquo portal with the support of the World Bank etc

During the same year the PORTNET SA teams worked on the technical preparation of other new paperless management solutions for National Telecommunication Regulatory Agency (ANRT) approvals Delivering Certificates Exit Certificates and making prior appointments at the exit of the containers of the ports and finally the requests of exemption from customs laquoWe are delighted with the accomplishments achieved through the active contribution of all stakeholders public and private That said we are aware of the challenges that remain the legitimacy of the aspirations of all economic operators and the projects to be finalizedraquo said Mohamed Najib BOULIF Secretary of State to the Minister of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water in charge of Transport in a speech delivered at the opening of the Conference

HIGHLIGHT

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Back in images on the 4th Edition of the PortNet Single Window Annual Conference

HIGHLIGHT

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HIGHLIGHT

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HIGHLIGHT

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HIGHLIGHT

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STRONG MOMENTSPortNet Single Window Annual ConferenceScreening of the new Institutional Film of PORTNET SA

Signature of the Convention laquoTrde Directraquo with the banking sector

The 4th Annual Single Window Conference was marked by the projection of the new institutional film of PORTNET SA

The story is told by our friend the container laquoContaraquo the world champion of the Supply Chain Inspired by beautiful images reflecting the dynamics of cross-border trade the film traces the fabulous story of the PortNet One-Window born from the convergence of several strategic visions

laquoContaraquo invites you to follow its journey along the supply chain to discover the many benefits of dematerializing foreign trade formalities via the PortNet platform

Lasting 4 minutes 46 seconds the institutional film highlights commitments to sustainable development and the preservation of natural resources With its laquoZero Paperraquo objective more than 800000 trees in paper equivalent

One of the f lagsh ip measures announced at the PortNetrsquos single window annual conference is the one on launching a dematerialized management solution of documentary

credits via PortNet A first in the world Conventions were ratified on this occasion with three banking organizations namely Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du

Maroc At the end of a pilot phase associating these three institutions the new service will be generalized to all the banks of the place (see more details in laquoSubject of the monthraquo

or even the equivalent of the annual fuel consumption of 17000 cars which are saved each year through PortNet

The institutional film is available at httpsurlzfr8n8r

Nadia Laraki President of the Board of PORTNET SA and Ahmed Rahhou CEO of CIH

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA et and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Transactional Bank Attijariwafa Bank Group Mouawia ESSEKELLI

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA and Mohamed Kettani Hassani Member of the Executive Board in charge of the Credit Development Sector of Morocco

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SUBJECT OF THE MONTHTrde DirectA new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

A first in the world The Single Window of Foreign Trade PortNet joins forces with the banking sector to develop an innovative solution for the electronic management of documentary credits The announcement was made on the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the 4th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet Tuesday November 12 2018 in Casablanca

Called laquoTrde Directraquo the new solution takes the form of a unified multi-bank multi-user platform for all importing and exporting companies

It enables both banks and PORTNET SA users to better manage the whole life cycle of documentary credits letters of credit standby letters of credit documentary remittance letters and certain transactions Non-documentary such as simple transfersThe new service will be the subject of a preliminary study At the annual PortNet Single Window Conference framework agreements have been ratified between on the one hand

PORTNET SA and on the other hand three banking institutions Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du Maroc At the end of a pilot phase involving these three banks the new service will be generalized to all banks in the area

laquoTrde Directraquo has many advantages for the bank the economic operators and their partners abroad bull Standardization harmonization and unification of the

processing processes of the transactions concerned (letters of credit standby letters of credit letters of documentary remittance etc) which results in an improvement in the costs and deadlines of treatment for all concerned

bull A consolidated multi-bank view of documentary transactions for companies operating with several banks

bull An improvement in competitiveness and the level of digital maturity by giving SME-TPEs an electronic customer centric platform open to several banks and public and private partners

bull Make available to the entire ecosystem a practical and innovative way to collaboratively and digitally contribute to the processing and monitoring of data and documents necessary for the accomplishment of operations while avoiding reintroduction for each stakeholder a document or the entry of data previously supplied by another stakeholder

The Trde Direct solution has the advantage of obtaining a consolidation of documentary operations for a company that works with several banks and thus simplifies the management of several operations Responding to the complexity of this activity this new tool which allows a single entry of information on a single computer window will provide banks economic operators and their partners abroad with easy management and effective monitoring international transactions significantly reducing the risk of errors

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 17 -

NEWSPAPERPortNet SA7 years of existence and an unprecedentedoperational performance

PortNet demonstrates that in Morocco There is a real desire to accomplish things

33800 customers 39000 users and a range of dematerialized services These are the latest indicators of PORTNET SA The single window deployed since 2011 to serve the integration of the international supply chain ecosystem continues to grow Over the last seven years this platform has boosted Moroccorsquos cross-border trade logistics chain laquoWe have gained an ecosystem that is able to work and improve every day The unique feature of our single window is that it is a system open to all companies and targets all procedures that may interest the economic operator and serve its competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

The creation of a single window is based on a number of fundamental principles The challenge is to ensure operational and efficient management of this tool to win the trust of the customer laquoCustomer satisfaction is constantly changing This requires us to continually improve our processes to support the demands of customers who are becoming more and more constraining laquosays Benhayoun Another big challenge to take up the laquonon intrusivenessraquo of the business guaranteeing the operator a saving of time and cost It is worth pointing out that PortNet currently manages all foreign trade users and incorporates more than three quarters of the chain for export Since its deployment deadlines have significantly shortened from 14 days to less than a week resulting in a significant cost optimization

Ivonne Higuero Director of Economic Cooperation and Trade Division-ECE-UN What we can see is that there is a strong will to do things There is also an energy that is present particularly in the case of the single window shops like PortNet in order to comply with international standards Morocco is among the countries that want to raise their level in this area to facilitate international trade Morocco is very active in this area it is also one of the particularities that we have noticed

There were many international prorcurcers for the international commitrity because of the multiplicity of stakeholders making trade more difficult because it simply becomes more expensive Collaboration between the public and private sectors was very limited The private sector found difficulties in exporting

Because of this lack of collaboration Morocco has managed to overcome this problem by strengthening the public-private partnership The country also continues to make efforts to ease the cumbersome administrat ive procedures which wil l surely substantially change the trade in Morocco We can already say that the changes are beginning to be noticeable

Friday November 16 Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

Sunday 18 November Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 18 -

Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 19 -

The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 20 -

CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

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- 5 -

Covey methodNew training sessions for the benefit of PORTNET SAAfter a first wave organized in October 2017 PORTNET SA employees benefited from new training sessions on November 16 and 17 2018 on laquo7 habits of very effective peopleraquo

This training inspired by the work of Stephen R Covey proposes a new management approach that acts on the levers of personal and interpersonal effectiveness of the manager Developed according to several modules provided by the multinational FranklinCovey the Covey Method helps leaders discover how to inspire trust and build credibility with their associates It frees the talents and energy of a team

The concept of laquo7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleraquo helps achieve superior results by making individuals and leaders more effective through practical experience that leads to higher productivity better communication social relationships strengthened and increased influence

Here are the 7 Habits advocated by the Covey method1 Be proactive2 Know from the start where you want to go3 Prioritize priorities4 Think win win5 Seek first to understand then to be understood6 Enjoy the synergy7 Sharpen your faculties

NEWS

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 6 -

Morocco ranking by Doing Business indicator 2019 Versus Doing Business 2010

Doing Business PortNet at the heart of the national plan to improve the business climate

Several speakers at the Fourth Annual Single Window Conference held in Casablanca on November 12 and 13 2018 highlighted PortNetrsquos major role in improving the business environment in Morocco

Efforts in this area have been repeatedly praised by many international institutions including the World Trade Organization (WTO) In the latest World Bank report on the business climate laquoDoing Business 2019raquo Morocco was placed 60th in the world ranking compared to 69th a year

earlier In terms of facilitation of foreign trade procedures the solutions deployed by PORTNET SA in coordination with the actors of the port logistics chain have borne fruit Thus in terms of the laquocross-border traderaquo indicator Morocco has moved up to 62nd place in the latest laquoDoing Businessraquo ranking gaining 42 points since 2016

NEWS

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Source National Business Environment Committee

Cross-bordertrade

Insolvencyinformation

Contractsexecution

Companycreation

Granting of buildingpermits

Connectionto electricity

Ownershiptransfer

Obtainingloans

Minority investorsprotection

Taxes payment

DB 2010 DB 2019

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OCI PORTNET SA participates in the 34th COMCEC Ministerial Meeting in IstanbulThe 34th Ministerial Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) took place from 26th to 29th November 2018 at the Istanbul Congress Center (Turkey) under the theme laquoTrade Facilitation Improvement of Customs Risk Management Systems in OIC Member Statesraquo The Opening Ceremony took place on November 28th 2018 under the chairmanship of HE Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of the Republic of Turkey and President of the COMCEC

The 34th Session of the COMCEC underscored the importance of having an effect ive Customs Risk Management System to facilitate trade among OIC member countries In addition they emphasized the need to strengthen regional integration customs modernization digitization and exchange of experiences and good practices

The day of Thursday 29th November 2018 was reserved for special sessions marked by the participation of high level representatives of Member States and OIC institutions as well as other international organizations NGOs think tanks private sector organizations and universities around the world

PORTNET SA took part in the extraordinary session focused on laquoThe challenges of customs modernization and possible solutionsraquo alongside other bodies including the Turkish Customs Administration the Intergovernmental Organization for International Rail Transport as well as the World Customs Organization The purpose of this session was to build on successful experiences in the reform and modernization of Customs administrations The exchanges focused on the fundamental role of public-private partnership the harmonization of procedures with international standards and the need to strengthen coordination between all administrations involved in the cross-border trade chain

IPCSA brings together Its members meeting and expands its networkThe International Port Community System Association (IPCSA) members meeting took place on Wednesday 14 November 2018 in Casablanca This meeting is an extension of the IPCSA Annual Conference held in Casablanca and for the first time in Africa simultaneously with the annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet The network IPCSA has been enriched during this meeting

with the arrival of five new members The president of the IPCSA handed over the membership plate to four of the five new organizations Port of Los Angeles (USA) Community System of the Port of Djibouti Trade-Van (Taiwan) DRC SEGUCE (Democratic Republic of Congo)The 5th new member to join the IPCSA is the port of Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

NEWS

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Addis Ababa PORTNET SA Present at the first African Forum of National Trade Facilitation Commissions

A Moroccan delegation composed by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Trade the Administration of Customs and Indirect Taxes (ADII) ONSSA the ANP and PORTNET SA took part in the inaugural edition of the African Forum National Trade Facilitation Commissions 27th-29th November 2018 Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Following a similar global event organized by UNCTAD in Geneva in January 2017 the work of this Forum focused on the role of African regional organizations and the role of National Trade Facilitation Committees (NCEs) in implementation of trade facilitation provisions in the framework of the African Agreement on the Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) but also on dematerialization initiatives at points of entry the participation of the private sector in the CNFEs coordination of the tasks of the different border services or the role of the transit corridors

The event allowed the Moroccan delegation to reconnect with a number of international organizations UNCTAD UNECE WTO MDG etc It is also an opportunity to highlight the successful model of the PortNet SA Single Window the fruit of a shared and concerted vision involving all the players in foreign trade Participants in the Addis Ababa Forum agreed to continue working towards the standardization of control quality and certificates quality at the international level

Standardization is seen as one of the keys to the success of free trade agreements for trade in Africa The pilot experience of the Phytosanitary Certificate laquoE-Phytoraquo initiated by the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) with the support of PORTNET SA has also been highly praised by international organizations

NEWS

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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HIGHLIGHT

Great success for the 4th Annual Conference of Single Window PortNet

More than 800 participants from around the world from the public and private sectors took part in the Fourth Annual PortNet Single Window Conference held on November 12th and 13th 2018 in Casablanca

A wide range of nationalities more than thirty were present as well as renowned experts including representatives of prestigious international organizations UN CEFACT UNCTAD IPCSA AACE ICDT World Bank etc

The 2018 edition of this annual meeting of the foreign trade community coincided with two other international events all aimed at improving the cross-border logistics chain This is the Fifth International Conference on the Single Window Concept organized by the United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation (UN CEFACT) as well as the annual Conference of The International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) The holding in Morocco of these two events with international influence is a sign of confidence and recognition of the progress made by the Moroccan single window in terms of trade facilitation and improvement of the business climate

Initiated jointly by the National Ports Agency (ANP) and PORTNET SA under the auspices of the Ministry of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water the Annual Conference of the Single Window was placed this year under the theme laquopublic and private community intelligence serving your integrated efficient and innovative supply chainraquo A subject which as Nadia Laraki CEO of the National Ports Agency and President of the Board of PORTNET SA has pointed out laquoadheres to the High Orientations of His Majesty King Mohammed VI May God assists him in his vision of putting citizens and economic operators at the center of interest of administrations and the public service through the constant search for new innovative and daring solutions for the competitiveness of our ecosystem and our economyraquo

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 10 -

For two days Casablanca has become a world capital for Single Windows a hub for exchanging experiences and successful practices around the world laquoToday more than ever the competitiveness of countries in the global market increasingly depends on their ability to innovate continuously and to tame new technologies in all sectors by reinventing processes and challenging the methods adopted In the fields of logistics ports and the international Supply Chain this race for innovation is illustrated notably by the implementation of real Single Windows and disruptive community platforms that have made it possible to qualitative leaps in improving their performance and competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

Faced with a constantly changing environment the Single Windows bring tangible solutions to the various issues and meet the legitimate aspirations of public and private stakeholders in the international trade ecosystem Speakers at the Annual Conference were unanimous in hailing the progress made by the Moroccan Single Window PortNet whose services are now extended to all commercial ports under the authority of the National Ports Agency

The meeting in Casablanca was an opportunity to review of the achievements for the year 2018 marked by the launch of new dematerialized solutions via PortNet In particular the first Community solution for exchange and multi-channel payment of International Supply Chain related bills the generalization of the exchange of control results between the Customs and the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) services the launch of the laquoTrade Senseraquo portal with the support of the World Bank etc

During the same year the PORTNET SA teams worked on the technical preparation of other new paperless management solutions for National Telecommunication Regulatory Agency (ANRT) approvals Delivering Certificates Exit Certificates and making prior appointments at the exit of the containers of the ports and finally the requests of exemption from customs laquoWe are delighted with the accomplishments achieved through the active contribution of all stakeholders public and private That said we are aware of the challenges that remain the legitimacy of the aspirations of all economic operators and the projects to be finalizedraquo said Mohamed Najib BOULIF Secretary of State to the Minister of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water in charge of Transport in a speech delivered at the opening of the Conference

HIGHLIGHT

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Back in images on the 4th Edition of the PortNet Single Window Annual Conference

HIGHLIGHT

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STRONG MOMENTSPortNet Single Window Annual ConferenceScreening of the new Institutional Film of PORTNET SA

Signature of the Convention laquoTrde Directraquo with the banking sector

The 4th Annual Single Window Conference was marked by the projection of the new institutional film of PORTNET SA

The story is told by our friend the container laquoContaraquo the world champion of the Supply Chain Inspired by beautiful images reflecting the dynamics of cross-border trade the film traces the fabulous story of the PortNet One-Window born from the convergence of several strategic visions

laquoContaraquo invites you to follow its journey along the supply chain to discover the many benefits of dematerializing foreign trade formalities via the PortNet platform

Lasting 4 minutes 46 seconds the institutional film highlights commitments to sustainable development and the preservation of natural resources With its laquoZero Paperraquo objective more than 800000 trees in paper equivalent

One of the f lagsh ip measures announced at the PortNetrsquos single window annual conference is the one on launching a dematerialized management solution of documentary

credits via PortNet A first in the world Conventions were ratified on this occasion with three banking organizations namely Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du

Maroc At the end of a pilot phase associating these three institutions the new service will be generalized to all the banks of the place (see more details in laquoSubject of the monthraquo

or even the equivalent of the annual fuel consumption of 17000 cars which are saved each year through PortNet

The institutional film is available at httpsurlzfr8n8r

Nadia Laraki President of the Board of PORTNET SA and Ahmed Rahhou CEO of CIH

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA et and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Transactional Bank Attijariwafa Bank Group Mouawia ESSEKELLI

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA and Mohamed Kettani Hassani Member of the Executive Board in charge of the Credit Development Sector of Morocco

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SUBJECT OF THE MONTHTrde DirectA new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

A first in the world The Single Window of Foreign Trade PortNet joins forces with the banking sector to develop an innovative solution for the electronic management of documentary credits The announcement was made on the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the 4th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet Tuesday November 12 2018 in Casablanca

Called laquoTrde Directraquo the new solution takes the form of a unified multi-bank multi-user platform for all importing and exporting companies

It enables both banks and PORTNET SA users to better manage the whole life cycle of documentary credits letters of credit standby letters of credit documentary remittance letters and certain transactions Non-documentary such as simple transfersThe new service will be the subject of a preliminary study At the annual PortNet Single Window Conference framework agreements have been ratified between on the one hand

PORTNET SA and on the other hand three banking institutions Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du Maroc At the end of a pilot phase involving these three banks the new service will be generalized to all banks in the area

laquoTrde Directraquo has many advantages for the bank the economic operators and their partners abroad bull Standardization harmonization and unification of the

processing processes of the transactions concerned (letters of credit standby letters of credit letters of documentary remittance etc) which results in an improvement in the costs and deadlines of treatment for all concerned

bull A consolidated multi-bank view of documentary transactions for companies operating with several banks

bull An improvement in competitiveness and the level of digital maturity by giving SME-TPEs an electronic customer centric platform open to several banks and public and private partners

bull Make available to the entire ecosystem a practical and innovative way to collaboratively and digitally contribute to the processing and monitoring of data and documents necessary for the accomplishment of operations while avoiding reintroduction for each stakeholder a document or the entry of data previously supplied by another stakeholder

The Trde Direct solution has the advantage of obtaining a consolidation of documentary operations for a company that works with several banks and thus simplifies the management of several operations Responding to the complexity of this activity this new tool which allows a single entry of information on a single computer window will provide banks economic operators and their partners abroad with easy management and effective monitoring international transactions significantly reducing the risk of errors

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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NEWSPAPERPortNet SA7 years of existence and an unprecedentedoperational performance

PortNet demonstrates that in Morocco There is a real desire to accomplish things

33800 customers 39000 users and a range of dematerialized services These are the latest indicators of PORTNET SA The single window deployed since 2011 to serve the integration of the international supply chain ecosystem continues to grow Over the last seven years this platform has boosted Moroccorsquos cross-border trade logistics chain laquoWe have gained an ecosystem that is able to work and improve every day The unique feature of our single window is that it is a system open to all companies and targets all procedures that may interest the economic operator and serve its competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

The creation of a single window is based on a number of fundamental principles The challenge is to ensure operational and efficient management of this tool to win the trust of the customer laquoCustomer satisfaction is constantly changing This requires us to continually improve our processes to support the demands of customers who are becoming more and more constraining laquosays Benhayoun Another big challenge to take up the laquonon intrusivenessraquo of the business guaranteeing the operator a saving of time and cost It is worth pointing out that PortNet currently manages all foreign trade users and incorporates more than three quarters of the chain for export Since its deployment deadlines have significantly shortened from 14 days to less than a week resulting in a significant cost optimization

Ivonne Higuero Director of Economic Cooperation and Trade Division-ECE-UN What we can see is that there is a strong will to do things There is also an energy that is present particularly in the case of the single window shops like PortNet in order to comply with international standards Morocco is among the countries that want to raise their level in this area to facilitate international trade Morocco is very active in this area it is also one of the particularities that we have noticed

There were many international prorcurcers for the international commitrity because of the multiplicity of stakeholders making trade more difficult because it simply becomes more expensive Collaboration between the public and private sectors was very limited The private sector found difficulties in exporting

Because of this lack of collaboration Morocco has managed to overcome this problem by strengthening the public-private partnership The country also continues to make efforts to ease the cumbersome administrat ive procedures which wil l surely substantially change the trade in Morocco We can already say that the changes are beginning to be noticeable

Friday November 16 Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

Sunday 18 November Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

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Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

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The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

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NEWSPAPER

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CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

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Morocco ranking by Doing Business indicator 2019 Versus Doing Business 2010

Doing Business PortNet at the heart of the national plan to improve the business climate

Several speakers at the Fourth Annual Single Window Conference held in Casablanca on November 12 and 13 2018 highlighted PortNetrsquos major role in improving the business environment in Morocco

Efforts in this area have been repeatedly praised by many international institutions including the World Trade Organization (WTO) In the latest World Bank report on the business climate laquoDoing Business 2019raquo Morocco was placed 60th in the world ranking compared to 69th a year

earlier In terms of facilitation of foreign trade procedures the solutions deployed by PORTNET SA in coordination with the actors of the port logistics chain have borne fruit Thus in terms of the laquocross-border traderaquo indicator Morocco has moved up to 62nd place in the latest laquoDoing Businessraquo ranking gaining 42 points since 2016

NEWS

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Source National Business Environment Committee

Cross-bordertrade

Insolvencyinformation

Contractsexecution

Companycreation

Granting of buildingpermits

Connectionto electricity

Ownershiptransfer

Obtainingloans

Minority investorsprotection

Taxes payment

DB 2010 DB 2019

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OCI PORTNET SA participates in the 34th COMCEC Ministerial Meeting in IstanbulThe 34th Ministerial Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) took place from 26th to 29th November 2018 at the Istanbul Congress Center (Turkey) under the theme laquoTrade Facilitation Improvement of Customs Risk Management Systems in OIC Member Statesraquo The Opening Ceremony took place on November 28th 2018 under the chairmanship of HE Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of the Republic of Turkey and President of the COMCEC

The 34th Session of the COMCEC underscored the importance of having an effect ive Customs Risk Management System to facilitate trade among OIC member countries In addition they emphasized the need to strengthen regional integration customs modernization digitization and exchange of experiences and good practices

The day of Thursday 29th November 2018 was reserved for special sessions marked by the participation of high level representatives of Member States and OIC institutions as well as other international organizations NGOs think tanks private sector organizations and universities around the world

PORTNET SA took part in the extraordinary session focused on laquoThe challenges of customs modernization and possible solutionsraquo alongside other bodies including the Turkish Customs Administration the Intergovernmental Organization for International Rail Transport as well as the World Customs Organization The purpose of this session was to build on successful experiences in the reform and modernization of Customs administrations The exchanges focused on the fundamental role of public-private partnership the harmonization of procedures with international standards and the need to strengthen coordination between all administrations involved in the cross-border trade chain

IPCSA brings together Its members meeting and expands its networkThe International Port Community System Association (IPCSA) members meeting took place on Wednesday 14 November 2018 in Casablanca This meeting is an extension of the IPCSA Annual Conference held in Casablanca and for the first time in Africa simultaneously with the annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet The network IPCSA has been enriched during this meeting

with the arrival of five new members The president of the IPCSA handed over the membership plate to four of the five new organizations Port of Los Angeles (USA) Community System of the Port of Djibouti Trade-Van (Taiwan) DRC SEGUCE (Democratic Republic of Congo)The 5th new member to join the IPCSA is the port of Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

NEWS

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Addis Ababa PORTNET SA Present at the first African Forum of National Trade Facilitation Commissions

A Moroccan delegation composed by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Trade the Administration of Customs and Indirect Taxes (ADII) ONSSA the ANP and PORTNET SA took part in the inaugural edition of the African Forum National Trade Facilitation Commissions 27th-29th November 2018 Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Following a similar global event organized by UNCTAD in Geneva in January 2017 the work of this Forum focused on the role of African regional organizations and the role of National Trade Facilitation Committees (NCEs) in implementation of trade facilitation provisions in the framework of the African Agreement on the Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) but also on dematerialization initiatives at points of entry the participation of the private sector in the CNFEs coordination of the tasks of the different border services or the role of the transit corridors

The event allowed the Moroccan delegation to reconnect with a number of international organizations UNCTAD UNECE WTO MDG etc It is also an opportunity to highlight the successful model of the PortNet SA Single Window the fruit of a shared and concerted vision involving all the players in foreign trade Participants in the Addis Ababa Forum agreed to continue working towards the standardization of control quality and certificates quality at the international level

Standardization is seen as one of the keys to the success of free trade agreements for trade in Africa The pilot experience of the Phytosanitary Certificate laquoE-Phytoraquo initiated by the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) with the support of PORTNET SA has also been highly praised by international organizations

NEWS

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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HIGHLIGHT

Great success for the 4th Annual Conference of Single Window PortNet

More than 800 participants from around the world from the public and private sectors took part in the Fourth Annual PortNet Single Window Conference held on November 12th and 13th 2018 in Casablanca

A wide range of nationalities more than thirty were present as well as renowned experts including representatives of prestigious international organizations UN CEFACT UNCTAD IPCSA AACE ICDT World Bank etc

The 2018 edition of this annual meeting of the foreign trade community coincided with two other international events all aimed at improving the cross-border logistics chain This is the Fifth International Conference on the Single Window Concept organized by the United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation (UN CEFACT) as well as the annual Conference of The International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) The holding in Morocco of these two events with international influence is a sign of confidence and recognition of the progress made by the Moroccan single window in terms of trade facilitation and improvement of the business climate

Initiated jointly by the National Ports Agency (ANP) and PORTNET SA under the auspices of the Ministry of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water the Annual Conference of the Single Window was placed this year under the theme laquopublic and private community intelligence serving your integrated efficient and innovative supply chainraquo A subject which as Nadia Laraki CEO of the National Ports Agency and President of the Board of PORTNET SA has pointed out laquoadheres to the High Orientations of His Majesty King Mohammed VI May God assists him in his vision of putting citizens and economic operators at the center of interest of administrations and the public service through the constant search for new innovative and daring solutions for the competitiveness of our ecosystem and our economyraquo

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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For two days Casablanca has become a world capital for Single Windows a hub for exchanging experiences and successful practices around the world laquoToday more than ever the competitiveness of countries in the global market increasingly depends on their ability to innovate continuously and to tame new technologies in all sectors by reinventing processes and challenging the methods adopted In the fields of logistics ports and the international Supply Chain this race for innovation is illustrated notably by the implementation of real Single Windows and disruptive community platforms that have made it possible to qualitative leaps in improving their performance and competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

Faced with a constantly changing environment the Single Windows bring tangible solutions to the various issues and meet the legitimate aspirations of public and private stakeholders in the international trade ecosystem Speakers at the Annual Conference were unanimous in hailing the progress made by the Moroccan Single Window PortNet whose services are now extended to all commercial ports under the authority of the National Ports Agency

The meeting in Casablanca was an opportunity to review of the achievements for the year 2018 marked by the launch of new dematerialized solutions via PortNet In particular the first Community solution for exchange and multi-channel payment of International Supply Chain related bills the generalization of the exchange of control results between the Customs and the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) services the launch of the laquoTrade Senseraquo portal with the support of the World Bank etc

During the same year the PORTNET SA teams worked on the technical preparation of other new paperless management solutions for National Telecommunication Regulatory Agency (ANRT) approvals Delivering Certificates Exit Certificates and making prior appointments at the exit of the containers of the ports and finally the requests of exemption from customs laquoWe are delighted with the accomplishments achieved through the active contribution of all stakeholders public and private That said we are aware of the challenges that remain the legitimacy of the aspirations of all economic operators and the projects to be finalizedraquo said Mohamed Najib BOULIF Secretary of State to the Minister of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water in charge of Transport in a speech delivered at the opening of the Conference

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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Back in images on the 4th Edition of the PortNet Single Window Annual Conference

HIGHLIGHT

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NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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STRONG MOMENTSPortNet Single Window Annual ConferenceScreening of the new Institutional Film of PORTNET SA

Signature of the Convention laquoTrde Directraquo with the banking sector

The 4th Annual Single Window Conference was marked by the projection of the new institutional film of PORTNET SA

The story is told by our friend the container laquoContaraquo the world champion of the Supply Chain Inspired by beautiful images reflecting the dynamics of cross-border trade the film traces the fabulous story of the PortNet One-Window born from the convergence of several strategic visions

laquoContaraquo invites you to follow its journey along the supply chain to discover the many benefits of dematerializing foreign trade formalities via the PortNet platform

Lasting 4 minutes 46 seconds the institutional film highlights commitments to sustainable development and the preservation of natural resources With its laquoZero Paperraquo objective more than 800000 trees in paper equivalent

One of the f lagsh ip measures announced at the PortNetrsquos single window annual conference is the one on launching a dematerialized management solution of documentary

credits via PortNet A first in the world Conventions were ratified on this occasion with three banking organizations namely Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du

Maroc At the end of a pilot phase associating these three institutions the new service will be generalized to all the banks of the place (see more details in laquoSubject of the monthraquo

or even the equivalent of the annual fuel consumption of 17000 cars which are saved each year through PortNet

The institutional film is available at httpsurlzfr8n8r

Nadia Laraki President of the Board of PORTNET SA and Ahmed Rahhou CEO of CIH

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA et and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Transactional Bank Attijariwafa Bank Group Mouawia ESSEKELLI

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA and Mohamed Kettani Hassani Member of the Executive Board in charge of the Credit Development Sector of Morocco

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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SUBJECT OF THE MONTHTrde DirectA new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

A first in the world The Single Window of Foreign Trade PortNet joins forces with the banking sector to develop an innovative solution for the electronic management of documentary credits The announcement was made on the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the 4th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet Tuesday November 12 2018 in Casablanca

Called laquoTrde Directraquo the new solution takes the form of a unified multi-bank multi-user platform for all importing and exporting companies

It enables both banks and PORTNET SA users to better manage the whole life cycle of documentary credits letters of credit standby letters of credit documentary remittance letters and certain transactions Non-documentary such as simple transfersThe new service will be the subject of a preliminary study At the annual PortNet Single Window Conference framework agreements have been ratified between on the one hand

PORTNET SA and on the other hand three banking institutions Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du Maroc At the end of a pilot phase involving these three banks the new service will be generalized to all banks in the area

laquoTrde Directraquo has many advantages for the bank the economic operators and their partners abroad bull Standardization harmonization and unification of the

processing processes of the transactions concerned (letters of credit standby letters of credit letters of documentary remittance etc) which results in an improvement in the costs and deadlines of treatment for all concerned

bull A consolidated multi-bank view of documentary transactions for companies operating with several banks

bull An improvement in competitiveness and the level of digital maturity by giving SME-TPEs an electronic customer centric platform open to several banks and public and private partners

bull Make available to the entire ecosystem a practical and innovative way to collaboratively and digitally contribute to the processing and monitoring of data and documents necessary for the accomplishment of operations while avoiding reintroduction for each stakeholder a document or the entry of data previously supplied by another stakeholder

The Trde Direct solution has the advantage of obtaining a consolidation of documentary operations for a company that works with several banks and thus simplifies the management of several operations Responding to the complexity of this activity this new tool which allows a single entry of information on a single computer window will provide banks economic operators and their partners abroad with easy management and effective monitoring international transactions significantly reducing the risk of errors

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 17 -

NEWSPAPERPortNet SA7 years of existence and an unprecedentedoperational performance

PortNet demonstrates that in Morocco There is a real desire to accomplish things

33800 customers 39000 users and a range of dematerialized services These are the latest indicators of PORTNET SA The single window deployed since 2011 to serve the integration of the international supply chain ecosystem continues to grow Over the last seven years this platform has boosted Moroccorsquos cross-border trade logistics chain laquoWe have gained an ecosystem that is able to work and improve every day The unique feature of our single window is that it is a system open to all companies and targets all procedures that may interest the economic operator and serve its competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

The creation of a single window is based on a number of fundamental principles The challenge is to ensure operational and efficient management of this tool to win the trust of the customer laquoCustomer satisfaction is constantly changing This requires us to continually improve our processes to support the demands of customers who are becoming more and more constraining laquosays Benhayoun Another big challenge to take up the laquonon intrusivenessraquo of the business guaranteeing the operator a saving of time and cost It is worth pointing out that PortNet currently manages all foreign trade users and incorporates more than three quarters of the chain for export Since its deployment deadlines have significantly shortened from 14 days to less than a week resulting in a significant cost optimization

Ivonne Higuero Director of Economic Cooperation and Trade Division-ECE-UN What we can see is that there is a strong will to do things There is also an energy that is present particularly in the case of the single window shops like PortNet in order to comply with international standards Morocco is among the countries that want to raise their level in this area to facilitate international trade Morocco is very active in this area it is also one of the particularities that we have noticed

There were many international prorcurcers for the international commitrity because of the multiplicity of stakeholders making trade more difficult because it simply becomes more expensive Collaboration between the public and private sectors was very limited The private sector found difficulties in exporting

Because of this lack of collaboration Morocco has managed to overcome this problem by strengthening the public-private partnership The country also continues to make efforts to ease the cumbersome administrat ive procedures which wil l surely substantially change the trade in Morocco We can already say that the changes are beginning to be noticeable

Friday November 16 Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

Sunday 18 November Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 18 -

Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 19 -

The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 20 -

CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

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OCI PORTNET SA participates in the 34th COMCEC Ministerial Meeting in IstanbulThe 34th Ministerial Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) took place from 26th to 29th November 2018 at the Istanbul Congress Center (Turkey) under the theme laquoTrade Facilitation Improvement of Customs Risk Management Systems in OIC Member Statesraquo The Opening Ceremony took place on November 28th 2018 under the chairmanship of HE Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of the Republic of Turkey and President of the COMCEC

The 34th Session of the COMCEC underscored the importance of having an effect ive Customs Risk Management System to facilitate trade among OIC member countries In addition they emphasized the need to strengthen regional integration customs modernization digitization and exchange of experiences and good practices

The day of Thursday 29th November 2018 was reserved for special sessions marked by the participation of high level representatives of Member States and OIC institutions as well as other international organizations NGOs think tanks private sector organizations and universities around the world

PORTNET SA took part in the extraordinary session focused on laquoThe challenges of customs modernization and possible solutionsraquo alongside other bodies including the Turkish Customs Administration the Intergovernmental Organization for International Rail Transport as well as the World Customs Organization The purpose of this session was to build on successful experiences in the reform and modernization of Customs administrations The exchanges focused on the fundamental role of public-private partnership the harmonization of procedures with international standards and the need to strengthen coordination between all administrations involved in the cross-border trade chain

IPCSA brings together Its members meeting and expands its networkThe International Port Community System Association (IPCSA) members meeting took place on Wednesday 14 November 2018 in Casablanca This meeting is an extension of the IPCSA Annual Conference held in Casablanca and for the first time in Africa simultaneously with the annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet The network IPCSA has been enriched during this meeting

with the arrival of five new members The president of the IPCSA handed over the membership plate to four of the five new organizations Port of Los Angeles (USA) Community System of the Port of Djibouti Trade-Van (Taiwan) DRC SEGUCE (Democratic Republic of Congo)The 5th new member to join the IPCSA is the port of Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

NEWS

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 8 -

Addis Ababa PORTNET SA Present at the first African Forum of National Trade Facilitation Commissions

A Moroccan delegation composed by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Trade the Administration of Customs and Indirect Taxes (ADII) ONSSA the ANP and PORTNET SA took part in the inaugural edition of the African Forum National Trade Facilitation Commissions 27th-29th November 2018 Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Following a similar global event organized by UNCTAD in Geneva in January 2017 the work of this Forum focused on the role of African regional organizations and the role of National Trade Facilitation Committees (NCEs) in implementation of trade facilitation provisions in the framework of the African Agreement on the Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) but also on dematerialization initiatives at points of entry the participation of the private sector in the CNFEs coordination of the tasks of the different border services or the role of the transit corridors

The event allowed the Moroccan delegation to reconnect with a number of international organizations UNCTAD UNECE WTO MDG etc It is also an opportunity to highlight the successful model of the PortNet SA Single Window the fruit of a shared and concerted vision involving all the players in foreign trade Participants in the Addis Ababa Forum agreed to continue working towards the standardization of control quality and certificates quality at the international level

Standardization is seen as one of the keys to the success of free trade agreements for trade in Africa The pilot experience of the Phytosanitary Certificate laquoE-Phytoraquo initiated by the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) with the support of PORTNET SA has also been highly praised by international organizations

NEWS

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 9 -

HIGHLIGHT

Great success for the 4th Annual Conference of Single Window PortNet

More than 800 participants from around the world from the public and private sectors took part in the Fourth Annual PortNet Single Window Conference held on November 12th and 13th 2018 in Casablanca

A wide range of nationalities more than thirty were present as well as renowned experts including representatives of prestigious international organizations UN CEFACT UNCTAD IPCSA AACE ICDT World Bank etc

The 2018 edition of this annual meeting of the foreign trade community coincided with two other international events all aimed at improving the cross-border logistics chain This is the Fifth International Conference on the Single Window Concept organized by the United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation (UN CEFACT) as well as the annual Conference of The International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) The holding in Morocco of these two events with international influence is a sign of confidence and recognition of the progress made by the Moroccan single window in terms of trade facilitation and improvement of the business climate

Initiated jointly by the National Ports Agency (ANP) and PORTNET SA under the auspices of the Ministry of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water the Annual Conference of the Single Window was placed this year under the theme laquopublic and private community intelligence serving your integrated efficient and innovative supply chainraquo A subject which as Nadia Laraki CEO of the National Ports Agency and President of the Board of PORTNET SA has pointed out laquoadheres to the High Orientations of His Majesty King Mohammed VI May God assists him in his vision of putting citizens and economic operators at the center of interest of administrations and the public service through the constant search for new innovative and daring solutions for the competitiveness of our ecosystem and our economyraquo

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 10 -

For two days Casablanca has become a world capital for Single Windows a hub for exchanging experiences and successful practices around the world laquoToday more than ever the competitiveness of countries in the global market increasingly depends on their ability to innovate continuously and to tame new technologies in all sectors by reinventing processes and challenging the methods adopted In the fields of logistics ports and the international Supply Chain this race for innovation is illustrated notably by the implementation of real Single Windows and disruptive community platforms that have made it possible to qualitative leaps in improving their performance and competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

Faced with a constantly changing environment the Single Windows bring tangible solutions to the various issues and meet the legitimate aspirations of public and private stakeholders in the international trade ecosystem Speakers at the Annual Conference were unanimous in hailing the progress made by the Moroccan Single Window PortNet whose services are now extended to all commercial ports under the authority of the National Ports Agency

The meeting in Casablanca was an opportunity to review of the achievements for the year 2018 marked by the launch of new dematerialized solutions via PortNet In particular the first Community solution for exchange and multi-channel payment of International Supply Chain related bills the generalization of the exchange of control results between the Customs and the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) services the launch of the laquoTrade Senseraquo portal with the support of the World Bank etc

During the same year the PORTNET SA teams worked on the technical preparation of other new paperless management solutions for National Telecommunication Regulatory Agency (ANRT) approvals Delivering Certificates Exit Certificates and making prior appointments at the exit of the containers of the ports and finally the requests of exemption from customs laquoWe are delighted with the accomplishments achieved through the active contribution of all stakeholders public and private That said we are aware of the challenges that remain the legitimacy of the aspirations of all economic operators and the projects to be finalizedraquo said Mohamed Najib BOULIF Secretary of State to the Minister of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water in charge of Transport in a speech delivered at the opening of the Conference

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 11 -

Back in images on the 4th Edition of the PortNet Single Window Annual Conference

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 12 -

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 15 -

STRONG MOMENTSPortNet Single Window Annual ConferenceScreening of the new Institutional Film of PORTNET SA

Signature of the Convention laquoTrde Directraquo with the banking sector

The 4th Annual Single Window Conference was marked by the projection of the new institutional film of PORTNET SA

The story is told by our friend the container laquoContaraquo the world champion of the Supply Chain Inspired by beautiful images reflecting the dynamics of cross-border trade the film traces the fabulous story of the PortNet One-Window born from the convergence of several strategic visions

laquoContaraquo invites you to follow its journey along the supply chain to discover the many benefits of dematerializing foreign trade formalities via the PortNet platform

Lasting 4 minutes 46 seconds the institutional film highlights commitments to sustainable development and the preservation of natural resources With its laquoZero Paperraquo objective more than 800000 trees in paper equivalent

One of the f lagsh ip measures announced at the PortNetrsquos single window annual conference is the one on launching a dematerialized management solution of documentary

credits via PortNet A first in the world Conventions were ratified on this occasion with three banking organizations namely Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du

Maroc At the end of a pilot phase associating these three institutions the new service will be generalized to all the banks of the place (see more details in laquoSubject of the monthraquo

or even the equivalent of the annual fuel consumption of 17000 cars which are saved each year through PortNet

The institutional film is available at httpsurlzfr8n8r

Nadia Laraki President of the Board of PORTNET SA and Ahmed Rahhou CEO of CIH

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA et and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Transactional Bank Attijariwafa Bank Group Mouawia ESSEKELLI

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA and Mohamed Kettani Hassani Member of the Executive Board in charge of the Credit Development Sector of Morocco

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 16 -

SUBJECT OF THE MONTHTrde DirectA new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

A first in the world The Single Window of Foreign Trade PortNet joins forces with the banking sector to develop an innovative solution for the electronic management of documentary credits The announcement was made on the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the 4th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet Tuesday November 12 2018 in Casablanca

Called laquoTrde Directraquo the new solution takes the form of a unified multi-bank multi-user platform for all importing and exporting companies

It enables both banks and PORTNET SA users to better manage the whole life cycle of documentary credits letters of credit standby letters of credit documentary remittance letters and certain transactions Non-documentary such as simple transfersThe new service will be the subject of a preliminary study At the annual PortNet Single Window Conference framework agreements have been ratified between on the one hand

PORTNET SA and on the other hand three banking institutions Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du Maroc At the end of a pilot phase involving these three banks the new service will be generalized to all banks in the area

laquoTrde Directraquo has many advantages for the bank the economic operators and their partners abroad bull Standardization harmonization and unification of the

processing processes of the transactions concerned (letters of credit standby letters of credit letters of documentary remittance etc) which results in an improvement in the costs and deadlines of treatment for all concerned

bull A consolidated multi-bank view of documentary transactions for companies operating with several banks

bull An improvement in competitiveness and the level of digital maturity by giving SME-TPEs an electronic customer centric platform open to several banks and public and private partners

bull Make available to the entire ecosystem a practical and innovative way to collaboratively and digitally contribute to the processing and monitoring of data and documents necessary for the accomplishment of operations while avoiding reintroduction for each stakeholder a document or the entry of data previously supplied by another stakeholder

The Trde Direct solution has the advantage of obtaining a consolidation of documentary operations for a company that works with several banks and thus simplifies the management of several operations Responding to the complexity of this activity this new tool which allows a single entry of information on a single computer window will provide banks economic operators and their partners abroad with easy management and effective monitoring international transactions significantly reducing the risk of errors

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 17 -

NEWSPAPERPortNet SA7 years of existence and an unprecedentedoperational performance

PortNet demonstrates that in Morocco There is a real desire to accomplish things

33800 customers 39000 users and a range of dematerialized services These are the latest indicators of PORTNET SA The single window deployed since 2011 to serve the integration of the international supply chain ecosystem continues to grow Over the last seven years this platform has boosted Moroccorsquos cross-border trade logistics chain laquoWe have gained an ecosystem that is able to work and improve every day The unique feature of our single window is that it is a system open to all companies and targets all procedures that may interest the economic operator and serve its competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

The creation of a single window is based on a number of fundamental principles The challenge is to ensure operational and efficient management of this tool to win the trust of the customer laquoCustomer satisfaction is constantly changing This requires us to continually improve our processes to support the demands of customers who are becoming more and more constraining laquosays Benhayoun Another big challenge to take up the laquonon intrusivenessraquo of the business guaranteeing the operator a saving of time and cost It is worth pointing out that PortNet currently manages all foreign trade users and incorporates more than three quarters of the chain for export Since its deployment deadlines have significantly shortened from 14 days to less than a week resulting in a significant cost optimization

Ivonne Higuero Director of Economic Cooperation and Trade Division-ECE-UN What we can see is that there is a strong will to do things There is also an energy that is present particularly in the case of the single window shops like PortNet in order to comply with international standards Morocco is among the countries that want to raise their level in this area to facilitate international trade Morocco is very active in this area it is also one of the particularities that we have noticed

There were many international prorcurcers for the international commitrity because of the multiplicity of stakeholders making trade more difficult because it simply becomes more expensive Collaboration between the public and private sectors was very limited The private sector found difficulties in exporting

Because of this lack of collaboration Morocco has managed to overcome this problem by strengthening the public-private partnership The country also continues to make efforts to ease the cumbersome administrat ive procedures which wil l surely substantially change the trade in Morocco We can already say that the changes are beginning to be noticeable

Friday November 16 Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

Sunday 18 November Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 18 -

Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 19 -

The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 20 -

CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

Page 8: 11 /18 36 - PORTNET S.A. · the pioneering role played by Morocco in the development of the concept of the Single Window of Foreign Trade and, in general, in improving the electronic

- 8 -

Addis Ababa PORTNET SA Present at the first African Forum of National Trade Facilitation Commissions

A Moroccan delegation composed by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Trade the Administration of Customs and Indirect Taxes (ADII) ONSSA the ANP and PORTNET SA took part in the inaugural edition of the African Forum National Trade Facilitation Commissions 27th-29th November 2018 Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Following a similar global event organized by UNCTAD in Geneva in January 2017 the work of this Forum focused on the role of African regional organizations and the role of National Trade Facilitation Committees (NCEs) in implementation of trade facilitation provisions in the framework of the African Agreement on the Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) but also on dematerialization initiatives at points of entry the participation of the private sector in the CNFEs coordination of the tasks of the different border services or the role of the transit corridors

The event allowed the Moroccan delegation to reconnect with a number of international organizations UNCTAD UNECE WTO MDG etc It is also an opportunity to highlight the successful model of the PortNet SA Single Window the fruit of a shared and concerted vision involving all the players in foreign trade Participants in the Addis Ababa Forum agreed to continue working towards the standardization of control quality and certificates quality at the international level

Standardization is seen as one of the keys to the success of free trade agreements for trade in Africa The pilot experience of the Phytosanitary Certificate laquoE-Phytoraquo initiated by the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) with the support of PORTNET SA has also been highly praised by international organizations

NEWS

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 9 -

HIGHLIGHT

Great success for the 4th Annual Conference of Single Window PortNet

More than 800 participants from around the world from the public and private sectors took part in the Fourth Annual PortNet Single Window Conference held on November 12th and 13th 2018 in Casablanca

A wide range of nationalities more than thirty were present as well as renowned experts including representatives of prestigious international organizations UN CEFACT UNCTAD IPCSA AACE ICDT World Bank etc

The 2018 edition of this annual meeting of the foreign trade community coincided with two other international events all aimed at improving the cross-border logistics chain This is the Fifth International Conference on the Single Window Concept organized by the United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation (UN CEFACT) as well as the annual Conference of The International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) The holding in Morocco of these two events with international influence is a sign of confidence and recognition of the progress made by the Moroccan single window in terms of trade facilitation and improvement of the business climate

Initiated jointly by the National Ports Agency (ANP) and PORTNET SA under the auspices of the Ministry of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water the Annual Conference of the Single Window was placed this year under the theme laquopublic and private community intelligence serving your integrated efficient and innovative supply chainraquo A subject which as Nadia Laraki CEO of the National Ports Agency and President of the Board of PORTNET SA has pointed out laquoadheres to the High Orientations of His Majesty King Mohammed VI May God assists him in his vision of putting citizens and economic operators at the center of interest of administrations and the public service through the constant search for new innovative and daring solutions for the competitiveness of our ecosystem and our economyraquo

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 10 -

For two days Casablanca has become a world capital for Single Windows a hub for exchanging experiences and successful practices around the world laquoToday more than ever the competitiveness of countries in the global market increasingly depends on their ability to innovate continuously and to tame new technologies in all sectors by reinventing processes and challenging the methods adopted In the fields of logistics ports and the international Supply Chain this race for innovation is illustrated notably by the implementation of real Single Windows and disruptive community platforms that have made it possible to qualitative leaps in improving their performance and competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

Faced with a constantly changing environment the Single Windows bring tangible solutions to the various issues and meet the legitimate aspirations of public and private stakeholders in the international trade ecosystem Speakers at the Annual Conference were unanimous in hailing the progress made by the Moroccan Single Window PortNet whose services are now extended to all commercial ports under the authority of the National Ports Agency

The meeting in Casablanca was an opportunity to review of the achievements for the year 2018 marked by the launch of new dematerialized solutions via PortNet In particular the first Community solution for exchange and multi-channel payment of International Supply Chain related bills the generalization of the exchange of control results between the Customs and the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) services the launch of the laquoTrade Senseraquo portal with the support of the World Bank etc

During the same year the PORTNET SA teams worked on the technical preparation of other new paperless management solutions for National Telecommunication Regulatory Agency (ANRT) approvals Delivering Certificates Exit Certificates and making prior appointments at the exit of the containers of the ports and finally the requests of exemption from customs laquoWe are delighted with the accomplishments achieved through the active contribution of all stakeholders public and private That said we are aware of the challenges that remain the legitimacy of the aspirations of all economic operators and the projects to be finalizedraquo said Mohamed Najib BOULIF Secretary of State to the Minister of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water in charge of Transport in a speech delivered at the opening of the Conference

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 11 -

Back in images on the 4th Edition of the PortNet Single Window Annual Conference

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 12 -

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 15 -

STRONG MOMENTSPortNet Single Window Annual ConferenceScreening of the new Institutional Film of PORTNET SA

Signature of the Convention laquoTrde Directraquo with the banking sector

The 4th Annual Single Window Conference was marked by the projection of the new institutional film of PORTNET SA

The story is told by our friend the container laquoContaraquo the world champion of the Supply Chain Inspired by beautiful images reflecting the dynamics of cross-border trade the film traces the fabulous story of the PortNet One-Window born from the convergence of several strategic visions

laquoContaraquo invites you to follow its journey along the supply chain to discover the many benefits of dematerializing foreign trade formalities via the PortNet platform

Lasting 4 minutes 46 seconds the institutional film highlights commitments to sustainable development and the preservation of natural resources With its laquoZero Paperraquo objective more than 800000 trees in paper equivalent

One of the f lagsh ip measures announced at the PortNetrsquos single window annual conference is the one on launching a dematerialized management solution of documentary

credits via PortNet A first in the world Conventions were ratified on this occasion with three banking organizations namely Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du

Maroc At the end of a pilot phase associating these three institutions the new service will be generalized to all the banks of the place (see more details in laquoSubject of the monthraquo

or even the equivalent of the annual fuel consumption of 17000 cars which are saved each year through PortNet

The institutional film is available at httpsurlzfr8n8r

Nadia Laraki President of the Board of PORTNET SA and Ahmed Rahhou CEO of CIH

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA et and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Transactional Bank Attijariwafa Bank Group Mouawia ESSEKELLI

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA and Mohamed Kettani Hassani Member of the Executive Board in charge of the Credit Development Sector of Morocco

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 16 -

SUBJECT OF THE MONTHTrde DirectA new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

A first in the world The Single Window of Foreign Trade PortNet joins forces with the banking sector to develop an innovative solution for the electronic management of documentary credits The announcement was made on the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the 4th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet Tuesday November 12 2018 in Casablanca

Called laquoTrde Directraquo the new solution takes the form of a unified multi-bank multi-user platform for all importing and exporting companies

It enables both banks and PORTNET SA users to better manage the whole life cycle of documentary credits letters of credit standby letters of credit documentary remittance letters and certain transactions Non-documentary such as simple transfersThe new service will be the subject of a preliminary study At the annual PortNet Single Window Conference framework agreements have been ratified between on the one hand

PORTNET SA and on the other hand three banking institutions Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du Maroc At the end of a pilot phase involving these three banks the new service will be generalized to all banks in the area

laquoTrde Directraquo has many advantages for the bank the economic operators and their partners abroad bull Standardization harmonization and unification of the

processing processes of the transactions concerned (letters of credit standby letters of credit letters of documentary remittance etc) which results in an improvement in the costs and deadlines of treatment for all concerned

bull A consolidated multi-bank view of documentary transactions for companies operating with several banks

bull An improvement in competitiveness and the level of digital maturity by giving SME-TPEs an electronic customer centric platform open to several banks and public and private partners

bull Make available to the entire ecosystem a practical and innovative way to collaboratively and digitally contribute to the processing and monitoring of data and documents necessary for the accomplishment of operations while avoiding reintroduction for each stakeholder a document or the entry of data previously supplied by another stakeholder

The Trde Direct solution has the advantage of obtaining a consolidation of documentary operations for a company that works with several banks and thus simplifies the management of several operations Responding to the complexity of this activity this new tool which allows a single entry of information on a single computer window will provide banks economic operators and their partners abroad with easy management and effective monitoring international transactions significantly reducing the risk of errors

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 17 -

NEWSPAPERPortNet SA7 years of existence and an unprecedentedoperational performance

PortNet demonstrates that in Morocco There is a real desire to accomplish things

33800 customers 39000 users and a range of dematerialized services These are the latest indicators of PORTNET SA The single window deployed since 2011 to serve the integration of the international supply chain ecosystem continues to grow Over the last seven years this platform has boosted Moroccorsquos cross-border trade logistics chain laquoWe have gained an ecosystem that is able to work and improve every day The unique feature of our single window is that it is a system open to all companies and targets all procedures that may interest the economic operator and serve its competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

The creation of a single window is based on a number of fundamental principles The challenge is to ensure operational and efficient management of this tool to win the trust of the customer laquoCustomer satisfaction is constantly changing This requires us to continually improve our processes to support the demands of customers who are becoming more and more constraining laquosays Benhayoun Another big challenge to take up the laquonon intrusivenessraquo of the business guaranteeing the operator a saving of time and cost It is worth pointing out that PortNet currently manages all foreign trade users and incorporates more than three quarters of the chain for export Since its deployment deadlines have significantly shortened from 14 days to less than a week resulting in a significant cost optimization

Ivonne Higuero Director of Economic Cooperation and Trade Division-ECE-UN What we can see is that there is a strong will to do things There is also an energy that is present particularly in the case of the single window shops like PortNet in order to comply with international standards Morocco is among the countries that want to raise their level in this area to facilitate international trade Morocco is very active in this area it is also one of the particularities that we have noticed

There were many international prorcurcers for the international commitrity because of the multiplicity of stakeholders making trade more difficult because it simply becomes more expensive Collaboration between the public and private sectors was very limited The private sector found difficulties in exporting

Because of this lack of collaboration Morocco has managed to overcome this problem by strengthening the public-private partnership The country also continues to make efforts to ease the cumbersome administrat ive procedures which wil l surely substantially change the trade in Morocco We can already say that the changes are beginning to be noticeable

Friday November 16 Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

Sunday 18 November Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 18 -

Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 19 -

The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 20 -

CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

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HIGHLIGHT

Great success for the 4th Annual Conference of Single Window PortNet

More than 800 participants from around the world from the public and private sectors took part in the Fourth Annual PortNet Single Window Conference held on November 12th and 13th 2018 in Casablanca

A wide range of nationalities more than thirty were present as well as renowned experts including representatives of prestigious international organizations UN CEFACT UNCTAD IPCSA AACE ICDT World Bank etc

The 2018 edition of this annual meeting of the foreign trade community coincided with two other international events all aimed at improving the cross-border logistics chain This is the Fifth International Conference on the Single Window Concept organized by the United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation (UN CEFACT) as well as the annual Conference of The International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) The holding in Morocco of these two events with international influence is a sign of confidence and recognition of the progress made by the Moroccan single window in terms of trade facilitation and improvement of the business climate

Initiated jointly by the National Ports Agency (ANP) and PORTNET SA under the auspices of the Ministry of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water the Annual Conference of the Single Window was placed this year under the theme laquopublic and private community intelligence serving your integrated efficient and innovative supply chainraquo A subject which as Nadia Laraki CEO of the National Ports Agency and President of the Board of PORTNET SA has pointed out laquoadheres to the High Orientations of His Majesty King Mohammed VI May God assists him in his vision of putting citizens and economic operators at the center of interest of administrations and the public service through the constant search for new innovative and daring solutions for the competitiveness of our ecosystem and our economyraquo

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 10 -

For two days Casablanca has become a world capital for Single Windows a hub for exchanging experiences and successful practices around the world laquoToday more than ever the competitiveness of countries in the global market increasingly depends on their ability to innovate continuously and to tame new technologies in all sectors by reinventing processes and challenging the methods adopted In the fields of logistics ports and the international Supply Chain this race for innovation is illustrated notably by the implementation of real Single Windows and disruptive community platforms that have made it possible to qualitative leaps in improving their performance and competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

Faced with a constantly changing environment the Single Windows bring tangible solutions to the various issues and meet the legitimate aspirations of public and private stakeholders in the international trade ecosystem Speakers at the Annual Conference were unanimous in hailing the progress made by the Moroccan Single Window PortNet whose services are now extended to all commercial ports under the authority of the National Ports Agency

The meeting in Casablanca was an opportunity to review of the achievements for the year 2018 marked by the launch of new dematerialized solutions via PortNet In particular the first Community solution for exchange and multi-channel payment of International Supply Chain related bills the generalization of the exchange of control results between the Customs and the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) services the launch of the laquoTrade Senseraquo portal with the support of the World Bank etc

During the same year the PORTNET SA teams worked on the technical preparation of other new paperless management solutions for National Telecommunication Regulatory Agency (ANRT) approvals Delivering Certificates Exit Certificates and making prior appointments at the exit of the containers of the ports and finally the requests of exemption from customs laquoWe are delighted with the accomplishments achieved through the active contribution of all stakeholders public and private That said we are aware of the challenges that remain the legitimacy of the aspirations of all economic operators and the projects to be finalizedraquo said Mohamed Najib BOULIF Secretary of State to the Minister of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water in charge of Transport in a speech delivered at the opening of the Conference

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 11 -

Back in images on the 4th Edition of the PortNet Single Window Annual Conference

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 12 -

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 15 -

STRONG MOMENTSPortNet Single Window Annual ConferenceScreening of the new Institutional Film of PORTNET SA

Signature of the Convention laquoTrde Directraquo with the banking sector

The 4th Annual Single Window Conference was marked by the projection of the new institutional film of PORTNET SA

The story is told by our friend the container laquoContaraquo the world champion of the Supply Chain Inspired by beautiful images reflecting the dynamics of cross-border trade the film traces the fabulous story of the PortNet One-Window born from the convergence of several strategic visions

laquoContaraquo invites you to follow its journey along the supply chain to discover the many benefits of dematerializing foreign trade formalities via the PortNet platform

Lasting 4 minutes 46 seconds the institutional film highlights commitments to sustainable development and the preservation of natural resources With its laquoZero Paperraquo objective more than 800000 trees in paper equivalent

One of the f lagsh ip measures announced at the PortNetrsquos single window annual conference is the one on launching a dematerialized management solution of documentary

credits via PortNet A first in the world Conventions were ratified on this occasion with three banking organizations namely Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du

Maroc At the end of a pilot phase associating these three institutions the new service will be generalized to all the banks of the place (see more details in laquoSubject of the monthraquo

or even the equivalent of the annual fuel consumption of 17000 cars which are saved each year through PortNet

The institutional film is available at httpsurlzfr8n8r

Nadia Laraki President of the Board of PORTNET SA and Ahmed Rahhou CEO of CIH

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA et and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Transactional Bank Attijariwafa Bank Group Mouawia ESSEKELLI

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA and Mohamed Kettani Hassani Member of the Executive Board in charge of the Credit Development Sector of Morocco

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 16 -

SUBJECT OF THE MONTHTrde DirectA new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

A first in the world The Single Window of Foreign Trade PortNet joins forces with the banking sector to develop an innovative solution for the electronic management of documentary credits The announcement was made on the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the 4th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet Tuesday November 12 2018 in Casablanca

Called laquoTrde Directraquo the new solution takes the form of a unified multi-bank multi-user platform for all importing and exporting companies

It enables both banks and PORTNET SA users to better manage the whole life cycle of documentary credits letters of credit standby letters of credit documentary remittance letters and certain transactions Non-documentary such as simple transfersThe new service will be the subject of a preliminary study At the annual PortNet Single Window Conference framework agreements have been ratified between on the one hand

PORTNET SA and on the other hand three banking institutions Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du Maroc At the end of a pilot phase involving these three banks the new service will be generalized to all banks in the area

laquoTrde Directraquo has many advantages for the bank the economic operators and their partners abroad bull Standardization harmonization and unification of the

processing processes of the transactions concerned (letters of credit standby letters of credit letters of documentary remittance etc) which results in an improvement in the costs and deadlines of treatment for all concerned

bull A consolidated multi-bank view of documentary transactions for companies operating with several banks

bull An improvement in competitiveness and the level of digital maturity by giving SME-TPEs an electronic customer centric platform open to several banks and public and private partners

bull Make available to the entire ecosystem a practical and innovative way to collaboratively and digitally contribute to the processing and monitoring of data and documents necessary for the accomplishment of operations while avoiding reintroduction for each stakeholder a document or the entry of data previously supplied by another stakeholder

The Trde Direct solution has the advantage of obtaining a consolidation of documentary operations for a company that works with several banks and thus simplifies the management of several operations Responding to the complexity of this activity this new tool which allows a single entry of information on a single computer window will provide banks economic operators and their partners abroad with easy management and effective monitoring international transactions significantly reducing the risk of errors

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 17 -

NEWSPAPERPortNet SA7 years of existence and an unprecedentedoperational performance

PortNet demonstrates that in Morocco There is a real desire to accomplish things

33800 customers 39000 users and a range of dematerialized services These are the latest indicators of PORTNET SA The single window deployed since 2011 to serve the integration of the international supply chain ecosystem continues to grow Over the last seven years this platform has boosted Moroccorsquos cross-border trade logistics chain laquoWe have gained an ecosystem that is able to work and improve every day The unique feature of our single window is that it is a system open to all companies and targets all procedures that may interest the economic operator and serve its competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

The creation of a single window is based on a number of fundamental principles The challenge is to ensure operational and efficient management of this tool to win the trust of the customer laquoCustomer satisfaction is constantly changing This requires us to continually improve our processes to support the demands of customers who are becoming more and more constraining laquosays Benhayoun Another big challenge to take up the laquonon intrusivenessraquo of the business guaranteeing the operator a saving of time and cost It is worth pointing out that PortNet currently manages all foreign trade users and incorporates more than three quarters of the chain for export Since its deployment deadlines have significantly shortened from 14 days to less than a week resulting in a significant cost optimization

Ivonne Higuero Director of Economic Cooperation and Trade Division-ECE-UN What we can see is that there is a strong will to do things There is also an energy that is present particularly in the case of the single window shops like PortNet in order to comply with international standards Morocco is among the countries that want to raise their level in this area to facilitate international trade Morocco is very active in this area it is also one of the particularities that we have noticed

There were many international prorcurcers for the international commitrity because of the multiplicity of stakeholders making trade more difficult because it simply becomes more expensive Collaboration between the public and private sectors was very limited The private sector found difficulties in exporting

Because of this lack of collaboration Morocco has managed to overcome this problem by strengthening the public-private partnership The country also continues to make efforts to ease the cumbersome administrat ive procedures which wil l surely substantially change the trade in Morocco We can already say that the changes are beginning to be noticeable

Friday November 16 Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

Sunday 18 November Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 18 -

Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 19 -

The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 20 -

CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

Page 10: 11 /18 36 - PORTNET S.A. · the pioneering role played by Morocco in the development of the concept of the Single Window of Foreign Trade and, in general, in improving the electronic

- 10 -

For two days Casablanca has become a world capital for Single Windows a hub for exchanging experiences and successful practices around the world laquoToday more than ever the competitiveness of countries in the global market increasingly depends on their ability to innovate continuously and to tame new technologies in all sectors by reinventing processes and challenging the methods adopted In the fields of logistics ports and the international Supply Chain this race for innovation is illustrated notably by the implementation of real Single Windows and disruptive community platforms that have made it possible to qualitative leaps in improving their performance and competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

Faced with a constantly changing environment the Single Windows bring tangible solutions to the various issues and meet the legitimate aspirations of public and private stakeholders in the international trade ecosystem Speakers at the Annual Conference were unanimous in hailing the progress made by the Moroccan Single Window PortNet whose services are now extended to all commercial ports under the authority of the National Ports Agency

The meeting in Casablanca was an opportunity to review of the achievements for the year 2018 marked by the launch of new dematerialized solutions via PortNet In particular the first Community solution for exchange and multi-channel payment of International Supply Chain related bills the generalization of the exchange of control results between the Customs and the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) services the launch of the laquoTrade Senseraquo portal with the support of the World Bank etc

During the same year the PORTNET SA teams worked on the technical preparation of other new paperless management solutions for National Telecommunication Regulatory Agency (ANRT) approvals Delivering Certificates Exit Certificates and making prior appointments at the exit of the containers of the ports and finally the requests of exemption from customs laquoWe are delighted with the accomplishments achieved through the active contribution of all stakeholders public and private That said we are aware of the challenges that remain the legitimacy of the aspirations of all economic operators and the projects to be finalizedraquo said Mohamed Najib BOULIF Secretary of State to the Minister of Equipment Transport Logistics and Water in charge of Transport in a speech delivered at the opening of the Conference

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 11 -

Back in images on the 4th Edition of the PortNet Single Window Annual Conference

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 12 -

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 13 -

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 14 -

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 15 -

STRONG MOMENTSPortNet Single Window Annual ConferenceScreening of the new Institutional Film of PORTNET SA

Signature of the Convention laquoTrde Directraquo with the banking sector

The 4th Annual Single Window Conference was marked by the projection of the new institutional film of PORTNET SA

The story is told by our friend the container laquoContaraquo the world champion of the Supply Chain Inspired by beautiful images reflecting the dynamics of cross-border trade the film traces the fabulous story of the PortNet One-Window born from the convergence of several strategic visions

laquoContaraquo invites you to follow its journey along the supply chain to discover the many benefits of dematerializing foreign trade formalities via the PortNet platform

Lasting 4 minutes 46 seconds the institutional film highlights commitments to sustainable development and the preservation of natural resources With its laquoZero Paperraquo objective more than 800000 trees in paper equivalent

One of the f lagsh ip measures announced at the PortNetrsquos single window annual conference is the one on launching a dematerialized management solution of documentary

credits via PortNet A first in the world Conventions were ratified on this occasion with three banking organizations namely Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du

Maroc At the end of a pilot phase associating these three institutions the new service will be generalized to all the banks of the place (see more details in laquoSubject of the monthraquo

or even the equivalent of the annual fuel consumption of 17000 cars which are saved each year through PortNet

The institutional film is available at httpsurlzfr8n8r

Nadia Laraki President of the Board of PORTNET SA and Ahmed Rahhou CEO of CIH

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA et and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Transactional Bank Attijariwafa Bank Group Mouawia ESSEKELLI

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA and Mohamed Kettani Hassani Member of the Executive Board in charge of the Credit Development Sector of Morocco

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 16 -

SUBJECT OF THE MONTHTrde DirectA new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

A first in the world The Single Window of Foreign Trade PortNet joins forces with the banking sector to develop an innovative solution for the electronic management of documentary credits The announcement was made on the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the 4th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet Tuesday November 12 2018 in Casablanca

Called laquoTrde Directraquo the new solution takes the form of a unified multi-bank multi-user platform for all importing and exporting companies

It enables both banks and PORTNET SA users to better manage the whole life cycle of documentary credits letters of credit standby letters of credit documentary remittance letters and certain transactions Non-documentary such as simple transfersThe new service will be the subject of a preliminary study At the annual PortNet Single Window Conference framework agreements have been ratified between on the one hand

PORTNET SA and on the other hand three banking institutions Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du Maroc At the end of a pilot phase involving these three banks the new service will be generalized to all banks in the area

laquoTrde Directraquo has many advantages for the bank the economic operators and their partners abroad bull Standardization harmonization and unification of the

processing processes of the transactions concerned (letters of credit standby letters of credit letters of documentary remittance etc) which results in an improvement in the costs and deadlines of treatment for all concerned

bull A consolidated multi-bank view of documentary transactions for companies operating with several banks

bull An improvement in competitiveness and the level of digital maturity by giving SME-TPEs an electronic customer centric platform open to several banks and public and private partners

bull Make available to the entire ecosystem a practical and innovative way to collaboratively and digitally contribute to the processing and monitoring of data and documents necessary for the accomplishment of operations while avoiding reintroduction for each stakeholder a document or the entry of data previously supplied by another stakeholder

The Trde Direct solution has the advantage of obtaining a consolidation of documentary operations for a company that works with several banks and thus simplifies the management of several operations Responding to the complexity of this activity this new tool which allows a single entry of information on a single computer window will provide banks economic operators and their partners abroad with easy management and effective monitoring international transactions significantly reducing the risk of errors

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 17 -

NEWSPAPERPortNet SA7 years of existence and an unprecedentedoperational performance

PortNet demonstrates that in Morocco There is a real desire to accomplish things

33800 customers 39000 users and a range of dematerialized services These are the latest indicators of PORTNET SA The single window deployed since 2011 to serve the integration of the international supply chain ecosystem continues to grow Over the last seven years this platform has boosted Moroccorsquos cross-border trade logistics chain laquoWe have gained an ecosystem that is able to work and improve every day The unique feature of our single window is that it is a system open to all companies and targets all procedures that may interest the economic operator and serve its competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

The creation of a single window is based on a number of fundamental principles The challenge is to ensure operational and efficient management of this tool to win the trust of the customer laquoCustomer satisfaction is constantly changing This requires us to continually improve our processes to support the demands of customers who are becoming more and more constraining laquosays Benhayoun Another big challenge to take up the laquonon intrusivenessraquo of the business guaranteeing the operator a saving of time and cost It is worth pointing out that PortNet currently manages all foreign trade users and incorporates more than three quarters of the chain for export Since its deployment deadlines have significantly shortened from 14 days to less than a week resulting in a significant cost optimization

Ivonne Higuero Director of Economic Cooperation and Trade Division-ECE-UN What we can see is that there is a strong will to do things There is also an energy that is present particularly in the case of the single window shops like PortNet in order to comply with international standards Morocco is among the countries that want to raise their level in this area to facilitate international trade Morocco is very active in this area it is also one of the particularities that we have noticed

There were many international prorcurcers for the international commitrity because of the multiplicity of stakeholders making trade more difficult because it simply becomes more expensive Collaboration between the public and private sectors was very limited The private sector found difficulties in exporting

Because of this lack of collaboration Morocco has managed to overcome this problem by strengthening the public-private partnership The country also continues to make efforts to ease the cumbersome administrat ive procedures which wil l surely substantially change the trade in Morocco We can already say that the changes are beginning to be noticeable

Friday November 16 Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

Sunday 18 November Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 18 -

Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 19 -

The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 20 -

CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

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Back in images on the 4th Edition of the PortNet Single Window Annual Conference

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 15 -

STRONG MOMENTSPortNet Single Window Annual ConferenceScreening of the new Institutional Film of PORTNET SA

Signature of the Convention laquoTrde Directraquo with the banking sector

The 4th Annual Single Window Conference was marked by the projection of the new institutional film of PORTNET SA

The story is told by our friend the container laquoContaraquo the world champion of the Supply Chain Inspired by beautiful images reflecting the dynamics of cross-border trade the film traces the fabulous story of the PortNet One-Window born from the convergence of several strategic visions

laquoContaraquo invites you to follow its journey along the supply chain to discover the many benefits of dematerializing foreign trade formalities via the PortNet platform

Lasting 4 minutes 46 seconds the institutional film highlights commitments to sustainable development and the preservation of natural resources With its laquoZero Paperraquo objective more than 800000 trees in paper equivalent

One of the f lagsh ip measures announced at the PortNetrsquos single window annual conference is the one on launching a dematerialized management solution of documentary

credits via PortNet A first in the world Conventions were ratified on this occasion with three banking organizations namely Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du

Maroc At the end of a pilot phase associating these three institutions the new service will be generalized to all the banks of the place (see more details in laquoSubject of the monthraquo

or even the equivalent of the annual fuel consumption of 17000 cars which are saved each year through PortNet

The institutional film is available at httpsurlzfr8n8r

Nadia Laraki President of the Board of PORTNET SA and Ahmed Rahhou CEO of CIH

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA et and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Transactional Bank Attijariwafa Bank Group Mouawia ESSEKELLI

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA and Mohamed Kettani Hassani Member of the Executive Board in charge of the Credit Development Sector of Morocco

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 16 -

SUBJECT OF THE MONTHTrde DirectA new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

A first in the world The Single Window of Foreign Trade PortNet joins forces with the banking sector to develop an innovative solution for the electronic management of documentary credits The announcement was made on the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the 4th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet Tuesday November 12 2018 in Casablanca

Called laquoTrde Directraquo the new solution takes the form of a unified multi-bank multi-user platform for all importing and exporting companies

It enables both banks and PORTNET SA users to better manage the whole life cycle of documentary credits letters of credit standby letters of credit documentary remittance letters and certain transactions Non-documentary such as simple transfersThe new service will be the subject of a preliminary study At the annual PortNet Single Window Conference framework agreements have been ratified between on the one hand

PORTNET SA and on the other hand three banking institutions Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du Maroc At the end of a pilot phase involving these three banks the new service will be generalized to all banks in the area

laquoTrde Directraquo has many advantages for the bank the economic operators and their partners abroad bull Standardization harmonization and unification of the

processing processes of the transactions concerned (letters of credit standby letters of credit letters of documentary remittance etc) which results in an improvement in the costs and deadlines of treatment for all concerned

bull A consolidated multi-bank view of documentary transactions for companies operating with several banks

bull An improvement in competitiveness and the level of digital maturity by giving SME-TPEs an electronic customer centric platform open to several banks and public and private partners

bull Make available to the entire ecosystem a practical and innovative way to collaboratively and digitally contribute to the processing and monitoring of data and documents necessary for the accomplishment of operations while avoiding reintroduction for each stakeholder a document or the entry of data previously supplied by another stakeholder

The Trde Direct solution has the advantage of obtaining a consolidation of documentary operations for a company that works with several banks and thus simplifies the management of several operations Responding to the complexity of this activity this new tool which allows a single entry of information on a single computer window will provide banks economic operators and their partners abroad with easy management and effective monitoring international transactions significantly reducing the risk of errors

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 17 -

NEWSPAPERPortNet SA7 years of existence and an unprecedentedoperational performance

PortNet demonstrates that in Morocco There is a real desire to accomplish things

33800 customers 39000 users and a range of dematerialized services These are the latest indicators of PORTNET SA The single window deployed since 2011 to serve the integration of the international supply chain ecosystem continues to grow Over the last seven years this platform has boosted Moroccorsquos cross-border trade logistics chain laquoWe have gained an ecosystem that is able to work and improve every day The unique feature of our single window is that it is a system open to all companies and targets all procedures that may interest the economic operator and serve its competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

The creation of a single window is based on a number of fundamental principles The challenge is to ensure operational and efficient management of this tool to win the trust of the customer laquoCustomer satisfaction is constantly changing This requires us to continually improve our processes to support the demands of customers who are becoming more and more constraining laquosays Benhayoun Another big challenge to take up the laquonon intrusivenessraquo of the business guaranteeing the operator a saving of time and cost It is worth pointing out that PortNet currently manages all foreign trade users and incorporates more than three quarters of the chain for export Since its deployment deadlines have significantly shortened from 14 days to less than a week resulting in a significant cost optimization

Ivonne Higuero Director of Economic Cooperation and Trade Division-ECE-UN What we can see is that there is a strong will to do things There is also an energy that is present particularly in the case of the single window shops like PortNet in order to comply with international standards Morocco is among the countries that want to raise their level in this area to facilitate international trade Morocco is very active in this area it is also one of the particularities that we have noticed

There were many international prorcurcers for the international commitrity because of the multiplicity of stakeholders making trade more difficult because it simply becomes more expensive Collaboration between the public and private sectors was very limited The private sector found difficulties in exporting

Because of this lack of collaboration Morocco has managed to overcome this problem by strengthening the public-private partnership The country also continues to make efforts to ease the cumbersome administrat ive procedures which wil l surely substantially change the trade in Morocco We can already say that the changes are beginning to be noticeable

Friday November 16 Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

Sunday 18 November Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 18 -

Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 19 -

The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 20 -

CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

Page 12: 11 /18 36 - PORTNET S.A. · the pioneering role played by Morocco in the development of the concept of the Single Window of Foreign Trade and, in general, in improving the electronic

- 12 -

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 13 -

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 14 -

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 15 -

STRONG MOMENTSPortNet Single Window Annual ConferenceScreening of the new Institutional Film of PORTNET SA

Signature of the Convention laquoTrde Directraquo with the banking sector

The 4th Annual Single Window Conference was marked by the projection of the new institutional film of PORTNET SA

The story is told by our friend the container laquoContaraquo the world champion of the Supply Chain Inspired by beautiful images reflecting the dynamics of cross-border trade the film traces the fabulous story of the PortNet One-Window born from the convergence of several strategic visions

laquoContaraquo invites you to follow its journey along the supply chain to discover the many benefits of dematerializing foreign trade formalities via the PortNet platform

Lasting 4 minutes 46 seconds the institutional film highlights commitments to sustainable development and the preservation of natural resources With its laquoZero Paperraquo objective more than 800000 trees in paper equivalent

One of the f lagsh ip measures announced at the PortNetrsquos single window annual conference is the one on launching a dematerialized management solution of documentary

credits via PortNet A first in the world Conventions were ratified on this occasion with three banking organizations namely Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du

Maroc At the end of a pilot phase associating these three institutions the new service will be generalized to all the banks of the place (see more details in laquoSubject of the monthraquo

or even the equivalent of the annual fuel consumption of 17000 cars which are saved each year through PortNet

The institutional film is available at httpsurlzfr8n8r

Nadia Laraki President of the Board of PORTNET SA and Ahmed Rahhou CEO of CIH

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA et and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Transactional Bank Attijariwafa Bank Group Mouawia ESSEKELLI

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA and Mohamed Kettani Hassani Member of the Executive Board in charge of the Credit Development Sector of Morocco

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 16 -

SUBJECT OF THE MONTHTrde DirectA new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

A first in the world The Single Window of Foreign Trade PortNet joins forces with the banking sector to develop an innovative solution for the electronic management of documentary credits The announcement was made on the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the 4th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet Tuesday November 12 2018 in Casablanca

Called laquoTrde Directraquo the new solution takes the form of a unified multi-bank multi-user platform for all importing and exporting companies

It enables both banks and PORTNET SA users to better manage the whole life cycle of documentary credits letters of credit standby letters of credit documentary remittance letters and certain transactions Non-documentary such as simple transfersThe new service will be the subject of a preliminary study At the annual PortNet Single Window Conference framework agreements have been ratified between on the one hand

PORTNET SA and on the other hand three banking institutions Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du Maroc At the end of a pilot phase involving these three banks the new service will be generalized to all banks in the area

laquoTrde Directraquo has many advantages for the bank the economic operators and their partners abroad bull Standardization harmonization and unification of the

processing processes of the transactions concerned (letters of credit standby letters of credit letters of documentary remittance etc) which results in an improvement in the costs and deadlines of treatment for all concerned

bull A consolidated multi-bank view of documentary transactions for companies operating with several banks

bull An improvement in competitiveness and the level of digital maturity by giving SME-TPEs an electronic customer centric platform open to several banks and public and private partners

bull Make available to the entire ecosystem a practical and innovative way to collaboratively and digitally contribute to the processing and monitoring of data and documents necessary for the accomplishment of operations while avoiding reintroduction for each stakeholder a document or the entry of data previously supplied by another stakeholder

The Trde Direct solution has the advantage of obtaining a consolidation of documentary operations for a company that works with several banks and thus simplifies the management of several operations Responding to the complexity of this activity this new tool which allows a single entry of information on a single computer window will provide banks economic operators and their partners abroad with easy management and effective monitoring international transactions significantly reducing the risk of errors

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 17 -

NEWSPAPERPortNet SA7 years of existence and an unprecedentedoperational performance

PortNet demonstrates that in Morocco There is a real desire to accomplish things

33800 customers 39000 users and a range of dematerialized services These are the latest indicators of PORTNET SA The single window deployed since 2011 to serve the integration of the international supply chain ecosystem continues to grow Over the last seven years this platform has boosted Moroccorsquos cross-border trade logistics chain laquoWe have gained an ecosystem that is able to work and improve every day The unique feature of our single window is that it is a system open to all companies and targets all procedures that may interest the economic operator and serve its competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

The creation of a single window is based on a number of fundamental principles The challenge is to ensure operational and efficient management of this tool to win the trust of the customer laquoCustomer satisfaction is constantly changing This requires us to continually improve our processes to support the demands of customers who are becoming more and more constraining laquosays Benhayoun Another big challenge to take up the laquonon intrusivenessraquo of the business guaranteeing the operator a saving of time and cost It is worth pointing out that PortNet currently manages all foreign trade users and incorporates more than three quarters of the chain for export Since its deployment deadlines have significantly shortened from 14 days to less than a week resulting in a significant cost optimization

Ivonne Higuero Director of Economic Cooperation and Trade Division-ECE-UN What we can see is that there is a strong will to do things There is also an energy that is present particularly in the case of the single window shops like PortNet in order to comply with international standards Morocco is among the countries that want to raise their level in this area to facilitate international trade Morocco is very active in this area it is also one of the particularities that we have noticed

There were many international prorcurcers for the international commitrity because of the multiplicity of stakeholders making trade more difficult because it simply becomes more expensive Collaboration between the public and private sectors was very limited The private sector found difficulties in exporting

Because of this lack of collaboration Morocco has managed to overcome this problem by strengthening the public-private partnership The country also continues to make efforts to ease the cumbersome administrat ive procedures which wil l surely substantially change the trade in Morocco We can already say that the changes are beginning to be noticeable

Friday November 16 Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

Sunday 18 November Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 18 -

Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 19 -

The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 20 -

CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

Page 13: 11 /18 36 - PORTNET S.A. · the pioneering role played by Morocco in the development of the concept of the Single Window of Foreign Trade and, in general, in improving the electronic

- 13 -

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 14 -

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 15 -

STRONG MOMENTSPortNet Single Window Annual ConferenceScreening of the new Institutional Film of PORTNET SA

Signature of the Convention laquoTrde Directraquo with the banking sector

The 4th Annual Single Window Conference was marked by the projection of the new institutional film of PORTNET SA

The story is told by our friend the container laquoContaraquo the world champion of the Supply Chain Inspired by beautiful images reflecting the dynamics of cross-border trade the film traces the fabulous story of the PortNet One-Window born from the convergence of several strategic visions

laquoContaraquo invites you to follow its journey along the supply chain to discover the many benefits of dematerializing foreign trade formalities via the PortNet platform

Lasting 4 minutes 46 seconds the institutional film highlights commitments to sustainable development and the preservation of natural resources With its laquoZero Paperraquo objective more than 800000 trees in paper equivalent

One of the f lagsh ip measures announced at the PortNetrsquos single window annual conference is the one on launching a dematerialized management solution of documentary

credits via PortNet A first in the world Conventions were ratified on this occasion with three banking organizations namely Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du

Maroc At the end of a pilot phase associating these three institutions the new service will be generalized to all the banks of the place (see more details in laquoSubject of the monthraquo

or even the equivalent of the annual fuel consumption of 17000 cars which are saved each year through PortNet

The institutional film is available at httpsurlzfr8n8r

Nadia Laraki President of the Board of PORTNET SA and Ahmed Rahhou CEO of CIH

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA et and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Transactional Bank Attijariwafa Bank Group Mouawia ESSEKELLI

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA and Mohamed Kettani Hassani Member of the Executive Board in charge of the Credit Development Sector of Morocco

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 16 -

SUBJECT OF THE MONTHTrde DirectA new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

A first in the world The Single Window of Foreign Trade PortNet joins forces with the banking sector to develop an innovative solution for the electronic management of documentary credits The announcement was made on the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the 4th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet Tuesday November 12 2018 in Casablanca

Called laquoTrde Directraquo the new solution takes the form of a unified multi-bank multi-user platform for all importing and exporting companies

It enables both banks and PORTNET SA users to better manage the whole life cycle of documentary credits letters of credit standby letters of credit documentary remittance letters and certain transactions Non-documentary such as simple transfersThe new service will be the subject of a preliminary study At the annual PortNet Single Window Conference framework agreements have been ratified between on the one hand

PORTNET SA and on the other hand three banking institutions Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du Maroc At the end of a pilot phase involving these three banks the new service will be generalized to all banks in the area

laquoTrde Directraquo has many advantages for the bank the economic operators and their partners abroad bull Standardization harmonization and unification of the

processing processes of the transactions concerned (letters of credit standby letters of credit letters of documentary remittance etc) which results in an improvement in the costs and deadlines of treatment for all concerned

bull A consolidated multi-bank view of documentary transactions for companies operating with several banks

bull An improvement in competitiveness and the level of digital maturity by giving SME-TPEs an electronic customer centric platform open to several banks and public and private partners

bull Make available to the entire ecosystem a practical and innovative way to collaboratively and digitally contribute to the processing and monitoring of data and documents necessary for the accomplishment of operations while avoiding reintroduction for each stakeholder a document or the entry of data previously supplied by another stakeholder

The Trde Direct solution has the advantage of obtaining a consolidation of documentary operations for a company that works with several banks and thus simplifies the management of several operations Responding to the complexity of this activity this new tool which allows a single entry of information on a single computer window will provide banks economic operators and their partners abroad with easy management and effective monitoring international transactions significantly reducing the risk of errors

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 17 -

NEWSPAPERPortNet SA7 years of existence and an unprecedentedoperational performance

PortNet demonstrates that in Morocco There is a real desire to accomplish things

33800 customers 39000 users and a range of dematerialized services These are the latest indicators of PORTNET SA The single window deployed since 2011 to serve the integration of the international supply chain ecosystem continues to grow Over the last seven years this platform has boosted Moroccorsquos cross-border trade logistics chain laquoWe have gained an ecosystem that is able to work and improve every day The unique feature of our single window is that it is a system open to all companies and targets all procedures that may interest the economic operator and serve its competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

The creation of a single window is based on a number of fundamental principles The challenge is to ensure operational and efficient management of this tool to win the trust of the customer laquoCustomer satisfaction is constantly changing This requires us to continually improve our processes to support the demands of customers who are becoming more and more constraining laquosays Benhayoun Another big challenge to take up the laquonon intrusivenessraquo of the business guaranteeing the operator a saving of time and cost It is worth pointing out that PortNet currently manages all foreign trade users and incorporates more than three quarters of the chain for export Since its deployment deadlines have significantly shortened from 14 days to less than a week resulting in a significant cost optimization

Ivonne Higuero Director of Economic Cooperation and Trade Division-ECE-UN What we can see is that there is a strong will to do things There is also an energy that is present particularly in the case of the single window shops like PortNet in order to comply with international standards Morocco is among the countries that want to raise their level in this area to facilitate international trade Morocco is very active in this area it is also one of the particularities that we have noticed

There were many international prorcurcers for the international commitrity because of the multiplicity of stakeholders making trade more difficult because it simply becomes more expensive Collaboration between the public and private sectors was very limited The private sector found difficulties in exporting

Because of this lack of collaboration Morocco has managed to overcome this problem by strengthening the public-private partnership The country also continues to make efforts to ease the cumbersome administrat ive procedures which wil l surely substantially change the trade in Morocco We can already say that the changes are beginning to be noticeable

Friday November 16 Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

Sunday 18 November Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 18 -

Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 19 -

The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 20 -

CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

Page 14: 11 /18 36 - PORTNET S.A. · the pioneering role played by Morocco in the development of the concept of the Single Window of Foreign Trade and, in general, in improving the electronic

- 14 -

HIGHLIGHT

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 15 -

STRONG MOMENTSPortNet Single Window Annual ConferenceScreening of the new Institutional Film of PORTNET SA

Signature of the Convention laquoTrde Directraquo with the banking sector

The 4th Annual Single Window Conference was marked by the projection of the new institutional film of PORTNET SA

The story is told by our friend the container laquoContaraquo the world champion of the Supply Chain Inspired by beautiful images reflecting the dynamics of cross-border trade the film traces the fabulous story of the PortNet One-Window born from the convergence of several strategic visions

laquoContaraquo invites you to follow its journey along the supply chain to discover the many benefits of dematerializing foreign trade formalities via the PortNet platform

Lasting 4 minutes 46 seconds the institutional film highlights commitments to sustainable development and the preservation of natural resources With its laquoZero Paperraquo objective more than 800000 trees in paper equivalent

One of the f lagsh ip measures announced at the PortNetrsquos single window annual conference is the one on launching a dematerialized management solution of documentary

credits via PortNet A first in the world Conventions were ratified on this occasion with three banking organizations namely Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du

Maroc At the end of a pilot phase associating these three institutions the new service will be generalized to all the banks of the place (see more details in laquoSubject of the monthraquo

or even the equivalent of the annual fuel consumption of 17000 cars which are saved each year through PortNet

The institutional film is available at httpsurlzfr8n8r

Nadia Laraki President of the Board of PORTNET SA and Ahmed Rahhou CEO of CIH

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA et and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Transactional Bank Attijariwafa Bank Group Mouawia ESSEKELLI

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA and Mohamed Kettani Hassani Member of the Executive Board in charge of the Credit Development Sector of Morocco

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 16 -

SUBJECT OF THE MONTHTrde DirectA new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

A first in the world The Single Window of Foreign Trade PortNet joins forces with the banking sector to develop an innovative solution for the electronic management of documentary credits The announcement was made on the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the 4th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet Tuesday November 12 2018 in Casablanca

Called laquoTrde Directraquo the new solution takes the form of a unified multi-bank multi-user platform for all importing and exporting companies

It enables both banks and PORTNET SA users to better manage the whole life cycle of documentary credits letters of credit standby letters of credit documentary remittance letters and certain transactions Non-documentary such as simple transfersThe new service will be the subject of a preliminary study At the annual PortNet Single Window Conference framework agreements have been ratified between on the one hand

PORTNET SA and on the other hand three banking institutions Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du Maroc At the end of a pilot phase involving these three banks the new service will be generalized to all banks in the area

laquoTrde Directraquo has many advantages for the bank the economic operators and their partners abroad bull Standardization harmonization and unification of the

processing processes of the transactions concerned (letters of credit standby letters of credit letters of documentary remittance etc) which results in an improvement in the costs and deadlines of treatment for all concerned

bull A consolidated multi-bank view of documentary transactions for companies operating with several banks

bull An improvement in competitiveness and the level of digital maturity by giving SME-TPEs an electronic customer centric platform open to several banks and public and private partners

bull Make available to the entire ecosystem a practical and innovative way to collaboratively and digitally contribute to the processing and monitoring of data and documents necessary for the accomplishment of operations while avoiding reintroduction for each stakeholder a document or the entry of data previously supplied by another stakeholder

The Trde Direct solution has the advantage of obtaining a consolidation of documentary operations for a company that works with several banks and thus simplifies the management of several operations Responding to the complexity of this activity this new tool which allows a single entry of information on a single computer window will provide banks economic operators and their partners abroad with easy management and effective monitoring international transactions significantly reducing the risk of errors

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 17 -

NEWSPAPERPortNet SA7 years of existence and an unprecedentedoperational performance

PortNet demonstrates that in Morocco There is a real desire to accomplish things

33800 customers 39000 users and a range of dematerialized services These are the latest indicators of PORTNET SA The single window deployed since 2011 to serve the integration of the international supply chain ecosystem continues to grow Over the last seven years this platform has boosted Moroccorsquos cross-border trade logistics chain laquoWe have gained an ecosystem that is able to work and improve every day The unique feature of our single window is that it is a system open to all companies and targets all procedures that may interest the economic operator and serve its competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

The creation of a single window is based on a number of fundamental principles The challenge is to ensure operational and efficient management of this tool to win the trust of the customer laquoCustomer satisfaction is constantly changing This requires us to continually improve our processes to support the demands of customers who are becoming more and more constraining laquosays Benhayoun Another big challenge to take up the laquonon intrusivenessraquo of the business guaranteeing the operator a saving of time and cost It is worth pointing out that PortNet currently manages all foreign trade users and incorporates more than three quarters of the chain for export Since its deployment deadlines have significantly shortened from 14 days to less than a week resulting in a significant cost optimization

Ivonne Higuero Director of Economic Cooperation and Trade Division-ECE-UN What we can see is that there is a strong will to do things There is also an energy that is present particularly in the case of the single window shops like PortNet in order to comply with international standards Morocco is among the countries that want to raise their level in this area to facilitate international trade Morocco is very active in this area it is also one of the particularities that we have noticed

There were many international prorcurcers for the international commitrity because of the multiplicity of stakeholders making trade more difficult because it simply becomes more expensive Collaboration between the public and private sectors was very limited The private sector found difficulties in exporting

Because of this lack of collaboration Morocco has managed to overcome this problem by strengthening the public-private partnership The country also continues to make efforts to ease the cumbersome administrat ive procedures which wil l surely substantially change the trade in Morocco We can already say that the changes are beginning to be noticeable

Friday November 16 Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

Sunday 18 November Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 18 -

Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 19 -

The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 20 -

CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

Page 15: 11 /18 36 - PORTNET S.A. · the pioneering role played by Morocco in the development of the concept of the Single Window of Foreign Trade and, in general, in improving the electronic

- 15 -

STRONG MOMENTSPortNet Single Window Annual ConferenceScreening of the new Institutional Film of PORTNET SA

Signature of the Convention laquoTrde Directraquo with the banking sector

The 4th Annual Single Window Conference was marked by the projection of the new institutional film of PORTNET SA

The story is told by our friend the container laquoContaraquo the world champion of the Supply Chain Inspired by beautiful images reflecting the dynamics of cross-border trade the film traces the fabulous story of the PortNet One-Window born from the convergence of several strategic visions

laquoContaraquo invites you to follow its journey along the supply chain to discover the many benefits of dematerializing foreign trade formalities via the PortNet platform

Lasting 4 minutes 46 seconds the institutional film highlights commitments to sustainable development and the preservation of natural resources With its laquoZero Paperraquo objective more than 800000 trees in paper equivalent

One of the f lagsh ip measures announced at the PortNetrsquos single window annual conference is the one on launching a dematerialized management solution of documentary

credits via PortNet A first in the world Conventions were ratified on this occasion with three banking organizations namely Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du

Maroc At the end of a pilot phase associating these three institutions the new service will be generalized to all the banks of the place (see more details in laquoSubject of the monthraquo

or even the equivalent of the annual fuel consumption of 17000 cars which are saved each year through PortNet

The institutional film is available at httpsurlzfr8n8r

Nadia Laraki President of the Board of PORTNET SA and Ahmed Rahhou CEO of CIH

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA et and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Transactional Bank Attijariwafa Bank Group Mouawia ESSEKELLI

Nadia Laraki Chairman of the Board of PORTNET SA and Mohamed Kettani Hassani Member of the Executive Board in charge of the Credit Development Sector of Morocco

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 16 -

SUBJECT OF THE MONTHTrde DirectA new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

A first in the world The Single Window of Foreign Trade PortNet joins forces with the banking sector to develop an innovative solution for the electronic management of documentary credits The announcement was made on the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the 4th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet Tuesday November 12 2018 in Casablanca

Called laquoTrde Directraquo the new solution takes the form of a unified multi-bank multi-user platform for all importing and exporting companies

It enables both banks and PORTNET SA users to better manage the whole life cycle of documentary credits letters of credit standby letters of credit documentary remittance letters and certain transactions Non-documentary such as simple transfersThe new service will be the subject of a preliminary study At the annual PortNet Single Window Conference framework agreements have been ratified between on the one hand

PORTNET SA and on the other hand three banking institutions Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du Maroc At the end of a pilot phase involving these three banks the new service will be generalized to all banks in the area

laquoTrde Directraquo has many advantages for the bank the economic operators and their partners abroad bull Standardization harmonization and unification of the

processing processes of the transactions concerned (letters of credit standby letters of credit letters of documentary remittance etc) which results in an improvement in the costs and deadlines of treatment for all concerned

bull A consolidated multi-bank view of documentary transactions for companies operating with several banks

bull An improvement in competitiveness and the level of digital maturity by giving SME-TPEs an electronic customer centric platform open to several banks and public and private partners

bull Make available to the entire ecosystem a practical and innovative way to collaboratively and digitally contribute to the processing and monitoring of data and documents necessary for the accomplishment of operations while avoiding reintroduction for each stakeholder a document or the entry of data previously supplied by another stakeholder

The Trde Direct solution has the advantage of obtaining a consolidation of documentary operations for a company that works with several banks and thus simplifies the management of several operations Responding to the complexity of this activity this new tool which allows a single entry of information on a single computer window will provide banks economic operators and their partners abroad with easy management and effective monitoring international transactions significantly reducing the risk of errors

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 17 -

NEWSPAPERPortNet SA7 years of existence and an unprecedentedoperational performance

PortNet demonstrates that in Morocco There is a real desire to accomplish things

33800 customers 39000 users and a range of dematerialized services These are the latest indicators of PORTNET SA The single window deployed since 2011 to serve the integration of the international supply chain ecosystem continues to grow Over the last seven years this platform has boosted Moroccorsquos cross-border trade logistics chain laquoWe have gained an ecosystem that is able to work and improve every day The unique feature of our single window is that it is a system open to all companies and targets all procedures that may interest the economic operator and serve its competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

The creation of a single window is based on a number of fundamental principles The challenge is to ensure operational and efficient management of this tool to win the trust of the customer laquoCustomer satisfaction is constantly changing This requires us to continually improve our processes to support the demands of customers who are becoming more and more constraining laquosays Benhayoun Another big challenge to take up the laquonon intrusivenessraquo of the business guaranteeing the operator a saving of time and cost It is worth pointing out that PortNet currently manages all foreign trade users and incorporates more than three quarters of the chain for export Since its deployment deadlines have significantly shortened from 14 days to less than a week resulting in a significant cost optimization

Ivonne Higuero Director of Economic Cooperation and Trade Division-ECE-UN What we can see is that there is a strong will to do things There is also an energy that is present particularly in the case of the single window shops like PortNet in order to comply with international standards Morocco is among the countries that want to raise their level in this area to facilitate international trade Morocco is very active in this area it is also one of the particularities that we have noticed

There were many international prorcurcers for the international commitrity because of the multiplicity of stakeholders making trade more difficult because it simply becomes more expensive Collaboration between the public and private sectors was very limited The private sector found difficulties in exporting

Because of this lack of collaboration Morocco has managed to overcome this problem by strengthening the public-private partnership The country also continues to make efforts to ease the cumbersome administrat ive procedures which wil l surely substantially change the trade in Morocco We can already say that the changes are beginning to be noticeable

Friday November 16 Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

Sunday 18 November Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 18 -

Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 19 -

The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 20 -

CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

Page 16: 11 /18 36 - PORTNET S.A. · the pioneering role played by Morocco in the development of the concept of the Single Window of Foreign Trade and, in general, in improving the electronic

- 16 -

SUBJECT OF THE MONTHTrde DirectA new solution for dematerialization of documentary credits

A first in the world The Single Window of Foreign Trade PortNet joins forces with the banking sector to develop an innovative solution for the electronic management of documentary credits The announcement was made on the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the 4th Annual Conference of the Single Window PortNet Tuesday November 12 2018 in Casablanca

Called laquoTrde Directraquo the new solution takes the form of a unified multi-bank multi-user platform for all importing and exporting companies

It enables both banks and PORTNET SA users to better manage the whole life cycle of documentary credits letters of credit standby letters of credit documentary remittance letters and certain transactions Non-documentary such as simple transfersThe new service will be the subject of a preliminary study At the annual PortNet Single Window Conference framework agreements have been ratified between on the one hand

PORTNET SA and on the other hand three banking institutions Attijariwafa Bank CIH Bank and Creacutedit du Maroc At the end of a pilot phase involving these three banks the new service will be generalized to all banks in the area

laquoTrde Directraquo has many advantages for the bank the economic operators and their partners abroad bull Standardization harmonization and unification of the

processing processes of the transactions concerned (letters of credit standby letters of credit letters of documentary remittance etc) which results in an improvement in the costs and deadlines of treatment for all concerned

bull A consolidated multi-bank view of documentary transactions for companies operating with several banks

bull An improvement in competitiveness and the level of digital maturity by giving SME-TPEs an electronic customer centric platform open to several banks and public and private partners

bull Make available to the entire ecosystem a practical and innovative way to collaboratively and digitally contribute to the processing and monitoring of data and documents necessary for the accomplishment of operations while avoiding reintroduction for each stakeholder a document or the entry of data previously supplied by another stakeholder

The Trde Direct solution has the advantage of obtaining a consolidation of documentary operations for a company that works with several banks and thus simplifies the management of several operations Responding to the complexity of this activity this new tool which allows a single entry of information on a single computer window will provide banks economic operators and their partners abroad with easy management and effective monitoring international transactions significantly reducing the risk of errors

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 17 -

NEWSPAPERPortNet SA7 years of existence and an unprecedentedoperational performance

PortNet demonstrates that in Morocco There is a real desire to accomplish things

33800 customers 39000 users and a range of dematerialized services These are the latest indicators of PORTNET SA The single window deployed since 2011 to serve the integration of the international supply chain ecosystem continues to grow Over the last seven years this platform has boosted Moroccorsquos cross-border trade logistics chain laquoWe have gained an ecosystem that is able to work and improve every day The unique feature of our single window is that it is a system open to all companies and targets all procedures that may interest the economic operator and serve its competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

The creation of a single window is based on a number of fundamental principles The challenge is to ensure operational and efficient management of this tool to win the trust of the customer laquoCustomer satisfaction is constantly changing This requires us to continually improve our processes to support the demands of customers who are becoming more and more constraining laquosays Benhayoun Another big challenge to take up the laquonon intrusivenessraquo of the business guaranteeing the operator a saving of time and cost It is worth pointing out that PortNet currently manages all foreign trade users and incorporates more than three quarters of the chain for export Since its deployment deadlines have significantly shortened from 14 days to less than a week resulting in a significant cost optimization

Ivonne Higuero Director of Economic Cooperation and Trade Division-ECE-UN What we can see is that there is a strong will to do things There is also an energy that is present particularly in the case of the single window shops like PortNet in order to comply with international standards Morocco is among the countries that want to raise their level in this area to facilitate international trade Morocco is very active in this area it is also one of the particularities that we have noticed

There were many international prorcurcers for the international commitrity because of the multiplicity of stakeholders making trade more difficult because it simply becomes more expensive Collaboration between the public and private sectors was very limited The private sector found difficulties in exporting

Because of this lack of collaboration Morocco has managed to overcome this problem by strengthening the public-private partnership The country also continues to make efforts to ease the cumbersome administrat ive procedures which wil l surely substantially change the trade in Morocco We can already say that the changes are beginning to be noticeable

Friday November 16 Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

Sunday 18 November Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 18 -

Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 19 -

The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 20 -

CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

Page 17: 11 /18 36 - PORTNET S.A. · the pioneering role played by Morocco in the development of the concept of the Single Window of Foreign Trade and, in general, in improving the electronic

- 17 -

NEWSPAPERPortNet SA7 years of existence and an unprecedentedoperational performance

PortNet demonstrates that in Morocco There is a real desire to accomplish things

33800 customers 39000 users and a range of dematerialized services These are the latest indicators of PORTNET SA The single window deployed since 2011 to serve the integration of the international supply chain ecosystem continues to grow Over the last seven years this platform has boosted Moroccorsquos cross-border trade logistics chain laquoWe have gained an ecosystem that is able to work and improve every day The unique feature of our single window is that it is a system open to all companies and targets all procedures that may interest the economic operator and serve its competitivenessraquo says Jalal Benhayoun CEO of PORTNET SA

The creation of a single window is based on a number of fundamental principles The challenge is to ensure operational and efficient management of this tool to win the trust of the customer laquoCustomer satisfaction is constantly changing This requires us to continually improve our processes to support the demands of customers who are becoming more and more constraining laquosays Benhayoun Another big challenge to take up the laquonon intrusivenessraquo of the business guaranteeing the operator a saving of time and cost It is worth pointing out that PortNet currently manages all foreign trade users and incorporates more than three quarters of the chain for export Since its deployment deadlines have significantly shortened from 14 days to less than a week resulting in a significant cost optimization

Ivonne Higuero Director of Economic Cooperation and Trade Division-ECE-UN What we can see is that there is a strong will to do things There is also an energy that is present particularly in the case of the single window shops like PortNet in order to comply with international standards Morocco is among the countries that want to raise their level in this area to facilitate international trade Morocco is very active in this area it is also one of the particularities that we have noticed

There were many international prorcurcers for the international commitrity because of the multiplicity of stakeholders making trade more difficult because it simply becomes more expensive Collaboration between the public and private sectors was very limited The private sector found difficulties in exporting

Because of this lack of collaboration Morocco has managed to overcome this problem by strengthening the public-private partnership The country also continues to make efforts to ease the cumbersome administrat ive procedures which wil l surely substantially change the trade in Morocco We can already say that the changes are beginning to be noticeable

Friday November 16 Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

Sunday 18 November Aujourdrsquohui Le Maroc

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

- 18 -

Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

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The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

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CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

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Human ressourcesthe ANP gets a socialbarometer

The Moroccan experience In maritime transport highlighted in Geneva

The ANP wants to the morale of its teams Indeed the National Agency of Ports intends to set up a social climate barometer a tool that would allow it to benefit from benchmarks and objectives on the levels of satisfaction and motivation of staff to ultimately be able to lead internal improvement

The barometer in question should address various issues such as staff expectations (image workplace climate positioning HR policy reporting relationships communication safety training prevention of occupational risks etc)

The Agency should entrust the construction of this barometer to an external service provider It should be noted that the scope of the ANP is divided outside the headquarters of the Directorate-General into seven regions operating on 36 ports across the country

The Moroccan experience in maritime transport was highlighted during a session held Friday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the 6th multi-year expert meeting on transport trade logistics and trade facilitation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Speaking at this session dedicated to the launch of the publication prepared specifically to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review (RTM) the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco the United Nations Office at Geneva Omar Zniber emphasized the importance of the maritime transport sector for Morocco which accounts for more than 98 of the Kingdomrsquos foreign trade and thus constitutes an important lever for the national economic dynamic

Mr Zniber who attended the meeting as a panelist together with UNCTAD Secretary General Dr Kituyi and Dr Martin Stopford an internationally known shipping economist emphasized the geographical position of Morocco on the Strait at a major crossroads of trade linking Europe Africa Asia and the Americas makes shipping the ideal way to integrate the Moroccan economy into the global economyraquo

In this regard he highlighted the Kingdomrsquos sustained efforts in terms of regulatory legislative and port infrastructure as well as efficient and competitive maritime services to support Moroccorsquos ambitions to open up to new marketsraquo

Friday November 23 Les Inspirations Eco

Saturday November 24 2mma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 19 -

The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 20 -

CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

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The shipowner CMA CGM Inaugurates its traveling container laquoMorocco Reefer TourraquoThe shipowner CMA-CGM world leader in maritime transport inaugurated Monday in Casablanca its traveling container the laquoMorocco Reefer Tourraquo in order to meet in different regions of the Kingdom of citrus fruit producers and their know-how Seven Moroccan cities will welcome this transformed and specifically leaves from November to January in the field to meet the Grouprsquos customers especially in the main export areas of fruit and vegetables (North Center Tensift and Souss) Presenting this initiative during a meeting Laurent Calvino director

of the Group in Morocco indicated that seven cities were chosen (Casablanca Agadir Marrakesh Beni Mellal Berkane Larache and Tangiers) closer to the producers of citrus fruits and Moroccan vegetables which are currently in export season During these stopovers he continued the Grouprsquos customers will be able to study the operation of a refrigerated container (Reefer) CMA-CGM and develop laquobest practicesraquo to optimize the transport of their products he added

Tuesday November 13 Lesinfosma

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

NEWSPAPER

- 20 -

CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

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CONGRATULATIONS

Little baby but immense happiness in the foyer of the Commercial Director of PORTNET SA

Nadia Hafsi gave birth to a little boy Friday November 16 in CasablancaIt is with great joy that we have learned the good news The entire PORTNET SA team wishes to warmly congratulate the happy parentsWe know that everything is going well for the mother and her son and we wish you all the best for your new family

NEWSLETTER Edition November 2018 - Ndeg36

Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema

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Harbour building of Port of Casablanca 2nd floor Port of Casablanca 20000 Casablanca Morocco +212 520 473 102 +212 520 473 101 contactportnetma portailportnetma

CONTACT US

Your competitivity inspires us

portailportnetma

wwwtradesensema