by Rosario Romano

1. Security of the Supply Chain & Commerce facilitation
with a PM approach: “il Trovatore”
30th of October 2013
Genova
CPEXPO

2. The Customs Dilemma
Favouring reliable
traders
Protecting the security
and safety of citizens
Fostering the
competitiveness
of enterprises
Protecting the EU/
national budget
speed
controls
28 Customs Administrations
acting as one
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3. Customs and Supply chain
The increasing threat of international terrorism
and organised cross-border crime requires the
enhancement of existing border and frontier controls and effective national
and international co-operation between Customs, other law enforcement
agencies and business.
The greatest challenge for Customs will be to offer facilitated treatment of the
vast majority of international cargo movements and passenger traffic, while
identifying and dealing with the small percentage that pose a genuine risk to
security.
(Customs Guidelines on Integrated Supply Chain Management, WCO, 2004)
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4. Threats scenarios at ports
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Drug smuggling
Terrorist attack & other Security-related Risks
Product safety
Counterfeiting
Firearms trafficking
Loss of Goods
Port security: U.S. fails
to meet deadline for
Irregular immigration
scanning of cargo
containers
Cargo, the Terrorists’
Trojan Horse
Traffickers using
hackers to import
drugs into major
Europe ports
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5. Il Trovatore Project: overall Tracking and Tracing
http://assistenza.agenziadogane.it/trovatore/en/
DIGITAL GLOBAL SUPPLY-CHAIN
Boost the competitiveness of the national logistics system:
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immaterial infrastructures in order to have a logistics platform virtually
extended to the entire national territory
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extend the network of controls beyond the EU borders to promote the
development of new trade routes
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identification of innovative solutions based on RFId (Radio-Frequency
Identification) technologies
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seal containers, remotely check the goods unloaded up to their transfer to
the dry-port, and better define the reference organization model.
In August 2008 a cooperation agreement was signed with the Institute for the protection and the
security of citizens within the Joint Research Center of the EU Commission. The agreement aims at
JRC
UIRNet
identifying new solutions to trace and track down goods.
The agreement will be renewed and is needed to have a “European certification” of the tested
solutions.
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6. Il Trovatore Project: full traceability
In March 2009 an agreement was signed with UIRNeT S.p.A to
develop a computer network for the control and monitoring of
goods during the process of "import - destination - unloading loading - export“
Designing and innovating by exploiting the opportunities of
electronic customs:
 immaterial structures set up a virtual and larger logistic
platform;
 extend the control network beyond the EU (Tianjin-Genoa
Agreement)
MONITORING DOCUMENTS + PHYSICAL LOCALIZATION
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7. Temporary Storage, Dry Port, Pre-Clearing
Anchorage
Customs
endorse the
manifest of
inbound goods
Temporay storage can
be “declared” before the
actual unloading
Port
The trader
can send the
customs
declaration
Customs
Know the
destination of a
container before it
is unloaded
Port
Goods are immediately
addressed to controls
cleared, sent to
terminals or…
Dry-port
Addressed to the
dry-port
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8. New scenarios for pre-clearing: interoperability with the Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Italian Customs
Cargo Manifest is
NOT validated
T0 the ship
leaves the last port
before the arrival
T1 –
the ship enters
into
territorial
waters or other
point of reference
that could be
monitored.
Coast Guard notifies the acquisition of the
monitoring of the ship with their systems
T3 - Mooring
Customs allow to validate the cargo manifest
The operator validates the cargo manifest
and is able to lodge the cargo declaration
Legal and technical
feasibility
in progress.
T2 - Anchorage
Economic Operator
Customs
know
the
destination of a container
before it is unloaded
Coast Guard notifies the anchorage
Coast Guard notifies the mooring
Goods are immediately unloaded and are
addressed to controls, cleared or sent to
terminals
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9. A Holistic Approach: Re-Use of Port Infrastructures and
Integration with Port Community System (PCS)
Customs Area
Port Gate
Container
boarding
Terminal
Port Gate
The truck or container is
subject to a security control by:
 manual control
 cameras
 RFId readers
Automatic storage of
information related to:
 the vehicle (licence plate
reading)
Customs status
Customs duty
Customs
Automatic verification of:
customs formalities
Documents’ eligibility
Customs
Address in real time
the container to
boarding, to the
terminal or to the
customs formality area
UIRNet
PCS
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10. PONTE CHIASSO
Images
captured
by
TRIESTE
scanners are transmitted to
MILANO
the control centre (called
VENEZIA
GENOVA
BOLOGNA
MATRIX) to feed a database
RAVENNA
LA SPEZIA
ANCONA
SAVONA
of images, used to refine
SCANNER TYPE
Silhouette 300 + CAB 2000
Silhouette 300
LIVORNO
and facilitate the analysis of
the following scans.
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CIVITAVECCHIA
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SCANNER
TARANTO
Beam
SALERNO
RX Source
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SILHOUETTE OF THE CONTENT
CONTAINER GIOIA TAURO
OF THE CONTAINER
PALERMO
TRAPANI
CATANIA
Network
LOCAL SERVER
(CENTRAL DIR.)
Network
Hub
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11. Il Trovatore Project: our approach to PM
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Use of the set of good practices described in PMBOK
Identification of critical areas and intervention priorities
Measurement of time and costs
Definition of accurate risk plan
Experimentation and monitoring of simplification
Evaluation, i.e. quantification of economic savings for economic operator
Creation of a combined technical group involving Italian Customs, Public
Administrations, economic operators.
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12. Thank you for your attention!
Italian Customs Agency
DG Technology for Innovation
www.agenziadogane.it