PTP first to implement e-clearance
New Straits Times Online
The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), Southeast Asia's fastest growing port, has developed and implemented an electronic and paperless Vessel Clearance System (VCS) for the purpose of obtaining port clearance for vessels calling at PTP.
By using this system, shipping agents would be able to submit an application online and all the respective authorities will receive the necessary information pertaining to the area of responsibility simultaneously, PTP said in a statement yesterday.
Traditionally, it said, the request for port clearances of vessels entering and leaving the port had been made manually through submissions to four main government agencies - the Royal Customs & Excise Department, Marine Department, Health Department and Immigration Department.
Shipping agents have had to submit four different sets of documentation to these government agencies before getting the Port Clearance Certificate before the VCS came into effect.