{"id":19061,"date":"2021-11-29T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/11\/29\/bahrain-customs-affairs-partners-crimsonlogic-to-implement-ofoq2-single-window-system\/"},"modified":"2021-11-29T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T06:00:00","slug":"bahrain-customs-affairs-partners-crimsonlogic-to-implement-ofoq2-single-window-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/11\/29\/bahrain-customs-affairs-partners-crimsonlogic-to-implement-ofoq2-single-window-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain Customs Affairs Partners CrimsonLogic To Implement OFOQ2 Single Window System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SINGAPORE \/ BAHRAIN, MANAMA &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 29 November&#13;<br \/>\n2021 -CrimsonLogic, a leading global provider of Trade solutions, products and&#13;<br \/>\nservices headquartered in Singapore, has won a contract with Bahrain&#13;<br \/>\nCustoms Affairs (BCA) to implement OFOQ2 \u2013 the Kingdom&#8217;s next-generation&#13;<br \/>\nnational Single Window.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This&#13;<br \/>\nimplementation is a move in line with the Kingdom of Bahrain&#8217;s strategy to focus&#13;<br \/>\non the logistic services sector, as part of the priorities and programmes of&#13;<br \/>\nthe Economic Recovery Plan. \u00a0The move&#13;<br \/>\nwill further support the visions of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa,&#13;<br \/>\nfollowing the project&#8217;s approval by the Cabinet chaired by His Royal Highness&#13;<br \/>\nPrince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, with&#13;<br \/>\nthe aim to develop the economy and create promising opportunities for citizens&#13;<br \/>\nto improve the competitiveness of the Kingdom of Bahrain and attract further&#13;<br \/>\ninvestments.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The contract&#13;<br \/>\nsigning ceremony was presided by the President of Bahrain Customs, His Excellency&#13;<br \/>\nShaikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Khalifa who signed the contract with the&#13;<br \/>\nSingapore-based company (CrimsonLogic) recently.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The OFOQ2&#13;<br \/>\nsystem is an advance e-portal that integrates the digital exchange of data&#13;<br \/>\nbetween different e-systems within the trade community (ships, cargo and&#13;<br \/>\ncustoms clearance agents, and product owners) and streamlines the various&#13;<br \/>\ngovernment procedures.\u00a0 This includes specialised&#13;<br \/>\nmodules such as the Customs value, Customs Exemption System, Customs&#13;<br \/>\nRestrictions System and Risks System to meet the latest international&#13;<br \/>\nstandards. \u00a0It also capitalizes on smart&#13;<br \/>\nsolutions and AI (Artificial Intelligence) apps to regulate appointment&#13;<br \/>\nprocedures and reduce paperwork between Bahrain Customs Affairs and operating&#13;<br \/>\ncompanies. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>OFOQ2 incorporates&#13;<br \/>\nblockchain technologies to further enhance the accuracy of the digital transactions&#13;<br \/>\nand protects information confidentiality with minimum human interference, with&#13;<br \/>\nthe e-portal&#8217;s services also accessible through mobile phones and kiosks. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr&#13;<br \/>\nSaw Ken Wye, Chief Executive Officer of CrimsonLogic said: &#8220;We are&#13;<br \/>\nhonoured to be partnering BCA in their digitalisation journey to reimagine how&#13;<br \/>\ntrade will look like for the Kingdom.\u00a0 With the increased focus on&#13;<br \/>\nefficiencies and connectivity, the new system will seamlessly share data&#13;<br \/>\nbetween the trade and logistics communities and BCA.\u00a0 The open&#13;<br \/>\narchitecture and modular design would ensure that BCA has an agile system that&#13;<br \/>\ncan readily adapt to the rapid changes in the new normal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The project&#8217;s&#13;<br \/>\ntender was announced in the first quarter of 2020 in cooperation with the&#13;<br \/>\nInformation and eGovernment Authority, and in line with the government&#8217;s&#13;<br \/>\nstrategy and the requirements of Bahrain Economic Vision 2030 to achieve&#13;<br \/>\nelectronic integration through data exchange between customs-related e-systems&#13;<br \/>\nand e-services. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2021-11-29\/106682\/bahrain-customs-affairs-partners-crimsonlogic-to-implement-ofoq2-single-window-system\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \/ BAHRAIN, MANAMA &#8211;\u00a0Media OutReach\u00a0&#8211; 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