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Launch of the
Port Automation & Digitization (PAD)
Programme
APM TERMINALS LIBERIA
in partnership with
Liberia Revenue Authority
Free Port of Monrovia
Wednesday August 10, 2022

Programme
12:00 Cultural Performance by:
The Liberia Crusaders For Peace
Arrival of Guests
12:30 Opening Prayer(Islamic):
Alfred Kamara
Berth & Vessel’s Planner,
APM Terminals Liberia
12:35 Opening Remarks:
Jonathan Graham,
Managing Director,
APM Terminals Liberia
12:40 The PAD Partnership Overview:
Metus Freeman,
Regional Customer Products & Services
Lead in Africa, Middle East & Asia,
APM Terminals
12:45 Port Automation & Digitization (PAD)
Partnership Presentation
12:50 Remarks:
Thomas Doe Nah,
Commissioner General,
Liberia Revenue Authority
13:00 Remarks:
Honorable Mawine Diggs,
Minister,
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
13:10 Message by Guest of Honour:
Honorable Samuel Tweah,
Minister,
Ministry of Finance & Development Planning
13:20 Vote of Thanks:
Wheymar Reeves
Sales Executive,
APM Terminals Liberia
13:25 Closing Prayer(Christian):
Munah Kreyoh
Planning Officer
APM Terminals Liberia
13:30 Press Interviews & Pictures
13:50 PROGRAMME ENDS
MC: Romeo J. Togba
Improving
life for all
by integrating
the world

Port Automation & Digitisation (PAD)
This launch forward is a critical step
forward in the joint Liberian Revenue
Authority and APM Terminal Liberia’s
strategy and commitment to improving
the efficiency of both customs
clearance and terminal operations and
reaffirms the Free Port of Monrovia's
position as the Economic Gateway to
Liberia and the Hub of Mano River
Union.
The initiative originated in partnership
with the Ministry of Finance, Liberia
Revenue Authority and other port
stakeholders in late 2021 and the goal
was to digitize and automate the Port
and Customs processes and improve
both efficiency and transparency of the
clearance processes prior to collecting
the physical containers at the Free Port.
This directly benefits the State revenue
collections, the Liberian business
com- munity, Liberian consumers and
the greater population.
Ministry of Finance, Planning and
Development, Ministry of Commerce,
Liberia Revenue Authority, National
Port Authority, MTS, Banks (Central
Banks, LBDI, ECOBANK, GTBank),
Shipping Lines (Maerskline, CMA-CGM,
MSC, Grimaldi) are our regulatory
partners and strong stake-holders in
this collective drive to improve port
efficiency
We continue to
receive immense
support for which
we are truly thankful.

Port & Customs Processes
Past and Now
1 day 2 day 1 day 1 day
Process Flow – [Liberia Revenue Authority]
Submit Declaraon
Chief Assessor re-assigns
Declaraon What or Why? ( If assigned
assessor is occupied )
Raise What manager’s or Why? cheque from
the commercial bank
If the declaraon is selected
for What red or lane, Why? the file is assigned
to an examiner
Manually submit supporng
documents
Lodgment accept declaraon
Assessor conducts assessment
What or Why?
and prints Broker’s Bill
Assessor send documents to
What or Why?
lodgment for pick-up
Broker proceeds to bank for
payment
Broker obtains flag receipt and
proceeds to APMT for release
PSI Declaraons are inspected
at the consignee’s premises
What or Why?
and DI declaraon are
inspected at the DI Site
If there is discrepancy, customs
raise addional bill.
As WAS
Declaraon is assigned by the
system to the next available
officer
Broker acknowledges receipt
What or Why?
of assessed documents
APMT collect copy of the
assessment noce and allow
release
Consignee or Brokers finds an
What available or Why? truck and presents his
Entry Permit for unit pick up
Submit Declaraon
Customs Brokers or consignee
Conduct
Compliance
check
Compliance Officers
Payment
Central Bank or
Commercial Bank
Cargo
Release
Yard cargo loading
for terminal exit
Exit Gate
Customs and other
agencies
Banks
Lines
MOC
As IS
Submit Declaraon Declaraon Declaraon Declaraon with
supporng supporng supporng supporng documents
The system automacally
automacally
automacally
accepts and assigns declaraon
declaraon
declaraon
The system automacally
accepts and assigns declaraon
Conduct compliance check and
ck ck ck What ck place or Why?
of inspecon inspecon inspecon inspecon
Automacally, Automacally, Automacally, Automacally, electronic
What assessment or Why? noce noce noce noce is sent to
the consignee/ broker
Broker Proceeds to the Central
Bank for payment
Once payment is made,
automac automac automac What or Why?
release noce noce noce is
sent to APMT for release
PF declaraon declaraon declaraon goes to the DI
site for physical inspecon inspecon inspecon and
DP goes to the customer
consignees
premises
The broker registers request
online and gets automac automac automac
response with invoice
Consignee prints their Entry
Permit or Books a Truck
What or Why?
appointment using
apmt.com/TAS
Gate will receive list of unit
booked via apmt.com/TAS and
What or Why?
Entry Permit doc is not
required
Ops pre-plans truck loading
What or Why?
before arrival into terminals
AMPT system alert will be sent
to Customs electronically to
What or Why?
enable validaon validaon for final
release
Customs will close final release
What in ASYCUDA or Why?
before truck
reaches NPA gate
Customs/NPA/MOCI have
What system or viewing Why? rights to okay
truck to depart Free Port
APMT
LRA
MTS
5
mins
Classificaon: Public
3hrs
4 hrs. 1 hr.
2 hrs.

Port & Customs Processes
Past and Now
45
mins
1 hr
40
mins
4 hrs
Process Flow – [APM Terminals Liberia]
40
mins
GSC checks docs B/L or unit
numbers in N4 and raises a
manual invoice and print it for
OSS to hand over to customer at
window
OSS staff scans the document
to GSC for invoicing
OSS staff checks document
hard copies for B/L or unit
numbers
GSC checks payment slip and
raises a manual receipt in N4
What or Why?
and print it for OSS to hand
over to customer at window
Customer presents payment
deposit slip at OSS and staff
What or Why?
scans the slip to GSC for
processing
Bank accepts customer
payment and credit APMT
What or Why?
account. Customer gets copy
of deposit slip
OSS staff creates Entry Permit
in N4 and prints out copy for
What or Why?
customer to pick up unit from
terminal
OSS staff confirms release in
Customs Asycuda, close
What or Why?
Customs, Payment & Line
HOLDs in N4
OSS staff examines and
What validate or Why? the documents hard
copies
Ops loads truck in yard and
What or Why?
trucker exits
Trucker enters Terminal to
What pick up or unit, Why? presents the
docs and wait to get loaded
Customer/Trucker presents
What hard copy or Why? of Entry Permit at
Gates for validation
Trucker presents docs at
What or Why?
Customs/NPA exit gate
Customs review EIR and
What or Why?
validate final release
Trucker/Customer takes copy
What or Why?
of EIR to Customs
As WAS
Customer requests Terminal
Handling Charges (THC) invoice
by presenting document copies
at OSS window
Customer takes invoice to pay
What or Why?
at bank
Customer present Shipping
What Line delivery or Why? order and
Customs docs at OSS window
Customer finds an available
What truck and or Why? presents his Entry
Permit for unit pick up
Gate issues exit EIR to
What or Why?
Trucker
Invoice Request
Proforma request for payment
and receipt
Receipt
Request
Payment application
for release
Release
Stakeholders' doc
requirements
accomplished for
delivery
Delivery
Yard cargo loading
for terminal exit
Exit Gate
Equipment
Interchange Report
Banks
As IS
Customer logs into
apmtcustomerportal.com
Customer sends request from
online
N4 processes the request and
return draft invoice online and
PDF copy sent to customer
email
Customer takes invoice to pay
What or Why?
at bank
Bank accepts customer
payment and credit APMT
What or Why?
account. Bank payment is
sent auto to APMT N4 system
N4 processes the payment,
finalize the invoice, raise
What or Why?
receipt and send PDF copy of
receipt online and to
customer email
OSS staff closes the Payment
HOLD. Customs and Line
What HOLDS or are Why? closed
automatically from EDI
received
OSS staff issues Entry Permit
and it’s available online and
PDF copy sent to customer
email
Customer prints their Entry
Permit or Books a Truck
What or Why?
appointment using
apmt.com/TAS
Gate will receive list of unit
booked via apmt.com/TAS
What or Why?
and Entry Permit doc is not
required
What Ops pre-plans or Why? truck loading
before arrival into terminals
EIR will be sent to Customs
electronically to enable
validation of final release
EDI for Shipping Line
container move is sent and
What or Why?
updates Line system
automatically
Customs/NPA What or Why? ok truck to
depart Freeport
Lines
APMT
LRA
Classificaon: Public 5
mins
10
mins
15
mins
15
mins
15
mins

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Mano River Region
Mano River, also called Bewa or Gbeyar,
river rising in the Guinea Highlands
northeast of Voinjama, Liberia. With its
tributary, the Morro, it forms more than
90 miles (145 km) of the Liberia–Sierra
Leone border. The river and its
affluents (including the Zeliba) drain a
basin of 3,185 square miles (8,250
square km). It follows a 200-mile
(320-km) southwesterly course through
the Gola National Forest in Liberia and
empties into the Atlantic at Mano Salija,
Sierra Leone. Intermittent rapids
impede its navigability. The Mano River
Bridge, completed in 1976, spans the
river at Bo Waterside, Liberia, reducing
the distance by road between the
capitals of Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The Mano River Union(MRU)
The Union is a sub-regional organization
established between Liberia and Sierra Leone
and later expanded to include Guinea and Ivory
Coast due to the strong ties and mutual benefit
of the peoples of these countries.
The key goal of the MRU is to accelerate
economic growth for its member countries. The
MRU secretariat, located in Sierra Leone, is
headed by Honorable Secretary-General Madam
Medina Wesseh, of Liberia.
Mano River Union Road Development and
Transport Facilitation Programme is focused on
developing the Loguatuo - Sanniquellie road
corridor, linking the north-eastern part of
Liberia with Côte d’Ivoire, which has long served
as the main hub for trade within the Mano River
Union region.
The Government of Liberia envisions to develop
a dry port in Sanniquellie, enabling MRU
countries to export major commodities, including
cocoa, rubber, coffee and timber to the
international market through the Freeport of
Monrovia.
Guinea
Sierra Leone
Ivory Coast
Liberia
Liberia
Freeport of Monrovia

ABOUT APM TERMINALS
APM Terminals Liberia operates a
state-of-the-art multi-purpose
port in the Free Port of Monrovia
on a 25-year concession from the
Government of Liberia.
With a container capacity of
approximately 200,000 TEU per
year, the terminal also has facilities
for General Cargo (Rice, Wheat,
Cement, Clinker, Limestone,
Gypsum etc.), Project Cargo and
Break Bulk, and provides
world-class pilotage and towing
services.
As part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, we
leverage more than a century of
industry experience to design and
build high quality container
terminals, and provide port and
inland services for cargo handling
and transportation between port
facilities and inland locations.
Globally APM Terminals, as part of its transformation journey
to simplify, standardize and centralize its technology
landscape has invested heavily in creating the platforms
needed to engage with its customers and port stakeholders
intuitive and digital. These investments include its asset
digitization journey, which is aimed at ensuring service
offerings to customers are consistent and reliable by having a
real time overview of the asset’s health and performance. APM
Terminals is also investing in digital customer products that
will enhance the customer’s experience, reduce legacy
applications, align to specific national requirements and
modernize users products or service offerings.
These global initiatives to automate and digitize port platforms
through integration with stakeholders, enhancing network
security and reliability will assist APM Terminals to provide the
best products and services to our valued customers. This drive
for technology is a key piece of the global Bigger, Better and
Safer strategy.
ABOUT APM TERMINALS LIBERIA
APM Terminals operates one of
the world’s most comprehensive
port networks. We’re uniquely
positioned to help both shipping
line and landside customers
grow their business. Through
our global roll-out of real-time
digital tools such as Track &
Trace and Container Status
Notifications, APIs, and Terminal
Alerts we're supporting our
customers to improve supply
chain efficiency, flexibility and
dependability.
APM Terminals commenced
operations in February 2011 and
completed a US$125 million
upgrade of the facility in 2017.
The terminal was upgraded
to internationally recognised
standards, with reconstruction
of the quay length of 600
metres, fully paved yard,
specialist reefer facilities,
biometric access control and full
CCTV coverage for the highest
levels of security, and 4 x
500kva generators providing
triple protection for business
continuity.
Economy
The Terminal now supports more than 2,500 direct and
contracted employment opportunities. Since 2017 when the
phase II investment was completed, General Cargo volumes
have grown consistently from 746 metric tons to 1,042 metric
tons in 2021. Container volumes have seen similar growth,
increasing from 89,000 TEUs in 2017 to 124,000 TEUs in 2021.
Between 2011 and 2021, APM Terminals Liberia also made over
US$125 million direct contributions to the government and
people of Liberia. Contributions were made via concession fees
and taxes.
Our corporate social responsibility initiatives have been the
bedrock of our connection with the people; providing support
in the areas of health, education, community support among
others.
Digital Solutions
The Terminal uses APM Terminals globally approved
state-of-the-art terminal operating system, which allows
real-time visibility of import/export container status.
Containers can also be tracked through the Container Watchlist
without having to repeat a search.
Health, Safety, Security
& Environment
APM Terminals Liberia operates to international standards and
has implemented APM Terminals Global Safety Standard to
ensure the safety of all employees. Implementation of the
global approach is paying off.

For more information please contact:
APM TERMINALS LIBERIA
Metus Freeman
Tel: +231 77 755 3918
e-mail: metus.freeman@apmterminals.com
Website: www.apmterminals.com/en/monrovia