LONDON: The IMO has launched a survey with the view to gathering information on the level of implementation and use of Maritime Single Window (MSW) systems to better understand the impact of MSW implementation on the administrative workload of maritime stakeholders and users. 

Maritime Single Windows (MSW) are a means of reducing a ship’s reporting burden by enabling information required for a port call to be exchanged once, digitally and efficiently, using harmonised data standards that allow different authorities and systems to interoperate. However, there is a need to test whether MSWs are . . .