Maritime Affairs Authority Goes Digital

Addis Ababa October 25/2018 Ethiopian Maritime Affairs Authority (EMAA) has launched software that modernizes cargo logistics service today.    EMAA Director-General Mekonnen Abera said the logistics service is engulfed with a number of problems as the authority depended on manual operations. Among the problems that challenged EMAA included transport delay due to wrong truck dispatch, difficulties to track cargo, high demurrage due to delayed updates and poor reporting system, Mekonnen added. The software will make the authority efficient as it changes manual stick operation into computerized operation, it was learned. The Director General believes that the software will address the problems that EMAA has been facing. The software is developed by Addis Ababa Advanced Information Technology Plc. Ethiopia stands 170th out of 176 countries in terms of cargo logistics service efficiency.