Recommendations from  Transport Observatory Reports

Category Recommendation Updates Last Updated Status Date of Issue Time Frame Document Stakeholders Way Forward Completed Comments Pending Comments Reference
Sensitisation on Official Charges
    There is need to harmonise levies and fees being charged along the corridor—sensitisation of truckers through issuance of information brochures on official charges
    Pending
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Pending

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Long-term

No sensitisation has ever been carried out

Customs Processes and Automation
    There is need to adopt a single transit system for the Northern Corridor for clearance of internationally traded goods as recommended by earlier studies to address this problem. The transit system should encompass a simplified customs declaration as well as customs bonding of goods. The system should also provide a facility for the use of a Carnet
    Pending
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NCTTCA to follow up with relevant stakeholders and have this implemented

Weighbridges and Axle Load Compliance
    There is a need to harmonise the charges and penalties for non-compliance on the weighbridges along the NC routes
    Pending: Road Agencies
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NCTTCA needs to follow up with the relevant agencies to have the recommendation implemented

Delays along the Corridor
    There is a need to follow up and ensure time at DPC is reduced from the current reported time. DPC time affects the overall logistics performance and time it takes to move cargo from one point to another.
    Ongoing
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NCTTCA to investigate the cause of DPC time and work with stakeholders towards reducing this time.

Intra-regional Trade
    There is a need for the full implementation of the WTO-TFA, the African CFTA and other trade and transport facilitation instruments to enable countries to increase their competitiveness and enhance economic growth and development
    Pending
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NCTTCA to work with the stakeholders to have recommendation fast-tracked

Railways Transport and Inland waterways
    There is a need for further improvement of operations at the ICD for faster evacuation of goods moved under the railway
    Done
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Completed

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NCTTCA to do follow up and confirm implementation of this recommendation

Cargo Monitoring
    The transporters should be allowed to acquire the R-ECTS devices, and the Customs Authorities retain the the function of operating them, i.e. arming/disarming the seals and tracking movement of the sealed cargo; Geo zone/fence the R-ECTS with the key transit nodes along the Northern Corridor
    Pending
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NCTTCA to follow up recommendation with customs authorities in Member States

Delays along the Corridor
    The traders and transporters are therefore to act swiftly to ensure faster evacuation of their cargo from the port after clearance to reduce time wastage as a result of laxities on their side
    Ongoing
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NCTTCA to follow up with transporters association to influence their members to evacuate cargo to reduce delays.

Customs Processes and Automation
    The single transit system will also eliminate the challenges of clearance and exchange of information across the region being faced by interconnectivity of customs business systems
    Pending
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NCTTCA to follow up with relevant stakeholders and have this implemented

Transport Costs
    The road use charges have not been harmonised across the Member States of the Northern Corridor, and this contributes to the high cost of transport
    Pending
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NCTTCA need to follow up with relevant stakeholders to have this recommendation implemented

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