A revised version of the IMO Convention on the Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL) is set to be adopted in April 2016. It will include an important new standard relating to the obligation of public authorities to establish systems to exchange arrival and departure information electronically when ships enter or leave port. An IMO project is underway to develop a so-called “single window” for such exchanges, and it was presented at the first Logistics Information Standardization Forum by IMO’s Julian Abril. Held on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea (9 Sept), the forum was organized by the Korea Maritime Institute and attended by participants from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea.