The implementation and scaling-up of the process for releasing and collecting containers via the Secure Chain has taken place in a phased and controlled manner. Phase 1 ran until the 31st of March 2024 and entailed all incoming container cargo from Latin America. In phase 2, which ended on the 30th of June 2024, all containers from North America were added. In phase 3, which ran until the 1st of October 2024, Africa, the Middle East, India and Pakistan followed. Since 3 February 2025, the new way of working has also been in force for cargo from the Far East and Oceania. With this, all intercontinental container cargo entering Rotterdam now falls under the Secure Chain.