“Releasing containers is now even easier than it was with our own system,” notes Arjen van den Bos, Customer Service Specialist at Boluda Lines. Since the end of March 2026, the shortsea shipping line has been connected to the web version of the Secure Chain. “Because we were one of the first parties in the […]
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Albrecht Meeusen of the Association of Rotterdam Shipbrokers and Agents (Vereniging van Rotterdamse Cargadoors, VRC), Peter de Graaf of Portbase and Jan Janse of the Rotterdam Seaport Police are in full agreement: the close cooperation between the business community and authorities was essential to successfully connecting the deepsea sector to the Secure Chain. All three
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Now that the deepsea sector has been successfully connected to the Secure Chain, participation of the shortsea sector is the logical next step for the Port of Rotterdam Authority.Strengthening the resilience of the port is a key priority for the Port Authority and considerable attention is being devoted to this in several ways. Programme Manager
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“We’ve experienced hundreds of incidents involving PIN code fraud in the port in the past,” says Jan Janse, Head of Seaport Police Rotterdam. “But with the introduction of the Secure Chain for container cargo from South America, the issue was eliminated overnight.” According to Janse, the Secure Chain is a prime example of a successful
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