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Rotterdam, 16 September 2024 –This week, the 500,000th import container was securely and reliably handled via the Secure Chain in the port of Rotterdam. Shipping lines no longer issue PIN codes, which are susceptible to fraud, for these containers. The new operational approach has now become standard practice in Rotterdam for all import containers from […]

The rollout of the Secure Chain is entering the next phase. As of the 1stof October 2024, container cargo from Africa, the Middle East, India and Pakistan can only be collected at the port of Rotterdam via the Secure Chain. From that date on, the major shipping lines will no longer issue PIN codes. Containers

Rotterdam embarks on next phase Secure Chain Rotterdam, 24 June 2024 – From the 1st of October 2024, container cargo from Africa, the Middle East, India and Pakistan can only be collected via the Secure Chain in the port of Rotterdam. Starting from this date, the major shipping lines will no longer issue PIN codes.

Automatic control at the terminal gate on the operating carrier. This new way of working always ensures that the right driver is given access to the terminal. Hutchison Ports Delta II on the Maasvlakte, as the third container terminal in Rotterdam, has started rolling out this final link in the Secure Chain. The check is

Rotterdam takes next step in implementation Secure Chain Rotterdam, 30 April 2024 – As of the 1st of July 2024, container cargo arriving in Rotterdam from North America will only be securely and reliably released via the Secure Chain. From this date on, the major shipping lines will no longer issue pin codes for containers originating

The major container shipping lines/ship agents in Rotterdam will connect all their customers with container cargo from North America to the Secure Chain before the 1st of July 2024. Starting from this date, they will no longer issue PIN codes to this customer group. Import containers will only be securely and reliably released via the Secure

1st phase of introduction Secure Chain in Rotterdam now completed From now on, all participating shipping lines will only securely and reliably release import containers arriving in Rotterdam from Latin America via the Secure Chain. As of the 31st of March, customers of CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping, Maersk, MSC, ONE, OOCL and ZIM will no

As of 31 March 2024, participating shipping lines/ship agents in Rotterdam will only release incoming container cargo from Latin America securely and reliably via the Secure Chain. Are you ready for this in your capacity as a shipper, forwarder or inland operator? The shipping lines/ship agents will no longer issue PIN codes for cargo from

Since the 1st of March, the ECT Delta terminal and the ECT Euromax terminal (both part of Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam) have been verifying at the gate whether the inland operator that comes to collect a container – the operating carrier – corresponds to the inland operator as specified in the digital pre-notification of the visit

More and more import containers from Latin America are being handled securely and reliably in Rotterdam via the Secure Chain. Of course, all relevant parties in the logistics chain need to familiarise themselves with this new operational approach that renders PIN codes obsolete. For the most part, the introduction is running smoothly though. Companies understand