The technical implementation of the Secure Chain runs via the Port Community System of Portbase. All shipping lines/ship agents and many logistics service providers and inland operators already utilise Portbase’s services. For these existing services, they pay a subscription fee and a usage fee based on cost recovery. For the release and collection of containers via the Secure Chain, Portbase has managed to expand the relevant services with an additional authorisation layer in a cost-neutral way thanks to external financing.
As the development and start-up phase comes to an end on the 1st of July 2025, this funding will stop. To ensure the continuity and further development of the release of import containers via the Secure Chain, Portbase will therefore ask participating shipping lines/ship agents for a contribution of €0.50 per container starting from that date. For the other links in the chain that were already making use of Portbase, use of the services for the Secure Chain will remain cost-neutral after the 1st of July.
For shippers and forwarders who are new to Portbase, a free basic service option will still be available. This service is specifically intended for parties that handle only one or a few containers. For more information about this, please contact Portbase. Please note that any costs charged by a company’s own software supplier for desired API connections must be covered by the company itself.