8 April 2025
Interview with industry organisation Fenex: ‘We should take more pride in the Secure Chain’
As the industry organisation representing forwarders, Fenex is one of the co-initiators of the Secure Chain. Cuno Vat, Chairman of Fenex and CEO of Neele-Vat, is enthusiastic about the collaboration. “The Secure Chain is primarily aimed at improving security in the port of Rotterdam, but it also lays the groundwork for various new methods of […]
22 March 2025
Newsletter: End to PIN codes for all intercontinental import containers
A significant milestone for the secure and reliable release and collection of import containers in Rotterdam. Recently, the Far East and Oceania were connected to the Secure Chain as well. The new operational approach now applies to all intercontinental container cargo arriving at the port of Rotterdam. Deepsea shipping lines and their ship agents will […]
14 March 2025
1st deepsea service at RST via the Secure Chain
A new joint deepsea service by ONE, Yang Ming and Evergreen, connecting the Mediterranean to Northwestern Europe, has recently started calling weekly at Rotterdam Shortsea Terminals (RST). It is a first deepsea service for this terminal, located in the Eemhaven area, close to the city center. For the deepsea containers discharged here, RST is connected […]
13 March 2025
Hapag-Lloyd switches to Secure Chain to accommodate customers
Hapag-Lloyd was an early adopter in Rotterdam when it introduced its ‘own’ solution to combat the misuse of PIN codes during the collection of containers. Now, the shipping line is switching to the Secure Chain after all. For this, they are utilising the solution which they were already using: Secure Container Release. The switch to […]
26 February 2025
Press release: End to fraud-sensitive PIN codes for all intercontinental import containers
The Far East and Oceania have now been connected to the Secure Chain as well. This means deepsea shipping lines and their ship agents will no longer issue fraud-sensitive PIN codes for containers arriving in Rotterdam from these regions. Instead, all intercontinental container cargo arriving in the port will be handled via the Secure Chain. […]
20 January 2025
RWG to implement 100% EAN verification
After a successful pilot, Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) will implement 100% verification on the executing carrier as the final component of the Secure Chain starting Monday 3 February 2025. This joint initiative by governments and the business community aims to improve the digital resilience of port logistics chains, emphasizing a secure and reliable procedure for […]
9 December 2024
Newsletter: From 3 February 2025 no more PIN codes for import containers from the Far East and Oceania
Companies that handle import containers from the Far East and Oceania are next in line for participation in the Secure Chain in the port of Rotterdam. From the 3rd of February 2025, shipping lines and ship agents will only release containers from both shipping areas securely and reliably via the new method. PIN codes, which are […]
5 December 2024
Interview Port Implementation Programme: Public-private partnership against undermining
The implementation of the Secure Chain is a subproject within the comprehensive ‘Uitvoeringsagenda Haven’ (Port Implementation Programme). Project director Rien van der Steenoven explains the details of this joint public-private programme to combat undermining and underlines why the secure and reliable release of import containers constitutes such an important component in this. “Eliminating the PIN […]
24 October 2024
Press release: Deepsea shipping lines start with connecting Far East and Oceania to the Secure Chain
Rotterdam, 24 October 2024 – Companies that handle import containers from the Far East and Oceania are next in line for participation in the Secure Chain in the port of Rotterdam. The shipping lines and their ship agents have already started connecting these parties. As of the 3rd of February 2025, containers from both shipping […]