30 April 2024
Press release: No more PIN code for containers from North America as of 1 July
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 […]
22 April 2024
Containers arriving in Rotterdam from North America switched to Secure Chain before 1 July 2024
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 […]
2 April 2024
Press release: No more PIN codes for container cargo from Latin America
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 […]
27 March 2024
Newsletter: Are you ready for 31 March?
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 […]
25 March 2024
Join the live demo: Portbase services for the Secure Chain
What is changing in the process of releasing and collecting import containers at the Port of Rotterdam and what does this mean for you in concrete terms? Portbase is organising several live demos. This explains Portbase’s role in the Secure Chain, how the Portbase services work and how you can connect to make the release […]
22 March 2024
Containers Hapag-Lloyd and Marfret also handled via Secure Chain
To facilitate the secure and reliable release of import containers in the port of Rotterdam, Hapag-Lloyd is switching from the use of Secure Container Release (SCR) to the Secure Chain. Marfret has decided to start using the Secure Chain as well. Both shipping lines will inform their customers in more detail about this in the coming weeks.
22 March 2024
EAN numbers represent reliability
It recently became daily practice: an automatic check at the terminal gate to verify whether the visiting driver is affiliated with the inland operator that has submitted the pre-notification via Portbase. As the final step in the Secure Chain, the ECT Delta terminal and the ECT Euromax terminal introduced the check on the 1st of […]
20 March 2024
ECT terminals verify operating carrier at the gate
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 […]
14 February 2024
Newsletter: Rollout Secure Chain in full swing
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 […]