Release notes

We would like to keep you informed about developments in our services. These release notes provide you with information about new features, changes and developments in our services.

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18 August 2024 | Hinterland Container Notification Barge

As of today, Monday 18 March 2024, Hutchison Ports Delta II (HPD2) supports overwriting status request A by status request/pre-notification B in the Hinterland Container Notification (HCN) Barge service. At Terminal HPD2, it was previously not possible for a status request from carrier A to be followed up by a status request or pre-notification from carrier […]

24 July 2024 |

Last 23rd of July, Customs published a decision that the ATO duties will no longer be required for Union goods of Regular Shipping Service as of 4 December 2024. We would like to emphasize that, for the benefit of the overall Port Community System (PCS), it is crucial that you continue to submit master data […]

20 May 2024 | Vessel Notification

On Sunday 26 May from 06:00 to 16:00 there will be maintenance on the database servers of HaMIS at the Port Authorities of Rotterdam and Amsterdam. As a result, no message traffic is possible between Portbase-PCS and the Harbour Master systems of Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Emergency procedures are used. Besides completing and sending the Emergency […]

15 May 2024 | Hinterland Container Notification Rail

At the recent meeting of the steering committee of Rail Connected, the members agreed to the final transition date of 1 October for the submission of the train composition via HCN Rail to the terminals connected to HCN Rail. This release note contains information on the follow-up steps of this decision for rail operators. Information […]

13 May 2024 | Hinterland Container Notification Barge

Following the example of QTerminals locations Rotterdam Container Terminal (RCT) and Delta container Services (DCS), from today, 13th of May 2024, 10:00 am,onwards you can pre-notify containers and visits at QTerminals location Kramer City Depot (KCD) via Portbase’s Hinterland Container Notification (HCN) Barge. With this, we keep working towards a single digital entry point for […]

18 April 2024 | Hinterland Container Notification Barge

From today, 22nd of April 2024, 10:00 a.m., on you can pre-notify containers and visits at QTerminals locations Rotterdam Container Terminal (RCT) and Delta Container Services (DCS) via Portbase’s Hinterland Container Notification (HCN) Barge. Location Kramer City Depot (KCD) will join in the near future. With this, we keep working towards a single digital entry […]

17 April 2024 | Hinterland Container Notification Road

From today on you can see additional data from Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) terminal in HCN (Hinterland Container Notification). This is because RWG has made extra data available for all modalities. What can you view? The additional data RWG has made visible in HCN are: Call reference number (CRN) Cargo closing time Cargo opening time […]

8 April 2024 | Declaration Food and Consumer Products

As of today, various improvements are available to you in Declaration Food and Consumer Products 2.0 Email notification upon ‘acceptance’, can be activated via notification settings Email notification for ‘Material check required’, can be activated via notification settings Organizations (e.g. exporter, importer) can be searched for by approval number Gross weight is visible when you […]

4 April 2024 | Declaration Food and Consumer Products

Today, the option to add the certificate as attachment to new declarations is live. You can add the attachment under ‘Document(s)’. Portbase will change the name of the document as required by the NVWA. The following information should be considered when adding the certificate as attachment. Make sure you keep sending the certificates also to […]