ECS notification / paperless shipment via Rotterdam

Dear customer,

Many of you are aware of the possibility to deliver your containers paperless in Rotterdam by using the ECS notification however some of you still deliver “the old way”.

Therefore kindly take note of the option outlined below.

Step 2 concerns the ECS-notification enabling paperless delivery.



1. As exporter/forwarder, you submit your export declaration to Customs using your own Customs application

2. Straight afterwards, you send five basic items of information about your shipment to Portbase using the service ECS notification

3. As soon as your shipment arrives at the terminal, the terminal notifies Portbase of it using the service Notification of arrival ECS containers. In combination with the information supplied by you, Portbase uses this to generate the arrival at exit and sends it to Customs

4. Via the service Track & trace ECS, you receive several status notifications about your shipment from Portbase.

5. The shipping company gives Portbase input about the containers to be loaded on board the ship via the service Cargo declaration export EDI . With the information provided by you and by the terminal, Portbase then generates the exit manifest.

6. The service Track & trace ECS then sends you status reports about this.

7. You then receive the confirmation at exit directly to your own Customs application. Your export declaration is now validated and your administration correct.


Please find link below available in 5 languages:
http://www.exportcontrolsystem.eu/en/Home/Our-solution/7-step-plan.aspx

By using this tool you can deliver containers paperless, only if it concerns EX-documentation.

For any further question please feel free to contact your OOCL office!