Portbase is introducing Hinterland Container Notification. In the coming months, this new service will be replacing the Road Planning you are currently using. Implementation will begin with the hauliers that work via the internet. We intend to start a pilot with a number of them in late October. That way, we can work together to ensure that the service is ready for use.
Important improvements offered by Hinterland Container Notification (as compared to Road Planning) are that it will become even easier to link a container to a visit, status information will be received more quickly and the user-friendliness in general will increase. An overview of all the many benefits can be found here.
In future, Hinterland Container Notification will replace all our existing hinterland services (Road Planning, Rail Planning and Barge Planning). The development of the initial phase for road hauliers will take place in close cooperation with a working group including transport companies and container terminals.
Road transport pilot
The pilot involving road transport is scheduled to start on 23 October 2017. We have divided the thirty companies chosen to participate in this pilot into four groups, which will be connected to the service in phases over a period of eight weeks. These companies will then begin using Hinterland Container Notification for their operations. As each new group is added, we will closely monitor the service’s function. Only when it is performing as it should will we add the next group of road hauliers. The schedule for the pilot is as follows:
- The first five clients will be connected one at a time and will receive intensive guidance and supervision from us;
- We will then connect five more clients with remote supervision;
- The remaining twenty clients will be connected by our Service Desk in two groups of ten.
At the end of the pilot, the pilot group will determine whether the new service Hinterland Container Notification is an effective replacement for the current service Road Planning. As soon as they give the green light for further implementation, we will let you know – at the earliest opportunity – how we plan to connect your company to Hinterland Container Notification as well.
More information
All details of the service Hinterland Container Notification, including an overview of working group and pilot participants, can be found on our website.
For any additional questions, please contact our Business Manager Leopold Jonkman. He can be reached on +31 (0)60 653 56 82 or l.jonkman@portbase.com.
