Cargill has won the 5th Port Community Award. The Mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb, presented the award. According to an expert jury, the agro-industrial group from Amsterdam is absolutely the Golden Link when it comes to data exchange in the Dutch ports.
Cargill also won a Silver Link in the category for shipping companies/shipbrokers/agents during the festive awards ceremony. Other Silver Link winners were Ritra Cargo Holland (category forwarders/exporters/importers), APM Terminals Maasvlakte II and RWG (category terminals/hinterland terminals) and the German company Frankenbach (category hinterland transporters).
The Port Community Award honours the business that most distinguishes itself in the successful exchange of information via the Port Community System of the Dutch ports. The exchange of information is increasingly vital to the port business community and to the ports themselves. It is the ideal way to streamline logistical chains and so gain a lead in the international competition.
The Port Community Award is an initiative of Portbase, the organisation responsible for the Port Community System. Over 3,600 businesses are connected to this system to date, including approximately 1,000 participants from neighbouring countries. Each year, they exchange over 65 million electronic messages with one another and with the (port) authorities.
