To better serve you, in April and May we will be implementing improvements to Vessel Notification 2.0. We will do this in close cooperation – as the owners of Vessel Notification 2.0 – with the port authorities of Rotterdam and Amsterdam. During recent visits to agents, they compiled an inventory of areas for potential improvements to the digital notification process. This data serves as the basis for a series of quick wins, the first of which is already online for your benefit:
IMPROVEMENTS TO ‘VISIT TO PORT AUTHORITY’ TASK
• Time automatically filled in for ‘Next Ports’ and ‘Previous Ports’
• Select vessels more easily
• Vessel details synced automatically
• Field for ‘Different vessel name’ deleted
IMPROVEMENTS TO ‘SECURITY INFORMATION’ TASK
• Security screen now identical to official ISPS form
• ‘Security level’ filled in automatically
• Select ‘Previous port facilities’ more conveniently
IMPROVEMENTS TO ‘VISIT TO PORT AUTHORITY’ TASK
• Time automatically filled in for ‘Next Ports’ and ‘Previous Ports’
From now on, in the ‘Visit to Port Authority’ task, the times for your vessel’s arrival and departure in earlier and subsequent ports (’Previous Ports’ and ‘Next Ports’) will be set to a default time of ‘12:00’. That way, when you have no further specifics on these times, you can simply leave the fields as is.
• Select vessels more easily
When you begin typing the name of a vessel, the service will now show you the list of vessels, sorted by name. This will help you to find the right vessel more quickly. Because ships can sometimes have the same name, the IMO number will be listed after the name as well.
• Vessel details synced automatically
Now, any changes to vessel details made during a vessel visit in progress will be automatically forwarded to the authorities. This will allow your notifications to proceed even more smoothly than before.
• Field for ‘Different vessel name’ deleted
If the name of the vessel should happen to change during a visit, the new data will be synced automatically in Vessel Notification 2.0. The field marked ‘Different vessel name’ (under the menu item for ‘Other’) has therefore been deleted.
IMPROVEMENTS TO ‘SECURITY INFORMATION’ TASK
• Security screen now identical to official ISPS form
As of now, every field name in the ‘Security Information’ task is identical to that of the corresponding field on the official ISPS form. This makes it easier for you to see which information to enter in each field. We have also added help texts. These will be displayed when you click on the question mark icon.
• ‘Security level’ filled in automatically
From now on, ‘SL1’ will be automatically entered for you in the ‘Security level’ field. That means you will only need to edit the field in situations when the security level changes.
• Select ‘Previous port facilities’ more conveniently
Now, when it’s time to enter ‘Previous port facilities’, a list will be displayed for your benefit; the list will be sorted by code rather than name. Because you are usually supplied with this code in daily operations, this feature helps you select the right facilities more quickly.
