Antwerp picks up import speed
Having started in January 2021, the new digital process for releasing containers at the Port of Antwerp, known as Certified Pick up (CPU), is entering its next phase. Instead of using PIN codes, containers will be picked up based on identity as from this summer.
The process, which improves handling, applies to all import containers unloaded from seagoing vessels. The second phase of the digital CPU process will commence on 1 July. From then on, the terminals at the Port of Antwerp will gradually switch to a new way of handling containers, based on identity instead of PIN codes.
The MPET and PSA terminals are the first to use the system, which verifies identity through an Alfapass and a finger scan. Because all the shipping companies have to grant a right of release to their customers for this, it is requested that these companies register for the CPu process via the NxtPort website no later than 1 June 2021. (cd)