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Forwarders, BCO & Transport companies

BCO/Forwarders and transport companies can implement the Certified Pick up process into their organisation in two different ways:

• By using a user interface built on top of the NxtPort platform
• By integrating the API directly into their ERP or transport management systems

Access to the Certified Pick up solution is initiated via C-point, the Port of Antwerp Port community system.

• If you don't have a C-point account, register your company via https://register.portofantwerp.com/. You can follow the tutorial in case you would face difficulties in the registration process. 
• I you already have a C-point account, as a company admin, go to the Application overview and select the Certified Pick up application. You can also follow the steps in the second part of the tutorial.

Forwarders / Transport companies / BCO

• In Phase I these stakeholders can consult container status through BL & container number combination via
  • The Certified Pick-up User Interface
  • An API call

Forwarder/Transport Company/BCO

The right to release a container from the terminal is given by the agent to a BCO or forwarder. They can transfer the right to a transport operator. In case of carrier haulage, the agent can also transer the release right directly to the transport operator.

• Receives a Release Right from the Ship Agent or the previous Release Right Owner
• Can Transfer a Release Right to another party
• Can Accept or Deny a transfer from another Release Right Owner
• Can Revoke a previous transfer (unless it was already accepted by the new Release Right Owner)
• Can Assign a Pick up Right to a Driver
• Can Revoke a previously assigned Pick up Right for as long as the container has not left the Terminal

Truck Driver

When the container is assigned to the driver by owner of the Release Right, that driver can pick up the container with his/her Alfapass after a biometric authentication at the terminal and without the use of a pincode

Barge/Rail companies

Load lists (e.g. COPINO msgs) can be sent to the terminal without PIN codes; the Terminal will check at CPu if the requesting company is authorised to do the pick up.

Terminals & Ship Agents

While all parties involved in the container import flow will be prompted to give release information, only two parties are considered to be “data providers”. These entities, being Ship Agents and Terminals, need to give their approval before a container can be picked up.

Access to the Certified Pick up solution is initiated via C-point, the Port of Antwerp Port community system.

• If you don't have a C-point account, register your company via https://register.portofantwerp.com/. You can follow the tutorial in case you would face difficulties in the registration process. 
• If you already have a C-point account, as a company admin, go to the Application overview and select the Certified Pick up application. You can also follow the steps in the second part of the tutorial.

Ship Agent

• Continues to send release message to the terminal, including the PIN code
• Sends a copy of the release information to NxtPort via
  • A copy of the Edifact COREOR message or
  • An API call on the NxtPort platform

Terminal

• Submits Terminal Events (discharge and gate-out) to the NxtPort platform. This can be done via:
  • An API call on the NxtPort platform

Ship Agent

• Submits a Commercial Release, once the release requirements are met (eg payment by shipper)
• Identifies who receives the first Release Right (= Release Right Owner). Identifying a Release Right Owner can be done in the same step when submitting a commercial release by indicating the ReleaseTo party OR in a later step (eg carrier haulage or ReleaseTo party that is unknown to the platform).
• Can Revoke a previously given Release Right (resets to process) at any time
• Can Block or Unblock a Release Right ( eg when agreements with the shipper are not met)
• Can Update the release parameters (eg terminal code) of the container
• Can delete a Commercial release (eg perished goods inside container, agent not able to find solution with cargo owner)

Terminal

• Terminal will receive a commercial release right message from Certified Pick up platform when the Ship Agent has submitted it to the platform
• Submits a Terminal Release. The terminal submits this release, combining three green lights. Three actions are available, which relate to the Green Lights:
  • Release: the container is ready for pick up
  • Scanning: the container is released from terminal and needs to be transferred to the Border Inspection
  • Block: the container is blocked and cannot be picked up

The Terminal release is an asynchronous step and can take place at any time, even before the commercial release (even though this is highly unlikely).

Access-controlled API’s

These API’s are access-controlled API’s. This means that your application needs to accommodate an OAuth2 authentication flow between the application user and the NxtPort platform.

The application user logs in to the NxtPort identity component, and your application requests access to the API’s on behalf of the application user. The NxtPort platform then returns an access token to your application, which can be used to call the API’s.

To be able to request an access token, API users should be created in the NxtPort console, after registration of the application user’s entity in C-point. More information can be found in the documentation.