In the simplest form, you send one prenotification before collecting or delivering a container (empty is free, a full container means you pay). Experience shows that a container requires an average of 1.5 prenotifications to make a complete trip.
Below, we show the number of prenotifications required for a full container in a number of different scenarios and what you pay in those cases.
Flow 1: Simple
In this flow, you send 1 prenotification for a full container via HCN. This prenotified container is then collected or delivered at the agreed time.
Flow 2: Transferring full containers
You load a full container at terminal Y and drop it off at terminal Z. For example, if the container is being transhipped or when a seagoing vessel docks at a different terminal than originally planned.
In this case, you pay for at least two transactions.
Example
Prenotification 1: Pick up at Terminal Y
Prenotification 2: Drop off at Terminal Z
Flow 3: Via transhipment point
You pick up a container at terminal Y and take it to terminal Z for onward transport (usually by train).
You may pay for three transactions in this case.
Prenotification 1: Pick up at Terminal Y
Prenotification 2: Drop off at Terminal Z (transhipment point)
Prenotification 3: Pick up at Terminal Z (for example, by train)
Flow 4: Re-entry
In exceptional cases, a container may be retrieved after it has been brought to the terminal – for example, in order to add, remove or replace (reload) goods. In this case, you pay:
Prenotification 1: Drop off at Terminal Z
Prenotification 2: Pick up at Terminal Z
Prenotification 3: Drop off again at Terminal Z
Flow 5: Customs check
In this scenario, a full container is picked up at the terminal, taken to a scanning location or Customs Inspection Warehouse and returned to the terminal after the inspection.
This only applies to transport by an external carrier via a public highway outside the terminal.
Prenotification 1: Pick up at Terminal X
Prenotification 2: Drop of at Terminal X, Y or Z
Please note: If you are able to drive straight on to your final destination after a scan, you do not need to make a second prenotification.
Flow 6: Subcontracting
For example, has transporter A already sent a pre-notification to the terminal, but has it then decided to still outsource the transport to subcontractor/charter B? Carrier A will then cancel the pre-notification and subcontractor/charter B itself will submit a new pre-notification.
As a result, you need to make two pre-notifications for one transport/container.
• Pre-notification 1: Transporter A pre-notifies and cancels
• Pre-notification 2: Subcontractor/Charter B sends its own pre-notification