Portbase

The central gateway for digital port logistics

Portbase makes supply chains that run through the Netherlands stronger and smarter. We connect market players and are keenly aware of their interests. Together, we are improving the competitive position of the Dutch ports, making them the smartest in Europe.

Portbase makes logistics chains that run through the Netherlands stronger and smarter. To this end, more than 100 employees work each day to improve the competitive position of the Netherlands. Portbase is a non-profit organization that is active at the crossroads between IT and Logistics. We operate as an IT company and as a logistics service provider. We are both and that is what makes us strong. Portbase knows the market, the players and their interests. We connect parties, initiate chain agreements and work together on solutions that make the Dutch ports and their supply chains attractive for companies looking to transport cargo via Europe.

Portbase was founded in 2009 by Port of Rotterdam and Port of Amsterdam and has the broad support of the port business community. Our ambition is to make the logistics chains of the Dutch ports as attractive as possible through a one-stop shop. Portbase connects all parties in the logistics chains of the Dutch ports to this end. Via the Port Community System, Portbase facilitates data sharing between companies and information exchange with governments in order to work faster, more efficiently and at lower costs. Together with our growing community, Portbase is making data sharing increasingly valuable. With the aim of making the Dutch port community and thus the ports, the smartest in Europe. Portbase is neutral, of and for the port community and has no profit motive.

Via the Port Community System, Portbase currently offers over 40 different services to approximately 3,200 customers in all sectors of the Dutch ports.