Container Centralen has entered into agreements with chain parties VGB, Royal FloraHolland, Transport en Logistiek Nederland (TLN) and Van Vliet Containers to tighten controls on the quality of CC trolleys and tackle the use of counterfeit and manipulated CC TAG6 labels. The collaboration aims to reduce abuse within the pool system for Danish trolleys.
Container Centralen itself only checks the containers it receives and can check. This is only a small proportion of all CC containers in circulation, amounting to 600,000 containers out of the 4 million in circulation each year, according to Barto Cleton, Commercial Director at Container Centralen. To tighten controls, parties in the chain have agreed to work together intensively, and several CC Pool Partners in Europe will also be carrying out checks on receipt of CC trolleys. According to Cleton, these parties operate at the intersection of CC container traffic, with many containers coming in and going out. Among them is Royal FloraHolland, which sees millions of CCs enter and leave every year.
In its collaboration, CC distinguishes between two types of chain partners: “Verifying Partners”, who check 100% of CC trolleys for the CC TAG6 and the CC Metal Plate. These are CC partners who work with empty load carriers, such as auctions and Van Vliet Containers in Aalsmeer; and “Checking Partners”, who carry out risk-based checks on the CC TAG6. These are organisations that work with loaded trolleys, such as trading companies, for whom it is impossible to check all trolleys.
