Finland's Euroports Rauma Container Terminal Joins Digital Berth Coordination Network

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On November 12, Portchain, a Danish port digital technology company, announced that the Euroports container terminal at the Port of Rauma, Finland, will join the Portchain Connect global coordination network, enabling berth window negotiations between the terminal and shipping lines through real-time data sharing of vessel schedules and container handling volumes. After joining, the terminal can directly obtain vessel schedules and handling volume updates sent from shipping company systems, and promptly respond or propose adjustment plans based on berth arrangements, keeping vessel arrival plans coordinated with terminal berth plans.

The core of this integration is to establish a digital data exchange mechanism between shipping companies and the terminal. Traditional berth coordination typically requires the terminal planning department and the shipping company to repeatedly exchange information such as vessel schedules, estimated arrival times and handling volumes, and then confirm berthing windows through email or manual communication. Portchain Connect centralizes this information on a shared platform, where shipping companies can submit or update vessel schedules, the terminal responds based on berth resources and operational arrangements, and both parties complete berthing time coordination through online confirmation and adjustment. When vessel schedules change, the terminal can promptly propose new berthing windows, reducing schedule conflicts caused by information transmission delays.

Portchain Connect currently connects more than 200 container terminals worldwide and 6 major container carriers, covering over 40% of global container terminal capacity. In addition to vessel schedule and handling volume exchange, the platform also provides real-time vessel tracking, terminal vessel queuing and berthing plan information, enabling shipping companies and terminals to view updated vessel dynamics and berth arrangements. Portchain states that coordinating vessel arrival times with available berth windows in advance can support on-time vessel arrival operations, reduce fuel consumption from waiting for berths after arrival, and improve terminal berth utilization.

The Port of Rauma is located on the west coast of Finland and is the country's third-largest container port, as well as the largest container port on its west coast and the second-largest paper export port. In 2025, the Port of Rauma handled approximately 4.73 million tonnes of total cargo and about 220,000 TEU of containers, with 894 vessel calls during the year. Cargo types at the port include paper, pulp, sawn timber, fertilizers, mineral products and project cargo, with container shipping networks connecting multiple markets in Europe, North Africa and North America.

The Euroports container terminal in Rauma covers approximately 20 hectares and is equipped with 3 operating berths and 3 gantry cranes, two of which have a rated lifting capacity of 48 tonnes and the other 75 tonnes, plus 5 mobile cranes. The terminal handles loading and unloading of forest industry products, containers and other cargo. Cargo such as pulp, paper and sawn timber involves both container transport and breakbulk handling, and vessel operation plans need to be coordinated by combining the handling arrangements for different cargo types, berth resources and vessel arrival times.