How does it work?
To use the Port Dues Portal, you must register for the application and request one or more activities:
Port Dues Portal
The Port Dues Portal is a web application in which you, as an external user, can manage various digital activities within Port Dues. This provides more efficient invoicing for marine and inland navigation dues and various services.
The Port Dues Portal is used by shipping agents, bargemasters, waste reception facilities and drinking water suppliers.
Specification of berthing dues and principals
As shipping agent, you request this activity to register line requests, including indication of charter types and cargo properties. You can also request reductions for tonnage dues and specify mandatory invoicing instructions. Moreover, you can register purchase orders for inclusion on invoices.
In addition, this activity provides the opportunity to record declarations of goods unloaded and loaded for berthing dues. These declarations are automatically prepared based on reported trips in APICS and must be completed. In the absence of loading or unloading activities, the declaration should be rejected.
Specification of third-party payers and ship info
As a bargemaster, you register the vessels you own and/or for which you accept invoices, to support invoicing of inland navigation dues.
Waste collection
As an employee of waste reception facilities, for each collection from an seagoing vessel, you record, among other things, the types of waste collected, quantities and date of collection, as well as the means of transport used to make the collection. As such, vessel waste reports from the shipping agent, along with vessel and residence data, are displayed. The declarations are submitted to the Port Dues Department for approval. Once approved, payment requests are automatically created and submitted to the Antwerp-Bruges Port Authority for financial intervention, calculated on the basis of the type and quantity of waste collected.
Consult your invoices
If you register as a shipping agent or bargemaster for this activity, you can view your invoices online in the Port Dues Portal and download the corresponding XML or PDF files. No paper versions of invoices or credit notes are sent after registration in the application. The duplicate invoice and credit note for Port Authority of Antwerp-Bruges is also no longer printed, but is directly archived electronically.
Registration of water purchases
As a water supplier, you record the time, quantity and place of delivery for each sea or inland navigation vessel to which you deliver water. This registration is done on-site on a mobile device and is immediately signed by the buyer. Flushes and cargo are also recorded.
