{"id":5878,"date":"2025-10-02T10:09:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T08:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germanports.com\/?p=5878"},"modified":"2025-10-02T10:30:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T08:30:29","slug":"import-clearance-digital-exemption-procedure-at-german-seaports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/germanports.com\/en\/importabfertigung-digitales-freistellungsverfahren-an-deutschen-seehaefen\/","title":{"rendered":"Import clearance: Digital exemption procedure at German seaports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1528.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>01 October 2025 | <span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.24px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">On 1 October 2025, a new procedure for the digital release of import containers will be introduced in the German seaports of Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven: Secure Release Order (SRO). It will replace the previous PIN-based procedure in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>From this point on, shipping companies can release their containers PIN-free and transmit the digital collection authorisation to German Ports. From there, the pick-up authorisation will be passed on to the parties involved and will replace the previous exemption references. For companies that are not yet participating in the SRO procedure, it will still be possible to \"downgrade to PIN\" during a transitional phase so that they can continue to work with the previous method.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:var(--awb-color3);border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:var(--awb-color1);--button_accent_hover_color:var(--awb-color1);--button_border_hover_color:var(--awb-color1);--button_gradient_top_color:#001c3d;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#001c3d;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:hsla(var(--awb-color5-h),calc(var(--awb-color5-s) - 5%),calc(var(--awb-color5-l) - 10%),var(--awb-color5-a));--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:hsla(var(--awb-color5-h),calc(var(--awb-color5-s) - 5%),calc(var(--awb-color5-l) - 10%),var(--awb-color5-a));\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ihk.de\/regensburg\/fachthemen\/international\/nachrichten-international\/digitales-freistellungsverfahren-an-deutschen-seehaefen-6748496\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Read more here<\/span><i class=\"fa-mouse-pointer fas awb-button__icon awb-button__icon--default button-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:var(--awb-color3);border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><em>Source: IHK Regensburg for Upper Palatinate \/ Kelheim<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/germanports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/germanports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/germanports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/germanports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/germanports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5878"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/germanports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5886,"href":"https:\/\/germanports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5878\/revisions\/5886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/germanports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/germanports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/germanports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/germanports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}