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The foundation for Portbase's current success was laid 20 years ago when a start was made on digitizing core processes and accompanying paper and communications flows in Dutch ports. "From that moment on, it became possible to supply data for various reports and notifications between companies and government bodies in an automated fashion," Portbase CEO Iwan van der Wolf recounted laying the foundation for the Dutch port community system (PCS). Before Portbase, van der Wolf worked as a strategic change management consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers, focusing on waterborne transport and airport management He advised multinational corporations on location strategy; and ports, airports, and governments on management, development and privatization issues. "In one of these projects, for the Port of Rotterdam, I was responsible for creating the business plan for its port community system," he explained to P&H. After which he decided to join Portbase to help build this platform. |