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14 October 2024
ECLIC ALLOWS CLEANING STATIONS TO WORK 100% DIGITAL
In line with the global growth in use of tank containers across the chemical industry, the need for more proficient tank cleaning services is also growing, an evolution which is supported by EFTCO who aims, together with ECLIC, to replace the paper ECD with a digitally enhanced and more compliant electronic eECD document.
While the use of the electronic eECD is already in use for years between the ECLIC ecosystem company actors, as of November 2024, a first tank cleaning station in Belgium decided to make the switch to 100% use of eECD digital documents through their use cleaning software vendor so they can further reduce administration costs, increase compliancy while offering a digital service to their customers. This also means that new digital eECD 2.0 hybrid documents from this cleaning stations might end up with carriers and loaders who do not yet have an ECLIC eECD licence and decide to continue to work on paper. These hybrid eECD 2.0 paper versions are valid EFTCO cleaning documents similar to the paper ECD version while they include a QR barcode to crosscheck the latest ECD validity. A full description about the eECD 2.0 roll out can be downloaded here and this together with the EFTCO memorandum of the electronic eECD.
15 August 2024
ECLIC embraces DIGITAL STANDARDIZATION AND makes THE eECD and ePPL DIGITAL DOCUMENTS available in 6 Languages
To enhance digital collaboration, to save efficiencies and to strive for more compliancy in tank cleaning operations, the use of digital industry standards are a must. Early August 2024, ECLIC is preparing its European roll out and makes the eECD and ePPL standard template versions available in 6 languages being English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish and Italian. The default language being used is English. The electronic eECD template translations are based on the same EFTCO data standards and have been validated through EFTCO. This way the digital eECD translations are considered as a valid EFTCO cleaning document replacing the paper ECD copies.
In addition, for companies who use the eECD portal solution, each ECLIC user is are now able to select their preferred language and can choose the eECD application language being English, German, French, Dutch whereby the English language is the default language.
6 March 2024
ECLIC upGRADES ITS CLOUD PLATFORM TO NxtPort INTERNATIONAL
Early March 2024, ECLIC upgraded its digital collaboration platform to the NxtPort International New Architecture. As of March 6 and to further enhance the overall cloud platform security level ,all ECLIC users have, as of now, to login to the eECD application using 2 factor authentication . In addition, through the installation of federated ID’s , the users of large integrated companies can now login with “single sign on” and based upon a Federated ID architectural design.
Furthermore, ECLIC users are now able to select their preferred language which allows ECLIC to prepare a multi-language roll out of both the eECD and ePPL solutions by the end of Q2 2024.
20 July 2023
EFTCO ANNOUNCES THE NEW digital EECD 2.0 AS VALID ECD INDUSTRY SOLUTION
In preparation for the implementation of the eECD 2.0 and the possibility of printing the electronic EFTCO cleaning document from the eECD platform on normal paper, EFTCO announced by memorandum the printed eECD 2.0 pdf with unique QR code as a valid EFTCO original cleaning document.
EFTCO sees this process of a printed digital twin as a temporary solution to assist the implementation towards a paperless eECD communication.
19 June 2023
EECD 2.0 INDUSTRY SOLUTION IS PREPARED FOR LAUNCH END JULY 2023
The digital eECD 2.0 solution is being prepared for launch within Chemicals transport. This digital eECD process is not only replacing the paper EFTCO Cleaning Document as hybrid solution, in addition, it allows companies to offer a complete digital service to their customers. To understand the benefits and assess the impact of the eECD 2.0 solution, please download the eECD 2.0 communication flyer.
15 May 2022
ECLIC 5 YEARS: PIONEERING WORK TO DIGITALIZE THE CHEMICAL lOGISTICS CHAIN
As a founding partner essenscia welcomed the ECLIC board and the broader ECLIC community to celebrate ECLIC’s fifth anniversary. The European Chemical Logistics Information Council (ECLIC) was founded by essenscia, ECTA and EFTCO to digitalize the paper driven ECD or EFTO Cleaning Document. It is the first, non-profit industry platform that allows large-scale digital collaboration with respect for data security, while creating added value for all stakeholders in the chemical logistics chain. ECLIC has demonstrated that digital solutions are a key enabler to drive sustainability and efficiency in chemical logistics and will launch the new eECD 2.0 solution as an industry standard process across Europe later this year.
1 May 2023.
ECLIC has updated its 2023 tariff Table
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27 March 2023.
ECLIC - The enhanced eECD 2.0 industry solution BEING DEVELOPPED
Open invite to all chemical stakeholders to start preparing for the Digital eECD 2.0 solution
➢ Reduced product cross contaminations through the means of digital transparency.
➢ Reduced equipment rejects at loading sites, automated cleaning pre-checks
➢ Reduced admin costs through digital automation
➢ Increased sustainability by replacing paper ECD’s with a digital eECD process
➢ Enhanced Responsible Care thru digital transparency and cleaning data accuracy
12 December 2022.
How to digitize site logistics processes!
More than thirty logistics and digitalization experts from chemical companies located in Flanders, the Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia took part in an interactive workshop on 12 December 2022 in Antwerp organized by the Trilog initiative in cooperation with BASF Antwerp and supported by Cefic.
The BASF Antwerp Team gave an in-depth and very practice-oriented view on how BASF is digitizing and automating its site logistics processes on the Antwerp campus with e.g. recourse to the ECLIC digital collaboration platform. The ECLIC platform helps BASF Antwerp to connect with multiple logistics suppliers at once and allows to integrate external logistics data to take more accurate loading decisions at the yard.
