In the new ECT app, some of the functionalities can be found behind a login. A MyTerminal account is required for this. This is different from before. To answer the most common questions, a YouTube video has been made. The following questions are addressed:
The date has been announced! As of November 30, 2021, the new ECT app can be downloaded in the App Store and Google Play store. This new app replaces the existing app.
Functionalities
The ECT app offers existing, and also new functionalities. News and service notifications return and are available to everyone. Setting push notifications is also still possible.
The new app offers the functionalities you are used to, such as news and service notifications. The Traffic Indicator per block group and the Object Status also remain available. New in the app is the Container Status, to check whether a container is expected at, present at or has left one of the ECT terminals.
The Object Status, Container Status and Traffic Indicator are only accessible with a MyTerminal account. All functionalities are further explained in the image below.
A MyTerminal account is required for full use of the ECT app. MyTerminal is ECT's online platform with operational information. Below is a step-by-step plan on how to download the app, including requesting a MyTerminal account.
Step 1
Search for ‘ECT app’ in the App Store and Google Play and download the app. You now have access to ECT's news and service notifications.
By sharing real-time information about our terminal processes via MyTerminal, you can optimize and plan your container logistics. MyTerminal is ECT's digital platform, specially developed for shipping companies, operators, logistics service providers and shippers. A MyTerminal account is required to access this platform. With a MyTerminal account you get access to the functionalities relevant to you via both web and app. This way you can access 24/7 and everywhere the latest operational status information.
All information about the new app is summarized in a flyer. Follow the step-by-step plan to download the app and, if necessary, create a MyTerminal account.
Download the flyer and send it on easily.
The flyer is available in 3 languages.
Currently, ECT is in the process of developing a new app. By mid-November 2021, the new app will be available in the App store or Google Play, for iOS and Android.
It is not an update of the current version, but a completely new app. For this reason, the app must be downloaded again from the App Store or Google Play. The current app can be used until January 1, 2022, after which it will cease to exist. The new layout of the app is more user-friendly and more focused on the planning process and will provide more functionalities in the future