diff --git a/ovs-persistence/src/main/java/org/dcsa/ovs/persistence/entity/TransportCall.java b/ovs-persistence/src/main/java/org/dcsa/ovs/persistence/entity/TransportCall.java
index 92748ce..98e0c99 100644
--- a/ovs-persistence/src/main/java/org/dcsa/ovs/persistence/entity/TransportCall.java
+++ b/ovs-persistence/src/main/java/org/dcsa/ovs/persistence/entity/TransportCall.java
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ public class TransportCall {
   @JoinColumn(name = "export_voyage_id")
   private Voyage exportVoyage;
 
-  @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
+
   @Column(name = "port_call_status_type_code", length = 4, columnDefinition = "bpchar")
-  private PortCallStatusCode portCallStatusCode;
+  private String portCallStatusCode;
 
   @Column(name="port_visit_reference", length=50)
   private String portVisitReference;
diff --git a/ovs-transfer-obj/src/main/java/org/dcsa/ovs/transferobjects/TransportCallTO.java b/ovs-transfer-obj/src/main/java/org/dcsa/ovs/transferobjects/TransportCallTO.java
index 2729233..907a891 100644
--- a/ovs-transfer-obj/src/main/java/org/dcsa/ovs/transferobjects/TransportCallTO.java
+++ b/ovs-transfer-obj/src/main/java/org/dcsa/ovs/transferobjects/TransportCallTO.java
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ public record TransportCallTO(
   String universalImportVoyageReference,
   String universalExportVoyageReference,
   PortTerminalLocation location,
-  PortCallStatusCode statusCode,
+  //The possible values for the Port call status code can be found in https://github.com/dcsaorg/DCSA-Information-Model/blob/master/datamodel/referencedata.d/portcallstatuscodes.csv
+  String statusCode,
   List<TimestampTO> timestamps
 ) {
   @Builder(toBuilder = true) // workaround for intellij issue