100% eBL by 2030

To accelerate end-to-end digitalisation of container shipping documentation, DCSA carrier members have committed to 100% adoption of a DCSA standards-based electronic bill of lading (eBL) by 2030.

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Customers are demanding a better experience. To stay competitive, we have to meet these challenges head on, to evolve. No one company can move the industry forward on its own. Collaboration is the key to greater efficiency and agility to meet new demands. Today, fragmented systems are holding us back. Without a foundation for the seamless, end-to-end exchange of information, these challenges will go unmet.

At Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), we’re establishing standards for a common technology foundation that enables global collaboration. Our goal is to make shipping services easy to use, flexible, efficient, reliable and environmentally friendly.

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Press release

DCSA’s member carriers commit to a fully standardised, electronic bill of lading by 2030

15 Feb 2023

Nine ocean carriers commit to converting 50% of original bills of lading to digital within five years and 100% by 2030 to accelerate the digitalisation of container trade

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Article

Supply chain resilience: How digital standards help futureproof cargo visibility

01 Feb 2023

The end of TradeLens’ platform doesn’t mean the end of their bold vision.

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high angle view on Cargo crane container terminal
E-book

Streamlining international trade by digitalising end-to-end documentation

30 Jan 2023

Paper-based processes create complexity, delays and waste

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Article

Survey: FIT Alliance reveals strong interest in eBL, pinpoints obstacles to address

17 Jan 2023

The FIT Alliance was formed in February 2022 with five founding members: BIMCO, DCSA, FIATA, ICC and SWIFT.

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Article

GSBN: “eBL is the first step towards fully digitising shipping processes”

12 Jan 2023

The bill of lading serves a number of very important roles in container shipping.

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Article

edoxOnline: “Interoperability will be the only way to speed up eBL adoption”

10 Jan 2023

It is important for international shipping and trade that the industry is equipped to move away from paper-based processes towards digitalisation.

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Article

CargoX: “Once interoperability is achieved, electronic trade records will be moving through various systems for true efficiency and transparency in cross border trading”

05 Jan 2023

An electronic bill of lading (eBL) will transform information exchange in container shipping.

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E-book

Creating visibility to improve data reliability in container shipping 

21 Nov 2022

Unexpected delays ripple across the supply chain

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