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The urgency of port call optimisation and Just in Time

24 Oct 2023

Port call optimisation is critical in the shipping industry and ‘Just-in-Time’ (JIT) is the key to achieving it. By embracing JIT, port calls and the entire supply chain become more predictable, sustainable, efficient and safe, benefiting all stakeholders involved. And all that without requiring infrastructure investment.

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Standardisation, digitisation and interoperability to transform global trade: key learnings from SIBOS 2023

16 Oct 2023

SIBOS, the global financial services networking event organised by SWIFT, was held recently in Toronto with the theme ‘collaborative finance in a fragmented world’.

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Announcement

The Electronic Trade Documents Bill received royal assent in the UK

31 Jul 2023

On 20 July 2023, the digitalisation of global trade made a major leap forward when the Electronic Trade Documents Bill received royal assent in the UK. The change ensures that an electronic trade document, such as a Bill of Lading, has the same legal status as an equivalent paper document.

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Paperless trade
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Striving towards paperless global trade

25 Jul 2023

Imagine a world with a seamlessly digital sustainable supply chain. Where all parties from shippers to carriers, financers, freight forwarders and beyond collaborate for efficiency, the best customer experience and reduced environmental impact. The shipping industry is striving for a future that is no longer encumbered by analogue tools.

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Article

Bolero: “Platform interoperability will reduce barriers to eBL adoption”

11 Apr 2023

This article is the final part of our interview series discussing the PoC . We get the thoughts of Andrew Raymond, managing director, and Harry Crawford, eBL product manager, of cloud-based platform provider Bolero.

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Article

WaveBL: a significant milestone in the quest to establish open communication between all platforms

04 Apr 2023

This article is part of a series discussing the PoC with participants. In this one, we hear from Noam Rosenfeld, WaveBL’s CEO.

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