By setting frameworks for effective, universally adoptable solutions and innovating, we can enable transparent, reliable, easy to use, secure and environmentally friendly container transportation services.
DCSA
DCSA
Creating digital standards for the container shipping industry
Our mission
Our mission
To shape the digital future of container shipping by being the industry’s collective voice, working towards alignment and standardisation.
No one company can move the industry forward on its own.
No one company can move the industry forward on its own.
We envision a digitally interconnected container shipping industry in which customers have a choice of seamless, easy-to-use services that provide the flexibility to meet their business and sustainability goals.
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Your needs
Working together to solve your needs
We work for the collective good of all shipping container stakeholders, recognising each players' crucial role in the supply chain.
Our industry-wide standards
Our industry-wide standards
We are establishing standards for a common technology foundation that enables global collaboration to make user-friendly, flexible, efficient, reliable and environmentally friendly.
Implement our standards
Our developer portal is your gateway to a world of resources to make your implementation journey as easy as possible.
Latest resources
Press release
DCSA completes standards-based interoperable eBL transaction, marking major industry milestone
Announcement
DCSA welcomes Lufthansa Industry Solutions and Vinturas as first partners of its DCSA+ partnership programme at TPM25
2024: the year of adoption, collaboration and smart containers - what TPM taught us
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The future of container shipping: A podcast with Kshitij Parashar, DCSA’s Program Lead for Cargo Visibility
VideoSupply Chain Visibility Solutions: Mastering Challenges & boosting Container Shipping Success
ArticleBill of Lading (B/L) vs Sea Waybill
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DCSA Carrier Members
In April 2019, MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, ONE, Evergreen, Yang Ming, HMM, and ZIM founded DCSA to establish IT standards that enable interoperability across the container shipping industry. Their goal was to create a digital foundation for seamless data exchange and improved collaboration among all industry stakeholders.
In April 2024, Pacific International Lines (PIL) joined DCSA as a partner, further strengthening the collective effort to advance digitalisation standards and promote widespread adoption across global trade networks.
Meet our team of experts changing the industry
In the face of the promising growth in international container trade by 2025, the maritime industry confronts the significant challenge of supporting the expansion sustainably.