The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) has finalised its standardised framework for digitised bookings and bills of lading (B/Ls), which it hopes will speed up adoption and bring in a new era of interconnected trade.

The new Booking 2.0 and Bill of Lading 3.0 standards promise to overcome one of the major hurdles to digitalising B/Ls – that of standardisation – by ensuring that no one platform provider can become a gatekeeper for the technology.

The new standards have also incorporated some ...

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  • Theodor Strauss

    February 25, 2025 at 2:41 pm

    After all these years, the legal base is still non existent. When will countries adopt the Rotterdam Rules? It is high time.