News / Shipping adoption of e-bills of lading won’t be trouble-free, warns air cargo

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Electronic bill of lading (eB/L ) interest group the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) has announced that nine shipping lines have signed a commitment to go fully digital by 2030.

But experience from the air cargo industry shows the process will likely not be as straightforward as advertised.

MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, ONE, Evergreen, HMM, Yang Ming and Zim signed a commitment to have 50% of their bills of lading digitised by 2025, and 100% by 2030 – a move that ...