In a recent incident, the loss of paper bills of lading led to significant complications, costs and delays that could easily have been avoided if electronic bills of lading had been used.
An interview with Mr. Nikolaus H. Schües, President of BIMCO By Longyu Xue, China Ship Survey.
In an encouraging development for trade digitalisation, BIMCO's "25 by 25" campaign has surpassed its initial target within its first year, achieving a 25.1% adoption rate of electronic bills of lading in iron ore trade.
BIMCO is the world’s leading organisation responsible for developing standard contracts used by shipping industry. All of BIMCO's most widely used charter parties, bills of lading and other standard agreements are available in secure and editable electronic format using BIMCO's online charter party ... Please follow the link to continue reading.
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