Five eBL platforms adopt DCSA Standard Annex v.2 with IGP&I approval, enabling global, cross platform eBL exchange in International Shipping News 11/06/2026 The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) announces that five electronic Bill of Lading (eBL) solution providers, CargoX, edoxOnline, TradeGo, WaveBL and eTEU, have implemented the DCSA Standard Annex for eBL Platform Interoperability v.2, each having received approval from the International Group of Protection and Indemnity Clubs (IGP&I). With this shared, IGP&I-approved framework now in place, businesses can for the first time exchange eBLs across a network of different platforms, removing the long-standing requirement for all parties to a shipment to use the same system. The framework also enables these eBLs to be exchanged globally, including in jurisdictions that do not yet legally recognise an eBL as equivalent to a paper Bill of Lading. Until now, the electronic Bill of Lading has been constrained by a structural limitation: an eBL issued on one platform remained on that platform. Every party to a shipment, including the shipper, carrier, bank and freight forwarder, therefore had to operate on the same system. In an industry where a single shipment routinely involves multiple parties across multiple jurisdictions, this closed-network barrier has been among the most significant obstacles to eBL adoption. Adoption has been further constrained by legal fragmentation, with eBLs limited in practice to jurisdictions that formally recognise them as equivalent to a paper Bill of Lading. The implementation of the DCSA Standard Annex v.2 addresses this directly. CargoX, edoxOnline, TradeGo, WaveBL and eTEU can now exchange eBLs across their respective platforms under a common legal and technical framework, developed by DCSA in collaboration with the wider industry. Further platforms are progressing through the same approval process, and the interoperable network is expected to continue expanding