eBL platform interoperability

Platform interoperability means an eBL issued on one platform can be transferred to a party that uses a different platform. DCSA's release of 4 June 2026 states that previously an eBL issued on one platform remained there, so every party to a shipment had to use the same system, and that earlier interoperability was bilateral, through one-to-one links between platforms. DCSA's framework has three components: the Platform Interoperability (PINT) API for transferring DCSA-compliant eBLs between platforms; a legal framework made of the Multilateral Service Provider Interoperability Agreement (MSPIA) between providers and a Standard Annex governing users; and the Control Tracking Registry (CTR), which records which platform controls each interoperable eBL. On 15 May 2025 DCSA announced what it called a first standards-based interoperable eBL transaction. On 4 June 2026 it announced that CargoX, edoxOnline, eTEU, TradeGo and WaveBL had implemented Standard Annex v.2 with International Group of P&I Clubs approval. On 17 October 2026 the International Group's approved list showed the DCSA Standard Annex in several systems' approved terms; other providers listed their own interoperability annexes or addendums.