"China leads global eBL adoption with a rate higher than 21%, far exceeding the 5% global average.” This report explores the concept of eBLs as 'data containers,' linking supply chain processes digitally via emergent use cases. This paper draws on insights from GSBN’s inaugural eBL forum and highlights lessons for global adoption, streamlining trade, enhancing compliance, and building resilience in maritime trade ecosystems.

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A follow up study to examine the environmental impact of traditional paper-based shipping document transactions, compared to the environmental benefits that digitalization offers to industry participants in the context of Multimodal Freight Transport (MFT).

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Authored by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Digital Standards Initiative (DSI), this paper presents 22 global use cases where organizations are rapidly adopting the KTDDE framework to drive digital transformation in international trade.

Notably, GSBN is highlighted as a pioneer in leveraging blockchain technology to enhance data trustworthiness to unlock trade finance opportunities with tokenised electronic Bills of Lading under the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Project Ensemble. With these endeavours, GSBN provides an immutable, verifiable source of truth that enables stakeholders to improve working capital, increases financier’s confidence while slashing CO2 emissions to help organisations to meet their objectives in carbon savings.

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