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During the ICC Austria’s Trade Finance Week, Omer Guy, General Counsel of the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), the Netherlands, shared his insights on the digitisation of transport documents, particularly electronic bills of lading, in an interview with Eleonore Treu, Director of Trade Finance Week Austria and TTP Editorial Board Member.
In this article, TTP’s Carter Hoffman explores why digitisation has stalled, despite clear benefits. From the collapse of TradeLens to the rise of MLETR-based reforms in Singapore, the UK, and France, the piece highlights how legal change, tokenisation, and neutral governance models are finally creating the trust conditions for large-scale adoption.
Norton Rose Fulbright, a law firm, has advised Ocean Network Express (ONE), a shipping company, on a structured ship financing transaction involving both the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI).
Zulema Townsend, Associate in the Environment and Climate Law Group at A&O Shearman, highlights the shift from voluntary sustainability reporting to mandatory, detailed disclosures, and the growing due diligence obligations companies face.
In the shadow of intensifying US-China trade tensions and Middle East instability, the Q2 2025 CIPS Pulse Survey shows sharp increases in both short-term and long-term outlook concerns over the global supply chain.
