Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) launched the DCSA Adopter Programme, to enable solution and service providers to validate adoption of DCSA standards based on the DCSA Self-certification Checklist (SCC).
The programme aims to enable customers of container shipping as well as other industry stakeholders to streamline vendor selection when seeking standards-based, interoperable solutions.
The first standards to be available for the Adopter Programme are the DCSA Standard for the Bill of Lading 1.0 (part of the DCSA electronic documentation initiative) and Track & Trace 1.2. Checklists for other DCSA standards suitable for the Adopter Programme will be added in the future.
Any organisation in the market for solutions or services can request evidence of DCSA standards adoption in an industry-wide standard format when issuing RFIs, RFPs and tender requests. In turn, vendors responding will be able to provide pre-filled documents along with the outputs of DCSA API tools demonstrating their adopter status.
We have been asked by customers of the shipping industry as well as solution and service providers to make the process of identifying standards-based offerings easier. The Adopter Programme is our starting point for creating clarity around what constitutes successful standards adoption. We also wanted to focus on high priorities for shippers, such as eBL and Track & Trace, while keeping the programme free and easy for everyone to use
said Thomas Bagge, DCSA CEO.
