Every handover still turns your data into paper and back again. CargoOwl keeps one digital record of each transport, from pickup to signed proof of delivery, shared by everyone on the load.
Freight has run on paper for decades. Each switch causes errors and needs another tool, or another phone call, just to know who has the load.
The same data is handled again at each handover.
4 switches · 3 copies · 1 re-key per party
One digital record, from the first draft to proof of delivery.
0 switches · 1 shared record · position and estimated arrival during the journey: On the roadmap
The CMR consignment note has barely changed since 1956. Printed in triplicate, signed by hand, lost in cabs, and re-keyed three times — paper quietly drains margin from every load.
Printing, scanning, postage, archiving and chasing missing pages add up across thousands of loads a year.
Invoices wait on the signed proof of delivery coming back by post — delaying payment and tying up working capital.
Illegible reservations and missing signatures turn into claims no one can resolve from a coffee-stained page.
The delay and dispute figures above are illustrative.
An eCMR is the electronic version of the CMR waybill that accompanies international road freight. Backed by the 2008 e-CMR Protocol to the CMR Convention, it carries exactly the same legal weight as paper — but it is created, signed and exchanged entirely online.
Recognised under the CMR Convention & its e-CMR Protocol — admissible proof of the contract of carriage and of delivery.
Sender, carrier and consignee sign on a phone or tablet with secure e-signatures — no printer, no pen, no posting.
One record every party sees, with timestamps, position at handover and a full, tamper-evident audit trail.
CargoOwl follows the load. Each party plays their part on the same record — and the moment it is delivered, everyone already has the proof.
The shipper or forwarder drafts the eCMR or DeCA in the portal, or creates it from their own system through the API.
At pickup the driver checks the goods, records reservations or damage, and signs on the spot.
Every party with an account follows each status change on the same record. Authorities verify the document from its QR link.
The consignee signs on delivery, on their own phone. Signed proof of delivery is on the record at once.
The EU's eFTI Regulation (2020/1056) requires authorities across the Union to accept freight information electronically. CargoOwl is built around the eFTI data model from day one — so when enforcement begins, your operation is already there.
What each acronym means for your fleet
Proof of delivery arrives by post, and every status check is a phone call.
Every handover lands on one shared record, without a phone call to the carrier.
Photos, reservations, position and timestamps recorded on the transport back your side in a dispute.
Replace the wait for posted proof of delivery with an audit-ready record the moment the consignee signs.
Drivers carry paper notes back to the office, and someone re-keys every one.
Drivers sign on their phone — no printing, no scanning, no envelopes back to the office.
Show enforcement a verifiable digital freight document through its QR link — no rummaging through the glovebox.
Cut the €4–6 hidden cost of handling each paper note across your whole fleet.
Signed proof of delivery is on the record the moment the consignee signs, so you bill without waiting for paper to come back.
Every signature captured digitally is one fewer document to print, post, file and eventually lose.
Every customer, carrier and subcontractor keeps a different copy of the same transport.
As a 3PL or 4PL, act for your customers on their transports, within the scope and expiry each delegation sets.
Keep your customers and carriers in one network you maintain, with duplicates flagged before they spread.
Issue legally valid digital freight documents (eCMR, DeCA) for the road legs you organise; other modes are recorded on the same consignment.
Create transports from your own system through the REST API, and receive webhooks for road-transport events.
Customers, carriers and subcontractors work from the same transport instead of forwarded PDFs.
On the roadmap Position and estimated arrival during the journey, contracts and pricing in one place, and AI analysis of your own data.
We observe how those lanes run today, agree with you the one number that matters to you, run them end to end on CargoOwl, and report what changed.
Book a 30-minute walkthrough. We'll map a real corridor of yours onto CargoOwl and show a digital freight document signed end to end: sender, carrier, consignee, authority.