What is e-WayBill?

1. Electronic waybill (e‐waybill)
In this section we discuss the existing e‐waybill solutions in different modes of transports i.e. air, sea
and road transports.

1.1. e‐Freight and requirements
We let e‐Freight denote the use of an electronic device that can be used for entering, storing and
accessing information, equivalent to the information of the waybill. We also assume there are
electronic mechanisms that can replace the role of proofing that the carrier has received and
delivered the goods (i.e. equivalent to the signature and stamp of sender, carrier and consignee).
Hence we make the assumption that supporting functions for handling the electronic signatures and
access to the information will be present. Further we make the assumption for maintaining legality
that authorities, such as customs, should have a standardized interface for reading information of the waybill

1.2. e‐waybill (for road)
One working example of an e‐waybill used in trade by road is by DHL known as DHL Express Waybill
[12]. DHL in this scenario act as a carrier that requires the sender to fill out their electronic version of
a waybill before transporting goods to the intended consignee. To use the DHL express service a user
must be registered with DHL as a business user. Only then he/she is allowed to fill out the e‐waybill.
Some features of the e‐waybill used by DHL express are:
• It is used to specify the goods destination, services required and mode of payment.
• It tells the sender the conditions on which DHL provides its services.
• It has a unique number so that the sender can track his consignment via DHL website.
• It has information about your consignment for the customs.
Potential solution to replace a paper waybill with an e‐waybill will ensure “a single transport
document for the carriage of goods”, which is an integral objective of the e‐Freight project launched
by the EU on 1st January 2010 [13]. The e‐Freight project is an initiative by the European Union and is
based on the principle of a paperless electronic flow of goods related information during a transport

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