Cargill processes first e-bill of lading

Technology

Monday, March 04, 2013

The U.S. agribusiness Cargill made its first grain shipment using an electronic bill of lading last week, Reuters reported Friday. Cargill used the electronic process to underlie a shipment of grain from Houston to Veracruz, Mexico. The transfer of documents took 19 minutes, the company said in a statement to Reuters . “After nearly 150 years of paper bills of lading, this first electronic BL represents a historical milestone for us,” company spokesman Ernst Herger sa...

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