Sea freight module
B/L & cargo manifest data extraction
A B/L (bill of lading) or a cargo manifest has dozens of fields, most of which are only needed for internal accounting, D&D analysis or shipment tracking -- not a legal decision. The Cargo Intelligence sea module extracts exactly that data, while sticking to one strict boundary, explained below.
Important limitation
This tool extracts data for INTERNAL use ONLY. It NEVER confirms a document's legal validity, ownership transfer or authenticity. The B/L number is treated as a text identifier, not a legal status value. If you need legal confirmation of a document (e.g. for a bank or a port), that is NOT what this tool does.
How it works
01
Acknowledge the limitation
Before the first upload, you confirm you understand this is not a legal document verification tool.
02
Upload the document
A B/L or manifest as a PDF or image.
03
Get structured data
Shipper, consignee, vessel, voyage number, container numbers, weight, ports, B/L number.
Who this is for
- Freight forwarders who need to quickly enter B/L data into their internal system for shipment tracking, without seeking legal confirmation.
- Accounting teams processing sea freight invoices who want to automatically link a container number to its B/L.
- D&D analysis -- container numbers and dates from a B/L help match faster against detention/demurrage invoices.
What you get
- Structured B/L/manifest data, ready for internal use.
- A clear separation between data extraction (what this tool does) and legal confirmation (what it does NOT do) -- so you never overestimate what you received.
- A container number list ready to link with D&D auditing, if you use both Demurrit products.
Coverage
Available to freight forwarders operating in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland -- regardless of which port (Klaipeda, Riga, Tallinn, Gdansk and others) the cargo moves through.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use this tool for an ownership or letter-of-credit dispute?
No. That is explicitly NOT what this tool is for. Such matters need the original document and a legal/banking process, not automated extraction.
Why such a strict limitation?
Because the cost of a mistake here is disproportionate -- a cargo seizure or a frozen letter of credit caused by a wrongly "confirmed" document would be far more serious than any other use case of this product.
Read more: Extracting B/L data without legal risk: what to automate and what not to →
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