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AI Document Reading for Freight Files and Invoices

How AI reads freight documents: OCR, data extraction, linking to the right shipment and freight invoice auditing. What the tool does and what your team decides.

Baudouin de Dreuille 2025-03-06 · 5 min

Analysis

The Role of Agents in International Freight Forwarding

Understand a local partner’s role in an international shipment and clarify tasks, contacts and billing.

Baudouin de Dreuille 2024-10-16 · 1 min

Features

Comparing International Freight Quotes: Save on Your Transport Budget

Compare freight quotes on total price, transit time and terms to choose the right offer for your shipment.

Baudouin de Dreuille 2024-07-30 · 1 min

Features

Warehouse Appointment Booking: Method and Tools

Dock appointment scheduling explained: why book warehouse slots, which rules to agree with carriers and sites, and what to look for in a scheduling tool.

Baudouin de Dreuille 2024-07-29 · 5 min

Features

Maximize Your Savings with Our Invoice Audit Module

Match invoices, quotes and rate cards to identify discrepancies and obtain justified corrections.

Baudouin de Dreuille 2024-07-29 · 1 min

Logistics

FCL Shipment Timeline: Booking, VGM and Cut-Offs

FCL export timeline step by step: booking, empty pick-up, VGM, documentation and terminal cut-offs, export customs, ETD and ETA. Who sets each deadline.

Baudouin de Dreuille 2024-07-05 · 5 min

Logistics

What Is a TMS? Transport Software for International Freight

What does a TMS do for an importer or exporter? Core modules, TMS vs spreadsheets, selection criteria and implementation steps for shipper transport software.

Corentin Mathias 2024-06-17 · 8 min

News

Christofle Announces a 3-Year Global Strategic Partnership with OneChain to Optimize Its Supply Chain

Christofle partners with OneChain TMS for 3 years to optimize its global supply chain and reduce carbon emissions.

Baudouin de Dreuille 2024-06-17 · 2 min

Logistics

Ocean Freight Rates Explained: Spot, Contract, FAK, BAF

Ocean freight rate types explained: spot vs contract, FAK, NAC and premium rates, plus BAF, THC, PSS and GRI surcharges, with carrier examples to compare.

Baudouin de Dreuille 2024-06-17 · 6 min

News

What Is the European CS3D Directive?

CS3D: due diligence scope and the EU timetable revised in 2026, with implications for supply chain teams.

Corentin Mathias 2024-06-17 · 2 min

Customs

HS Code: Meaning, CN and TARIC, How to Find Yours

An HS code classifies goods with 6 digits, extended to 8 (CN) and 10 (TARIC) in the EU. Structure, official lookup tools, and BTI rulings to secure your code.

Baudouin de Dreuille 2024-06-09 · 6 min

Analysis

How to Reduce CO2 Emissions from Freight Transport

Measure freight emissions, then act on flows, loading, modes and energy using comparable boundaries.

OneChain 2 min

News

The CSRD: New Regulatory Burden or a Lever for Decarbonizing Logistics?

CSRD and freight: what changed in 2026 and how to prepare traceable carbon data with sustainability teams.

OneChain 2 min

Customs

IMA Customs Declaration: Meaning, Codes and How to Read It

What an IMA is in French customs: the IM A code, the SAD and DELTA IE, codes IM4, EX A and procedure 40, the BAE release status and the EORI number explained.

OneChain 5 min

Customs

Customs Representation Mandate: Direct vs Indirect

Customs representation mandate explained: direct vs indirect representation, who can be a registered representative, what to include, liability and duration.

OneChain 6 min

Customs

T1 Transit Document: Definition, Deadline and Discharge

A T1 moves non-EU goods under customs control to the office of destination. MRN, guarantee, time limit, discharge and T1 vs T2 explained in plain terms.

OneChain 5 min

Features

Freight reporting: turn costs into explanations

Explain freight spend using the shipments, periods and providers behind your indicators.

OneChain 1 min

Logistics

Air Cargo Security: Known Consignor and Regulated Agent

EU air cargo security explained: screening, regulated agents, known consignors, approved hauliers from 2027 and ACC3. Who does what and how to prepare.

OneChain 6 min

Features

Proactive Tracking of Containers at Risk of DEM/DET Charges with OneChain

Track free-time deadlines and coordinate container collection, delivery and return with your partners.

OneChain 1 min

Logistics

Demurrage and Detention: Definitions, Free Time, Calculation

Demurrage, detention and storage charges explained: who bills them, which events start the clock, how free time works and how to check your invoice.

OneChain 6 min

Customs

Certificate of Origin: Who Issues It and When You Need It

Certificate of origin explained: preferential vs non-preferential origin, issuance by French chambers of commerce, EUR.1, REX and approved exporter differences.

OneChain 5 min

Customs

Inward Processing in the EU: Conditions and Discharge

Inward processing lets you process or repair non-EU goods in the EU with duties and import VAT suspended. Conditions, authorisation, discharge, examples.

OneChain 5 min

Customs

Outward Processing in the EU: Relief and Duty Calculation

Outward processing lets you temporarily export EU goods for processing or repair abroad, then re-import them with full or partial duty relief. How it works.

OneChain 5 min

Customs

Customs Warehousing in the EU: How It Works

Customs warehousing lets you store non-EU goods for an unlimited period with duties and VAT suspended. Types, authorisation, release and key differences.

OneChain 5 min

Features

Shipment tracking: turn milestones into action

Milestones, ETAs and exceptions: use shipment visibility to coordinate the right actions with your partners.

OneChain 1 min

Logistics

Freight Forwarder vs Transport Organizer vs Customs Broker

Freight forwarder, French commissionnaire de transport and customs broker compared: roles, legal status, liability and a table to pick the right provider.

OneChain 6 min