Your cargo is digital.
Your bill of lading is not.
CyboBuy Trade Desk moves importers and forwarders off paper bills of lading — and then runs the document desk for them. A fixed-fee readiness audit, or a monthly back-office.
Sources: GoFreight (2026) on eBL penetration; UNCITRAL status of the MLETR (Sep 2026); International Group of P&I Clubs guidance on approved systems.
The gap is the paperwork, not the freight
Most importers already track vessels, containers and invoices digitally. The one document that still travels by courier is the one that transfers control of the goods. That single gap creates the expensive failures: a bill that arrives after the vessel, an endorsement chain a bank will not accept, a document set rejected for a discrepancy nobody saw before presentation.
Going electronic is not a software purchase. It is a legal question (which law governs the document), an insurance question (is the platform approved), and an operating question (who issues, endorses and archives). We answer all three, then take the operating part off your desk.
eBL Readiness Audit
A corridor-by-corridor answer to one question: can you legally and safely stop sending paper, and what breaks first if you do?
- Corridor map — which of your routes can run on electronic documents today, and which cannot yet
- Platform and cover fit — an approved system that your carrier, bank and P&I club will actually accept
- Gap register — documents, signatures, controls and counterparties ranked by what blocks you first
- 12-month roadmap with owners, sequencing and the cheap wins for the first quarter
- Written evidence pack plus a 90-minute debrief
The document desk, monthly
We work inside your own platform account and your own approvals. You keep the counterparty relationship; we keep the document set correct, endorsed and traceable.
Desk Starter
net, 30-day notice
For an importer or forwarder running a single lane who needs the paperwork to stop falling on one person.
- Up to 30 documents per month
- 1 corridor
- Turnaround: 1 business day
- Issue, endorse, archive and audit trail
- Pre-presentation check against your bank’s document requirements
Desk Trade
net, 30-day notice
The usual fit: several lanes, bank presentations, and a document set that has to be right the first time.
- Up to 100 documents per month
- up to 3 corridors
- Turnaround: 4 business hours
- Issue, endorse, archive and audit trail
- Pre-presentation check against your bank’s document requirements
Desk Plus
net, 30-day notice
For groups with volume, multiple entities and a compliance committee that wants a monthly paper trail.
- Up to 250 documents per month
- unlimited corridors
- Turnaround: 4 business hours, named operator
- Issue, endorse, archive and audit trail
- Pre-presentation check against your bank’s document requirements
How it starts
Send the intake
Ten minutes. Company, corridors, monthly document volume, and which platform — if any — you use today.
Scoping call
Thirty minutes, free. We confirm whether an audit, a desk plan, or neither is the right answer.
Fixed-fee proposal
One page: scope, price, start date, and what we need from you. No hourly billing.
Deliver
Audit in 10 working days. Desk live within 15 working days of signature.
What we do not do
- We do not lend, factor or broker credit. If you need financing against a bill of lading, we will tell you which regulated counterparties to talk to.
- We do not give legal advice. Jurisdiction questions are answered by your counsel; our audit tells you which questions to put to them.
- We are not a customs broker or freight forwarder. We handle documents, not carriage or clearance.
- We do not hold title to your goods. The platform account and the commercial relationship stay yours.
Request the audit or a desk plan
One business-day response. No newsletter, no drip sequence.
Questions we get asked
Do we need to be on a platform already?
No. Most clients are still on paper when they start. The audit is designed for that case.
Which platform do you recommend?
None in advance. The right one depends on your carrier, your bank and the law governing each corridor. We check approved status with your P&I club before recommending anything.
Is this legal advice?
No. We map the legal position of each corridor and give you the questions to put to your counsel. We do not opine on your contracts.
Can we start with one corridor?
Yes. Desk Starter is built for exactly that.
What happens to our data?
Intake data is stored on this server, used only to answer your enquiry, and deleted on request. See the privacy policy.
What are the contract terms?
Audit: fixed fee, 50% on start, 50% on delivery. Desk: monthly, 30-day notice, no minimum term beyond the first month.