BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 8. Azerbaijan is
studying the possibility of introducing the FIATA Bill of Lading
(FBL), a multimodal transport document, in digital form, Trend’s correspondent
reports from the event.
Kamran Habibov, chairman of the Freight Forwarders Association
of Azerbaijan (FFAA), said this at the 5th International Forum on
Freight Transportation in the Black and Caspian Regions — 2026,
being held in Baku.
According to him, the FIATA Bill of Lading is a multimodal
document that allows cargo to be transported under a single
document regardless of the number of changes in modes of
transport.
“At present, our association and the Ministry of Digital
Development and Transport of Azerbaijan are holding consultations
and studying the issue of introducing this document in the
country,” he said.
Habibov noted that introducing the document only in Azerbaijan
would not be sufficient.
“Once we launch this process in our country, we will likely
initiate its introduction in other countries as well, demonstrate
the advantages of this document and bring corridor participants
that are not yet involved into the process,” he added.
According to him, documents are gradually being converted into
electronic formats, and FIATA is also working on digitizing the
FBL.
“Work in this direction is ongoing. Perhaps we will be able to
present the first results by the end of the year,” Habibov
said.
