Although the use of electronic bills of lading (conhecimento de transporte eletrônico, in Portuguese, best known as “CT-e”) have been around for a decade, there is an increasingly number of queries from foreign shipowners, operators and P&I clubs regarding the use of the CT-e to cover carriage of goods by sea between Brazilian ports and terminals. Basically, the CT-e is a paperless tax document to cover cargoes carried in all modes of transport within Brazil and its printable, abridged version is … Continue lendo Electronic bills of lading (CT-e) in the Brazilian cabotage