Skip to main content

About eFTI Connect

We are digitising the document at the heart of European road freight — the consignment note.

The CMR consignment note has been the backbone of international road transport since the United Nations CMR Convention was signed in Geneva in 1956. Nearly 70 years later, an enormous share of the roughly 280 million international CMR transactions each year still moves on paper. We think the industry deserves better.

eFTI Connect was created to bring the consignment note fully into the digital age — combining the legal foundation of the eCMR with the intelligence of modern AI, in a platform that any exporter, freight forwarder or carrier can start using in minutes.

What we stand for

  • Open, not locked-in. eFTI Connect is built on and fully compatible with the Open Logistics Foundation eCMR standard — the open-source industry standard created by 28 leading logistics and IT companies. Interoperability is a principle, not an afterthought.
  • Regional by design. With support for 10 languages — Serbian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Albanian, Slovenian, Croatian, Hungarian, English and German — we are built for the real, multilingual reality of transport across the Western Balkans and the EU.
  • Ready for regulation. Our name reflects our alignment with the EU's electronic Freight Transport Information (eFTI) Regulation (EU) 2020/1056, which requires Member State authorities to accept electronic freight information from 9 July 2027.
  • Intelligent by default. As the first AI-powered eCMR platform, we use artificial intelligence to remove manual work and error from every consignment note.

Aligned with the standards that matter

  • The CMR Convention & the 2008 e-CMR Protocol — the legal basis that gives the electronic consignment note the same standing as paper (in force since 5 June 2011; 42 contracting parties as of mid-2026).
  • The Open Logistics Foundation eCMR standard — for interoperability across the industry.
  • The EU eFTI Regulation (EU) 2020/1056 — for future-proof compliance, with supporting delegated and implementing acts adopted through 2024–2025.
  • The eIDAS Regulation — for legally sound electronic signatures and seals.
  • Microsoft Azure — for secure, scalable, infrastructure-free cloud delivery.

The moment is now

Adoption of the eCMR has reached critical mass across Europe, and the regulatory direction is clear — under the eFTI Regulation, EU Member State authorities must accept electronic freight transport information from 9 July 2027. Companies that digitise now gain an operational edge — faster invoicing, lower costs, better data — while those that wait risk friction at borders, audits and inspections. eFTI Connect exists to make that transition simple, affordable and intelligent.

eCMR feasibility study

Our comprehensive feasibility study covers the legal framework, the technology and the business case for digital consignment notes in the region.