eCMR for carriers and hauliers
Sign on a phone, clear borders faster, ditch the paperwork — and get paid sooner.
For carriers, the paper consignment note is a daily drag: forms filled by hand at the dock, documents that get lost or smudged, and payment that waits until the signed paper finally makes its way back to the office. eFTI Connect puts the whole process on the device your driver already carries.
The carrier's grind — solved
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Paperwork at every stop. Handwritten consignment notes slow down loading, handover and delivery.
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Payment that waits on paper. Signed paper CMRs can take weeks to return before you can invoice — squeezing your cash flow.
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Disputes you can't easily win. Without clear evidence of condition and timing, damage and delay claims become your word against theirs.
What eFTI Connect delivers for you
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Driver mobile signing. Drivers sign on a standard smartphone — no special hardware, no scanner. Consignees can sign via a secure link without an account.
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Instant proof of delivery. Capture a signed, time-stamped POD — with GPS location, comments and photo evidence — the moment goods change hands.
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Get paid faster. Digital POD reaches your back office instantly, so you can invoice immediately instead of waiting weeks for paper.
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Less paperwork at borders. Authorities can verify the eCMR from a mobile device via a secure link or QR code, speeding up roadside and border checks.
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Fleet efficiency. Dispatchers assign transports digitally; drivers get everything they need on their phone; nothing gets retyped.
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Fewer disputes. Time stamps, digital signatures and photos give you a solid, tamper-evident record if a claim arises.
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Works where signal is poor, syncing automatically when the connection returns.
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No infrastructure. Because eFTI Connect runs on Microsoft Azure, there is nothing to install and no servers to maintain.
In the driver's own language
Drivers work in their own language — Serbian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Albanian, Slovenian, Croatian, Hungarian, English or German — making adoption effortless across cross-border routes.
A note on cross-border legal validity
The eCMR is legally equivalent to the paper CMR on international routes where both countries have ratified the 2008 e-CMR Protocol. Ratification has reached critical mass — 42 countries as of mid-2026 — and continues to grow across the region, with North Macedonia and Albania acceding in April 2026 and Serbia in July 2026, joining Slovenia and Hungary. On routes involving countries that have not yet ratified, eFTI Connect still delivers the full operational benefits — digital workflow, proof of delivery, visibility and eFTI-ready data — and prepares you for the moment ratification and the EU's 9 July 2027 eFTI deadline take effect. Always confirm the status for the specific countries on your route.