Naigai Trans Line Adds AI-OCR to Dangerous Goods LCL Bookings
The Japanese forwarder announced an AI-OCR feature to automate data entry for LCL dangerous goods sea bookings, replacing manual input from MSDS and Dangerous Goods Declarations.
Naigai Trans Line, a Japanese freight forwarder specializing in LCL consolidation and dangerous goods, announced a new AI-OCR feature supporting data entry during web bookings for LCL dangerous goods shipments by sea. The process previously required staff to manually enter information from Material Safety Data Sheets and Dangerous Goods Declarations, including UN numbers, packing groups, and hazard classes, into booking forms.
The announcement was reported by Daily Cargo on 9 November 2026. The full article is paywalled, so feature details such as accuracy figures and supported document types have not been independently verified. As this is a vendor announcement, stated benefits should be treated as vendor claims. The company operates a dedicated dangerous goods service that has relied on manual MSDS and declaration handling, which the new feature is intended to streamline.