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Bol.ai
Turn Bills of Lading into structured data in seconds
Bol.ai extracts structured data from Bills of Lading, commercial invoices, packing lists, and CMR waybills — upload a PDF, scan, or phone photo and get 20+ fields back (parties, ports, containers, weights) as JSON or CSV. Container numbers are verified against the ISO 6346 checksum. Documents that belong to the same shipment get cross-checked against each other automatically, catching the mismatches that cause customs holds and demurrage. EU data residency throughout. API/MCP included.
Hey PH! I built bol.ai after watching freight forwarders retype the same Bill of Lading fields by hand, one document at a time, for every shipment.
A few things I'm proud of:
Every container number gets validated against the real ISO 6346 checksum — not just "looks right"
If you upload the B/L, invoice, and packing list for one shipment, we catch it when they disagree with each other (this is the thing that actually causes customs delays)
Everything stays in the EU — no data leaves European infrastructure
There's an MCP server, so if you're wiring up an AI agent to handle freight paperwork, it can call bol.ai directly
5 free documents, no card required. Would love your feedback, especially from anyone who's dealt with freight docs before.
How does the cross-checking actually handle cases where the same shipment shows up with slightly different weights or port codes across docs, do you flag it as a mismatch or pick a confidence-weighted value?
Ran a blurry phone photo of a Bill of Lading through it and the container number came back ISO-validated while my eyes were still squinting at the page. The cross-check between the invoice and the BoL catching a weight mismatch before I noticed it sealed the deal for me.
how does the cross-document check actually flag mismatches, just by reporting the difference or suggesting the right value based on the other docs?
About Bol.ai on Product Hunt
“Turn Bills of Lading into structured data in seconds”
Bol.ai was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 4 comments, placing #159 on the daily leaderboard. Bol.ai extracts structured data from Bills of Lading, commercial invoices, packing lists, and CMR waybills — upload a PDF, scan, or phone photo and get 20+ fields back (parties, ports, containers, weights) as JSON or CSV. Container numbers are verified against the ISO 6346 checksum. Documents that belong to the same shipment get cross-checked against each other automatically, catching the mismatches that cause customs holds and demurrage. EU data residency throughout. API/MCP included.
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