Ocean carriers have been invited to join a pilot set for 2027 that will let them verify tank containers instantly online or by application programming interface, a report published by sources said on 29 October 2026.
Carriers will be able to check live specifications and inspection certificates held in BoxTech, rather than performing the email exchanges that the report says can take up to 30 minutes for each tank container.
How verification will be carried out
The system described uses BoxTech as the platform for live technical specifications and inspection documentation. Verification may be performed either through an online interface or via API calls that query the stored records in real time.
The report underlines that these records include inspection certificates and the live specifications that carriers need for operational acceptance. Those electronic records replace the email checks that the report cites as taking up to 30 minutes per tank.
The 2027 pilot and who is invited
The International Tank Container Organisation (ITCO) and BIC are bringing the capability to ocean carriers and have invited them to take part in a pilot during 2027 alongside tank container operators. The pilot will pair carriers with the operators who hold the records in BoxTech, the report states.
The initiative is presented in the report as an industry-level move to make verification available immediately through the platform. Sources carried the item on 29 October 2026, describing the invitation to carriers and the technology behind the checks.
ITCO and BIC are named in the report as the organisations behind the effort to bring instant onboarding to ocean carriers. BoxTech is identified as the repository for live specifications and inspection certificates used in the verification flows described.
The published account focuses on the procedural change from email-based checks to online and API-based verification using BoxTech-held records. The report provides the specific detail that email checks can take up to 30 minutes per tank container and that the pilot is planned for 2027.
Organisations and operators are therefore being asked to register their interest in the pilot and to align the data they hold with BoxTech for the verification exercises outlined in the report. The announcement as reported gives a timetable year but does not set specific pilot start or end dates beyond the 2027 window.
The report makes clear that the verification information to be used is the live specifications and inspection certificates stored in the platform, and that carriers will be offered either a browser-based route or API access to consult those records in real time. reports is the outlet cited for these details on 29 October 2026.