Identity Verification
e-AWB adoption: 80–95%. Identity verification at airport ground handling: still paper.
Air cargo is the most digitalized transport mode. The electronic Air Waybill (e-AWB) covers the vast majority of international shipments. ULD tracking, customs pre-clearance, real-time visibility — all digital. Then the cargo lands. The dangerous goods declaration is signed on paper. The ground handler shows a printed badge. The freight forwarder hands a clipboard to the truck driver. Identity, at the edges, is still 1980s.
"Verifiable Credentials have the potential to streamline cargo operations by enabling secure, instant verification of personnel, certifications, and operational permissions across the supply chain."
e-AWB is solved. ULD tracking is solved. Customs pre-clearance is solved. Three edges remain — and all three are identity edges.
Every airport ground handler enters bonded zones, accesses cargo terminals, and signs handover documents. Today's process: a printed photo ID and a clipboard signature. Tomorrow's requirement: cryptographic identity per access event.
Dangerous Goods Regulations require the shipper to certify, in writing, that the shipment complies. Today: paper Shipper's Declaration. The certifier's identity is asserted by signature and stamp. eIDAS AdES with biometric verification turns this into court-ready evidence.
Most cargo doesn't end its journey at the airport. It transfers to a truck for final delivery. The driver who picks it up is often a subcontractor — Turkish, Ukrainian, Moroccan — without an EU digital identity. The cargo is digital. The handover is paper.
Air cargo has historically been more secure than road or sea — strict regulatory environment, controlled airport access. But identity-based fraud is rising, not falling. The threat surface is shifting.
Fraudsters register fictitious carriers to obtain pickup authorization. Today's verification: a bill of lading and a forwarding agent's word. Identity verification of the carrier company, in real time, prevents this.
AI-generated face images now pass casual visual checks. Static photo ID badges are no longer sufficient. Liveness-verified biometric match at every cargo handover is the new baseline.
Forged Shipper's Declarations for dangerous goods aren't just compliance failures — they're flight safety risks. eIDAS AdES with biometric certifier identity makes these undetectable forgeries impossible.
From ground handler badge-in to DGR certifier signature to truck driver handover — what your platform needs today, plus what's already deployable for tomorrow.
Cryptographic identity for every person entering the bonded zone. Biometric step-up authentication. Full audit trail per cargo touchpoint. Replaces printed photo IDs and manual checkpoint logs.
Shipper's Declaration signed with eIDAS AdES. Certifier identity verified biometrically. Real-time check that the dangerous goods training certificate is still valid. Court-ready evidence chain.
Every truck driver picking up cargo at the airport — verified in 90 seconds. NFC chip read for 179 ICAO 9303 countries (HIGH-equivalent), document + face match elsewhere (SUBSTANTIAL-equivalent). One identity flows from air to road.
Verify the freight forwarder requesting the shipment. Verify the carrier company picking it up. Real-time check against trade registers. Anti-fraud at every handover.
Our Dual Key architecture natively supports zero-knowledge proofs. Prove dangerous goods training without exposing personal data. Verify security clearance without sharing the certificate.
Unit Load Devices already have RFID tags. As IATA pushes for digital ULD authentication, the infrastructure to verify them cryptographically is ready today — same architecture as humans.
Air cargo signatures are not all equal. A DGR Shipper's Declaration is a flight-safety document — a forged declaration can put an aircraft and its crew at risk. A ground handling sign-off is an audit trail. An air-to-road handover is a chain-of-custody event. Each needs cryptographic evidence that holds up in court, with optional company-level eSeal for institutional accountability. Here's exactly what each signature contains:
Whether you're a freight forwarder, a ground handler, an airport authority, or an integrator with high e-AWB adoption — let us show you the identity layer that closes the last analog gaps.