Bill of Lading Extraction

Parseur is an AI bill of lading OCR software that extracts shipper, consignee, ports, containers and cargo lines from any BoL into Excel, your TMS or ERP.

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Shipper and consignee

Ports of loading and discharge

Container numbers

Cargo line items

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What is Bill of Lading OCR?

From any bill of lading to clean data in minutes

Parseur is an AI document processing platform that reads every bill of lading your carriers send and delivers the fields freight forwarders, customs brokers and logistics teams expect.

Describe the fields in plain English

List the fields you need from a bill of lading, such as shipper, consignee, ports and container numbers, and Parseur's AI extracts them from every BoL. No template per carrier.

Containers and cargo lines as rows

Each container, package and weight comes out as its own row, so a 12-container shipment is 12 rows in your spreadsheet or TMS, not one block of text.

Straight into your TMS, ERP or spreadsheet

Push bill of lading data to Excel, Google Sheets, your TMS or ERP through webhooks, Zapier, Make, Power Automate or the API.

Flexible data capture tool

What fields can Parseur extract from BoL documents?

Below is a list of the most commonly extracted fields from bills of lading. With Parseur, you have the flexibility to customize this list by adding, renaming, or removing fields as needed.

Parseur is designed to support data extraction from shipping documents in any language and format.

Sample value
Text (multi-lines)

BoLNumber

The unique identifier for the bill of lading.

DAXC23456789
Date

ShipmentDate

The date the order was shipped.

2024-01-01
Person's name

ConsigneeName

The name of the consignee.

Cardpocket Co Ltd
Address

ConsigneeAddress

The address of the consignee.

123 Main Street, Anytown, USA
Person's name

ShipperName

The name of the shipper.

ACME Inc.
Address

ShipperAddress

The address of the supplier or vendor.

456 1st Street, Newtown, USA
Table (list of items)

Items

The list of goods ordered.

order number pkgs quantity Weight

12345 5 20 100 kg
12778 5 777 16250 kg
Text (multi-lines)

CommodityDescription

The description of the good.

Cardbox boxes

order number	pkgs	quantity	Weight
12345	5	20	100 kg
12778	5	777	16250 kg

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How does Parseur reduce bill of lading data errors?

Most bill of lading errors come from three places: retyping, carrier layouts a template cannot handle, and poor scans. Parseur removes all three, which is why freight and logistics teams put it at the core of their bill of lading automation workflow.

: A bill of lading carries dozens of values that are easy to mistype: container numbers, seal numbers, weights, dates and reference codes. Parseur reads the document and fills every field itself, so none of them pass through a keyboard on the way to your TMS or ERP.
: Every shipping line lays out its bill of lading differently, and template-based tools break each time a new one shows up. Parseur's AI reads the layout it is given and extracts the fields you asked for, so a new carrier does not mean new setup or a backlog of failed documents.
: Many BoLs arrive as a scan or a phone photo taken at the dock, often with a received stamp, a handwritten note or a ticked box. Parseur's Vision AI reads these the same way it reads a digital PDF, including the handwriting, stamps and checkboxes that text-only OCR tools skip.
: The line items are where most extraction tools lose data. Parseur extracts containers, packages, quantities and weights as rows, with each line item linked to its own values, so a 12-container shipment comes out as 12 rows, not one merged block of text.
: A single PDF often holds a whole batch of BoLs. Parseur splits it into one record per bill of lading before extraction, by page count, page range, keyword or AI, so each shipment is processed and exported on its own.
: Carriers write dates, weights and addresses in different ways. Parseur normalizes them into the format you choose, so every export has the same structure and your downstream systems never have to guess.
: When you want a second pair of eyes, your team can compare the extracted data with the original bill of lading side by side and correct any field before it reaches your TMS, ERP or spreadsheet.
: Bills of lading contain customer, cargo and routing details. Parseur encrypts your data, is GDPR and SOC 2 Type II compliant, and follows strict data privacy practices, so your shipping documents stay confidential.

Three sources of bill of lading errors, removed

Retyped container numbers, seal numbers and weights
Carrier layouts a template cannot handle
Poor scans, stamps and handwriting

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AI Document processing you can trust

Parseur has extracted data from documents for businesses around the world since 2016.

documents processed: 100M+
businesses trust Parseur: 40,000+
in production since: 2016
uptime: 99.9%+

ROI is worth it based on the amount of time I've saved so far and my ROI would have been even better had I just found it sooner.

Jonathan Lee, Founder at J Lee Agency LLC

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Upload your documents

Forward emails, drag and drop files or connect through the API. PDFs, scans and photos all work.
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Parseur extracts the fields you need and sends them to your spreadsheet or business apps.

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FAQ about bill of lading OCR and data extraction

All your questions about bill of lading OCR, parsing and data extraction with Parseur.

A bill of lading parser is software that reads a bill of lading and turns it into structured data, such as the BoL number, shipper, consignee, ports, containers and cargo lines. Parseur is a bill of lading parser that works on PDFs, scans and email attachments from any carrier, with no coding.

No. Parseur's AI extracts the fields you list from any bill of lading layout, so BoLs from new carriers or shipping lines are processed without extra setup.

Yes. Parseur's Vision AI engine reads scanned PDFs and photos as well as digital PDFs, including handwritten notes, stamps and checkboxes, so paper BoLs signed at the dock can be processed like any other document.

Parseur's OCR engine recognizes text in more than 60 languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Hebrew, Arabic and Hindi, with experimental support for 160+ more.

No. You list the fields you want from your bills of lading in plain English, and Parseur's AI extracts them from every document. The API and webhooks are there for developers who want them, not required.

Parseur encrypts your data, is GDPR and SOC 2 Type II compliant, and follows strict data privacy practices, so the customer, cargo and routing details on your bills of lading stay confidential.

Parseur has a free plan to test your own bills of lading, and paid plans that scale with your document volume. You can review our pricing plans here.

Bill of lading data extraction, also called bill of lading document extraction, is the process of capturing the key data points of a bill of lading, such as parties, vessel, voyage, ports, dates, reference numbers and cargo details, and sending them to other systems. Parseur automates it with AI as part of an intelligent document processing platform, so freight and logistics teams stop copying BoLs into spreadsheets and TMS screens by hand.

Yes. Parseur extracts tables such as containers, packages, quantities and weights as rows, keeping each line item linked to its values. You can export them line by line to Excel, Google Sheets or your TMS.

Parseur processes bills of lading sent as PDFs, scans, images, Word files, Excel files and emails, out of 25+ supported file formats. BoLs can be forwarded by email, uploaded, or sent through the API.

Parseur sends extracted bill of lading data to 100+ tools through native integrations with Zapier, Make and Power Automate, or directly through webhooks and the REST API. This covers tools such as Monday.com, ShipStation, Google Sheets and most TMS and ERP systems.

Yes. Besides bills of lading, Parseur handles air waybills, cargo manifests, ocean and order bills of lading, and delivery notes, each in its own mailbox with its own fields.

Yes. Parseur processes thousands of bills of lading in minutes, and a PDF holding a whole batch is split into one record per BoL before extraction.