essDOCS extends paperless trade offering with acquisition of eCertify

Paperless solutions provider essDOCS said eCertify will continue to operate as a separate company, but will be supported by essDOCS’ global footprint.    Malta-based paperless solutions provider essDOCS has acquired eCertify Pty Ltd, the inventor of the electronic Certificate of Origin (eCO).
   Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
   Adelaide, Australia-based eCertify provides the Chamber of Commerce, authorizing bodies, exporters and freight forwarders an online solution for application and issuance of eCOs, allowing them to eliminate manual paper-based processes, essDOCS said.
   eCertify’s eCOs are used by more than 13,000 companies and over 120 Chambers of Commerce in six countries – Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, the United States and South Africa.
   eCertify will continue to operate as a separate company, but will be supported by essDOCS’ global footprint.
   “With the additional resources now available to eCertify, we are planning to grow our eCO footprint extensively” eCertify Founder and Board Chairman Carman Rossi said. “We will add Dutch eCOs later this year, and are planning an aggressive expansion to take us to 25 countries over the next couple of years organically and via partnerships.”