Global trade is under more scrutiny than ever. Sanctions lists are growing, enforcement is getting stricter, and the cost of onboarding the wrong partner has never been higher. Therefore, verifying a new business partner in global trade is not a small task. It requires checking counterparties against multiple sanctions lists, cross-referencing business registry records, assessing corporate structures, and documenting every step, often across disconnected tools with no centralized audit trail.
DCSA’s Identity Exchange has been designed to simplify this process. Through a partnership with Be Informed, the platform now expands its capabilities with integrated sanctions and denied party screening, bringing greater consistency and efficiency to trade compliance workflows.
What the partnership with Be Informed adds
Be Informed extends Identity Exchange with its globally trusted International Trade and Transport Compliance Solution (ITTS). Proven to reduce compliance effort by up to 70% and cut false positives by 94%, ITTS enables compliance teams to act faster without second-guessing results.
Through this integration, Identity Exchange users can now screen companies and individuals against more than 100 sanctions and law enforcement lists as part of their standard identity verification workflow, without switching platforms or maintaining separate screening services.
Covered jurisdictionsinclude the most consequential regulatory authorities for container shipping and global trade: the United States (OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, the United Kingdom (OFSI), and Australia, Canada, Switzerland, and Singapore.
Sanctions data is continuously updated, meaning regulatory changes are reflected in the platform without manual intervention in near real-time.
The differentiator: company data, corporate hierarchy, and sanctions screening combined
Most screening tools work against a name or identifier in isolation. Identity Exchange links sanctions data directly to verified company profiles, which already include business registry information and corporate hierarchy data. Compliance teams can screen not only a direct counterparty, but also the entities connected through ownership structures, in a single workflow.
This matters in container shipping, where freight forwarders, carriers, and solution providers regularly work with subsidiaries, agents, and intermediaries whose beneficial ownership may not be immediately apparent. Screening a name is no longer enough. Understanding the full corporate picture is where real compliance confidence comes from.
What this means in practice
Business registry verification, corporate hierarchy review, and sanctions screening are linked to the same company profile, with each check logged automatically. Compliance teams have a documented audit trail without manually collating records from multiple sources, supporting both day-to-day onboarding and regulatory examination.
The integration also supports continuous monitoring. Once a counterparty is onboarded and cleared, organizations can track status changes, including new sanctions designations, without re-running manual checks from scratch. Compliance doesn’t end at onboarding, and neither does Identity Exchange.
A strengthened foundation for verified trade
By combining company registry data, corporate hierarchy, and sanctions screening in a single platform, Identity Exchange offers organizations a more complete basis for compliance decisions. The goal is to reduce the manual effort required to apply compliance judgement consistently, and to give the container shipping industry shared infrastructure for partner verification that reduces duplication of effort across the ecosystem.
“Through our partnership with Be Informed, we are extending Identity Exchange to include sanctions and denied party screening within the same verification workflow. This allows organizations to access company data, corporate hierarchy, and screening results in a more consistent and structured way, supporting more reliable partner verification across the container shipping industry.“
Niels Nuyens, Chief Product Officer at DCSA
“DCSA’s approach requires a solution that can be integrated quickly, scale with demand, and evolve over time without adding complexity. ITTS is designed exactly for that purpose. We value the collaboration and the opportunity to contribute to a shared infrastructure that supports compliant and efficient global trade.“
Emile Hendriksze, Chief Revenue Officer at Be Informed
About DCSA:
The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) is a neutral, non-profit organization founded by 10 of the world’s largest ocean carriers. As the collective voice for digital transformation of container shipping DCSA works to align the industry behind open digital standards that improve interoperability, unlock data-driven insights, enhance customer experience, and drive sustainability. Through shared frameworks and cross-industry collaboration, we aim to enable a transparent, secure, and seamless global supply chain.
About Be Informed:
Be Informed is a leading RegTech and compliance software provider with proven technology to automate and operationalize complex regulations into scalable, traceable, and compliant processes. Co-developed over more than 20 years in collaboration with leading universities and research institutes, Be Informed’s platform is trusted by regulators and regulated enterprises across more than 20 countries to drive transparency, consistency, and confidence in compliance and decision automation.
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