Teleport, the logistics venture of Capital A, has partnered with Swiss Web3 engineering firm The Hashgraph Group (THG) to co-develop a Digital Customs Documentation System (DCDS).
Built on the Hedera network, the system will digitise and manage the full customs document lifecycle for cross-border trade, with a proof of concept focusing on eCommerce movements and behaviour.
The project addresses persistent bottlenecks in Southeast Asian supply chains.
Through the Capital A’s Teleport and Hedera collaboration, the partners intend to provide a verifiable and immutable source of truth for all shipping events.
The DCDS is built on three core technical pillars: immutable event recording via Hedera’s distributed ledger technology (DLT), integration with the TradeTrust framework for legally recognised electronic trade documents, and AI-assisted Harmonised System (HS) code validation to improve classification accuracy.
Milan Dhingra, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Teleport, said,
“We see opportunities to improve risk assessment and lower administrative costs as well as enhance the overall customer experience by unlocking and untangling what we can in our supply chain.
The success of this solution will allow us to systematically be faster, cheaper and better, continuously.”
The system will use the Hedera Consensus Service (HCS) to manage customs records, initially focusing on Malaysian cross-border lanes and high-volume domestic by-air routes.
Teleport, which moved over 167 million parcels across Asia Pacific in 2025, aims to replace traditional logistics handovers with a digital-first approach to reduce documentation errors and disputes.
The integration also incorporates THG’s TrackTrace solution.
This provides immutable data audit trails, traceability, and end-to-end transparency through cryptographically verified decentralised identifiers (DIDs).
Stefan Deiss, Co-Founder and CEO of The Hashgraph Group, said,
“We are excited to be working with Teleport on this state-of-the-art cross-border shipment logistics system that significantly enhances and streamlines the entire lifecycle of e-commerce parcels, from initial processing and accurate documentation to comprehensive tracking and final delivery.
We are tackling a long-standing challenge in cross-border trade by reducing complexity and delays associated with customs documentation, leveraging agentic automation with lightning-fast transaction speed.”
Featured image: Edited by Fintech News Malaysia, based on image by Teleport
