Narrative:

Upon our arrival into ZZZ operations; we were handed our flight paperwork and the completed weight and balance almost two hours before departure time. We proceeded to the aircraft and conducted a normal preflight of the airplane. Approximately 30 minutes prior to push; the station agent came in to the cockpit and collected our final paperwork while bringing no additional documents into the flight deck. He collected the final paperwork and departed the aircraft and we proceeded to push back and start engines.after we departed and were enroute; we realized that we never received a notoc for dangerous goods. We [sent] dispatch an ACARS message and notified them of our lack of a notoc to see if they had any ideas as to how to solve this issue; and they did not respond at all. The flight continued to [destination] uneventfully without a notoc onboard.I believe that the early receipt of paperwork had a part in this incident. There can easily be a feeling of complacency felt when the weight and balance is given to the crew several hours before departure time; as it makes us feel like nothing else is required of the ground personnel. I would recommend a standardized time when the paperwork is given to the flight crew (e.g. 30 minutes prior to block) so that we may accomplish our final flight deck procedures per SOP in the order that it was intended. I would also recommend that someone be on standby at dispatch to help solve problems like this one; because we had zero response from our inquiries to dispatch while enroute.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 Captain reported no NOTOC provided to crew prior to departure.

Narrative: Upon our arrival into ZZZ Operations; we were handed our flight paperwork and the completed weight and balance almost two hours before departure time. We proceeded to the aircraft and conducted a normal preflight of the airplane. Approximately 30 minutes prior to push; the station agent came in to the cockpit and collected our final paperwork while bringing no additional documents into the flight deck. He collected the final paperwork and departed the aircraft and we proceeded to push back and start engines.After we departed and were enroute; we realized that we never received a NOTOC for Dangerous Goods. We [sent] Dispatch an ACARS message and notified them of our lack of a NOTOC to see if they had any ideas as to how to solve this issue; and they did not respond at all. The flight continued to [destination] uneventfully without a NOTOC onboard.I believe that the early receipt of paperwork had a part in this incident. There can easily be a feeling of complacency felt when the weight and balance is given to the crew several hours before departure time; as it makes us feel like nothing else is required of the ground personnel. I would recommend a standardized time when the paperwork is given to the flight crew (e.g. 30 minutes prior to block) so that we may accomplish our final flight deck procedures per SOP in the order that it was intended. I would also recommend that someone be on standby at Dispatch to help solve problems like this one; because we had zero response from our inquiries to Dispatch while enroute.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.