Logistics News

Thailand’s Customs Department plans to use IBM’s Tradelens blockchain shipment tracking solution, first at a port in Chon Buri and later in Bangkok.

Hong Kong’s flagship airline Cathay Pacific has introduced the first blockchain project to manage unit load devices.

The platform is estimated to automate around 75 million processes each year and save about 12 million sheets of paper per year.

Maritime shipping firms Ocean Network Express and Hapag-Lloyd join blockchain tracking platform TradeLens.

Russia will officially pilot Maersk and IBM’s blockchain shipping tool TradeLens in St. Petersburg, following a new MoU.

Swiss forwarding and logistics services company Panalpina has started blockchain pilot projects aimed at optimizing supply chains.

Singapore-based blockchain firm PLMP Fintech joined a multi-million logistics project in partnership with Indonesian authorities.

Swiss Mediterranean Shipping and French CMA CGM have both joined TradeLens.

The World Economic Forum announced a broad blockchain project: “Redesigning Trust: Blockchain for Supply Chains.”

Blockchain will feature within logistics plans, alongside other technologies such as Internet of Things.

Logistics giant UPS and e-commerce tech firm Inxeption have launched a blockchain platform aimed to improve merchant supply chains.

The progression follows a Memorandum of Understanding between government and industry players in January.

France’s largest port, Marseille Fos Port, has joined a blockchain pilot for freight transport on the Mediterranean-Rhône-Saône axis.

The Russian Ministry of Transport is reportedly going to trial IBM and Maersk’s blockchain shipping solution in Russia's second largest port.

India’s largest e-commerce firm mjunction has partnered with blockchain shipping firm Shipnext.