digitalization

• 03 August 18 300cubits Reports Blockchain Shipping Success 300cubits has announced that it had managed its first shipment, submitted using a booking deposit in TEU tokens on July 24, from a shipper on its blockchain-based shipping platform. The first transaction involved a container from... Read more ›
• 20 July 18 European Maritime Single Window environment; a big step towards optimised and digitized shipping in Europe Our world is in transition to a low-carbon economy and transport is not an exception. New technologies and initiatives are affecting the mobility landscape. among all modes of transport, Maritime transport is a backbone... Read more ›
• 20 July 18 First Cross-Border Blockchain Service Launches Global eTrade Services (GeTS), a subsidiary of Singapore technology provider CrimsonLogic, has launched Open Trade Blockchain (OTB), the world’s first cross-border blockchain service. GeTS plans to allow more transparency and trust between shippers by... Read more ›
• 16 July 18 CargoX Enters Blockchain Alliance CargoX, a blockchain company focusing on digitizing shipping documents, has become the newest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), a platform designed to promote and build standards for the distributed ledger technology... Read more ›
• 13 July 18 Siemens and Alibaba Agree Chinese IoT Partnership Siemens and Alibaba have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that allows the technology and e-commerce giants to share industry resources to build a unique Internet of Things (IoT) solution for China. President and... Read more ›
• 12 July 18 STM Validation Final Conference The Final Conference of the STM Validation Project  will take place at IMO Head-quarters in London November 13-14. The information  that will be shared  will change how the entire maritime industry operates. During the... Read more ›
• 08 June 18 Digitalisation more important than automation The chief executive of Malaysia’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has described digitalisation as “even more important than automation”. Speaking at container supply chain event TOC Asia, Marco Neelsen said: “I honestly believe that... Read more ›
• 07 June 18 Deloitte: Consider Blockchain or Fall Behind Deloitte has released a new insight report exploring the potential of blockchain to transform the retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) value chain — insisting that those who do not consider it are at risk... Read more ›
• 04 June 18 HERE and Sigfox to Support Supply Chain IoT A partnership between mapping and location company HERE Technologies and wireless networks firm Sigfox will develop a global location service that can fuse the Internet of Things (IoT) with container shipping. By combining global coverage of... Read more ›
• 17 May 18 DNV GL Invests in Blockchain for Digital Assurance DNV GL, the risk management and quality assurance company, has bought a stake in leading public blockchain service provider VeChain as it looks to use the technology to develop new digital assurance solutions. The acquisition builds... Read more ›