Slides presented at meetup of BlockChain Vlaanderen hosted by Deloitte in La Hulpe on the 28th of November

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T-Mining
s m a r t e r t r a n s p o r t t h r o u g h b l o c k c h a i n s
Intro Why BC?Context Spec Use Case
Use case of BC in transport & logistics
28 Nov ‘16 Blockchain Vlaanderen, Brussels

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• MindsAhead/T-Mining startup
 Started begin 2016, registered Aug 2016
• Our belief: BC enabler for sector of transport &
logistics?
 Data sharing with reduced the role of the
middleman
 Allow transfer of assets
• Beach head solution improves secure release or
handover of containers
 Currently finishing prestudy on
behalf of MSC Belgium
 Prototype development finished
going into PoC
Introduction

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Intro Why BC?Context Spec Use CaseContext
Context

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Multiple stakeholders involved in import containers
1. Carriers
2. Deep sea terminals
3. Barges
4. Inland terminal
5. Truck company
6. End customer

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• Very Labor intensive
• Error prone
• Always delay
• Never real time
• Restricted amount of data
Limited room for optimization
during planning and execution
phase
Every party tries to create its
view on planning & status of
transport order / its ‘truth’
and stores this in a single
enterprise data silo
Current way of sharing info in transport/maritime sector
S o u r c e : E n r i c c o C a m e r i n e l l i , B l o c k c h a i n i n s u p p l y c h a i n , C S C M P h o t t o p i c s
Factory
Insurance
company
Bank
Logistics
provider
Carrier
Bank
Port of
arrival
Customs
Barge
Operator
Port of
departure
Buyer
Local
Truck
Rail
Operator
Bank
Warehou
se EDIFACT

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Intro Why BC?Context Spec Use Case
Why apply BlockChain in this sector?
Why BC?

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Different options: BC per region, per subsector, …
Community Blockchain for transport/logistic sector
BC for sharing data
& transfer of assets / titles
Factory
Insu
rance
compan
y
Bank
Logistics
provider
Bank
Customs
Barge
Operato
r
Buyer
Wareho
use
Blockchain
Local
Truck
Carrier Port of
arrival
Port of
departu
re
Rail
Operato
r
Bank
Linking legacy enterprise systems
Supporting new apps / portals

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• BC or distributed ledger provides a single truth
 Centralized solutions were never accepted due to the role of the middleman
 Finally fast and reliable data sharing
• By linking Enterprise system to a shared platform provides
 Operations harmonization
• Joint processes using smart contracts & similar open source technology at all endpoints
 Community business process automation
• instead of enterprise BPM that is limited due to single enterprise data silos
• Enables transfer of assets / rights
Benefits of BC in this sector

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Use case: BC based transfer of pickup rights
Intro Why BC?Context Spec Use CaseSpec Use Case

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Current way of sharing rights to pickup containers
Is based on pincodes
Involved parties
• Carrier
• Forwarder
• Terminal
• Barge operator
• Rail operator
• Truck companies
• Subcontractors
• Driver / Skipper
• Problem
 Ensure that container arriving at port is handed over to the right
party: truck-barge-rail
• Current solution
 Relies on Pincodes to ensure that right party is picking up the
container
 established by ‘Haven convenant’

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Current way of distributing rights in transport/maritime sector
Factory
Insurance
company
Bank
Logistics
provider
Carrier
Bank
Port of
arrival
Customs
Barge
Operator
Port of
departure
Buyer
Local
Truck
Rail
Operator
Bank
Warehou
se EDIFACT
Distribution of pin code = right to pickup
container in deep-sea terminal
Challenge
• Pincodes are copied / transferred
via different formats via an
undetermined number of parties
up to truck driver/skipper/..
• Serious security risk – pincode
could not prevent thefts with
image damage on harbor and
carrier !!!
• No support for multi leg and multi
container transport
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What is unique/new to bitcoins?
1. Bitcoins can be managed in a secure way
without middleman
2. Bitcoins are transferred not copied by
resolving the “double spending problem”
Why reuse the technology behind bitcoin?
Sharing container release or pickup rights via BlockChain
1. Rights are shared from
• Carrier / Forwarder
• To Transport company [truck, train, barge]
• … other Transport or subcontractors
• Up to Truck driver / barge skipper [on
smartphone]
… in a secure way without middleman
2. Rights are not copied, as pincodes, but transferred
Other benefits of BC
 Fraud proof through immutability and irrevocability
 Transparency without sacrificing privacy
 Superior availability
Additional important benefit:
 communication chain is created between app on smartphone of
truck driver and all other stakeholders allowing data updates.
1. Secure title transfer of assets / rights
2. Better data sharing in a complex ecosystem

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Prototype: Smart Contracts & Apps for container release
Portal connected to Blockchain platform
Target: no central database
All permission & rules
are hardcoded in smart contracts
Transfer of rights is done exclusively in BC
Portal for carrier / terminal

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Prototype: transferring rights for pick up
Via QR or Pincode for
backward compatibility
Pincode has validity of e.g.
minutes instead of one month
Driver APP
to pickup and deliver container
Portal for forwarder or transport company
to appoint subcontractor or assign driver
Communicates directly to BC
nodes

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Prototype : updated info for forwarder, carrier, shipper
Portal for carrier / shipperPortal for forwarder or transporter
Updates instant visible in multiple
independent portals, APPs or legacy systems

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• BC benefits
 Superior security
• End to end & right to pickup container is trusted to single party [+]
 High availability - transparency – Immutability
• Accountability: In case something goes wrong, party can be identified
• Reduction of Admin & Operations costs
 More automation / Operations harmonization
 No typing at terminal -> Less delays at terminal
 No retyping , no lost files/emails at intermediaries –> less errors -> Less delays at terminal
 No enterprise IT infrastructure to story and transfer pincodes in a secure way
• Opportunity for data sharing / updates
 Entitled intermediate parties from forwarder, carrier to truck drivers can be informed on
events [without being known to all parties]
 Enables new services / business models
Benefits of using BC for container release

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Conclusions
Intro Why BC?Context Spec Use Case

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• Pincodes security can be improved by a BC based system
 Far more secure then copying pincodes as relying on blockchain title transfer
 Less admin and operations costs to store and distribute keys
 Less delays at terminal
 Broader security reach – also multileg / multimodal
 Distributing pickup rights creates an information channel between entitled stakeholders
• Blockchain allows to share data between many parties without a strong middleman +
 Operations harmonization
 Community business process automation
• Next steps:
 Proof of Concept with a number of stakeholders in the Antwerp Harbor community
Conclusions

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Further questions
Contact us:
Nico Wauters
nico.wauters@t-mining.be
+32 3 304 96 31
https://www.linkedin.com/company/t-mining
nicowauters