4. B
A
“a simple shipment can go
through nearly 30 people
and organizations,
including more than 200
different interactions and
communications”
Current container logistics processes are still very labor intensive
and lacking an integrated information flow ...
source: NYT March 4, 2017; Forbes March 5, 2017
“up to 50% of the cost of
moving a container is related
to paperwork”
5. Ahead of the pack: pioneering in Logistics with Blockchain
Source: CB Insight Research, November 2017
MPA Smart Port Challenge
2nd place
September 2017
8. The 3 basic properties of Blockchain
source: “Blockchain in Logistics and Supply Chain: Trick or Treat? Conference paper October 2017
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318724655
15. Today, a PIN code is used to release a container for pick-up ...
15
16. … and the PIN code is forwarded across the chain
16
1234 1234
1234
1234
1234
17. … causing poor operational efficiency, high implied safety &
security risks and damage to public image & reputation
PDF / FAX / MAIL
Transport Order
From: A
To: B
Container number PIN
ABCU123456 987654
ABCU234567 876543
ABCU345678 765432
ABCU456789 654321
18. Using Blockchain, the right to pick up a container can be
transferred, rather than copied
18
1234
Community
Blockchain creates
one single truth for
the logistics sector
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19. Proof of Concept in Port of Antwerp on Secure Container Release
FREIGHT
FORWARDER
Trucking
Company
CARRIER
TERMINAL
20. Next to secure handover, we are now focusing on making
multi-entity processes more efficient, overcoming company silo's
collaboration
physical flow document flow financial flow