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Israeli Blockchain Start-Up Completes First International Shipment

By The Maritime Executive

March 11, 2019

Israeli-based blockchain start-up LogChain has completed its first full cycle of an international blockchain-backed maritime shipment. The successful shipment of beverages from Belgium to Israel w...

Over 500 Attended Shipping Finance Conference in Athens

By The Maritime Executive

March 10, 2019

More than 500 attendees from around the world gathered in Athens, Greece, for a day of panel discussions, presentations and interviews with thought-leaders in shipping, finance, technology and academi...

Business is Good but Cost Cuts are Coming at CMA CGM

By The Maritime Executive

March 4, 2019

Number-four ocean carrier CMA CGM had a banner year last year, with record revenues and record TEU volumes, and it's forecasting a strong trade environment for 2019. This kind of outlook is often acco...

Maritime CIO Forum London Holds Panel on Digital Economy in Shipping

By The Maritime Executive

February 25, 2019

The Maritime CIO Forum is holding a conference on "Driving the Digital Economy in Shipping" on February 28 at London's Waldorf Hilton Hotel. Digitalisation in shipping continues to have far reachin...

Port of Rotterdam Implements Internet of Things Platform

By The Maritime Executive

February 2, 2019

A new Internet of Things (IoT) platform has been developed for the Port of Rotterdam Authority, and the first application for hydro/meteo conditions has now been put into operation. The system uses an...

PIL and IBM Trial Delivery Using Blockchain Platform

By The Maritime Executive

February 2, 2019

Pacific International Lines (PIL) has used an electronic Bill of Lading (e-BL) built on the IBM Blockchain Platform in a successful real-time pilot tracking shipment of mandarin oranges from China to...

Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: 2018 in Review

By Sean M. Holt

January 3, 2019

“What is needed is an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust, allowing any two willing parties to transact directly with each other without the need for a trusted thir...

Cognitive Dissonance

By Sean M. Holt

January 2, 2019

The rate of accelerated change has become exponential. Staying on top of the reading alone is a full-time job, let alone trying to decide on strategies that either endorse or oppose each new developme...

2019: Smart Containers, Trade Wars, Automation Gains

By The Maritime Executive

December 27, 2018

Major opportunities are on the horizon for ocean shipping as the rapid pace of technology change will continue unabated through 2019 and beyond, according to industry research conducted by Navis, a pa...

A Force Awakens

By Sean M. Holt

December 25, 2018

In a remote corner of the developing world, a third-party logistics (3PL) driver accepts the terms of a digital smart contract through a mobile app on his smart phone to pick up a refrigerated contain...

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