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DNV GL Appoints Klas Bendrik as Chief Digital Transformation Officer

By The Maritime Executive

May 2, 2018

Klas Bendrik will join DNV GL as Chief Digital Transformation Officer to support DNV GL’s digitalization and IT strategy. Starting on 1 September 2018, Bendrik will be based at the DNV GL headquarters...

Alibaba Introduces Blockchain System for Food Trade

By The Maritime Executive

May 1, 2018

Alibaba and four Australian and New Zealand companies introduced a food-tracing system based on blockchain technology on Friday. The consortium, which includes two New Zealand-based companies dairy...

New OSM Operations Center Showcases the Future of Ship Management

By The Maritime Executive

April 30, 2018

Leading ship management firm OSM is in the final stages of completing a Singapore-based Maritime Operations Centre that will transform decision-making, efficiency and performance for its global custom...

Holt Logistics Joins Blockchain Initiative

By The Maritime Executive

April 19, 2018

Holt Logistics has become the first independent port operator in the north-eastern U.S. to conduct a pilot based on the blockchain application developed by Maersk and IBM. The system is designed t...

Oscar Pernia Talks Terminal Automation

By Marine Strategy

April 19, 2018

Oscar Pernia is Vice President Applied Innovation at Navis, a part of Cargotec Corporation and a leading provider of planning solutions across container flow. Navis specializes in helping terminals to...

Freight Industry Blockchain Standards Under Development

By The Maritime Executive

March 27, 2018

The Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), a consortium of trucking, shipping and logistics companies formed in August 2017, plans to have standards for the development of blockchain applications pu...

IBM Builds Tiny Computer to Fight Supply Chain Fraud

By The Maritime Executive

March 21, 2018

On Tuesday, IBM unveiled a portfolio of "cryptographic anchors" that will serve as digital fingerprints to authenticate shipments. As a consignment makes its way from factory to ship to consumer, the...

300cubits Completes First Cryptocurrency Booking Deposit

By The Maritime Executive

March 19, 2018

On Sunday, Hong Kong-based tech firm 300cubits announced that it has facilitated the first trial shipment of containerized cargo using its "TEU" cryptocurrency token booking deposits. Brazilian textil...

APL Tests Blockchain Solution

By The Maritime Executive

March 17, 2018

A consortium comprising AB InBev, Accenture, APL, Kuehne + Nagel and a European customs organization has successfully tested a blockchain solution designed to eliminate the need for printed shipping d...

?Maritime Amazon? Unveiled

By The Maritime Executive

March 12, 2018

The Singapore-headquartered company Moscord is adding to the digital disruption of shipping with the unveiling of a new procurement platform offering simplified purchasing and pre-priced logistics ful...

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