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The Container Industry's New Crypto Currency Explained

By Wendy Laursen

August 6, 2017

The Hong Kong-based company 300cubits is launching a new crypto currency (tokens called TEU). The tokens will be used as booking deposits for container shipping where value could be lost if a customer...

Blockchain Currency Ready for Container Shipping

By The Maritime Executive

August 2, 2017

The Hong Kong-based company 300cubits aims to partially replace U.S. dollars in the container shipping industry with a token soon to be launched on Ethereum - an open-source, public, blockchain-based...

Petya Attack Shows the Need for Cybersecurity Rules

By Ian W. Gray

June 30, 2017

For the last several years, the International Maritime Organization has been discussing the possible implications of cyber-attacks to the global commerce. Last June, the IMO published its Interim Guid...

Port of Antwerp Tests Blockchain Software System

By The Maritime Executive

June 29, 2017

According to the Port of Antwerp, getting a container from point A to point B often involves more than 30 parties and 200 interactions. Given that many of these transactions are still carried out by e...

U.S. Navy Looks to Blockchain Revolution

By The Maritime Executive

June 26, 2017

The U.S. Navy has revealed plans to trial blockchain technology to bring added security to its manufacturing systems. The Navy said it will apply the technology to its processes for additive manufa...

Stena Bulk's Successful MIT Sloan Project with Blockchain

By The Maritime Executive

June 13, 2017

The new transformative world makes it necessary to be well prepared for rapid change and new demands. To achieve this, Stena Bulk hosted a MIT Sloan project during spring 2017 to investigate how Block...

Europort Masterclasses Shape Industry Thinking

By The Maritime Executive

May 22, 2017

Europort 2017 will once again feature a series of masterclasses allowing leading maritime and offshore professionals and experts to share knowledge and experiences on the hot topics facing ship owners...

INTTRA Calls for Rapid Digitalization in Shipping

By The Maritime Executive

May 19, 2017

Digitization is rapidly transforming the ocean container shipping industry, according to INTTRA, the world's ocean shipping electronic marketplace. In a new whitepaper -- Blueprint 2032: How Te...

Maersk Leverages Logistics Synergies

By The Maritime Executive

May 11, 2017

A.P. Møller - Maersk has published its interim report for the first quarter of 2017, highlighting an underlying profit of $201 million and increasing benefits from integration of its shipping and term...

Maersk to Lift Lid on Digital Disruption at Nor-Shipping

By The Maritime Executive

March 29, 2017

Maersk is set to unveil the thinking behind its recent tie-ups with IBM and China’s Alibaba when the firm’s Chief Digital Officer, Ibrahim Gokcen, takes the stage at this year’s Nor-Shipping. The lead...

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