Pandemic Spurs Top Port Operator to Join Blockchain Shipping Platform

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Pandemic Spurs Top Port Operator to Join Blockchain Shipping Platform

The COVID-19 pandemic is prompting supply chain actors worldwide to focus their energies on becoming more resilient through better digitization — and in particular through blockchain technology.

One of the world’s leading ports operators, DP World, announced on May 28 that it would be joining TradeLens, the blockchain shipping platform created by IBM and Danish logistics giant Maersk.

TradeLens is a global supply chain solution with a focus on containerized freight and logistics, which was first launched by IBM and Maersk back in April 2018.

The platform’s broadening geographic scope and support for efficient, blockchain-based digital documentation flows appears to be coming into its own during the pandemic.

Global value chains — many of which still rely in part on paper-based processes — have come under increasing strain due to unstable supply and demand, transport frictions and labor shortages.

Better visibility and reduced operational frictions will be key to the global economic recovery, supply chain experts have emphasized.

Mike Bhaskaran, chief operating officer for the Dubai-based operator, told reporters today that “the situation around the coronavirus is a very good catalyst for making sure everyone in the supply chain can communicate with each other digitally.”

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