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The release order plays a central part in sea freight im- ports. Issued by the shipping company, the container release authorizes a transport company to collect the container from the terminal. Goods of enormous value can often be involved. Three arguments suggest choosing the Blockchain project for this process. It is not too complex, yet extremely sensitive, and so far there has been no continuous IT-based data flow.
The Blockchain approach promises a common data- base for all participants. The technology can feature as a digital document, to which all those entitled to do so may enjoy access, with all events being recorded chronologically. The following qualities make this technology something special: Blockchain can be ver- ified by digital signatures, through the use of cryptog- raphy and consensus algorithms it cannot be altered, and it is distributed within the decentralized network. “We wish to be right to the fore, should Blockchain technology prove to be an efficient platform solution
for simplifying such logistics processes as container transport,” stresses Ulrich Wrage.
CLOSE INTERMESHING
For DAKOSY’s Joint CEOs, it is essential, not only that the company’s platforms should develop further, but also to become involved in new fields of application. For example, the two Hamburgians see great potential for tying cargo to infrastructure. Access and dispersal processes that can be planned in advance will improve use of infrastructure. Dakosy therefore assisted HHLA and EUROGATE terminals in introducing a mandatory slot-booking system for truck tours in container trans- port. DAKOSY has also inspired ever-closer intermesh- ing of supply chains to expand the digital platform. The aim in the medium term is to cover the export run from the shipper into the seaport/airport, and on imports, to create transparency for the post-voyage run as far as the inland consignee. ■
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