Tag: blockchain

Tech experts gathered to explain the benefits of digital technology. These experts aim to show how new technologies can be used effectively, while also protecting against unwanted or unexpected negative impacts. The panel will be comprised of women and men of technology, public policy, science, and academia.

Blockchain venture studio ConsenSys and cloud-based metal concentrates exchange Open Mineral, announced a joint venture establishing Minerac, a consortium aiming to change the way mineral commodities trading and connected supply chains operate by using blockchain.

The Australian Government has awarded IBM a new AU$1B, five-year technology partnership, involving IBM hardware, software and cloud-based solutions, and including joint innovation programs in quantum, cyber security, and research aimed at furthering the government's digital transformation agenda.

New digitization solutions, such as big data, blockchain, automation, drones, and robotics, are enabling the maritime freight industry to introduce game-changing approaches that will significantly reduce or eliminate non-value-added activities, according to new report from ABI Research.

Houston-based Diamond Offshore Drilling announced the launch of a Blockchain Drilling service, what it claims to be the first application of blockchain technology in the offshore drilling industry. This service is intended to reduce costs for oil and gas operators.

Not only banks and governments are assessing how to use the blockchain technologies but also sectors such as logistics, healthcare or media. The demand for greater understanding of this newly emerging decentralized technology is rising much faster than expected!

As part of the port of Antwerp's efforts to pioneer in the field of innovation and digitization, the Port Authority and the Antwerp blockchain start-up T-Mining have developed a pilot project aiming to make document flows safer and more efficient. This is expected to secure food chain while automating the administrative processes.

The International Transport Forum published a report examining how data science and encoding could improve transport. It investigates three areas: Blockchain and distributed ledger-based approaches; open algorithms and other alternatives to traditional data-sharing; a common data language for encoding mobility services.

Maqta Gateway, an Abu Dhabi Ports subsidiary, became the first Abu Dhabi entity to develop and launch its own blockchain technology, combined with digital user identities to link stakeholders across the trade community, with greater security, transparency and efficiency.

PwC Australia, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Port of Brisbane have collaborated to develop a ‘Trade Community System.’ The new system is intended to link supply chain information through blockchain technology to eliminate complexity in international trade.