From bikes to blockchain: Shipping industry goes digital in lockdown


FILE PHOTO Terminal tractors line up to offload their containers into a cargo ship at DP Worlds fully automated Terminal 2 at Jebel Ali Port in Dubai United Arab Emirates December 27 2018. REUTERS Hamad I Mohammed

Terminal tractors line up to offload their containers into a cargo ship at DP World's fully automated Terminal 2 at Jebel Ali Port in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The ports operator said it would join shipping company Maersk and other peers in a blockchain platform aimed at limiting the sector's costly paper trail. — Reuters

COPENHAGEN: The coronavirus lockdown has accelerated a digitalisation drive in a global shipping and logistics sector that still routinely delivers many documents by bike messenger in some countries, according to industry leaders.

Ports operator DP World said on May 28 it would join shipping company Maersk and other peers in a blockchain platform aimed at limiting the sector's costly paper trail.

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