Blockchain Applications in Shipping, Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain
Paper in proceeding, 2019

© 2019, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. Blockchain, as a new technology, has aroused wide attention from industry and academia in recent years. There are a huge number of articles and news reports about blockchain applications in shipping, transportation, logistics, and supply chain. This short tutorial aims to clarify (i) the key characteristics of blockchain that enable its use in shipping, transportation, logistics, and supply chain and (ii) how these key characteristics are applied. The key characteristics are decentralization, open data, and authenticity of data. The applications include smart contract, fast payment, information sharing, track and trace, and supply chain finance. We hope this tutorial can provide introductory knowledge to practitioners in shipping, transportation, logistics, and supply chain people who are not familiar with blockchain.

Author

Shuaian Wang

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Xiaobo Qu

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Geology and Geotechnics

Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies

2190-3018 (ISSN) 2190-3026 (eISSN)

Vol. 149 225-231

2nd KES International Symposium on Smart Transportation Systems, KES-STS 2019
St. Julians, Malta,

Subject Categories

Media and Communication Technology

Other Mechanical Engineering

Transport Systems and Logistics

DOI

10.1007/978-981-13-8683-1_23

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