TRUX, the leader in dump truck logistics technology, is the latest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read why.
Saudi Arabia-based Tachyon joins the Blockchain in Transport Alliance.
An information digest summarizing the different keynote addresses from the virtual event.
Ubirch, a blockchain cybersecurity company, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Learn more about Ubirch and BiTA.
Data Gumbo has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance. Learn about Data Gumbo’s services and what BiTA is doing to develop blockchain standards.
Logistics continues to adapt due to globalization and technological innovations. This article explores trends that may change logistics in 2020.
OpenText is the latest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Learn more about OpenText and BiTA.
Smart contracts may be a boon for trucking companies and owner-operators, ensuring they are paid for all their activities, and reducing the time it takes to get that payment.
Blockchain is a popular subject of discussion and dissection, but is it really the savior of all things logistics?
FreightTech will be even more important and pervasive in 2020. Learn about some of the expanding trends in FreightTech.
London-based Loadsure has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance. Learn more about Loadsure, as well as about the largest commercial blockchain alliance in the world.
The Blockchain in Transport Alliance announced it will participate in two blockchain proof-of-concept projects in the coming months. The organization’s working groups also provided updates on the progress of standards development at its BiTA Symposium Chicago on Nov. 14, 2019.
Chainyard’s blockchain solution responds to a common pain point: qualifying hundreds of carriers is a convoluted and inefficient process.
Digitization and ecommerce continue to change the movement and delivery of freight. Kayla Matthews examines the issues involved.
Basu said Ondiflo’s “biggest success” was that 65 drivers used the app and they only trained seven.
“Automation may not be a threat to lawyers; it might be a threat to young lawyers,” Shane Orians said.
Walmart Canada will use DLT Labs blockchain-based Asset Track solution to better track freight and speed payment with its third-party carriers in Canada.
To increase development and deployment of real-world blockchain projects, the conversation needs to shift towards the value blockchain can provide rather than the technology itself, said Dr. Mary Lacity, director of the Blockchain Center of Excellence at the Walton School of Business at the University of Arkansas.
UPS has partnered with agri-tech company HerdX to ship beef from the U.S. to Japan, while recording its provenance over a blockchain network.
The global auto industry may be the first industry to use blockchain extensively. Read how and why.
Kayla Matthews explains some of the global uses of blockchain in logistics and supply chain.
Significant gains expected from real-time kinematics for the port logistics and trucking industry.
Prologis, the global leader in logistics real estate, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
Hong Kong-based 300cubits is suspending its platform after it failed to generate sustained interest within the maritime logistics space due to issues with interoperability and government regulations.
Blockchain experts will present innovative projects and discuss the latest in the development of the technology for logistics operations at the upcoming BiTA Symposium Chicago, on Nov. 14, 2019.
Public blockchain-based logistics document transaction platform CargoX has integrated with private blockchain-based digital freight management platform RoadLaunch to provide users greater visibility and transparency into logistics operations.
The latest company to join the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) is Imaginnovate, which is headquartered in Visakhapatnam, India. The company has strong roots in the delivery of technology solutions to enterprises.
Beijing Mercedes-Benz Sales Service is collaborating with blockchain company PlatOn on a platform that calculates vehicle residual value based on static and dynamic data from vehicles.
Transport and logistics businesses need to seriously consider investing in digitalization if they want to stay afloat in this rapidly evolving market.
These smart legal contracts allow participants to track post-signature performance of the agreement by integrating it with the existing enterprise systems.
EPAM Systems is the latest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance. Learn more about the company and the Alliance in this article.
Memphis-based is the latest BiTA member. Read about this interesting company’s purpose.
The blockchain project is in collaboration with Daimler Trucks and seeks to secure and automate machine-to-machine payment processes.
Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX:CP) (NYSE:CP) has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). In joining the Alliance, CP is supporting BiTA’s mission of producing blockchain standards that allow for interoperability between participants in the global supply chain. Blockchain is an open, extensible platform capable of sharing shipping events, messages and documents across all the actors […]
There is an abundance of data coming out of food supply chains, and it is important for stakeholders to verify and validate these data points and leverage blockchain to functionally push supply chains forward.
OneLedger has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read about BiTA’s latest member and its reasons for joining.
Capital Logistics is the newest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read about the company, as well as BiTA’s efforts to develop blockchain standards for transportation and logistics.
Consumer goods company has created rest areas for truckers and adopted digital freight matching.
Eliminating delays is source of pride for the beef processor and retailer
Gemini Shippers Group, a non-profit shippers association that is nearly 100 years old, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read about Gemini and why it has joined BiTA.
BiTA’s Patrick Duffy informs committee of blockchain approaching critical mass
Ease of doing business ranked high with drivers serving over 40 facilities.
Automotive industry supply chain expert Surgere has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read more about Surgere and BiTA.
Blockchain technology can disrupt the transportation industry by bringing in digitization, trust and transparency to the market. But this will not be possible without a clear set of common and open standards.
In a future where autonomous vehicles offer mobility-as-a-service, it is critical to identify the parties involved in transactions – the users and the vehicles. Blockchain can help in this regard.
Market expert Brian Aoaeh writes about the new Digital Shipping Container Alliance and why standards are important to industry. He also writes about why getting standards written and adopted is particularly difficult.
Appreciating hours of service rules is part of the fabric that makes this Wisconsin-based dairy company go the extra mile to ensure that truckers spend as little time as possible in its facilities.
Award winner is taking on new driver partnerships as it expands into last-mile delivery.
Factom Protocol is the newest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read more about this company and its products, as well about BiTA.
The first-of-its-kind award was created to recognize shippers committed to eliminating inefficiencies from the supply chain and aiming to be excellent partners for their carriers.
Hubtek has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read about this new company and why it joined the Alliance.
TranzAct Technologies is the latest company to join the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read why it has joined BiTA and learn more about the company.
DrayNow, the first real-time marketplace connecting intermodal freight with carriers, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). BiTA is developing best practices and standards for blockchain in the transportation industry. Blockchain is an open, distributed digital ledger that can record and share transactions between two or more parties efficiently, securely and permanently. Blockchain enables […]
Tracy Rosser tapped for executive vice president post at transportation management services provider after helping oversee big-box retailer’s transport and supply chain operations.
According to IBM research, transport execs are keen to adopt blockchain and understand its use cases.
Patrick Duffy is the new President of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
Competitors agree on need to collaborate on common standards during Blockchain Revolution Global conference.
J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc., the nation’s leading provider of safety and compliance solutions, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA)
Getting stakeholders to cooperate in creating interoperability within blockchain networks is the next hurdle that the technology needs to overcome for mainstream adoption.
A panel in Blockchain Expo 2019 spoke on how blockchain solutions can be used for increasing transparency, profitability and provenance in supply chains across a variety of markets.
Datapace is the latest company to join the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Learn more about Datapace and BiTA in this article.
Des Moines Truck Brokers (DMTB) is the latest company to join the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Learn more about DMTB and why it joined BiTA.
Cocoa farming in Africa witnesses a lot of forced and child labor, which can be eliminated if the stakeholders within chocolate supply chains can have transparency on end-to-end operations.
Spanish logistics provider ChainGO Tech has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance. Read why the company joined the Alliance and what it hopes to achieve with its membership.
As food product recalls are becoming a frequent occurrence on account of contamination fears, the time is right for companies to look towards blockchain for creating better visibility into their supply chains and to reduce generic en masse recalls wherever possible.
The contradiction between the federal and state regulations on growing and distributing marijuana could be alleviated by bringing trustability into pot supply chains. This can be done by adopting blockchain technology which can account for every step of the marijuana logistics process from the field to the consumer’s doorstep.
Hong Kong-based Tigers, a global transportation and logistics company, is the latest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). BiTA is developing blockchain standards for the global transportation/logistics/supply chain marketplace.
The BiTA Standards Council has ratified the Alliance’s first data standard in record time. Read about the standard and the foundational framework endorsed by the Council.
GT Solutions, a transportation solutions provider based in France, is the latest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). BiTA is developing blockchain standards for the global transportation/logistics marketplace.
Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) has published its inaugural blockchain standards, with the consortium trusting the framework would act as a springboard for companies within the industry to develop blockchain-related applications.
The nominees have been announced and voting is now underway in the inaugural FreightWaves Shipper of Choice awards. The Shipper of Choice Award is in partnership with Convoy.
Asset Balance Solutions is the latest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). BiTA just released the first blockchain standard for the freight/logistics/supply chain industries.
BLOC recently collaborated with mining company BHP, Japanese shipping company NYK, and biofuel company GoodFuels, to deliver sustainable biofuel to the BHP-chartered, NYK-owned bulk carrier – all via BLOC’s blockchain fuels assurance platform.
Columbia Transport, based in Italy, joins the Blockchain in Transport Alliance.
Dale Chrystie of FedEx was elected as the first chair of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) Standards Council (BiTAS), during its February Board of Directors meeting.
DAC, a Polish software development and hardware integration company, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), the largest commercial blockchain partnership in the world.
dexFreight introduced the Early Adopters Program, through which companies that sign up will have exclusive access to early release versions of the dexFreight platform, and have the opportunity to interact with dexFreight’s development and product teams.
In the transportation and logistics circles, blockchain has been an enigma – a technology that holds extensive promise on paper, and yet on the flip side, is extremely hard to implement.
Stakeholders within supply chains need to realize the potential of blockchain and look to work on pilot programs that can translate into commercial applications a few years down the road.
A.N. Deringer, Inc., a leading international logistics provider and customs broker, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
SupplyOn, an IT service provider that specializes in intelligent supply chain management solutions for discrete manufacturing in automotive, aerospace, rail, and engineering, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance.
By joining BiTA, Daseke will be at the forefront of shaping the development and deployment of blockchain technology in trucking and logistics.
Storing real-time data from aircraft and sea vessels on the cloud has been subject to a lot of debate, as the data that gets transmitted could be hacked in by people with nefarious motives. Blockchain could be a respite.
The Blockchain in Transport Alliance announces that it is working with the IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization (ISTO) to assist the Alliance in its standards activities.
One of the oldest and largest privately-held transportation companies in the United States has joined BiTA.
SUKU wants to decentralize the supply chain and make it run more efficiently and cheaply through its blockchain-based, open-source platform.
Routeique will bring its expertise in end-to-end supply chain management to the Alliance.
applya Occupational Strategies (AOS), a leading employment screening technology company, announced today that it has joined the Blockchain in Transportation Alliance (BiTA).
The Chattanooga-based team at Block Array have launched a blockchain product they call FreightTrust, legal platform for shipping documents.
Zoof-It, a Netherlands-based company that provides a last-mile blockchain platform that instantly rewards for parcel delivery in a convenient, inexpensive and responsible way, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
Aries Worldwide Logistics, a Houston-based international logistics provider with over 34 years of experience, announced that the company joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
BitNautic, an all-in-one hub for the global trade industry, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), an organization dedicated to determining best practices and standards relating to blockchain in the transportation/logistics/supply chain marketplace.
On Wednesday at the Texan Gaylord Resort and Convention Center, following MarketWaves18, members of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) met to receive updates on the organization’s progress toward data standards, hear announcements, share feedback, and learn about the work being done by BiTA’s think thanks.
BiTA member, Filament, demonstrated an important new product, and announced a major partnership this week.
enVista, a leading global consulting and software solutions firm, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), an organization dedicated to determining best practices and standards for blockchain in the transportation/logistics/freight marketplace.
LiteLink Technologies Inc. (“LiteLink Tech”) (CSE::LLT) (FRA:C0B) (litelinktech.com), a leading blockchain enterprise solutions provider, announced today they have joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
Northern Block, a Toronto-based blockchain product venture shop, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), an organization dedicated to determining best practices and standards for blockchain in the transportation/logistics/supply chain marketplace.
The Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), an organization dedicated to determining best practices and standards for blockchain in the transportation/logistics/supply chain marketplace, is pleased to announce that GTG Technology Group has joined the Alliance.
The Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) is pleased to announce that BP, a global energy leader, has joined the organization.
Syfan Logistics, a third-party logistics and transportation company, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
