KITA and KSA discuss tough Pacific trading conditions

Liner operators have told South Korean shippers that it will not be easy to solve Transpacific container capacity issues, in a meeting last week.

The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) initiated a meeting with representatives of various liner operators on 24 September, through the Korea Shipowners’ Association (KSA), to discuss rising Transpacific rates, which have come to the attention of both China’s Ministry of Transport and the US Federal Maritime Commission.

The shippers complained...

https://container-news.com/kita-and-ksa-discuss-tough-pacific-trading-conditions/

Busan Port Authority to construct logistics center in Rotterdam

Busan Port Authority (BPA) said that it signed a contract with Samsung SDS to operate a logistics center in Rotterdam, Netherlands on 18th February, 2020.

BPA will begin a construction of the logistics center in September this year and complete and operate it in around June 2021, according to a statement. Samsung SDS will provide logistics services for small and medium-sized companies conducting business between Europe and South-Korea for 10 years from the opening of the logistics center.

The...

https://container-news.com/busan-port-authority-to-construct-logistics-center-in-rotterdam/

Blockchain container completes first voyage

The first paperless, instantly financed and fully door-to-door tracked container made its way from Korea to the warehouse of Samsung SDS in Tilburg via Port of Rotterdam on Blockchain-based platform DELIVER.

ABN AMRO, Port of Rotterdam and Samsung SDS demonstrated that blockchain technology enables interoperability, and that integrated container tracking and tracing, required cargo documentation processing and financing can all be done in a trusted, secure and paperless way.

New technologies such...

https://container-news.com/blockchain-container-completes-first-voyage/

ABN AMRO, Samsung SDS And Port Of Rotterdam To Launch Container Logistics Blockchain Pilot

There is still a lot of space in the logistics sector to use digitisation to achieve more transparency and, particularly, more efficiency. In this context, ABN AMRO, the Port of Rotterdam Authority and Samsung SDS, the logistics and IT arm of Samsung, have joined forces to launch a pilot based on block chain technology. The ultimate goal is for a complete, paperless integration of physical, administrative and financial streams within international distribution chains. ‘The transportation,...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/abn-amro-samsung-sds-and-port-of-rotterdam-to-launch-container-logistics-blockchain-pilot/

Container logistics blockchain pilot in Rotterdam

There is still a lot of space in the logistics sector to use digitisation to achieve more transparency and, particularly, more efficiency. In this context, ABN AMRO, the Port of Rotterdam Authority and Samsung SDS, the logistics and IT arm of Samsung, have joined forces to launch a pilot based on block chain technology. The ultimate goal is for a complete, paperless integration of physical, administrative and financial streams within international distribution chains. ‘The transportation,...

http://container-news.com/container-logistics-blockchain-pilot-rotterdam/

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