First blockchain container shipped to Rotterdam

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

The Proof of Concept (POC) has shown that Deliver is able to support cross-supply chain end-to-end visibility for multi-modal transport via ocean carrier, truck and inland barge shipping as well as streamline access to finance.

Robert van der Waal, deputy president of Samsung SDS EU/CIS, said: “The first shipments to use [Deliver] gave us a good insight into the possibilities of large-scale implementation.