marine blockchain News

Eurapco and B3i Introduce Unity, a Risk Transfer Service Built on Blockchain

What its creators say is the first global operational offering on blockchain infrastructure has been launched, enabling the transfer of facultative risks within a network of companies, with marine insurance being the first business line to try it out. Eurapco, …

Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network Express Join Peers in Shipping Blockchain Platform

German container group Hapag-Lloyd and Singapore-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) are to join peers in a blockchain platform aimed at limiting the industry’s costly paper trail. The two companies will join market leaders Maersk , Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) and …

Maersk’s Blockchain Platform Gains 2 Large Shippers

Two of the world’s biggest shipping groups will join a Maersk led blockchain platform aimed at boosting efficiency and limiting the enormous paper trail of global container shipping. With Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) and CMA CGM, the second- and fourth-largest …

First Blockchain for Marine Insurance Now Running

A blockchain that is said to be the first for $30 billion marine insurance is now in commercial use, according to a coalition of technology, insurance, marine and consulting businesses. EY, Guardtime, A.P. Møller-Maersk, Microsoft and insurance partners Willis Towers …