Intelligent Audit will demonstrate Intellichain, an end-to-end payment verification and processing blockchain for the transportation and logistics industries on Tuesday at Transparency18.
Scroll Network announced its affiliation with the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
Blockchain systems, to have an impact, will need to speak to each other. Standards are needed to make that happen.
Consolidated Chassis Management has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
Roadrunner Transportation Systems announced today that it has joined BiTA, a group dedicated to implementing standards for the digitalization of the supply chain.
FreightWaves recently covered the E. Coli outbreak and how the recall issue is causing the world to rethink “farm to table” and shedding light on the supply chain. From that outbreak alone, over 100 people fell ill due to a contamination that federal agencies couldn’t pinpoint. As traceability becomes more imperative, blockchain has emerged as a potential solution. The problem with equipping an entire industry, however, is a major stumbling block toward making the real kind of change needed.
FreightOptics, the freight auditing and optimization software with business intelligence, cost allocation capabilities, and a web-based transportation management system, announced today it has been admitted to the Blockchain in Transportation Alliance (BiTA).
Brad Taylor, VP of data and IoT at Omnitracs, spoke to FreightWaves about the intersection of ELDs and blockchain technology before the BiTA spring symposium next week.
Learning Machine has developed an application for issuing and verifying official records using the blockchain as a secure encrypt of trust, which could help reduce driver identity fraud and loss of freight to theft.
The pharmaceutical industry witnesses the DSCSA legislation which makes it mandatory for companies to provide visibility and traceability in its supply chain.
OmniTRAX, Inc., one of the largest privately held transportation service companies in North America and an affiliate of The Broe Group. has joined BiTA.
Gil Perez, Senior VP at SAP discussed the impact of blockchain in the transportation and logistics industry and the need of consortiums to expedite adoption.
Realizing the power of blockchain technology, dexFreight has joined BITA.
Dicom Transportation Group has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) in an effort to help shape blockchain standards across the transportation industry.
Agile Blockchain Corp. has announced its alliance with the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
Great Dane announced it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
TRAC Intermodal has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), an organization for the development of blockchain standards and education for the transportation industry.
IBM launches a blockchain network to track gold and diamonds across the supply chain.
Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced today it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
The latest case of E. coli outbreak is just another example of the impressive capabilities already at our disposal.
Blockchain has been touted as one of the most revolutionary pieces of technology since the invention of the internet. While hype continues to pick up speed, the most innovative organisations have moved beyond talk and are actively deploying pilots leveraging the technology into supply chain and logistics networks.
NFI, a leading supply chain solutions provider, recently became a member of BiTA.
Precision Software, a provider of global trade management and transportation execution solutions, today announced it has joined BiTA.
The activity is growing as developers seek to produce ledger-based solutions
We’re all technology companies, a leading UPS executive tells the huge supply chain exhibition.
McLeod’s VP of Special Projects and BiTA co-founder Ken Craig recounted the early days of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance and explained the importance of data standards to the transportation industry.
Fraight AI, the industry’s first AI-enabled freight brokerage, announced today that it has joined BiTA.
ORBCOMM Inc., a global provider of industrial Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, today announced that it has joined BiTA.
PAM Transport, Inc., a top 100 largest For-Hire Carrier in North America, announced today that it has joined BiTA.
Techpertise together with TMW Systems …Tim Leonard and Daniel Pickett discussed blockchain in front of an audience of trucking executives at the TCA Annual Convention in Kissimmee, Florida, this week.
Slync, an enterprise blockchain platform for shippers, carriers and brokers, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), a first-of-its-kind trucking industry consortium for developing and promoting industry standards in blockchain use. The organization’s mission is to provide more clarity and education around blockchain applications and encourage its adoption through exemplary implementation.
Global food supply chains are struggling with visibility and the increasing demand of consumers. Adopting technology like IIoTs and blockchain could be the answer.
In June, panelists at SMC³’s Connections 2018 will continue the blockchain conversation.
IBM is building a computer that’s smaller than a grain of salt and is a part of IBM’s crypto anchor program that plans to use blockchain to improve supply chain transparency.
Chainworks announces its alliance with Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
KeepTruckin announced yesterday it secured $50 million in Series C financing—bringing the company’s total funding to $78 million.
Zurich-based tech company Nexiot and German firm VTG Aktiengesellshaft hope to improve the way VTG’s 80,000 railcars assets are tracked by applying blockchain technology.
How can it be possible that the government—the source of the lawmaking regulatory bodies—would actually praise a technology that is being censored from major internet platforms?
Uber AV kills pedestrian in Arizona; XPO Logistics takes its app to Europe; CSX has no apologies; China COSCO building methanol fuel plants in Louisiana; air cargo markets may see slower growth; Covenant stock hits a 52 week high.
One year after launch, FreightWaves takes the top spot for news in the freight and logistics industry according to Amazon’s Alexa.
Blockchain’s digital potential for the supply chain industry is gaining so much traction because of the inefficiencies of tracking goods through so many paper-based sources and multiple interfaces.
PLM, a leader in technology-driven fleet management solutions for refrigerated trailers, announced today that it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
UniGroup, a leading transportation and logistics company that owns two of the nation’s largest moving company brands–Mayflower and United Van Lines–has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
Carriers are not the only ones benefiting from the current freight environment, so are freight brokers.
Energy and financial markets economist joins the FreightWaves data-science team.
Fleet management technology provider EROAD adds expertise to growing coalition developing blockchain standards for the freight industry with BiTA membership.
At Macquarie’s Montgomery Summit, Paul Brody, EY’s Global Innovation Leader for Blockchain Technology, laid out a framework to determine whether a given use case would be better served by blockchain or a centralized database.
While blockchain and Bitcoin were invented simultaneously, there are a lot of applications of blockchain technology in transportation and logistics that don’t depend on cryptocurrencies.
Perhaps one of the problems for the lack of transparency and widespread adoption of technology for farmers and the agricultural community at large, is the association of bitcoin with blockchain. While the two have emerged into the mainstream at about the same time, and, yes, both are virtual, they are two different things. Blockchain is […]
Looking at the status of smart contracts, supply chains and the role of tokens.
“We are committed to creating technology to enable drivers to improve their lives,” says Konexial CEO, Ken Evans.
The spot market isn’t under the jurisdiction of the CFTC, a commissioner tells an industry conference.
How tracking every point in the Champagne supply chain has possibilities for trucking.
OriginTrail, a European developer of blockchain protocols specifically for the supply chain, announced today that it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance.
Filament, a leading developer of blockchain-native software and hardware, announced this morning that it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
Beatsk Micro, a technology-consulting firm with core expertise in logistics, transportation and distribution, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
Livingston International Inc., a leading provider of freight forwarding, customs brokerage and trade-consulting solutions, announced today its membership in the Blockchain in Transport Alliance.
Aria Logistics, a women-owned logistics company located in the northeast, is proud to announce its partnership with the Blockchain in Transport Alliance.
Match Factors, a pioneering invoice factor based in South Carolina, announced that it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
Driver recruiting, media, data application expert, Ken Smith, joins the FreightWaves team as CTO.
Intelligent Audit, a technology leader in freight audit and payment, supply chain data analytics, and contract optimization, announced today that it has been admitted into the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
College students should benefit from the University of Central Arkansas membership in the Blockchain in Transport Alliance through access to the development of the cutting edge technology.
The University of Central Arkansas has announced it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), a forum for the development of blockchain standards and education for the transportation industry.
American Global Logistics, a company that serves small to mid-sized companies, is looking to leverage blockchain to create a more transparent and effficient supply chain network.
The CEO of Maersk says that in 3-5 years, Maersk will be competing with UPS and FedEx, and recognized as one of their peers. But what’s the strategy?
Leading commodities, markets-data news, and blockchain expert joins FreightWaves as Executive Editor and BiTA’s Head of Member Engagement.
SkyCell has 1,000 high-tech refrigerated air freight containers circulating through the global biopharmaceutical cold chain. They’ve reduced temperature deviations from a global average of 8.5% to less than 0.1%.
Crytpcorurrencies got three mentions in Bank of America’s 10-K. Is that a big deal?
Transportes Innovativos is pleased to announce it is the first Mexican Truckload carrier to become a member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BITA).
Ondiflo, a joint venture between Amalto SA and ConsenSys is using blockchain to automate ticketing processes in the oil and gas industry.
There are no shortage of ICOs in the market, all of them boasting of their abilities to disrupt markets with distributed ledger technololgy.
With blockchain-based credentials, or Blockcerts (an open source standard developed by Learning Machine and the MIT Media Lab), risk management can now extend to the driver level.
DLT Labs announced today that it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance, a forum for the development of blockchain standards and education for the freight industry.
Transplace, a leading provider of transportation management services and logistics technology solutions, today announced that it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), the largest industry-specific blockchain standards organization in the world.
Trying to wrap your head around blockchain is not easy. No fear- we use college basketball to explain it.
A number of companies have found new life – and revenue – simply by changing their name to include the word blockchain.
St. Charles, IL-based Simple Logistics is the latest 3PL to become a member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
The Morpheus.Network, the full-service, global, automated supply chain system with integrated cryptocurrency payments, joins BiTA in building the ultimate importing and exporting platform on the blockchain.
OpenPort, the digital logistics platform that uses blockchain technology to transform domestic distribution in emerging markets, today announced that it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ: WERN), a transportation and logistics provider, is pleased to announce its collaboration with the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), an alliance formed to ensure standardization of blockchain technology in logistics and throughout the supply chain.
Craig Fuller, Kevin Haugh, Abtin Hamadi, Tom McLeod, and Edward Ryan discussed the technological approaches to solving some of the transportation industry’s most intractable problems: the driver shortage, capacity utilization, and payment inefficiencies.
TrueNorth announced that it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
Schneider (NYSE: SNDR), a provider of transportation and logistics services, is now a member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BITA).
Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) has announced that Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is the association’s most recent member, including a membership on the BiTA board.
Predictive maintenance is something that has been talked about for several years. The ability to identify when particular components might fail, or to proactively replace components before they fail based on past data trends has been referred to as the Holy Grail of vehicle maintenance.
Cass Information Systems, Inc. has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), a consortium of industry leaders committed to developing standards and guiding the widespread adoption of blockchain technology in logistics.
Landstar System, Inc., a worldwide, asset-light provider of integrated transportation management solutions delivering specialized transportation services, today announced it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
The BuildCoin Foundation is envisioning a blockchain related ecosystem which can help expedite the construction of global infrastructure projects via public-private partnerships.
Blockchain technology has the potential to massively improve processes within the freight industry. LoadBlock, an Arizona-based start-up, is capitalizing on this shift in technology by developing blockchain-integrated systems.
Senior UPS Economist, Ibrahiim Bayaan joins the FreightWaves team as Chief Economist.
Velocity Freight Transport, Inc. (Velocity Transport) announced today it has joined BiTA.
Jury deliberations in the Pilot Flying J trial begin tomorrow. We’ve learned as much about the importance of data analytics as we have about fraud.
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) recently became the first Class I railroad to join the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) recently became the first Class I railroad to join the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
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Energy Transport Group, a diversified cross-border transport company serving North America, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
FedEx, in association with BiTA, is looking to create more transparency and data security in logistics operations through blockchain technology.
Reliance Partners, a leader in transportation and logistics insurance and risk management, announced today that it joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
Aidant Technologies, a data integration firm headquartered in Atlanta, GA, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
American Global Logistics announced its membership in the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
