News / Hapag-Lloyd and ONE join Maersk/IBM blockchain platform TradeLens

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By Gavin van Marle

02/07/2019

Hapag-Lloyd and merged Japanese container carrier Ocean Network Express (ONE) are the latest box shipping lines to join the IBM/Maersk Line-led blockchain initiative TradeLens.

The news means more than half the world’s container shipping capacity is part of the TradeLens project, following the addition of MSC and CMA CGM at the beginning of June. Of the top six largest box carriers, just Cosco/OOCL is not part of the project.

“The addition of more leading carriers to TradeLens will help global supply chain ...

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