News / Whitehall backs move to bring distributed ledger technology to UK ports

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A UK government-backed initiative to foster digital innovation across industry is looking to demonstrate the benefits of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the shipping sector by 2020.

Last month’s budget renewed five-year funding for Digital Catapult, which provides physical and digital facilities for technology testing and seeks to foster industry collaboration.

As part of its ambitions, Digital Catapult has launched DLT field labs, working with businesses, investors and regulators in a range of areas, including ports.

Partnerships manager Christian Beck told The Loadstar ...