With a dominant volume of global transportation being conducted by sea, ocean container transport is having a great impact on the global economy by playing an essential role in global supply chains. During the recession in 2009, many ocean container carriers have accelerated the practice of slow...

A blockchain system, such as Bitcoin or Ethereum, validates electronic transactions and stores them in a chain of blocks without a central authority. Miners with computing power compete for the right to create blocks according to a pre-set protocol and in return earn fees paid by users who...