In the latest implementation of blockchain technology, Brussels Airport has unveiled an application based blockchain technology which will improve on the efficiency in tracking cargo movement from ground handlers to freight forwarders. The application will operate in line with BRUcloud, the open data management platforms of Brussels Airport that is hosted on the cloud.
The new blockchain application marks the next step in the “Landsite Management tool,” which Brussels Airport is developing together with its stakeholders at BRUcargo. It will closely cooperate with existing and future apps. The objective is to make import process paperless and enhance the efficiency and transparency.
By taking such steps, Europe’s 23rd busiest airport plans to get rid of the use of paper in the import process, improve transparency and maximize efficiency.
Steven Polmans, head of cargo & logistics at Brussels Airport and chairman of the community organization Air Cargo Belgium said,
“The new Freight Management App 1.0 will replace the handover of cargo from handlers to forwarder from a paper-based process by a digital rights / release process,”
BRUcloud will assist cloud-based sharing of data, hence ensuring the various stakeholders and the supply chain to operate in a more consistent and united way.
It will also allow the addition of applications to the previous infrastructure. The different users will also be able to install nodes of their own, which can then register transactions. These transactions will be accessible by all members who will be given access rights, hence allowing complete transparency.
Some of the companies that have been supporting BRUcloud’s development at Brussels Airport include DHL Global Forwarding, an ocean and air freight forwarding services provider, and WFS, a ground handler.
According to the chief executive officer of DHL Global Forward in Belgium and Luxembourg, Luc Jacobs, enhancing reliability and transparency in the supply chain will lead to a reduction in the operating expenses.
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