Port of rotterdam & Blockchain

Port of Rotterdam
Sajjad Khaksari
Serial Production Coordinator (SPC) Engineer at ALSTOM

Agenda
 PORT OF
ROTTERDAM
 APPLICATIONS
 QUESTIONS
 REFERENCES
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PORT OF ROTTERDAM
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 Recently, numerous Transportation & Logistics companies are emerging
to applicate the usage of Blockchain technology in their business.
 The automated Port of Rotterdam is developing its Blockchain-base
logistics system as the largest port in Europe.
APPLICATION BUSINESS DIVISION NOTES
Port of Rotterdam Maritime Logistics Includes inland waterways etc.
 The project is supported and emphasized by
more than fifteen public and private sector
companies based in the Netherlands.
(Saunders, 2016)
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PORT OF ROTTERDAM
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 In 2016, the Port of Rotterdam
moved total 305,820 (Gross weight x
1,000 metric tonnes) of bulk and
155,356 of general cargo.
(The Annual Report 2016; Page 10)
 Ronald Paul (COO of the
Port of Rotterdam
Authority), stated that
Digitalization is a worldwide
trend that the Port of
Rotterdam also needs to
embrace.

PORT OF ROTTERDAM
 Port of Rotterdam & Blockchain Objectives:
 Customers will be able to observe their container trajectory
 Network behind the SC will no longer be covered
 Allowing the FLPs to make genuine decisions
 Transparency for SC auditors
 Make scale among SC players
 Perform a more effective and productive SC method
 Enable shippers and authorities to identify attempted frauds
 Make available and accessible all information that leads cargo
and its freights to their final destination
 Foundation of so-called “Digitalized Port” by monitoring the
existing and attainable container data to all relevant parties.

Agenda
 PORT OF ROTTERDAM
 APPLICATIONS
 QUESTIONS
 REFERENCES

APPLICATIONS
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 In September 2017, the Port Authority and Municipality of Rotterdam
has launched a Blockchain Technology Field Lab (so-called: BlockLab)
http://www.blocklab.nl/partners/

APPLICATIONS
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 BlockLab is an initiative of the Port of Rotterdam Authority and the
Municipality of Rotterdam. Also, the lab is supported by the regional
development corporation InnovationQuarter.
 Allard Castelein (CEO of Port Authority), Maarten Struijvenberg
(Rotterdam’s Deputy Mayor for Economic), and Rinke Zonneveld
(Director of InnovationQuarter) have demonstrated the first practical
applications of Lab which were developed during the start-up phase.
 Maarten Struijvenberg stated that BlockLab aims to realize some fully
functional Blockchain-base applications, and they need real innovations
to launch the Next Economy.
 Also, the initiative is not intended to create a single application.

APPLICATIONS
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 In fact, the Port of Rotterdam and BLOCKLAB purpose to design
some effective applications in following areas:
 Energy Transition: by allowing users to set up a finely meshed
decentralized power network.
 Cargo Flows: numerous applications that can be realized within
logistics chains and allowing users to organize cargo flows more
efficiently for the sake of smartest port’ ambitions.
 Stock Financing in the Port Logistics Sector (in partnership with
Exact and ABN AMRO).
 Eventually, please consider that the ENERGY and LOGISTICS are
the principal research area of the BlockLab.

APPLICATIONS & TEAM AND IMPLEMENTATION
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 The BlockLab started to operate with a core team of five, who work
from the Cambridge Innovation Center in Rotterdam.
 Sequentially, in the field lab:
 Theoretical Blockchain ideas develop,
 Test,
 Work out into concrete opportunities in a real-world environment.
 Also, the lab works as a knowledge center for the regional private
sector, and works with Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences.

Agenda
 PORT OF ROTTERDAM
 APPLICATIONS
 QUESTIONS
 REFERENCES

Who are the actors involved?
 Several actors are involved in the BlockLab project:
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 Port of Rotterdam
 City of Rotterdam
 Innovation Quarter
 TUDelft
 Roadmap NEXT ECONOMY
 BeSCOPE Solutions
 WOLF PACK
 DINALOG
 Rotterdam University
 Smart Industry
 STC Group
 CiC for the Innovators

In which part of the SC, the Blockchain is used?
 The Port of Rotterdam aims to make it possible (via Blockchain) to
structure large-scale networks, chains and markets without the need
for a dominant or a third regulating party.
 Basically, BlockLab applications are proposed to support the Supply
Chain regarding Port Logistics Stock Financing and Energy
Transition during the national and international trade operations.
 The BlockLab applications revolve around the following themes:
 Increased Compliance and Transparency
 Better Tracking of Orders and Assets
 Resolve trust issues

How is the Blockchain used?
 BlockLab remarked that the actual implementations of blockchain
technology had been limited while the technology offers considerable
potential to change the way companies manage supply chains.
 BlockLab applications propose to be available in a distributed and
decentralized way for all supply chain members in a secure way.
For example: https://www.tradecloud1.com/en
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 Regarding the logistics, BlockLab
points a virtual eco-system
including a policy that supports
cross-chain collaboration during
the transportation of containers.
De Kok et al., 2014

Is there any use of Smart Contracts?
 BlockLab expressed that while the logistics is a complex framework,
the Smart Contracts are defined as a third pillar and third key
principles of blockchain’s strength.
 Please review: http://www.blocklab.nl/logistics/
 Plus, BlockLab has mentioned without Smart Contracts, the
blockchain would just be a pretty nifty way of recording and sharing
records in a decentralized database.
 In reality, Smart Contracts allow BlockLab to program (on the
blockchain) the automation of supply chain transactions.

What is the rewarding mechanism?
 The BLOCKCHAIN LAB from the Delft University of
Technology collaborates with Rotterdam's Port, and all related code
are located on their Github.
 Notwithstanding the online research, the rewarding mechanism of
the BlockLab applications is not specified explicitly.
 However, concerning the Tribler application of TU Delft, it appears
as earn seeding tokens and reward content creator.
 Concerning the Rewarding Instrument, further research is required.

Who pays?
 The BlockLab has declared a Post Shipment Financing system
concerning the desired payment system.
 Also, a virtual eco-system is currently piloted by a consortium of
ABN-AMRO (third-largest bank in the Netherlands), TransFollow,
and TKI Dinalog in combination with blockchain technology.
 As mentioned previously, the BlockLab partners are lined up.
Moreover, all these roles are on-board, and they are actively involved
in payments and (international) supply chains.
 For more information review: http://www.blocklab.nl/partners/

REFERENCES
 Port Technology (2018), Europe’s Largest Port Shows No Sign of Slowing Down. Published on 16
February 2018. [Online] Available:
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/europes_largest_port_shows_no_signs_of_slowing_down
(Accessed on 16th of February 2018)
 Port of Rotterdam: The Annual Report 2016
 the regional development corporation InnovationQuarter
 Kelli Saunders (2016), What Is Blockchain And How Is It Going To Benefit The Logistics Industry,
© eft - Supply Chain & Logistics Business Intelligence. [Online] Available:
https://www.eft.com/logistics/what-blockchain-and-how-it-going-benefit-logistics-industry
(Accessed on 16th of February 2018)
 Port of Rotterdam: List of busiest ports in Europe (Wiki)
 Ronald Paul (2014), A column by Ronald Paul, COO at the Port of Rotterdam Authority. [Online] Available:
https://www.portofrotterdam.com/en/news-and-press-releases/without-data-no-logistics
 Mattia Francisconi (2017), An explorative study on blockchain technology in application to port
logistics, TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management. (Accessed on 16th of February 2018)
 Trade Cloud : https://www.tradecloud1.com/en
 The BLOCKCHAIN LAB: Github

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CONTACTS
Khaksari.sajjad@gmail.com
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6965-8121

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