Shipping, voting and fast transactions – a review of initiatives to implement the blockchain

The traditional Saturday review of recent blockchain initiatives includes applications such as food supply chains, cross-border payments and polls.

Maersk plans to launch Tradelens blockchain platform in Russia

Where: Russia
In which area: supply chain, international shipping
Objective: To improve the efficiency of supply chains and interaction between trading partners.
Who deals with: Tradelens, IBM, Maersk
Technology Used: Tradelens Development
Estimated implementation date: 2019
Link: Seanews

In South Korea, will continue to work on the E-voting voting system

Where: South Korea
In which area: voting
Objective: to increase the reliability and security of the electoral process through the introduction of blockchain, to study the possibility of introducing Big Data technologies and the Internet of things into the E-voting system
Who is involved: National Election Commission (NEC), Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Korea
Technology used: unknown
Estimated implementation date: unknown
Reference: NEC

In the US, use the blockchain to track food supply chains

Where: USA
In which area: food supply chain
Goal: improving the efficiency and transparency of supply chains, ensuring food security
Who deals: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Walmart
Technology used: unknown
Estimated implementation date: unknown
Link: CNBC

In Perm, created a platform Vexa for cross-border interaction of small and medium-sized firms

Where: RF
In which area: cross-border payments, international trade
Objective: cost savings for small and medium-sized firms, an increase in exports and its restructuring
Who deals: Perm University
Technology used: unknown
Estimated implementation date: unknown
Reference: Regnum

Retail giant Auchan uses blockchain to track food

Where: France
In which area: food supply chain
Objective: to increase the level of food security, as well as consumer confidence in the information on the labels of goods
Who deals: Auchan
Technology used: FoodChain blockchain platform
Estimated implementation date: unknown
Link: FoodIngredientsFirst

Korean company SymVerse has created a solution to increase the speed of blockchain transactions

Where: South Korea
In which area: decentralized applications
Goal: increase the speed of transactions, the introduction of an innovative system of identification
Who deals: SymVerse
Technology Used: SymVerse Development
Estimated implementation date: beginning of 2019
Link: Joongnag Daily

Also this week, BlockchainJournal reported that:

• Sberbank made the first OTC repo transaction on the blockchain
• BP and Shell launched Vakt blockchain platform to optimize commodity trading
• Amazon Launches Platform for Developing Scalable Blockchain Networks
• Islamic Al Hilal Bank made a deal with blockchain bonds for $ 500 million

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