Lloyd's Register Foundation Funds Blockchain maritime platform to certify seafarers

In another case where Blockchain has made great strides and has invested many industries, Register Foundation, a subsidiary of Lloyd & # 39; s, has supported and created a blockchain platform designed to help businesses in the maritime the sector performs and executes a series of operations using distributed ledger technology, including certification of seafarers.

In this way, important maritime companies like Maersk can take advantage of the emerging blockchain technology to ensure that all seafarers have the required qualifications. Other solutions provided by the platform include management of certificate deposits and verification of security documentation.

The platform that was launched this month aims to simplify the verification and validation processes in the maritime sector. With the platform, all processes are simplified and faster to use as there will be no need for delays in some key processes.

participant maritime other companies include PTC, Heidmar, Maersk Line, BLOC and Mission to Seafarers. The platform itself is hosted by Maritime Blockchain Labs.

The blockchain platform itself will operate in accordance with the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Surveillance for Seafarers (STCW). In this way, the process of issuing certificates and other documents will be faster, easier and easily verifiable.

Advantages of distributed Ledger technology

One of the reasons blockchain is gaining popularity is that it helps all participating entities to effectively manage all the information in their area. This means greater information security, verification and storage of data, in addition to data integrity.

Thanks to distributed blockchain and ledger technologies, nothing on the blockchain can be modified or modified. So, whatever detail or information you have on the blockchain is original and legitimate.

All companies participating in this project hope that this will make it incredibly easier for them to check out their crews and naval engineers. The same applies to the crews of ships and sea crews. With details on these platforms, the recruitment and publication of various ships and shipping companies will be quite simple.

Ship owners and crew members will also be able to actively view the approvals, qualifications and certificates of their crew on the platform. This is an important and viable solution for industry, whereas it is usually very difficult to have an efficient and efficient system to do all of this.

This is not surprising since the maritime sector has many complex moving parts, all working in the same way. Therefore, solving the problem of verifying the qualification of seafarers means one thing less to worry about. According to Gary Pogson, a member of the Lloyd & # 39; s Register Foundation team,

"One way to solve this problem is to bring together the various entities involved in the processes and build a system that works for them, creating trust across the network."

As with many other forward-looking sectors, the blockchain has been increasingly adopted in the maritime industry, with many companies using it for its distributed registry functions. A typical example of this is the partnership with Pacific International Lines (GDP) with IBM to use blockchain technology to improve supply chain efficiency.